The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 3R. Carter, 1841 |
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... establish the truth of . a miracle . But we decided for the arrangement as it now stands , on the consideration , that this alleged insusceptibility of a proof is every where , through- out the celebrated essay of Mr. Hume , regarded ...
... establish the truth of . a miracle . But we decided for the arrangement as it now stands , on the consideration , that this alleged insusceptibility of a proof is every where , through- out the celebrated essay of Mr. Hume , regarded ...
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... established by any testimony , whatever may be its character and whatever its abundance . This discovery was not made in the act of attending to the specific miracles of the New Testament , or of weighing the specific testimonies by ...
... established by any testimony , whatever may be its character and whatever its abundance . This discovery was not made in the act of attending to the specific miracles of the New Testament , or of weighing the specific testimonies by ...
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Thomas Chalmers. of its informations in regard to the tides so as to establish the probability of a thousand to one ... established ; and it is a possible thing that the experience which stands opposed to the testimony of this solitary ...
Thomas Chalmers. of its informations in regard to the tides so as to establish the probability of a thousand to one ... established ; and it is a possible thing that the experience which stands opposed to the testimony of this solitary ...
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... establish for the truth of the miracle deponed to as overwhelming a superiority of evidence as before . It remains ... established . CHAPTER III . On the Sufficiency of human Testimony for IN THE CONSTANCY OF NATURE . 69.
... establish for the truth of the miracle deponed to as overwhelming a superiority of evidence as before . It remains ... established . CHAPTER III . On the Sufficiency of human Testimony for IN THE CONSTANCY OF NATURE . 69.
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... establish , from which contradiction , there necessarily arises a counterpoise , and mutual destruction of belief ... established these laws , the proof against a miracle , from the very nature of the fact , is as entire , as any ...
... establish , from which contradiction , there necessarily arises a counterpoise , and mutual destruction of belief ... established these laws , the proof against a miracle , from the very nature of the fact , is as entire , as any ...
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