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»? r «^ K , ! Prfj WWWi *» i WM ^ ft tcft tef « MK ^ llfaM # S * ymwi NW i m > } mvtmr ? % § £ % . 3 ? PH . ^ i ^ fWHM ^^ , ?| S « like a . pratfi &l ^ J ^ ' jgffij tins respect corresp ^ jfid jt , o . the jpasTj And shall thai . / became ; tncre < jiHe , when attested , which it was liyno means certain would nQt take place ? Jn a word , that any thingsfi ^ rt ^ jhe absolute incrcdkhility of a fact in ittcjf considered should rencVer it incapable of being proved by testimony , is a ^^ m dbx which Uniay { require some ingenuity < ojle / cnd , bu , ^ wh ich it is tmly wpnderfqr that any } fa \* man being S hould Y ? fPHP ^ ' l ;^ iJ <) % to bel i p ^ . t arfirinj the ^ . V | thpgt ?^ rgf refutation , th ^ at the M ^ my % > so circ . u instanced as to . r * ndcjr a miracle
jqct of raMo / iaJfelief ^ ^ nd l ^^ pp hesitation to affirm , , ais 9 , jup a ^ , lyn ^ v ^ r would not beKevp suel | , miracle upon the strongest , possible testi ^ io i > y , vvpuid | iot ^ eli ^ ve it on thbjeyi ^ ence ^ ocpjia aemon ^ tration r 43 ut | n / act , ' 4-bftW . tp incredulous 4 (> e 8 ji 7 Q ^ e ^ U » t . 1 q ^ ct , indeed , t ^ krd an u n ^ f ieyeriay , % ^ . would not hejievse a miracle if he 5 avr coiis
it ., I approy eel ft ^ s i s ^ ency . I 09 W I did not , gi ^ cjvec }/ t ^ . o ^ is ^ ecjarat ^ Man , however rj ^ I ^ an ^ , may J ^ cw pelled . to b ^ M e ye Hjs « yes , ^ an < jb he may ; aj ^ o rbc ^ pini ] elfejd to ^ tfail ^ fn tesMmonjr in sj > i ^ ftf al | i ^ ff iinjjdijw i subtle r ^ as ^ nipgs ^ jn , ^ wpA J ) many cases , hecpn ^ pt yi ^ t iopMm between M ^ , strcnet ^ , qj ; Ate&m arjfl jl ^ e i ^ nip ^ & ^ . ^^ & . W { n * . « W ^ W ^^^ W > P V ^ t fpr 3 % ^
the calculation . And cons ^ ou ^ pMW iiir > r ^\ j ^ v \\ y chooses in such cases raihef to examine tne validity o £ the te « Ur m : Jti * * toMP vw ^^ jS . •»^ rA . fe s ^ M ^^ T ^ - ** £ tL M < « W ^ ff 'Wft « - ^ « ffft RBWWWW « 'W ^! ^^« AnfiWf ^ Wfi oV Kft ^ f ! l of ¦ : 5 ! Mf . ^ wffw **^> ^ tJ f -iWufaaiinVb 4 * wwip »« y * j » -f 5 ^ j ^^ M b ^ W s ^ I ^^^ b ^ jan . i ncQW ^ fdfm ^ i f ^ j ^^ j ai ^^ ienj ci ^ fi ? Wliff ; « iWr « lfl « J ^ # yAWJ ^ j . *» *^ KiM rfm ^^ ' ^ if h ^ W ^ Wf ^^ K jJ ll P ^ fr WiW # ? fe WHv * W $ ^ rwM lt &- * ^ ^ jWS - 4 i !^ aSS 5 ^ WffWrofe ^
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$ 46 Mr . Cogdnon Afr > Hufne \ * 4 * gtimwi&gam $ t MiracUs .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1816, page 646, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2458/page/18/
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