 A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.  Lectures on Ecclesiastical History - Page 416by George Campbell - 1807 - 503 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Napier - 1864 - 350 pages
...definition of the word miracle, and an unwarrantable abuse of the word experience. " A miracle," he says, " is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle from the nature of the... | |
 | John Brown Paton - 1864 - 198 pages
...miracles. Hume paraded it as invincible ; it is now discarded as worthless. Hume affirms, " A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature... | |
 | William Mackergo Taylor - Apologetics - 1865 - 252 pages
...prevail, but still with a diminution of its force, in proportion to that of its antagonist. A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature... | |
 | Bible - 1867 - 824 pages
...often does in the course of the Essay, weighing evidence against evidence. " A miracle," he tells us, " is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature... | |
 | Albert Barnes - History - 1868 - 468 pages
...out of the question. Mr, Hume also places the matter expressly on that ground. He says : " A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature... | |
 | Theology - 1868 - 396 pages
...directly say that they are impossible, but in his leading argument implies it; his words are, " A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature, and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle from the very nature... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - Apologetics - 1869 - 364 pages
...prevail, but still with a diminution of its force in proportion to that of its antagonist. A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience h;ia established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1871 - 608 pages
...anti-supernaturalism for those who do not deny the existence of God, makes the following assertion: — " A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and, as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature... | |
 | George Hay (bp. of Daulis.) - 1873 - 388 pages
...miracle as such, and independent of any connection with religion, can never be proved by human testimony. "A miracle," says he, "is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature... | |
 | John Hunt - Great Britain - 1873 - 494 pages
...wider knowledge of nature it was found to be within the operations of nature. A miracle Hume defines as a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle is as entire as any... | |
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