 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 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,...light into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspireih light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beautified the sect that was otherwise inferior... | |
 | Religion - 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 - Ethics - 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... 2 2 2 2 1 1T' 1}'~' ' ' ," variable mind to walk up and down with a brealhcth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beautified the sect, that... | |
 | Christian literature for children - 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,...breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet saith excellently well, ' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed... | |
 | William Russell - English language - 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,...breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beautified the sect that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently 'well,... | |
 | 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,...breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet/ that beautified the sect,6 that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently... | |
 | Great Britain - 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,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 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 ; 8 the last was the light of reason ; * and his 1 Perhaps he was thinking of St. Augustine. — See... | |
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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. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos; then... 
