...prodigies the most astonishing imaginable. I desire any one to lay his hand upon his heart, and, after a serious consideration, declare whether he thinks that...extraordinary and miraculous than all the miracles it relates ; which is, however, necessary to make it be received, according to the measures of probability above...

...a serious consideration declare, whether he thinks the falsehood of such a book, supported by such testimony, would be more extraordinary and miraculous than all the miracles it relates; which is, however, necessary to make it be received.58 These sentiments were echoed by Voltaire —...

...from bondage by prodigies the most astonishing imaginable. I desire any one to lay his hind upon his heart, and, after serious consideration, declare whether...and miraculous than all the miracles it relates." — Hume'i Essays, vol. ii. p. 147. " The nature of man," says another philosopher of the same class,...

...prodigies the most astonishing imaginable: I desire any one to lay his hand upon his heart, and after a serious consideration declare, whether he thinks that...extraordinary and miraculous than all the miracles it relates; which is, however, necessary to make it be received, according to the measures of probability above...