 | 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...work ever since is the illumination of his spirit. * These two sentences are transcribed, verbatim, from the noble author. They might be rendered more... | |
 | Charles Edward De Coetlogon - Christianity - 1807 - 586 pages
...divine Agency. To believe in God, is, to believe in him, among other things, as Tuv furuv 'O wjtTHf. " The first Creature of God, in the works of the days,...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... | |
 | Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, aud the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The...sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath-work ever smce, is the illumination of his spirit. First, he breathed Alight upon the face... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...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 upon the face of the matter, or chaos; then he breatheth light into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - Holy Spirit - 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 the matter of ehaos... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 302 pages
...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 upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breatheth light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...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...sense ; the last 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...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'...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.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...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...his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of the Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S. - 1825 - 594 pages
...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...of God in the works of the days, was the light of sense; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbathwork, ever since, is the illumination of his... | |
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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. 
