The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 3R. Carter, 1841 |
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... Events , 108 IV . On the Power which lies in the Concur- rence of distinct Testimonies , . 129 BOOK II . ON THE MIRACULOUS EVIDENCE FOR THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY . CHAP . I. On the Principles of Historical Evidence , and their ...
... Events , 108 IV . On the Power which lies in the Concur- rence of distinct Testimonies , . 129 BOOK II . ON THE MIRACULOUS EVIDENCE FOR THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY . CHAP . I. On the Principles of Historical Evidence , and their ...
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... event must have a cause ; or , proceeding on the constancy of nature , that a like result is always to be anticipated in like circumstances - and in so doing it may be looking objectively and not sub- jectively . We are not to confound ...
... event must have a cause ; or , proceeding on the constancy of nature , that a like result is always to be anticipated in like circumstances - and in so doing it may be looking objectively and not sub- jectively . We are not to confound ...
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... events with which he is afterwards to be occupied and interested , will not be more unavailing than the wish to retrace events that were the occupation and interest of the most important years of his existence . " " Even 捆 then many a ...
... events with which he is afterwards to be occupied and interested , will not be more unavailing than the wish to retrace events that were the occupation and interest of the most important years of his existence . " " Even 捆 then many a ...
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... events which were related . It had doubtless been all along the feeling that a miracle required a greater weight and amount of testimony to make it credible than an ordinary event . But it never , we believe , was imagined till about ...
... events which were related . It had doubtless been all along the feeling that a miracle required a greater weight and amount of testimony to make it credible than an ordinary event . But it never , we believe , was imagined till about ...
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... event has happened once in given circumstances , and the proposition that the same event will happen always in the same circumstances . But neither is there any logical connexion between the proposition that the event has happened a ...
... event has happened once in given circumstances , and the proposition that the same event will happen always in the same circumstances . But neither is there any logical connexion between the proposition that the event has happened a ...
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