 A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.  The Positive Evidences of Christianity - Seite 32von Beverly Waugh Bond - 1880 - 282 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1843 - 644 Seiten
...unalterable experience has established (the uniformity of ) these laws, (throughout the course of nature,) the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, (that a miracle is out of the course of nature,) is as entire, as any argument from experience can... | |
 | 1858 - 906 Seiten
...violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature...fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined." 4 And again he says : " A miracle may be accurately defined, a transgression... | |
 | 1867 - 848 Seiten
...violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature...fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined." And again : " There must, therefore, be a uniform experience against every miraculous... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1845 - 406 Seiten
...violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature...is as entire, as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined. And if so, it is an undeniable consequence, that it cannot be' surmounted by... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1846 - 530 Seiten
...violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature...fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined. And if so, it is an undeniable consequence, that it cannot be surmounted by any... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1846 - 396 Seiten
...violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature...fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined. And if so, it is an undeniable consequence, that it cannot be surmounted by any... | |
 | William Paley - 1848 - 462 Seiten
...violation of the laws of nature. But since a firm and unalterable experience has established those laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature...fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined. " Upon the whole we may conclude," the writer finally observes, " that the Christian... | |
 | 1848 - 526 Seiten
...violation of the laws of nature ; and, as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature...fact, is as entire as any argument from experience that can possibly be imagined ; and, if so, it is an undeniable consequence that it cannot be surmounted... | |
 | M. A - 1848 - 878 Seiten
...violation of the laws of nature, and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the 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 undeniable... | |
 | Thomas Baldwin Thayer - 1849 - 450 Seiten
...AGAINST INFIDELITY. laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, can not be surmounted by any proof whatever from testimony, because this is variable. There is, therefore,... | |
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