 | Isaac Watts - 1754 - 772 pages
...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,...the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to reason and experience." Your Lordship may see by... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 540 pages
...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,...the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe whatever is most con-r trary to custom and experience." Thus conclusive and... | |
 | David Hume - 1804 - 552 pages
...veracity: And whoever is moved by Faith to 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 to belifiY«" what is most contrary to custom and experience. - -',•'' t "• i:""^... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - 530 pages
...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 in his...principles of his understanding, and " gives him a determination to believe, what is most contrary " to custom and experience." An author is never so... | |
 | David Hume - 1809 - 556 pages
...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, is...the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and experience. i SECTION XI. OF A PARTICULAR... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...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...the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe, whatever is most contrary to custom and experience." It is thus that Hume... | |
 | David Hume - 1817 - 540 pages
...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...the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and experience. SECTION xr. OF A PARTICULAR... | |
 | David Hume - 1817 - 528 pages
...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...the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and. experience. SECTION XL OF A PARTICULAR... | |
 | George Campbell - 1823 - 590 pages
...assent to it ;' that is, whoever by his belief is induced to believe it, * is conscious of a con' tinued miracle in his own person, which subverts ' all the...principles of his understanding, and gives ' him a determination to believe, what is most con' trary to custom and experience.' An author is never so... | |
 | George Campbell - 1824 - 396 pages
...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 in his...the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determi' nation to believe, what is most contrary to custom and experi* enoe.' An author is never so... | |
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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:... 
