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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. "
Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One - Page 15
by Francis Bacon - 1820 - 539 pages
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Sun and Shield: A Book of Devout Thoughts for Every-day Use

Gustav Gottheil - 1896 - 504 pages
...filled with the sacred joy of the Sabbath, cometh a higher soul from above. — Jewish Kabbalists. The first creature of God in the works of the days was the light of sense, the last was the light of reason ; and His Sabbath work since is the illumination of the spirit....
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1897 - 448 pages
...is the Soveraigne .Good of humane7 Nature. The first Creature8 of God, in the workes of the Dayes, was the Light of the Sense ; The last, was the Light of Reason ; And his Sabbath Worke, ever since, is the Illumination of his Spirit". 45 First he breathed Light upon the Face of...
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The Essayes Or Counsels, Civill and Morall of Francis Bacon, Lo. Verulam ...

Francis Bacon - 1900 - 374 pages
...truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief '.£. f . ©f Truth of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. 'The...First he breathed light upon the face of the matter • l * ' or chaos; then he breathed light into the face of ;_.,..«•. . man ; and still he breatheth...
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Longman's Handbook of English Literature: From A.D. 673 to the Present Time

Robert McWilliam - 1900 - 644 pages
...essays are very fine, and one of the finest is that on ' Truth,' from which the following is extracted : the sense; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath worke ever since is the illumination of his spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter...
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The Teaching of the Gospel of John

Jonathan Ritchie Smith - 1903 - 418 pages
...clearly disclosed until the incarnation nor His power fully manifested until the ascension of the Son. " The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...work, ever since, is the illumination of His Spirit " (Bacon, Essay on Truth). The coming of Christ in the Spirit is treated in the chapter on The End...
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A Grammar of Late Modern English, for the Use of Continental, Especially ...

Hendrik Poutsma - 1926 - 912 pages
...since is become proper English. TRENCH, Study of W ords, V, 320. ii. The first creature of God . . was the light of the sense : the last was the light...work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. BACON, E s., I, T ruth, 2. I cannot abide the smell of hot meat since. SHAK., Merry Wives, I. 1, 297....
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The Essays, Or Counsels, Civil and Moral of Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam ...

Francis Bacon - 1905 - 410 pages
...is the presence of it; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it — is the sover25eign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in...Spirit. . First he breathed light upon the face of the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet0 that...
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English Essays

Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1905 - 422 pages
...knowl- 10 edge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The...and His sabbath work ever since is the illumination 15 of His Spirit. First He breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos; then He breathed light...
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Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind

Richard Maurice Bucke - 1905 - 352 pages
...plays and sonnets. Note again these words of Bacon's, taken from his essay " Of Truth " [35 : 82] : " The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...work ever since is the illumination of his spirit." In other words : In the evolution of the human mind simple consciousness was first produced ; then...
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Introduction to English Literature, with Suggestions for Further Reading and ...

Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1905 - 770 pages
...the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature '7 of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason;...
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