...though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently observed to happen. But it is a miracle that a dead man should come to life ; because that...observed in any age or country. There must, therefore, be an uniform experience against every miraculous event, otherwise the event would not merit that appellation....

...though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently observed to happen. But it is a miracle that a dead man should come to life ; because that...has never been observed in any age or country. There musTptherefore, be an uniform experience against every miraculous event, otherwise the event would...

...consumed by the interposal of an invisible agent. Another instance he mentions is, that " it is a miracle that a dead man should come to life ; because that has never been observed in any age or country ;''* but its never having been observed, if that had been the case, would have furnished no proof at...

...before is a violation of the laws of nature : thus, to take Mr. Hume's own example, 'it is a miracle that a dead man should come to life, because that has never been observed in any age or country ;' precisely in the same sense the production of a new metal from potash, by means of a powerful and...

...though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently observed to happen. But it is a miracle that a dead man should come to life, because that...otherwise the event would not merit that appellation. And, as a uniform experience amounts to a proof, there is here a direct and full proof, from the nature...

...of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined." And again : " There must, therefore, be a uniform experience against...otherwise the event would not merit that appellation." The correctness of his definition of a miracle we will not here discuss. It is sufficient to remark that...

...of nature, in any country or age, would be fatal to the theory. " There must, therefore," says Hume, "be a uniform experience against every miraculous...otherwise the event would not merit that appellation." In assuming it as a truism, that miracles are opposed to the immemorial and universal experience of...

...nature, in any country or age, would be fatal to the theory. " There must, therefore," says Hume, " be a uniform experience against every miraculous event...otherwise the event would not merit that appellation." In assuming it as a truism, that miracles are opposed to the immemorial and universal experience of...

...should die on a sudden, because such a kind of death has been frequently observed. But it is a miracle that a dead man should come to life, because that...otherwise the event would not merit that appellation. And as a uniform experience amounts to a proof, there is here a direct and full proof from the nature...

...saying that it never happened. — " It is a miracle," says Mr. Hume, " that a dead man should rise to life; — because that has never been observed in any age or country." What is this, but simply denying the fact that a dead man ever was raised to life from the grave? The...