 | Isaac Watts - 1754 - 772 sider
...believes the truth of Christianity," says Mr. Hume at the close of his celebrated Essay upon Miracles, "is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person,...determination to believe what is most contrary to reason and experience." Your Lordship may see by this quotation from the works of a renowned sceptic,... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 540 sider
...religions, amounts to an entire annihilation. Nay, whoever by faith is moved to assent to a miracle, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person,...understanding, and gives him a determination to believe whatever is most con-r trary to custom and experience." Thus conclusive and dictatorial is Mr. Hume,... | |
 | 1815 - 436 sider
...these misdemeanors to observe ; "Our most holy religion is matter of faith, not of reason : and he who is moved by faith to assent to it, is conscious of...continued miracle in his own person, which subverts the first principles of his understanding, and teaches him to believe what is most contrary to reason... | |
 | David Hume - 1804 - 552 sider
...day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity: And whoever is moved by Faith...assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in bis own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - 294 sider
...cannot be believed " by any reasonable person without one. " Mere reason is insufficient to convince us " of its veracity ; and whoever is moved by " faith to assent to it ;" that is, whoever by his belief is induced to believe it, " is conscious " of a continued miracle... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - 530 sider
...cannoc be believed by any reasonable per, 11 son without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince '' us of its veracity ; and whoever is moved by faith to assent " to it ;" that is, whoever by his belief is induced to believe it, *' is conscious of a continued miracle... | |
 | David Hume - 1809 - 556 sider
...day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity: And whoever is moved by Faith...believe what is most contrary to custom and experience. i SECTION XI. OF A PARTICULAR PROVIDENCE AND OF A FUTURE STATE. I was lately engaged in conversation... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 sider
...unparalleled assurance, he passes upon all thaf believe the Christian religion, viz, " That whosoever is moved by faith to assent to it, is conscious of...understanding, and gives him a determination to believe, whatever is most contrary to custom and experience." It is thus that Hume concludes his Essay on Miracles,"... | |
 | 1815 - 698 sider
...believes the truth of Christianity,' says Mr. Hume at the close of his celebrated Essay upon Miracleg) ' is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the-principlts of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe whac is most contrary... | |
 | David Hume - 1817 - 528 sider
...Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity : And whoever is moved by Faith to astent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his...believe what is most contrary to custom and. experience. SECTION XL OF A PARTICULAR PROVIDENCE AND OF A FUTURE STATE. 1 WAS lately engaged in conversation with... | |
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So that, upon the whole, we may conclude, that the Christian Religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity:... 
