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" But should this miracle be ascribed to any new system of religion ; men, in all ages, have been so much imposed on by ridiculous stories of that kind, that this very circumstance would be a full proof of a cheat, and sufficient, with all men of sense,... "
The Criterion ; Or, Rules by which the True Miracles Recorded in the New ... - Page 18
by John Douglas - 1832 - 248 pages
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects ...: Essays, moral, political, and ...

David Hume - Ethics, Modern - 1764 - 524 pages
...that this very circumftance would be a full proof of a cheat, and fufficient, with all men of fenfe, not only to make them reject the fact, but even reject it without farther examination. Tho* the Being to whom the miracle is afcribed, be, in this cafe, Almighty, it does not, upon that...
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A view of the principal deistical writers ... in England in the ..., Volume 1

John Leland - 1764 - 426 pages
...that this very circumftance will be a full proof of " a cheat, and fufficient with all men of fenfe, not only to " make them reject the fact, but even reject it without farther " examination." And he repeats it again, that it " fhould " make us form a general refolution never to lend any attention...
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Sermons and Tracts Upon Religious Subjects

William Adams - Sermons - 1777 - 394 pages
...this " very circumftance would be a full proof " of a cheat, and fufficient, with all men " of fenfe, not only to make them reject " the fac"t, but even rejecT: it without far" ther examination *." This, indeed, is a fliort way with religion and miracles ; and we muft own,...
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, in Two Volumes

David Hume - Essays - 1779 - 548 pages
...that this Very circumftance would be a full proof of a cheat, and fufficient, with all men of fenfe, not only to make them reject the fact, but even reject it without farther examination. Though the Being to whom the miracle is afcribed, be, in this cafe, Almighty, it does not, upon that...
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects: In Two Volumes

David Hume - Economics - 1804 - 552 pages
...ridiculous stories of that kind, that this very ^Tjg^mg^pe.WO^ he 3 full prpof of a cheat,tan^suffi-" cient, with. all men of sense, not only to make them reject....fact, but even reject it without farther examination., .ThOjUgh the Being to whom the miracle is ascribed be in this case Almighty, it does not, upon that...
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A Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles ...

George Campbell - Miracles - 1807 - 294 pages
...have been so " much imposed on by ridiculous stories of " that kind, that this very circumstance " would be a full proof of a cheat, and suf" ficient...but even reject it " without farther examination" Again, a little after, " As the violations of truth are •* more common in the testimony eoncern•*...
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Lectures on Ecclesiastical History

George Campbell - Church history - 1807 - 530 pages
...atories of that kind, that this " very circumstance would beafull proof of acheat, and sufficient •*' with all men of sense, not only to make them reject the fact, " but even reject it without further examination." Again, a little after, " As the violations of truth are more common in, * p....
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Volume 2

David Hume - 1809 - 556 pages
...stories of that kind, that this verycircum-. stance would be a full proof of a cheat, and sufficient, with all men of sense, not only to make them reject the" feet, but even reject it without farther examination. Though the being to whom the miracle is ascribed...
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A Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles ...

George Campbell - Church of Scotland - 1823 - 590 pages
...stories of that kind, that this very circumstance ' would be a full proof of a cheat, and sufficient, with * all men of sense, not only to make them reject the ' fact, but even reject it without further exami' nation' Again, a little after, * As the violations ' of truth are more common in the...
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Criterion; Or, Rules by which the True Miracles Recorded in the New ...

John Douglas - Bible - 1824 - 268 pages
...stories of that kind, that this very circumstance would he a full proof of the cheat, and sufficient, with all men of sense, not only to make them reject...metaphysical scepticism, to this weak and childish argument—That, because some men have been knaves and fools, therefore, all must be such ? That because...
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