| David Hume - 1809 - 556 pages
...Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity: And whoever is moved by Faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own...the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and experience. i SECTION XI. OF A PARTICULAR... | |
| Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...upon all thaf believe the Christian religion, viz, " That whosoever is moved by faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own...the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe, whatever is most contrary to custom and experience." It is thus that Hume... | |
| English literature - 1815 - 698 pages
...believes the truth of Christianity,' says Mr. Hume at the close of his celebrated Essay upon Miracleg) ' is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the-principlts of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe whac is most contrary... | |
| David Hume - 1817 - 540 pages
...first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity : And whoever is moved by Faith to astent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles... | |
| David Hume - 1817 - 528 pages
...first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot, be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity : And whoever is moved by Faith to astent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles... | |
| Archibald Alexander - Apologetics - 1825 - 256 pages
...Christian Religion's] veracity; and whoever is moved by faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continual miracle, in his own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding." 19 On the insidious nature of this attack, I shall not stop to remark, except to observe, that it may... | |
| David Hume - 1826 - 628 pages
...reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity : And whoever is moved by Faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own...the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and experience. SECTION XI. OF A PARTICULAR... | |
| Archibald Alexander - Apologetics - 1829 - 236 pages
...Christian Religion's] veracity; and whoever is moved by faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continual miracle, in his own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding." On the insidious nature of this attack, I shall not stop to remark, except to observe, that it may... | |
| 1831 - 524 pages
...with Hume at once upon another point, in which he says, that whoever " believes the Christian religion is conscious of A continued miracle in his own person,...the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and experience." We now turn disciples of... | |
| Archibald Alexander - Apologetics - 1832 - 270 pages
...Christian Religion's] veracity, and whoever is moved by faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continual miracle, in his own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding." On the insidious nature of this attack, I shall not stop to remark, except to observe, that it may... | |
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