 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.  An introduction to mental philosophy - Page 247by sir George Ramsay (9th bart.) - 1853Full view - About this book
 | John Douglas (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1832 - 266 pages
...delusions'1; for to him it seems that all miracles are superstitious delusions. " A miracle," says he, " 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... | |
 | John Douglas - Bible - 1832 - 270 pages
...delusions'1; for to him it seems that all miracles are superstitious delusions. " A miracle," says he, " 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... | |
 | Charles Pettit McIlvaine - Apologetics - 1833 - 450 pages
...attested be miraculous, there arises a contest of two opposite experiences, or proof against proof. Now, a miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and,...a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as complete as any argument... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - Evidence (Law) - 1833 - 864 pages
...summary positions on this subject advanced by Air. Hume. He says, in his Essay, vol. 3, sec. 1O, " A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and...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... | |
 | Charles Pettit McIlvaine - Apologetics - 1832 - 534 pages
...attested be miraculous, there arises a contest of two opposite experiences, or proof against proof. Now, a miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and...a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very, nature of the fact, is as complete as any argument... | |
 | John David Macbride - Bible - 1835 - 478 pages
...miracle, however attested, can ever be rendered credible even in the lowest degree. A miracle, says he, 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 complete as any argument... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1835 - 592 pages
...a violation of the In us 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 complete as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined ; and, if so, it is an undeniable... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1836 - 426 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Baldwin Thayer - Apologetics - 1836 - 324 pages
...matters of fact. Variable experience amounts only to probability — invariable experience, to certainty. A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and...a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the faqt, cannot be surmounted by... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Apologetics - 1836 - 402 pages
...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...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... | |
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