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The
amount
of
testimony
necessary
to
prove
a
miracle
should
be
no
greater
Mah
that
which
would
be
requisite
to
drove
the
occurrence
of
any
other
mmsual
event
,
if
such
an
J:
nt
is
at
all
pogsible.
J
Hund’a
arglied
that
a
miracle
is
so
contrary
to
all
human
experience
that
no
9
amount
of
testimony
could
be
considered
sufficient
to
prove
a
miracle.
But
it
is
foolish
to
set
up
our
Ddersonal
exDerience
as
a
measure
of
all
pogsible
human
experienee.
On
this
bagis,
the
proof
of
any
absolutely
new
or
unique
fact
would
he
imposggible.
Nor
can
negative
testimony
be
of
any
weight.
The
Irishman
when
accused
of
murder
9
declared
that
he
could
bring
fifty
men
who
did
not
see
him
do
it}
was
not
considered
to
have
vroved
his
innocence.
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Similarly
in
the
case
of
a
miracle,
it
is
of
no
use
to
say
that
nobody
has
ever
-
seen
such
or
such
a
thing
happen.
Again;
the
denial
of
the
truth
of
such
an
event
as
the
miraculous
founding
of
the
Christian
@hurch
would
necessitate
that
multitudes
of
intelligent
and
honest
men
should
against
their
own
financial
and
social
interests
unite
in
telling
deliberate
and
persistent
falgehoods
about
what
they
had
seen
and
exDerienced;
and
this
would
be
more
incredible
than
to
admit
the
actual
facts
about
the
resurrection
of
Christ
:
and
the
other
associated
events.
2+
The
mirgcles
of
the
Bible
do
not
become
of
evidential
value
or
force
to
u
for
we
did
not
witness
them.
But
they
were
of
evidential
value
to
those
who
did
witness
tliem;
and
they
were
all
of
a
nature
congistent
with
the
general
»lan
of
Redemption,
and
without
them
the
great
events
of
God's
2lan
could
not
have
been
accomplished.
Thomas
Fuller
said:
™liracles
are
the
great
bell
of
the
universe
which
calls
men
to
God's
sermon.”
Miracles
and
Ingpiration
go
together.
Lf
_one
has
ceased
in
the
Church,
so
has
the
other-
f
the
one
1s
of
vervefual
value,
so
is
the
other.
Hence
we
ought
to
expect
both
miracles
and
Inspiration
to
persist
in
the
true
Church
down
to
the
very
close
of
time.
Yet
several
of
the
greatest
Jromists
of
the
Bible
Ud
x
no
miracles.
This
is
said
exPregsly
of
John
the
Babtist
nJohn
did
no
miracle®
';
and
the
same
was
true
of
Isaiah,
Amos,
Micah,
and
Jeremiah.
3.
Hiracles_alone
can
never
prove
the
truth
of
a
doctrine;
for
many
»l-.ces
in
the
Bible
tell
us
that
false
prophets
will
show
great
signs
and
wonders
to
deceive
if
possible
.
the
very
elect.
II
Thess.
2
:
9,
10;
Reve
13:
14;
Rev.
16
:
14.
We
mugt
judge
a
doctrine
by
what
we
already
know
of
God's
previously
given
revelation-—-
Iga.
8
:
20.
b)
A
teacher
claiming
to
come
from
God
should
show
by
a
consistent
life
and
a
purity
of
conduct
that
he
is
living
like
5
mesgenger
from
heaven.
Shey
‘
5p
4
®
c)
Certain
types
of
minds
are
much
more
impressed
with
the
nersgonglity
of
the
one
teaching
a
new
doctrine
than
they
are
with
the
logical
consistency
of
what
tills
doctrine
teaches.
Also
such
persons
Dlgce
more
weight
in
the
good
life
of
the
neggsenger
than
in
the
miracles
which
he
may
do.
®
While
the
Christian
Church
is
miraculous
through
and
through,
and
as
one
has
said
the
Chruch
has
the
resurrection
of
Christ
written
all
over
it,
yet
we
should
not
dwell
too
much
nor
depend
too
much
upon
miracles.
5
For
instance,
it
is
presumption
to
ask
for
a
mirpcle
of
healing
the
sick
when
God
9
has
placed
natural
means
within
our
reach
which
will
answer
the
purpose.
Je
have
no
right
to
disregard
these
natural
means
and
expect
God
to
work
a
miracle
to
confirm
us
in
our
izsnorance
or
our
stubbornness.
STRONG,
133,
DIR
ROTION
©
1
dT
jis
the
one
great
miracle
on
which
all
the
others
derend;
and
when
we
establish
our
faith
in
this
we
have
thereby
established
all
the
others.
STRONG,
130,
131.