 | Francis Bacon - 1880 - 702 pages
...for it is a thousand times more credible, that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that...himself, as that* he would have, than that he can thoroughly believe it, or be persuaded of it ; for none deny there is a God, but those for whom it... | |
 | Robert Flint - Natural theology - 1894 - 608 pages
...for it is a thousand times more credible, that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that...produced this order and beauty without a Divine Marshal." Gassendi, a dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church, a contemporary and friend yet opponent of Descartes,... | |
 | Welsh - 1894 - 832 pages
...one immutable fifth essence duly and eternally placed, need no God ; than that an army of infinitely small portions, or seeds unplaced, should have produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal." A GLANCE AT THE RUINS OF POMPEII. BY MISS GWENNIE THOMAS, WILKE8BABRE, FA. Less than a century after... | |
 | Alexander Campbell Fraser - Religion - 1895 - 352 pages
...for it is a thousand times more credible that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that...this order and beauty, without a divine marshal." Then hear Descartes : " With respect to God, if I were not preoccupied by prejudices, and my thought... | |
 | Alexander Campbell Fraser - Religion - 1895 - 352 pages
...for it is a thousand times more credible that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that...this order and beauty, without a divine marshal." Then hear Descartes : " With respect to God, if I were not preoccupied by prejudices, and my thought... | |
 | Samuel Cox, Sir William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt - Bible - 1897 - 488 pages
...usury must be permitted." Or again, in reference to Atheism,2 quoting from the fourteenth Psalm : " The Scripture saith, ' The fool hath said in his heart,...to himself, as that he would have, than that he can thoroughly believe it or be persuaded of it. For none deny that there is a God, but those for whom... | |
 | Alexander Campbell Fraser - Religion - 1897 - 318 pages
...for it is a thousand times more credible that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that...this order and beauty, without a divine marshal." Then hear Descartes : " With respect to God, if I were not preoccupied by prejudices, and my thought... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 560 pages
...for it is a thousand times more credible that four mutable elements, and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that...to himself, as that he would have, than that he can thoroughly believe it, or be persuaded of it; for none deny there is a God, but those for whom it maketh... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 542 pages
...beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity. The Scripture saith, "The fool hath said in his heart,...to himself, as that he would have, than that he can thoroughly believe it, or be persuaded of it ; for none deny there is a God, but those for whom it... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 444 pages
...for it is a thousand times more credible that four mutable elements, and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that...to himself, as that he would have, than that he can thoroughly believe it, or be persuaded of it ; for none deny there is a God, but those for whom it... | |
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Democritus and Epicurus. For it is a thousand times more credible, that four mutable elements, and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions or seeds unplaced, should have produced... 
