...another part of his selfconflicting essay. He admits that . any miracle may be proved by testimony, if " the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it endeavors to establish." In the four preceding chapters, we have sought to show, and we trust not...

...another part of his selfconflicting essay. He admits that any miracle may be proved by testimony, if " the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it endeavors to establish." In the four preceding chapters, we have sought to show, and we trust not...

...following sentence;— 'The plain consequence is, that no testimony is sufficient to establish a , mirMle, unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraonlon than the fad which it endeavors to establish.] For in Hume's argument the wow ' miraculoui'...

...position that they are contrary to experience. " It is," says Mr. Hume, " a maxim worthy of our attention, that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would ba more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to estabblish." Hence he asserts, that " the evidence...

...be true, but not contrary to experience that testimony should be false. " No testimony," he says, " is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony...miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish." We may turn to the definition usually given by Christian writers as much nearer to the truth. A miracle...

...destroyed or the miracle rendered credible, but by an op;»-itc proof which is superior." Consequently, "No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony be of such kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact which it endeavors to establish."...

...describes. Mr. Hume fell into an error of the same kind as that we are now exposing, when he declared " that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish." This was, in effect, to say, that a miraculous event demands a miraculous testimony to support it,...

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...which is superior.* The plain consequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention), " That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...falsehood would be more miraculous than- the fact which it endeavors to establish : and even in that case there is a mutual destruction of arguments, and the...

...should we he inclined to believe in it, we must at least doubt the former. Thus the author concludes " That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind that ils falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish : and even in...