The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 3R. Carter, 1841 |
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Page v
... miracles of the Gospel , previous to our entertainment of the question whether it was com- petent for such testimony to establish the truth of a miracle . But we decided for the arrangement as it now stands , on the consideration , that ...
... miracles of the Gospel , previous to our entertainment of the question whether it was com- petent for such testimony to establish the truth of a miracle . But we decided for the arrangement as it now stands , on the consideration , that ...
Page viii
... miracles , there remains an overpassing supe- riority of evidence in their favour above all that can possibly be claimed for the best attested histories which have been transmitted to the present day , in any other records of past ages ...
... miracles , there remains an overpassing supe- riority of evidence in their favour above all that can possibly be claimed for the best attested histories which have been transmitted to the present day , in any other records of past ages ...
Page xi
... Miracles , · 70 MR . HUME'S OBJECTION TO THE TRUTH OF MIRACLES . SECT . I. On the Origin of our Belief in Testimony , 70 II . On the Power of the Evidence of Testimony , 92 III . On the Power even of a single Testimony to accredit ...
... Miracles , · 70 MR . HUME'S OBJECTION TO THE TRUTH OF MIRACLES . SECT . I. On the Origin of our Belief in Testimony , 70 II . On the Power of the Evidence of Testimony , 92 III . On the Power even of a single Testimony to accredit ...
Page 41
... miracles of the New Testament , or of weighing the specific testimonies by which they are supported . It is a discovery grounded on the considerations of a general logic which takes cognizance either of the principles of reasoning , or ...
... miracles of the New Testament , or of weighing the specific testimonies by which they are supported . It is a discovery grounded on the considerations of a general logic which takes cognizance either of the principles of reasoning , or ...
Page 42
... miracle which the Scottish metaphysician has ascribed to it . It is on the general question only that he is bewildered - for when engaged with the particular question of the christian miracles - when in contrast with the ipsa corpora of ...
... miracle which the Scottish metaphysician has ascribed to it . It is on the general question only that he is bewildered - for when engaged with the particular question of the christian miracles - when in contrast with the ipsa corpora of ...
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