...assurance against the fact which they endeavour to establish. A miracle,' he says, • is a \ iolalion of the laws of nature ; and, as a firm and unalterable experience has establisluxl these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire...

...impossible rh.it such an event should be made credible to me. " Л miracle (he says) is a viola/ion of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, . tlu proof against а mirarle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from...

...marvellous, is really miraculous ; if besides the testi* mony considered apart and in itself, amounts to an entire * proof; in that case there is proof against...proportion to that of its antagonist. A miracle is a viola* tion of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable expe* rience has established these...

...or miraculous nature of the events they relate ? % P. 1^4— 5. S 17*. tt " A miracle," fays he, " is a violation " of the laws of nature, and as a firm and *' unalterable experience has eftablifhed " thefe laws, the proof againft a miracle <e from the very nature of the faft, is as "...

...some degree superior to the other. " Of which " proofs," says he, « the strongest must pre" vail, but still with a diminution of its force, " in proportion to that of its antagonist."f Before the author could believe such a miracle as he supposes, he must at least be satisfied...

...attested be miraculous, here arises л contest of two opposite experience«, or proof against proof. Now a miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience ha* established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is ль...

...attested be miraculous, here arises a contest of two opposite experiences, or proof against proof. Now, a miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and...proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as complete as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined ; and, if so, it is an...

...attested be miraculous, here arises a contest of two opposite experiences, or proof against proof. Now, a miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and...proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as complete as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined ; and, if so, it is an...

...true, that "a miracle is a violation of the laws of nature1." He then proceeds in the following words. "As " a firm and unalterable experience has established...proof against a miracle from the " very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argu" ment from experience can possibly be imagined." 1 n the next page he...

...attested be miraculous, there arises a contest of two opposite experiences, or proof against proof. Now, a miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience lias established these laws, the proof »gainst a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, i» as...