The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 3R. Carter, 1841 |
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Page 143
... Historians do not appear to have attended enough to this reduction in the probability of facts , when they are looked to across a great number of successive generations : several historical events now reported certain , would become at ...
... Historians do not appear to have attended enough to this reduction in the probability of facts , when they are looked to across a great number of successive generations : several historical events now reported certain , would become at ...
Page 160
... historian are admitted upon much inferior evidence to what we can adduce for the different pieces which make up the New Testament : And why ? Because the evidence has been hitherto thought sufficient , and the genuineness and ...
... historian are admitted upon much inferior evidence to what we can adduce for the different pieces which make up the New Testament : And why ? Because the evidence has been hitherto thought sufficient , and the genuineness and ...
Page 161
... historian whom he chooses to fix upon , and let each distinct evidence be discussed upon no other principle than the ordinary and approved principles of criticism , we assure him that the sacred history would far outweigh the profane in ...
... historian whom he chooses to fix upon , and let each distinct evidence be discussed upon no other principle than the ordinary and approved principles of criticism , we assure him that the sacred history would far outweigh the profane in ...
Page 162
... historian in time , and in place , and in personal knowledge of many of the circumstances in his history . The genuineness of his publication , too , and the time of its appearance , are far better established , and by precisely that ...
... historian in time , and in place , and in personal knowledge of many of the circumstances in his history . The genuineness of his publication , too , and the time of its appearance , are far better established , and by precisely that ...
Page 163
... historian , is not enough to explain the preference which you give to his testimony . There is no subject in which ... historian . Now , all we ask is , that where an exception to the veracity of any historian is removed , you restore ...
... historian , is not enough to explain the preference which you give to his testimony . There is no subject in which ... historian . Now , all we ask is , that where an exception to the veracity of any historian is removed , you restore ...
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