A dissertation on miraclesGeorg Olms Verlag |
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have been wrought in fupport of | 88 |
PART II | 103 |
There is no prefumption arifing from | 121 |
III | 160 |
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admit afcrib'd affert againſt alfo alſo apoſtles appear argument arifing atteſted becauſe believe beſt cafe caufe cauſe Chriſtianity circumſtances compariſon conclufion confequence confider'd confiderable contrary defign dence doctrine effay effayift eſtabliſh evidence exiſtence expe experience fact fafely faid faith falfe fame favour fays fect fection feems fenfe fhall fhould fide fimilar fince firſt folely fome fubject fuch fufficient fufpect fuperftition fuperior fuppofe fupport fuppos'd furely fyftem give greateſt hath hiftorians himſelf hiſtory Hume impoffible inftances itſelf Jefus juſt leaſt lefs ligion miracles Montgeron moſt muſt myſelf nature obferv'd obferve occafion oppofite Pentateuch perfon perform'd philofopher poffible pofitive prefent prefumption pretended principles proof prov'd purpoſe queſtion racles reader reafon receiv'd refutation religion religious reſpect rience Saint Medard ſhall ſome ſtate ſtill ſtory ſtrong ſyſtem Tacitus teftimony thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion truth underſtanding us'd uſe witneffes wrought
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Page vi - The Essay on Miracles deserves to be considered, as one of the most dangerous attacks that have been made on our religion. The danger results not solely from the merit of THE PIECE: it results much more from that of THE AUTHOR. The piece itself, like every other work of Mr Hume, is ingenious; but its merit is more of the oratorial kind than of the philosophical.