Criterion; Or, Rules by which the True Miracles Recorded in the New Testament are Distinquished from the Spurious Miracles of Pagans and PapistsSwinborne & Walter, 1824 - 260 páginas Three points are discussed. First, a refutation of David Hume's "Philosophical essarys concerning Human Understanding and concerning the credibility of miracles, secondly shows the pretended miracles of the pagans of ancient times and of the papists in more modern days, and lastly, the miracles of Jesus Christ shown not to be liable to the objections urged against those of the Abbé Paris. |
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... received from him , or the knowledge of his former reso- lutions and promises . A man , finding a watch or any other machine in a desert island , would conclude that there had once been men in that island . All our reason- ings ...
... received from him , or the knowledge of his former reso- lutions and promises . A man , finding a watch or any other machine in a desert island , would conclude that there had once been men in that island . All our reason- ings ...
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... received the sacraments . Now the imposture , here , was detected by the sick person himself , who in a letter written by him to the Bishop of Laon declares that the whole was a trick of the Jansenist community of St. Hilaire , who had ...
... received the sacraments . Now the imposture , here , was detected by the sick person himself , who in a letter written by him to the Bishop of Laon declares that the whole was a trick of the Jansenist community of St. Hilaire , who had ...
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... received by this patient was beyond the reach of human means . For what hap- pened here ? The inflamed eye , indeed , was cured : but , it seems , our wonder- working Abbé could not restore the other , which remained as dark as before ...
... received by this patient was beyond the reach of human means . For what hap- pened here ? The inflamed eye , indeed , was cured : but , it seems , our wonder- working Abbé could not restore the other , which remained as dark as before ...
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... received by the three above - mentioned patients , might be en- tirely natural . The nature of that of Peter Gautier , whose eye had been pierced through with .. an awl , may appear to be the most extra- ordinary . But that nothing ...
... received by the three above - mentioned patients , might be en- tirely natural . The nature of that of Peter Gautier , whose eye had been pierced through with .. an awl , may appear to be the most extra- ordinary . But that nothing ...
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... received to the intercession of the blessed Deacon . For the depositions of the witnesses mention this very remarkable circumstance , that he act- ually , at the same time , made use of reme- dies prescribed by Mr. St. Yves , * an emi ...
... received to the intercession of the blessed Deacon . For the depositions of the witnesses mention this very remarkable circumstance , that he act- ually , at the same time , made use of reme- dies prescribed by Mr. St. Yves , * an emi ...
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Página 143 - And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Página 11 - 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.
Página 143 - And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness, and every disease, among the people.
Página 60 - One of the best attested miracles in all profane history, is that which Tacitus reports of Vespasian, who cured a blind man in Alexandria, by means of his spittle, and a lame man by the mere touch of his foot...
Página 21 - Thus, suppose, all authors, in all languages agree that from the first of January 1600 there was a total darkness over the whole earth for eight days: Suppose that the tradition of this extraordinary event is still strong and lively among the people: That all travellers, who return from foreign countries, bring us accounts of the same tradition, without the least variation or contradiction. It is evident that our present philosophers, instead of doubting the fact, ought to receive it as certain,...
Página 14 - Adam, though his rational faculties be supposed, at the very first, entirely perfect, could not have inferred from the fluidity and transparency of water that it would suffocate him, or from the light and warmth of fire that it would consume him.
Página 143 - Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
Página 143 - And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; 36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Página 21 - For I own, that otherwise, there may possibly be miracles, or violations of the usual course of nature, of such a kind as to admit of proof from human testimony; though, perhaps, it will be impossible to find any such in all the records of history.
Página 144 - And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. 58. And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.