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" If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.' Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so highly... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Page xl
by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825
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The Essays: Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral ; and The Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 pages
...imagine any thing more vile than to be cowards with regard to men, and brave with regard to God V" ly, the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot..."Christ cometh," he shall not "find faith upon the earth."1 H.— OF DEATH.2 MEN fear death as children fear to go in the dark ; and as that natural fear...
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Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.'4 Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith...when ' Christ cometh,' he shall not ' find faith upon earth.' 1 So. Provided. ' So that the doctrine be wholesome and edifying, a want of exactness in the...
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The Works of Francis Bacon ...: Literary and professional works

Francis Bacon - English literature - 1858 - 812 pages
...that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men.1 For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely the wickedness...OF DEATH. MEN fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. Certainly,...
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Bacon's Essays: With Annotations

Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards man ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.'4 Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith...when ' Christ cometh/ he shall not ' find faith upon earth.' 1 So. Provided. ' So that the doctrine he wholesome and edifying, a want of exactness in the...
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The Essays Or Counsels Civil and Moral. With the Wisdom of the Ancients ...

Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...cannot poffibly be fo highly exprefled as in that it fhall be the laft Peal to call the Judgements of God upon the Generations of Men : it being foretold that when Chrift cometh, He jhall not find Faith upon the Earth, ,7 6 See the i8th Eflay on the fecond book Du...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 6

Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1858 - 792 pages
...that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men.i For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely the wickedness...Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the earth. Il. OF DEATH. MEN fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark ; and as that natural fear in children...
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A Treatise on Coins, Currency, and Banking: With Observations on ..., Volume 1

Henry Nicholas Sealy - Banks and banking - 1858 - 690 pages
...the goings of the serpent, which gocth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet." P. 4.: — " Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith...when ' Christ cometh ' he shall not ' find faith upon earth.'" Adam Smith, bv ch. iii. vol. 3. p. 420. : — " The raising the denomination of the coin has...
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Principles of Social and Political Economy, Or, The Laws of the ..., Volume 1

William Atkinson - Economics - 1858 - 698 pages
...treated of this great point — the perversion and abandonment of faith — in the following manner : " Surely the wickedness of falsehood, and breach of...expressed, as in that it shall be the last peal to call the judgment of God upon the generations of men; it being foretold that when Christ cometh, he shall not...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 6

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men.1 For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely the wickedness...breach of faith cannot possibly be so highly expressed, aa in that it shall be the last peal to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men ; it...
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Bacon's Essays: With Annotations

Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Philosophy - 1858 - 620 pages
...that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards man ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.'4 Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so higluy expressed as in that it shall be the last peal to call the judgments of God upon the generations...
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