Philosophical and Critical Inquiries concerning Christianity ... Translated by John Lewis Boissier. With a portraitJohn Stockdale; Charles Dilly, 1791 - 298 pages |
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... beings bear to myself is ftill analogical . But , if I be- lieved those things only of which I have ( a ) Vide Part i . Chap iii . Note ift C 4 been been a witness , my incredulity would ne- ceffarily expofe Foundations of Teftimony . 23.
... beings bear to myself is ftill analogical . But , if I be- lieved those things only of which I have ( a ) Vide Part i . Chap iii . Note ift C 4 been been a witness , my incredulity would ne- ceffarily expofe Foundations of Teftimony . 23.
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Charles Bonnet. been a witness , my incredulity would ne- ceffarily expofe me to a moft painful state of existence , and I fhould be utterly unac- quainted with a multitude of things imme- diately connected with my present happiness ...
Charles Bonnet. been a witness , my incredulity would ne- ceffarily expofe me to a moft painful state of existence , and I fhould be utterly unac- quainted with a multitude of things imme- diately connected with my present happiness ...
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... witnesses or re- lators increases the probability of any fact whatever , TESTIMONY requires therefore fuch a number of witneffes as reafon judges fufficient . Finally , the more circumstantial the fact , the better it is known ; and ...
... witnesses or re- lators increases the probability of any fact whatever , TESTIMONY requires therefore fuch a number of witneffes as reafon judges fufficient . Finally , the more circumstantial the fact , the better it is known ; and ...
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... witnesses might however attest , that it was revealed to them by the divine legis- lator himself : but miracles would ftill be neceffary to prove that they actually had that revelation , that is , facts out of the ordinary course of ...
... witnesses might however attest , that it was revealed to them by the divine legis- lator himself : but miracles would ftill be neceffary to prove that they actually had that revelation , that is , facts out of the ordinary course of ...
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... witnesses who unite in the highest degree all the qua- lities effential to teftimony . Would it then be lefs probable , that fuch witneffes fhould atteft falfe facts , than that a dead man should have rifen ? On this fubject I find it ...
... witnesses who unite in the highest degree all the qua- lities effential to teftimony . Would it then be lefs probable , that fuch witneffes fhould atteft falfe facts , than that a dead man should have rifen ? On this fubject I find it ...
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