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" The glory of God is to conceal a thing, but the glory of the king is to find it out ;" as if, according to the innocent play of children, the Divine Majesty took delight to hide his works, to the end to have them found out ; and as if kings could not... "
The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord ... - Page 42
by Francis Bacon - 1824
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 pages
...he saith expressly, " The glory of God is to conceal a thing, but the " glory of the king is to find it out ;" as if, according to the innocent play of...commandment of wits and means, whereby nothing needeth to be hidden from them. Neither did the dispensation of God vary in the times after our Saviour came into...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...he saith expressly, " The glory of God is to conceal a thing, but the glory of the king is to find it out ;" as if, according to the innocent play of...commandment of wits and means, whereby nothing needeth to be hidden from them. Neither did the dispensation of God vary in the times after our Saviour came into...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...affirmeth directly, that the glory of God "is to conceal a thing, but the glory of the king is to find it out," as if, according to the innocent play of...hide his works, to the end to have them found out; for in naming the king he intendeth man, taking such a condition of man as hath most excellency and...
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Essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, and the two books Of the proficience ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...he suit H expressly, " The glory of God is to conceal a thing, but the glory of the king is to find it out ;" as if, according to the innocent play of...commandment of wits and means, whereby nothing needeth to be hidden from them. Neither did the dispensation of God vary in thetimes after ourSaviourcameintotheworld;...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 6

1867 - 796 pages
...but the glory of the king is to find it out," says Solomon. " As if," remarks Bacon on the passage, " according to the innocent play of children, the Divine...found out ; and as if kings could not obtain a greater honor than to be God's playfellows in that game." One more quotation from the book of Ecclesiastes,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...so he saith expressly, "The glory of God is to conceal a thing, but the glory of a king is to find it out ;" as if, according to the innocent play of...great commandment of wits and means, whereby nothing ncedeth to be hidden from them. Neither did the dispensation of God vary in the times after our Saviour...
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...he saith expressly, " The glory of God is to conceal a thing, but the glory of the king is to find it out as if, according to the innocent play of children,...commandment of wits and means, whereby nothing needeth to be hidden from them. 14 Buoil. Neither did the dispensation of God vary in the umti after our Saviour...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...so he saith expressly, " The glory of God is to conceal a thing, but the glory of a king is to find a point of cunning to let fallthuse words in a man's...competitors for the secretary's place, in Queen Elizabeth's ¡jreat commandment of wits and means, whereby nothing neeilcth to be hidden from them. Neither did...
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Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - 1851 - 376 pages
...fo he faith expreflly, The glory of GOD is to conceal a thing, but the glory of the King is to find it out; as if, according to the innocent play of Children, the Divine Majefty took delight to hide his works, to the end to have them found out ; and as if Kings could not...
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The two books of Francis Bacon: of the proficience and advancement of ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852 - 238 pages
...so he saith expressly, The glory of God is to conceal a thing, but the glory of the king is to find it out ;* as if, according to the innocent play of...considering the great commandment of wits and means, wherebynothing needeth to be hiddenfrom them. 10. Neither did the dispensation of God vary in the «...
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