 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.  A Theological Dictionary - Σελίδα 138των Charles Buck - 1810Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
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 | 1843 - 644 σελίδες
...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." — " The plain consequence is, (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention,)... | |
 | James Smith - 1843 - 728 σελίδες
...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." — (Hume's Essay.) , But as all things have not continued as they were at the... | |
 | 1867 - 848 σελίδες
...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." And again : " There must, therefore, be a uniform experience against every miraculous... | |
 | 1858 - 906 σελίδες
...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." 4 And again he says : " A miracle may be accurately defined, a transgression... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1845 - 406 σελίδες
...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. And if so, it is an undeniable consequence, that it cannot be' surmounted by... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1846 - 412 σελίδες
...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. And if so, it is an undeniable consequence, that it cannot be surmounted by any... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1846 - 530 σελίδες
...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. And if so, it is an undeniable consequence, that it cannot be surmounted by any... | |
 | M. A - 1848 - 878 σελίδες
...as 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." "It accords," says he, "with our own experience, that men may lie, and that... | |
 | William Paley - 1848 - 462 σελίδες
...a firm and unalterable experience has established those 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. " Upon the whole we may conclude," the writer finally observes, " that the Christian... | |
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