...rendered credible^ but by an opposite proof, which is superior*. • The plain Consequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention)^ " That no testimony is suffi" cient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of " such a kind, that its falsehood would...

...by" the infc ¡position of an InVrSibfe AgenV This Essay, to use bis own words, is 'designed to show "That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood AvoiiM be more miraculous, than the tact -which it endeavours to establish : arid even, in that case,...

...consequence is, and it is " .a GENERAL MAXIM, worthy of our at*• tention, THAT NO TESTIMONY is SUFFICI" ENT TO ESTABLISH A MIRACLE, UNLESS " THE TESTIMONY BE OF SUCH A KIND, THAT " ITS FALSEHOOD WOULD BE MORE IMPRO" BABLE THAN THE FACT WHICH IT EN" DEAVOURS TO ESTABLISH."* If the reader thinks himself instructed...

...equivalent, and observe the effect produced by this elucidation. " The '.' plain consequence is, and it is a GENERAL MAXIM, worthy of " our attention, That NO TESTIMONY is SUFFICIENT TO ES" TABLISH A MIRACLE J UNLESS THE TESTIMONY BE OF SUcH " A KIND, THAT ITS FALSEHOOD WOULD BE MORE...

...miracle rendered credible, but by an opposite proof, which is superior *. The plain consequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention), " That no testimony is suffi" cient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of " such a kind, that its falsehood would...

...kind which Mr. Hume has acknowledged sufficient to establish even a miracle. " No testimony (says in j is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony...miraculous than the fact which, it endeavours to establish. When one tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself whether...

...sufficient to establish the credibility even of a miracle. " No testimony, says he, (b) is sufficient M establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such...miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish — When any one tells me, that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself,...

...miracle rendered credible, but by an opposite proof, which is superior a. The plain consequence is, (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention), " That no testimony is sufficient " to_ establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such " a kind, that its falsehood would be more...

...destructive of the physical wonders displayed by Miss M^Woy. It has been well observed, he says, that 164 " No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...the fact which it endeavours to establish." ." And I shall leave it to the world to decide, whether the evidence to the miracle in question is not fairly...

...show that the testimony completely fulfils the requirement of Hume, namely, that to prove a miracle ' the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood...miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.' To us it seems that he has done little more than indicate the line of argument which leads to that...