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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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Radical: A Monthly Magazine, Devoted to Religion, Volume 3

1868 - 802 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 upon matter, or chaos, then he breathed light into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspireth...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 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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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 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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Studies in English prose: specimens, with notes, by J. Payne

Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...the enjoying of it ; is the '' soueraigne " good of human nature.' The first creature (creation)12 of God, in the works of the days, was the light of...sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath-work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit.3 First he breathed light upon the face...
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Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 458 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 his Sabbath Worke, ever since, is the Illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed Light, upon the Face, of the...
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Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 472 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...
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The English of Shakespeare: Illustrated in a Philological Commentary on His ...

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...
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine

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...
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The Southern Review, Volume 9, Issues 18-20

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....
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The biblical museum, Volume 1

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...
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