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... miracles . That reality always must be proved by evidence . We affert only , that in miracles adduced in support of revelation there is not any fuch antecedent improbability as no teftimony can furmount . And for the purpose of ...
... miracles . That reality always must be proved by evidence . We affert only , that in miracles adduced in support of revelation there is not any fuch antecedent improbability as no teftimony can furmount . And for the purpose of ...
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... or complication of evidence they be attefted . This is the prejudication we would resist . For to this length does a modern objection to miracles go , viz . that no human testi- B 3 mony mony can in any cafe render them credible . I [ 5 ]
... or complication of evidence they be attefted . This is the prejudication we would resist . For to this length does a modern objection to miracles go , viz . that no human testi- B 3 mony mony can in any cafe render them credible . I [ 5 ]
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... miracles ; and that , under the circumftances in which the human species are placed , a revelation is not improbable ... miracle fhould be true , but not con- trary to experience that teftimony should be falfe . Now there appears a fmall ...
... miracles ; and that , under the circumftances in which the human species are placed , a revelation is not improbable ... miracle fhould be true , but not con- trary to experience that teftimony should be falfe . Now there appears a fmall ...
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... miracles were wrought upon the first promulgation of Christianity , when no- thing but miracles could decide its autho- rity , is it certain that fuch miracles would be repeated fo often , and in fo many places , as to become objects of ...
... miracles were wrought upon the first promulgation of Christianity , when no- thing but miracles could decide its autho- rity , is it certain that fuch miracles would be repeated fo often , and in fo many places , as to become objects of ...
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... miracle , which is contrary to its nature as fuch , and would totally deftroy the use and purpose for which it was wrought . The force of experience as an objection to miracles is founded in the prefumption , either that the course of ...
... miracle , which is contrary to its nature as fuch , and would totally deftroy the use and purpose for which it was wrought . The force of experience as an objection to miracles is founded in the prefumption , either that the course of ...
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