| 1801 - 446 pages
...knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it*— 'and the belief of truth, which is the en;oyment of it, is the sovereign good of human nature- * The...sense- ; the last was the light of reason, and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his spirit. * These two sentences are transcribed, verbatim,... | |
| Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 588 pages
...equal contempt upon the the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief or the truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature." BAcON'S ESSAYS. Is it not painful then to know, that, " The road to moral truth has been left in such... | |
| Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 586 pages
...equal contempt upon the the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief of the truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature." BACON'S ESSAYS. Is it not painful then to know, that, " The road to moral truth has been left in such... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...which is the love-making, or wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it;...the sense; the last was the light of reason; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1814 - 282 pages
...'-.vT'jv. Just. Mart. Dial. eum Tryph. p. 173. " The first ereature of God in the works of the clays, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever sinee is the illumination of his spirit. First he breathed light upon the faee of... | |
| William Clayton - 1814 - 420 pages
...ministry.* " The first creature of God, (says Lord " Bacon,) in the works of the days, was the " light of sense ; the last was the light of " reason ; and his sabbath-work ever since, " is the illumination of his Spirit. First * Hebrews, ix 19,21. b " he breathed light upon the... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...which is the love-making, or wooing of it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it ;...sense ; the last was the light of reason; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...which is the love-making, or wooing of it; the knowledge of Truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief of Truth, which is the enjoying of it,...was the light of reason; and his Sabbath-work ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...which is the love-making, or wooing of it; the knowledge of Truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief of Truth, which is the enjoying of it,...was the light of reason; and his Sabbath-work ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. First, he OF TRUTH. 3 breathed light upon the face of the... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...which is the love-making, or wooing of it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it ;...sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of... | |
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