The Analogy of Religion: Natural & Revealed to the Constitution and Course of Nature, to which are Added Two Brief Dissertations : I. Of Personal Identity ; II. Of the Nature of VirtueMacmillan, 1900 - 313 pages |
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... Miracle , CHAPTER III . Of our Incapacity of judging , what were to be expected in a Revela- tion ; and the Credibility , from Analogy , that it must contain Things appearing liable to Objections , 119 130 - 137 155 161 163 PAGE CHAPTER ...
... Miracle , CHAPTER III . Of our Incapacity of judging , what were to be expected in a Revela- tion ; and the Credibility , from Analogy , that it must contain Things appearing liable to Objections , 119 130 - 137 155 161 163 PAGE CHAPTER ...
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... miracles and prophecies recorded in Scripture , were intended to prove a particular dispensation of Providence , the redemption of the world by the Messiah but this does not hinder , but that they may also prove God's general providence ...
... miracles and prophecies recorded in Scripture , were intended to prove a particular dispensation of Providence , the redemption of the world by the Messiah but this does not hinder , but that they may also prove God's general providence ...
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... miracle . If the doctrine which it accompanies commend itself to the conscience as good , then , and only then , the ... miracles of Moses , " They which saw in his hand God's omnipotency , could not suspect in his tongue God's veracity ...
... miracle . If the doctrine which it accompanies commend itself to the conscience as good , then , and only then , the ... miracles of Moses , " They which saw in his hand God's omnipotency , could not suspect in his tongue God's veracity ...
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... miracles proved , Religion to their contempor- aries ; the benefits of their instructions would have reached but to a small part of mankind . Christianity must have been , in a great degree , sunk and forgot in a very few ages . To ...
... miracles proved , Religion to their contempor- aries ; the benefits of their instructions would have reached but to a small part of mankind . Christianity must have been , in a great degree , sunk and forgot in a very few ages . To ...
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... miracles ; so as that stronger evidence is necessary to prove the truth and reality of them , than would be sufficient to convince us of other events , or matters of fact . Indeed the considera- tion of this supposed presumption cannot ...
... miracles ; so as that stronger evidence is necessary to prove the truth and reality of them , than would be sufficient to convince us of other events , or matters of fact . Indeed the considera- tion of this supposed presumption cannot ...
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