Excerpt from Discourses on the Principles and Evidences of Natural Religion and the Christian Revelation, Vol. 1: And on Some Proper Practical Subjects Miracles made ufe of in the introduc tion of aparticular revelation, are in fome meafure fimilar to the dwine operations in the formation of the world and of man kind, and may confpire to the fame end. But the univerfal and perpetual ufe of them would in effeet fubvert or change the plan of nature, and confequently could not confpire to the fame end. Hence arifes a firong prelumption, that the miracles reported in various legends, as wrought every where and for trivial purpofes, are Counterfeits. But to determine from hence, as an ingenious writer hath done, That no miracles were ever wrought, for any pur pofe, or in fubfervience to the ends for which the world and mankind were made is determininga queftion by prejudice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.