The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 3R. Carter, 1841 |
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Page 40
... consistency and sincerity by which the whole narrative is so obviously pervaded - the number and opportunities of the original witnesses , and the manner in which their testimony has been sustained by the close and continuous succession ...
... consistency and sincerity by which the whole narrative is so obviously pervaded - the number and opportunities of the original witnesses , and the manner in which their testimony has been sustained by the close and continuous succession ...
Page 58
... consistency between two propositions which appear to be at variance . The first is that experience gives no addition of strength to our primary Faith in the constancy of Nature . The second is that the oftener we witness the same result ...
... consistency between two propositions which appear to be at variance . The first is that experience gives no addition of strength to our primary Faith in the constancy of Nature . The second is that the oftener we witness the same result ...
Page 101
... consistently followed out , our uncertainty and diffidence in regard to the note would still adhere to us , even after the colour had been ascertained . On being told generally that a certain note had proceeded from a bird , he would ...
... consistently followed out , our uncertainty and diffidence in regard to the note would still adhere to us , even after the colour had been ascertained . On being told generally that a certain note had proceeded from a bird , he would ...
Page 112
... consistently carried out , it might as well be con- tended , that we should not believe a miracle though we saw it , as that we should not believe a miracle however it may be reported to us . It might be said in the one case as in the ...
... consistently carried out , it might as well be con- tended , that we should not believe a miracle though we saw it , as that we should not believe a miracle however it may be reported to us . It might be said in the one case as in the ...
Page 122
... consistent appearance of some visible phenomenon presented to my notice - so , in the repeated and consistent testimonies of the living organ , the human informer , there would seem at each time to be a new guarantee for the truth of ...
... consistent appearance of some visible phenomenon presented to my notice - so , in the repeated and consistent testimonies of the living organ , the human informer , there would seem at each time to be a new guarantee for the truth of ...
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