ab intra
; the external
phænomena
can only awake, recall evidence, but never reveal. This is capable of strict demonstration.
Afterwards the Barrister quotes from Thomas Watson respecting things above comprehension in the study of nature: "in these cases, the
fact
is evident, the cause lies in obscurity, deeply removed from all the knowledge and penetration of man." Then what can we believe respecting these causes? And if we can believe nothing respecting them, what becomes of them as arguments in support of the proposition that we ought, in religion, to believe what we cannot understand?
Are there not facts in religion, the causes and constitution of which are mysteries?