...show that the testimony completely fulfils the requirement of Hume, namely, that to prove a miracle ' the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood...miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.' To us it seems that he has done little more than indicate the line of argument which leads to that...

...GENERAL MAX' IM, worthy of our attention, That NO TESTI' MONY IS SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH A MI' EACLE ; UNLESS THE TESTIMONY BE OF SUCH ' A KIND, THAT ITS FALSEHOOD WOULD BE MORE ' IMPROBABLE, THAN THE FACT WHICH IT ' ENDEAVOURS TO ESTABLISH *.' If the reader think himself instructed...

...deduces as a plain and necessary consequence, this general and important maxim ; " that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony...its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it endeavours to establish." And even in that case he maintains, that " there is a mutual destruction...

...deduces as a plain and necessary consequence, this general and important maxim ; •" that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony...its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it endeavours to establish." And even in that case he maintains, that " there is a mutual destruction...

...' The plain con' sequence is, and it is a GENERAL MAXIM, worthy ofouratten* tion, That NO TESTIMONY is SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH A ' MIRACLE; UNLESS THE...OF SUCH A KIND, * THAT ITS FALSEHOOD WOULD BE MORE IMPROBABLE, 'THAN THE FACT WHICH IT ENDEAVOURS TO ESTABLISH*.' If the reader think himself instructed...

...unalterable experience should be violated. Hence he lays it down, as a plain consequence, that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falshood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish. To an unsophisticated...

...propose, is, to substitute the word improbable, for miraculous. And it will then read, no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony...be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more improbable, than the fact which it endeavours to establish. The ground of objection to the word miraculous,...

...deduces, as a plain and necessaryconsequence, this general and important maxim ; '•' that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony...its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it endeavours to establish." And even in that case he maintains, that " there is a mutual destruction...

...* The plain consequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention), ' That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony...be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miracu*• Sometimes an event may not, in itself, seem to be contrary to the laws of nature, and yet,...

...called it " a transgression of a law of nature," plainly shows that he meant tu include human nature : no testimony," says he, " is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a nature that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish :"...