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" Observation more, which is this; that altho' in common Life we act in a thousand Instances upon the Faith and Credit of human Testimony, yet the Reason for so doing is not the same in the Case before us; in common Affairs, where nothing is asserted but... "
The Trial of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus - Page 60
by Thomas Sherlock - 1809 - 114 pages
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The Tryal of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus

Thomas Sherlock - Jesus Christ - 1765 - 130 pages
...afferted but what is probable and poffible, and according to the ufual Courfe of Nature, a reafonable Degree of Evidence ought to determine every Man ; for the very Probability or Poflibility of the Thing is a Support to the Evidence, and in fuch Cafes we have no Doubt but a Man's...
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The Works ...: With Some Account of His Life ...

Thomas Sherlock - 1830 - 392 pages
...one observation more, which is this : that although in common life we act in a thousand instances on the faith and credit of human testimony, yet the reason...evidence ; and in such cases we have no doubt but a roan's senses qualify him to be a witness. But when the thing testified is contrary to the order of...
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Religious Thought in England, from the Reformation to the End of ..., Volume 2

John Hunt - Great Britain - 1871 - 514 pages
...believed on the testimony of Apostles or an Apostle. When nothing is asserted but what is probable, possible, and according to the usual course of nature, a reasonable degree of evidence ought to satisfy every man ; but when the thing testified is contrary to tho order of nature, no testimony is...
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Essays and Addresses

Augustine Birrell - English essays - 1901 - 314 pages
...the mouth of the prosecuting counsel the argument usually associated with the name of Hume: ' That in common affairs where nothing is ' asserted but...evidence ought to ' determine every man ; for the very proba' bility or possibility of the thing is a support ' to the evidence, and in such cases we have...
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Hume's Abject Failure: The Argument Against Miracles

John Earman - Philosophy - 2000 - 232 pages
...to begin. Mr. A. I shall trouble you, Sir, but with one Observation more, which is this; that altho' in common Life we act in a thousand Instances upon...Senses qualify him to be a Witness; but when the Thing testify 'd is contrary to the Order of Nature, and, at first sight at least, impossible, what Evidence...
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Hume's Abject Failure: The Argument Against Miracles

John Earman - Electronic books - 2000 - 236 pages
...to begin. Mr. A. I shall trouble you. Sir. but with one Observation more. which is this: that altho' in common Life we act in a thousand Instances upon...a reasonable degree of Evidence ought to determine even- Man: for the very Probability or Possibility of the Thing is a Support to the Evidence. and in...
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Le miracle et l'ordre dans la première enquête de David Hume

Ching-Shui Li - God - 2007 - 256 pages
...Sherlock The Tryal of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus, vous y verrez ces paroles : « altho' in common Life we act in a thousand Instances upon...Evidence, and in such Cases we have no doubt but a Man' s Senses qualify him to be a Witness ; but when the Thing testify'd is contrary to the Order of...
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