 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859 - 176 strani
...the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature. The...light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; und his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the... | |
 | Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck - 1859 - 590 strani
...ready ; and though it tired me in body, it was delightful to me." CHAP. IV. 1805. " The first creation of God in the works of the days was the light of the...His Sabbath work ever since is the illumination of the Spirit." — BACON. " My endeavours Have ever come too short of my desires." SHAKESPEARE. AMONGST... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 strani
...the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The...days, was the light of the sense : the last was the lightof reason ; and his Sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 strani
...knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it — and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it — is the sovereign good of human nature. The...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 - 1861 - 408 strani
...the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The...God, in the works of the days, was the light of the 1 Perhaps lie was thinking of St. Augustine. — See Aug. Confess, i. 25, 26. 2 " The wine of evil... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 strani
...sovereign good of human nature. The first creation of God in the work of the six days was the light of sense — the last was the light of reason — and...work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of matter or chaos, then he breathed light into the face of... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 728 strani
...notes, by Dr. WC Taylor, 8vo., Lond. 1840.) good of human nature. The first creature of God in the worka 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. First he breathed light upon the face of... | |
 | James Gilfillan - 1862 - 660 strani
...have the aspect of denominational controversy. "The first creature of God in the works of the daya was the light of the sense, the last was the light of reason, and hia Sabbath work ever since is the illumination of hia Spirit." LORD BACON. PREFACE. THE author of... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1864 - 406 strani
...although it was formerly used freely for every thing created,—as when Bacon says (Essay, Of Truth), " The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...the sense; the last was the light of reason; and his Sabhath work ever since is the illumination of his spirit;" or (Advance, of Learning, B. £.), " The... | |
 | Words, Horatius Bonar - 1866 - 370 strani
...swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. 8. Great riches have sold more men than they have bought. 9. The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...the light of the sense ; the last was the light of the reason; and His Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of His Spirit. 10. Clear and round... | |
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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. 
