A Dissertation on Miracles: Designed to Shew, that They are Arguments of a Divine Interposition, and Absolute Proofs of the Mission and Doctrine of a ProphetJ. Dickson, J. Fairbairn, and J. Ogle, 1798 - 382 pages |
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... fhew , that the magicians did not perform works really fupernatural , nor were affifted by any superior beings , p . 285. With this view , the following points are examined at large : I. The character and pretenfions of the magicians ...
... fhew , that the magicians did not perform works really fupernatural , nor were affifted by any superior beings , p . 285. With this view , the following points are examined at large : I. The character and pretenfions of the magicians ...
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... fhew , that a miracle is an operation beyond the ability of the agent ; feems very incapable of anfwering the purpofe . To ftop the courfe of the celestial bodies , is faid to be either fupernatural or not , according as the agent wants ...
... fhew , that a miracle is an operation beyond the ability of the agent ; feems very incapable of anfwering the purpofe . To ftop the courfe of the celestial bodies , is faid to be either fupernatural or not , according as the agent wants ...
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... fhew how far they do or do not extend . Such inquiries are wholly relative to the cause or au- thor of miracles , and are of no use in fettling their proper specific nature , as deviations from or contra- dictions to the ordinary course ...
... fhew how far they do or do not extend . Such inquiries are wholly relative to the cause or au- thor of miracles , and are of no use in fettling their proper specific nature , as deviations from or contra- dictions to the ordinary course ...
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... fhew , that the fuppofition of their power to work miracles is contrary to fact and experience : and lastly , point out fome of the numerous abfurdities , which would follow from their poffeffing a miraculous power . C SECT . SECT . I ...
... fhew , that the fuppofition of their power to work miracles is contrary to fact and experience : and lastly , point out fome of the numerous abfurdities , which would follow from their poffeffing a miraculous power . C SECT . SECT . I ...
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... fhew , is , that reafon is fo far from clearly informing us of the power of any fuperior beings , befides God , to work miracles ; that the best arguments it can em- ploy , to prove the existence of creatures of a higher order than man ...
... fhew , is , that reafon is fo far from clearly informing us of the power of any fuperior beings , befides God , to work miracles ; that the best arguments it can em- ploy , to prove the existence of creatures of a higher order than man ...
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