...tin' hurt of '»Ivre. Thus Л1 r. Hume, in his lissays, ;ays, " Л miracle is a violation of the 'a'« of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience...against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is us entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined." Many of the friends of Christianity...

...miracle being a violation of the laws of nature, which a firm and unalterable experience has established, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature...fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can be: whereas our experience of human veracity, which (according to him) is the sole foundation of the...

...the idea that miracles are violations of the lavs of iiiifitrr. Thus Mr. Hume, in his Essays, says, " A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a linn and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very...

...miraculous, here arises a contest of two opposite " experiences, or proof against proof. Now, a mi" racle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a •"...-" laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very на" ture of the fact, is as complete as any argument " from experience can possibly be imagined ;...

...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 experi' ence has established these laws, the proof against ' a miracle, from the very nature of the...

...know, has been denied by a late very ingenious, but very sceptical author. " A miracle," says he, " is a violation of the laws of nature, and as a firm...fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can be possibly imagined.''*—Now it is obvious, from this quotation, that our author's argument against...

...let us consider what, by his own account, is the strength of the opposite proof from experience. ' A ' miracle is a violation of the laws of nature;...miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire c as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined J.' Again, ' As an uniform experience amounts...

...that " a miracle is a violation of the laws of nature." He then proceeds in the following words. " As a firm and unalterable experience has established...argument from experience can possibly be imagined." In the next page he proceeds in the following words. " 'Tis a miracle, that a dead man should come...

...that " a miracle is a violation of the laws of nature." He then proceeds in the following words. " As a firm and unalterable experience has established...argument from experience can possibly be imagined." In the next page he proceeds in the following words. " 'Tis a miracle, that a dead man should come...

...therefore concludes that as a firm and unalterable experience is against the occurrence of miracles, " the proof against a miracle, from the very nature...argument from experience can possibly be imagined," and he deduces as a plain and necessary consequence, this general and important maxim ; •" that no...