...: HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO. DUBLIN : JOHN ROBERTSON. PHILADELPHIA : SMITH, ENGLISH, & CO. MDCCCLIX. " Let no man, upon a weak conceit, of sobriety or an...think or maintain that a man can search too far or he too well studied in the book^of God's word or the hook of God's worka — divinity or philosophy;...

...highest link of nature's chain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair. To conclude, therefore, let no man,' upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, tli.it a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, ot the book of God's...

...forefront of his volume, and are willing to adopt Bacon's principle to its full extent, that a man cannot " search too far, or be too well studied in the book...Divinity or Philosophy ; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both." There has probably been a want of knowledge as to the...

...Learning, 'upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill— applied moderation, think or maintain that man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's - 51 word or in the book of God's works.1 ' This passage was chosen by Darwin to be put at the head...

..."philosophy," and "divinity." Bacon uses the metaphor of the book, but his use of it heralds a new age: Let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied...works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware that they apply both to charity...

...Bacon wrote: "To conclude, therefore, let no man out of weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search...in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works."81 "The book of God's word" is the Bible. "The book of God's works" is the world which God has...

...passage from Sir Francis Bacon's Advancement of Learning which helps to make this point. Bacon says, ... let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an...be too well studied in the book of God's word, or the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress,...

...Clarendon Press, 1973). 13 Geologists and Interpreters of Genesis in the Nineteenth Century James R. Moore Let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an illapplied...works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware . . . that they do not unwisely...

...avoid unnecessary confrontations between the two messages. In 1605 Francis Bacon wrote, "Let no one think or maintain that a man can search too far or...in the book of God's Works, divinity or philosophy. . . . [We should] not unwisely mingle or confound these learnings together."1 In the first section...

...(Butler: Analogy of Revealed Religion [added to 2d ed.]) To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation,...divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both. (Bacon: Advancement of Learning) These theological connections...