A Treatise on the Evidence of the Scripture MiraclesBaldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1826 - 356 pages |
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... claim of superhuman autho- rity . I. First then ; it was observed that if any mere man perform acts which are precisely si- milar to the Scripture miracles , we retract our assertion that those miracles are a sufficient evi- dence of ...
... claim of superhuman autho- rity . I. First then ; it was observed that if any mere man perform acts which are precisely si- milar to the Scripture miracles , we retract our assertion that those miracles are a sufficient evi- dence of ...
Page 66
... miracles may have been per- formed . We have no presumption that there exists any such principle : there is no probabi- lity of it : it is a mere guess , for which , whether true or false ... claim it 66 CHAP . I. THE MIRACLES WERE ACTS.
... miracles may have been per- formed . We have no presumption that there exists any such principle : there is no probabi- lity of it : it is a mere guess , for which , whether true or false ... claim it 66 CHAP . I. THE MIRACLES WERE ACTS.
Page 67
John Penrose. cumstances which would allow the apparent actor to claim it as an attestation of a divine autho- rity , this coincidence also being observed to take place not once only , but in many instances , is itself an inconsistency ...
John Penrose. cumstances which would allow the apparent actor to claim it as an attestation of a divine autho- rity , this coincidence also being observed to take place not once only , but in many instances , is itself an inconsistency ...
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... claim of a nature so very extraordinary as that of a claim of divine revelation ; -I hardly know ( so nearly in our apprehension do we naturally con- nect all extreme improbabilities with the strong- est contradictions which we can ...
... claim of a nature so very extraordinary as that of a claim of divine revelation ; -I hardly know ( so nearly in our apprehension do we naturally con- nect all extreme improbabilities with the strong- est contradictions which we can ...
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... miracles were performed subse- quently to the doctrine revealed , and in ... miracle on this occasion , only appealed to a mi- racle formerly performed , that miracle ... claim which was rested on it : that he could not a See Preliminary ...
... miracles were performed subse- quently to the doctrine revealed , and in ... miracle on this occasion , only appealed to a mi- racle formerly performed , that miracle ... claim which was rested on it : that he could not a See Preliminary ...
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