On the Miraculous and Internal Evidences of the Christian Revelation: And the Authority of Its Records, Volume 1Robert Carter & Bros., 1857 |
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Page 66
... concurrence of two testimonies to the fact of an anomalous low - water -one given by a tide - index of yet unfailing correct- ness , and another which in the thousand instances of regular high - water failed no less than fifty times ...
... concurrence of two testimonies to the fact of an anomalous low - water -one given by a tide - index of yet unfailing correct- ness , and another which in the thousand instances of regular high - water failed no less than fifty times ...
Page 67
... concurrence of the two testimonies which we have now specified is just as we have stated it . And to vary the supposition - should the tide - index which has failed ten times in a thousand , agree in its evidence with the tide - index ...
... concurrence of the two testimonies which we have now specified is just as we have stated it . And to vary the supposition - should the tide - index which has failed ten times in a thousand , agree in its evidence with the tide - index ...
Page 68
... concurrence of two or more such notices as we are now specifying , it must be observed that these notices should be independent of each other . For example , when the tide - index B announces a low - water , it must not be because the ...
... concurrence of two or more such notices as we are now specifying , it must be observed that these notices should be independent of each other . For example , when the tide - index B announces a low - water , it must not be because the ...
Page 69
... concurrence of a few such miracles may establish for the truth of the miracle deponed to as overwhelming a superiority of evidence as before . It remains to be seen how much or how little can be done in this way by living witnesses ...
... concurrence of a few such miracles may establish for the truth of the miracle deponed to as overwhelming a superiority of evidence as before . It remains to be seen how much or how little can be done in this way by living witnesses ...
Page 124
... the phenomenon in question - but it would need the concurrence of a thousand as strong violations , or the product of a thousand as strong improbabilities to deceive us in so many things , te 124 MR . HUME'S OBJECTION.
... the phenomenon in question - but it would need the concurrence of a thousand as strong violations , or the product of a thousand as strong improbabilities to deceive us in so many things , te 124 MR . HUME'S OBJECTION.
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