 | John Leland - 1755 - 698 หน้า
...proof given of a miracle at all, and that the proof is only on the other fide. For as he there adds, " A miracle is a violation of the laws of " nature, and as a firm and unalterable cxpe" rienco hath eftablifhed thofe laws" [he fhould have faid, hath difcovered to us that thcic are... | |
 | David Hume - 1764 - 524 หน้า
...there is proof againft proof, of which the ftrongeft muft prevail, but ftill with a diminution of its force, in proportion to that of its antagonift. A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ;f and as a firm and unalterable experience has eftabliihed thefe laws, the proof againft a miracle,... | |
 | John Leland - 1764 - 426 หน้า
...all, and that the pi oof is only on the other fide. For as he there adds, " A miracle is a vio" lation of the laws of nature, and as a firm and unalterable " experience hath eftablifhed thofe laws" [he fhould have f'aid hath difcovered to us that thefe are the eftablifhed... | |
 | William Adams - 1777 - 394 หน้า
...this proof. His batteries are now mounted, and he begins the attack. '** A ' miratrle,M' fays .he, " is .a violation " of the laws of nature ; and, as a firm " and unalterable experience hath eftab". lifhed thefe laws, the proof againft a mi"'fcacje, from the nature of the facTy is "•'as... | |
 | Richard Shepherd - 1788 - 336 หน้า
...words of a celebrated eflay, by zealous partizans ftill dealt out in detail, and held up in triumph. " A miracle is a " violation of the laws of nature : and *' as a firm and unalterable experience ** hath eftablimed thefe laws, the proof " againft a miracle, from the very na*.* ture of the fad,... | |
 | 1789 - 754 หน้า
...words of a celebrated efTay, by zealous parti/.ans llill dealt out in detail, and held up in triumph. " A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience hath eilabiifhed thefe laws, the proof againft a miracle, from the very nature of the i'.ict. is as... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 540 หน้า
...circumstances are requisite to produce a full confidence in human testimony." " A miracle," continues he, " is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience hath established those laws, the proof against it, from the very nature C 4 of of the fact, is as entire... | |
 | John Leland, William Laurence Brown - 1798 - 496 หน้า
...proof given of a miracle' at all, and that the proof is only on the other fide; for he there adds, " A miracle is a violation of 'the laws of nature; and as a " firm and unalterable experience hath eftabiimed thofe laws" [he mould have faid, hath difcovered to us that thefe are the eftablifhed... | |
 | David Hume - 1804 - 552 หน้า
...strongest must prevail, but still with a diminution of its force, in proportion to that of its antagonist; 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 the1 very nature cf the fact, is as entire... | |
 | 1804 - 994 หน้า
...assurance against the fact which they endeavour to establish. A miracle,' he says, • is a \ iolalion of the laws of nature ; and, as a firm and unalterable experience has establisluxl these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire... | |
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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. 
