The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 3R. Carter, 1841 |
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Page ix
... credibility which we observe when looking to the witnesses of the message - the other may be regarded as consisting in those marks of credibility which we observe when looking to its contents or its subject - matter . It is with this ...
... credibility which we observe when looking to the witnesses of the message - the other may be regarded as consisting in those marks of credibility which we observe when looking to its contents or its subject - matter . It is with this ...
Page 36
... credibility . Yet who can take account of these impressions ? Who can take an accurate measure of their inten- sity ? Who can construct a relative scale , by which the degrees of proof and the degrees of conviction shall be placed in ...
... credibility . Yet who can take account of these impressions ? Who can take an accurate measure of their inten- sity ? Who can construct a relative scale , by which the degrees of proof and the degrees of conviction shall be placed in ...
Page 41
... credible than an ordinary event . But it never , we believe , was imagined till about the middle of the last century , that such in the very nature of a miracle was its unconquerable resistance to proof , as to place it beyond the reach ...
... credible than an ordinary event . But it never , we believe , was imagined till about the middle of the last century , that such in the very nature of a miracle was its unconquerable resistance to proof , as to place it beyond the reach ...
Page 71
... credible , even in the lowest degree . " 2. And the following is the outset of Dr. Campbell's reply- " In answer to this , I propo first to prove , that the whole is built upon a falso hypothesis . That the evidence of testimony is ...
... credible , even in the lowest degree . " 2. And the following is the outset of Dr. Campbell's reply- " In answer to this , I propo first to prove , that the whole is built upon a falso hypothesis . That the evidence of testimony is ...
Page 96
... credibility of reputed miracles , that we never experienced miracles to be true ; but that we have often experienced testimony to be false . We ask , did he ever experience this sort of testimony to be false ? He tells us that we are ...
... credibility of reputed miracles , that we never experienced miracles to be true ; but that we have often experienced testimony to be false . We ask , did he ever experience this sort of testimony to be false ? He tells us that we are ...
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