 | William Johnson Fox - 1833 - 348 pages
...of exertion of the Divine agency. The supernatural is, then, distinguished from the natural, not by its greater difficulty of accomplishment, but simply...object. It is a bad definition of a miracle, that it violates a law of nature. What we call laws of nature, are of different orders in an ascending scale,... | |
 | William Ballantyne Hodgson - 1881 - 240 pages
...they die, their loss is to be lamented, and their memories [are to be] cherished.'—Ib., p. 128. ' The natural and the supernatural are alike God's acts,...only the one is common, the other uncommon; but both [are] rational and credible ; as both may be portions of a common plan.'—Ib., p. 146. ' Their instrument... | |
 | William Ballantyne Hodgson - 1882 - 250 pages
...they die, their loss is to be lamented, and their memories [are to be] cherished.'—Ib., p. 128. ' The natural and the supernatural are alike God's acts,...only the one is common, the other uncommon; but both [are] rational and credible ; as both may be portions of a common plan.'—Ib., p. 146. ' Their instrument... | |
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its greater difficulty of accomplishment, but simply by its rareness. The natural and the supernatural are alike God's acts, only the one is common, the other uncommon ; but both rational and credible ; as both may be portions of a common plan, directed... 