Philosophical and Critical Inquiries Concerning ChristianityW.W. Woodward, and for sale at his book-store, lately occupied by Mr. William Young, No. 52, corner of Second and Chestnut-streets, 1803 - 288 pages |
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Page xi
... honourable reward of my labours . But , there exists a reward of a still higher value , to which I aspire , and this reward is independent of the judgment of man . CHAP . BOOK I. I. ON the order and laws AUTHOR'S PREFACE . xi.
... honourable reward of my labours . But , there exists a reward of a still higher value , to which I aspire , and this reward is independent of the judgment of man . CHAP . BOOK I. I. ON the order and laws AUTHOR'S PREFACE . xi.
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... judgment . But as testimony is founded on analogy , it can only admit of a moral certainty . There can be no necessary chain between the manner in which I should have been af- fected or should have acted , in such and such circumstances ...
... judgment . But as testimony is founded on analogy , it can only admit of a moral certainty . There can be no necessary chain between the manner in which I should have been af- fected or should have acted , in such and such circumstances ...
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... judgment concerning the validity of testimony : I am taught by both , that in numberless cases I may adhere to testimo- ny , without incurring the risk of being de- ceived . The same reasons therefore which have induced me to admit a ...
... judgment concerning the validity of testimony : I am taught by both , that in numberless cases I may adhere to testimo- ny , without incurring the risk of being de- ceived . The same reasons therefore which have induced me to admit a ...
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... judgment , adapted to the purposes of my present con- . dition . As to those things , therefore , which I could neither feel , see , hear , nor examine myself , because the distance of times and places was an obstacle ; the probability ...
... judgment , adapted to the purposes of my present con- . dition . As to those things , therefore , which I could neither feel , see , hear , nor examine myself , because the distance of times and places was an obstacle ; the probability ...
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... which the mathematician attempts E to reduce to calculation . To form a proper judgment Of the Credibility , & c . 41 Of the credibility of testimony: Its essential conditions:-Applica- tion to the evidence of the Gospel·
... which the mathematician attempts E to reduce to calculation . To form a proper judgment Of the Credibility , & c . 41 Of the credibility of testimony: Its essential conditions:-Applica- tion to the evidence of the Gospel·
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