 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense : the last was the liaht of reason ; and his Sabbath work ever since, is°the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 pages
...the Belief of Truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the Sovereign Good of human Nature. The firft Creature of God, in the Works of the Days, was the Light of the Senfe ; the laft was the Light of Reafon ; and his Sabbath Work, ever fince, is the Illumination of... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...of it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | 1853 - 604 pages
...the energies of truth in the hands of the great sanctifier. "The first creature of God, in the work of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last...work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit" If the study of divine things is not a blessing to any, it is because they are "sensual, having not... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. id so suddenly pass from extreme scorn to extreme... 撀 C G d"6 1854 Henry G. Boh First he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | 1854 - 778 pages
...highest types of excellence. CMC (To be continued in our next.) THE THREE LIGHTS. THE first creation of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense (Gen. i. 3) ; the last was the light of reason (Gen. ii. 7.) ; and His Sabbath work, ever since, is... | |
 | British history - 1855 - 482 pages
...of it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...— and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it — is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...work, ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos, then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | William Russell - 1856 - 240 pages
...of it; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | 1856 - 600 pages
...history to favour them. With regard to the seventh day, space only allows me to point to the solntion. " The first creature of God in the works of the days...work ever since is the illumination of his spirit."* What a beautiful thought ! God's sabbath still lasts. Geology teaches that, in regard to our earth,... | |
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The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. 
