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" IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely: and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose:  "
Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy - Page 49
by George Lillie Craik - 1846
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The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...Jiiperavimiis. XVII. t Of Superjiition. 1 T were better to have no opinion of God at I all, than fuch an opinion as is unworthy of him: For the one is Unbelief, the other is Contumely ; and certainly Superftition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch faith well to that purpofe: Surely (faith he) I...
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The Centinel. ...

1758 - 282 pages
...Europe. H No. 1 1 6. Saturday, December $d, 1 757Jt were better to have no opinion of God at all thn fuch an opinion as is unworthy of Him : for the one is unbelief, the other is .contumely ; and certainly fuferjlition is the reproach of the Deity. ••'..• BACON. IT feems we have 'a fet of declaimed,...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1797 - 384 pages
...changeful,'] " It were better," fays Bacon, in his iyth Eflay, " to have no opinion of God at all, than fuch an opinion as is unworthy of Him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly fuperftition is the reproach of the Deity. And as the contumely is greater towards God, fo the danger...
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The English Enchiridion; Being a Selection of Apothegms, Moral Maxims, Etc

John Feltham - 1799 - 146 pages
...speak agreeably to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in good words, or in good order. VII. It were better to have no opinion of GOD at all, than...certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity, VIII. Riches are for spending, and spending for honour and good actions; therefore, extraordinary expence...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 7

1817 - 628 pages
...application may be made of the opinion of Lord Bacon, expressed in his Essay on Superstition, that ' it were better to have no opinion of God at ' all,...an opinion as is unworthy of him : For the one * is but non-belief : The other is contumely : And certainly superstition is the reproaching of Deity. —...
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The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 474 pages
...changeful,] " It were better," fays Bacon, in his I7th Efiay, " to have no opinion of God at all, than fuch an opinion as is unworthy of Him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly Superftition is the reproach of the Deity. And as the contumely is greater towards God, fo the danger...
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The works of ... Ezekiel Hopkins, arranged and revised, with a ..., Volume 1

Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...thou art far worse than an atheist : for it is better to have no opinion of God at all, than to have such an opinion as is unworthy of him ; for the one is but infidelity, the other is contumely. Even Plutarch, a heathen, could say *, That it were far less...
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The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord ..., Volume 3

William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 414 pages
...rather wish to continue unknown than to be remembered with infamy. * " It were better (says BACON) to have no opinion " of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy * of him. — Plutarch saith well to that purpose. Surely " (saitb he) J had ruther a great deal [men should...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...immortalium numine omnia regi, gubernarique perspeximus, omnes gentes nationesque superavimus." OF IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...rather a great deal men should say there was no such a man at all as Plutarch, than that they should say there was one Plutarch, that would eat his children...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...omnia regi, gubernarique perspeximus, omnes gentes nationesque superavimus." XVIII. OF SUPERSTITION. IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...rather a great deal men should say there was no such a man at all as Plutarch, than, that they should say there was one Plutarch, that would eat his children...
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