 | English literature - 1874 - 274 pages
...is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creation of God in the work of the days, was the light of the sense; the last...Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of His spirits. First, He breathed light upon the face of matter or chaos; then He breathed light into the... | |
 | E S. P - 1874 - 588 pages
...have asked. " Yes, dear, we shall see in heaven. There shall be no night there." 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 Sabbath-work ever since is the illumination of the spirit. — Bacon. IF a beam... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it; and the belief of truth, 29 which is the enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, 30 in the works of the days, was the light of the sense, the last was the light of reason, and His... | |
 | Francis Andrew March - 1875 - 334 pages
...care of night, through the day. Worthy to be coupled with Hilary's hymn are these rhythms of Bacon : "The first creature of God in the works of the days...since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breatheth light upon the face of matter, or chaos ; then he breatheth light into the face of man ;... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...knowledge of truth (which is the presence of it) and the belief of truth, 40 (which is the enjoying of it) is the sovereign good of human nature. The...illumination of his spirit. First he breathed light upon 45 the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying d our time, during a tho light of reason ; and His sabbath work ever since is tho illumination of His spirit. First He breathed... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 462 pages
...the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. The lirst creature of God, in the works of the days, was 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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1878 - 252 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 22 of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; 23 the last was the light of reason;... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pages
...knowledge of truth (which is the presence of it) and the belief of truth 40 (which is the enjoying of it) is the sovereign good of human nature. The...illumination of his spirit. First he breathed light upon 45 the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth... | |
 | Thomas Rawson Birks - 1879 - 304 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...illumination of His Spirit. First, he breathed light on the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man, and still he breatheth... | |
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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. 
