The Works of William Paley: With a Life, Volume 3F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theology |
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... argument is alleged . We do not assume the attributes of the Deity , or the existence of a future state , in order ... arguments drawn from the light of nature , they can be made out to be probable ; it is enough that we are able to say ...
... argument is alleged . We do not assume the attributes of the Deity , or the existence of a future state , in order ... arguments drawn from the light of nature , they can be made out to be probable ; it is enough that we are able to say ...
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... argument , and , if admitted , is a bar to every proof , and to all future reasoning upon the subject , it may be necessary , before we proceed further , to examine the principle upon which it professes to be founded ; which principle ...
... argument , and , if admitted , is a bar to every proof , and to all future reasoning upon the subject , it may be necessary , before we proceed further , to examine the principle upon which it professes to be founded ; which principle ...
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... argument from ex- perience , it is said that , when we advance accounts of miracles , we assign effects without causes , or we attribute effects to causes inadequate to the purpose , or to causes , of the operation of which we have no ...
... argument from ex- perience , it is said that , when we advance accounts of miracles , we assign effects without causes , or we attribute effects to causes inadequate to the purpose , or to causes , of the operation of which we have no ...
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... argument by some examples of this kind . I hope in a proper place to show that none of them reach the strength or circumstances of the Chris- tian evidence . In these , however , consist the weight of his objection : in the principle ...
... argument by some examples of this kind . I hope in a proper place to show that none of them reach the strength or circumstances of the Chris- tian evidence . In these , however , consist the weight of his objection : in the principle ...
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... belief of those accounts . The first of these propositions , as it forms the argument , will stand at the head of the following nine chapters . CHAPTER I. There is satisfactory evidence that many , professing EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY , II.
... belief of those accounts . The first of these propositions , as it forms the argument , will stand at the head of the following nine chapters . CHAPTER I. There is satisfactory evidence that many , professing EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY , II.
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