 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 476 pages
...it ; is the Soveraigne Good of humane Nature. The first Creature of God, in the workes of the Dayes, was the Light of the Sense ; The last, was the Light of Reason; And bis Sabbath Worke, ©f ever since, is the Illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed Light, upon... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1869 - 418 pages
...although it was formerly used freely for everything created, — as when Bacon says (Essay of Truth), " The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...work ever since is the illumination of his spirit; " or (Adv. of Learning, B. i.), " The wit and mind of man. if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation... | |
 | 1870 - 974 pages
...work of the six days wa* the light of sense — the lust wa« the light of reason — and His Sabb.ith work, ever since, is the illumination of His Spirit. First, He breathed light upon the face of matter, or chaos, then He breathed light into the face of man ; and still He breathes and inspires... | |
 | 1871
...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...of God, in the works of the days, was the light of sense; the last was the light of reason, and his Sabbath, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit.... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1871 - 442 pages
...wh.is hidden in the earth — kept Beeret — that it should come abroad, w. 26-29. "The first creation of God in the works of the days was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of the reason ; and His Sabbathwork ever since ÍH the illumination of the spirit," — Bacon. " A wise... | |
 | James Henley Thornwell - 1871 - 636 pages
...it, 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 of God in the work of days was the light of sense, the last was the light of reason, and His Sabbath-work ever since... | |
 | William Graham - 1872 - 246 pages
...The successive stadia traversed by thought in Hegel's system are similartothoseindicated by Bacon. " The first creature of God in the works of the days...First he breathed light upon the face of the Matter, then he breathed light into the face of the Man, and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the... | |
 | 1873 - 530 pages
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 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 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...since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breatheth light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breatheth light into the face of man... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1874 - 700 pages
...created," applied both to animate and inanimate objects. Thus in the Essay "Of Truth," ante, p. 2: — The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...work, ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of... | |
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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. 
