Criterion; Or, Rules by which the True Miracles Recorded in the New Testament are Distinquished from the Spurious Miracles of Pagans and PapistsSwinborne & Walter, 1824 - 260 σελίδες Three points are discussed. First, a refutation of David Hume's "Philosophical essarys concerning Human Understanding and concerning the credibility of miracles, secondly shows the pretended miracles of the pagans of ancient times and of the papists in more modern days, and lastly, the miracles of Jesus Christ shown not to be liable to the objections urged against those of the Abbé Paris. |
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... Saviour , * A curious account of this and other professed miracles may be seen in the London Magazine for March , 1824 . + Isa . xxviii . 16.-I. Cor . iii . 11--15 . PREFACE . or to promote holiness of heart and life iv ...
... Saviour , * A curious account of this and other professed miracles may be seen in the London Magazine for March , 1824 . + Isa . xxviii . 16.-I. Cor . iii . 11--15 . PREFACE . or to promote holiness of heart and life iv ...
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... accounts must be equally credible . That , therefore , you had no way of extri- cating yourself out of this labyrinth , but by rejecting , at once , all miraculous preten- sions whatever . " The whole dispute subsisting between us may ...
... accounts must be equally credible . That , therefore , you had no way of extri- cating yourself out of this labyrinth , but by rejecting , at once , all miraculous preten- sions whatever . " The whole dispute subsisting between us may ...
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... accounts of them be authenticated by such a weight of unexceptionable testi- mony , as must satisfy every candid and capable inquirer after truth . You cannot , surely , refuse to join issue with me here . But before we proceed , give ...
... accounts of them be authenticated by such a weight of unexceptionable testi- mony , as must satisfy every candid and capable inquirer after truth . You cannot , surely , refuse to join issue with me here . But before we proceed , give ...
Σελίδα 21
... accounts of the same tradition , without the least va- riation or contradiction ; it is evident that our present philosophers , instead of doubt- ing of that fact , ought to receive it for certain , and ought to search for the causes ...
... accounts of the same tradition , without the least va- riation or contradiction ; it is evident that our present philosophers , instead of doubt- ing of that fact , ought to receive it for certain , and ought to search for the causes ...
Σελίδα 29
... divine teacher to appeal to some credential , that may prove he has a right to be believed . The accounts which have been published to the world of miracles in general , may , c 3 29 supposition, you must believe it to be ...
... divine teacher to appeal to some credential , that may prove he has a right to be believed . The accounts which have been published to the world of miracles in general , may , c 3 29 supposition, you must believe it to be ...
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Criterion; Or, Rules by which the True Miracles Recorded in the New ... John Douglas Πλήρης προβολή - 1824 |
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Σελίδα 143 - And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Σελίδα 11 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Σελίδα 143 - And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness, and every disease, among the people.
Σελίδα 60 - One of the best attested miracles in all profane history, is that which Tacitus reports of Vespasian, who cured a blind man in Alexandria, by means of his spittle, and a lame man by the mere touch of his foot...
Σελίδα 21 - Thus, suppose, all authors, in all languages agree that from the first of January 1600 there was a total darkness over the whole earth for eight days: Suppose that the tradition of this extraordinary event is still strong and lively among the people: That all travellers, who return from foreign countries, bring us accounts of the same tradition, without the least variation or contradiction. It is evident that our present philosophers, instead of doubting the fact, ought to receive it as certain,...
Σελίδα 14 - Adam, though his rational faculties be supposed, at the very first, entirely perfect, could not have inferred from the fluidity and transparency of water that it would suffocate him, or from the light and warmth of fire that it would consume him.
Σελίδα 143 - Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
Σελίδα 143 - And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; 36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Σελίδα 21 - For I own, that otherwise, there may possibly be miracles, or violations of the usual course of nature, of such a kind as to admit of proof from human testimony; though, perhaps, it will be impossible to find any such in all the records of history.
Σελίδα 144 - And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. 58. And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.