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" Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer revelation of God's favour. "
The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England - Page xxxix
by Francis Bacon - 1834
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The Routledge Dictionary of Quotations

Robert Andrews - 1987 - 343 pages
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Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotable Definitions

Eugene E. Brussell - 1988 - 698 pages
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The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations

Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...is the denomination of the New. Benjamin Whichcote (1609-1683) Provost of King's College, Cambridge Prosperity is the Blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, essayist It gives me a deep, comforting sense that "things...
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All the Promises of the Bible

Herbert Lockyer - 1990 - 356 pages
..."He had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not." Luke 7:13 Bacon writing on adversity says, "Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament;...the New, which carrieth the greater benediction." But both sections of Scripture reveal a mixture of prosperity and adversity, with promises attached...
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Francis Bacon[: Our Shakespeare

Edwin Reed - 1992 - 242 pages
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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Angela Partington - 1992 - 1098 pages
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The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations

Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 pages
...BACON (1561- 1 626), English philosopher, essayist. statesman. Essays, "Of Adversity" 11597-1625). 2 iter. Perseus in the Wind, ch. 17(1948). 3 FRANCIS BACON (1S6I -1626). English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays. 'Of Adversity" {1 597-1...
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Eschatologische Identität: eine Untersuchung über das Verhältnis von ...

Heiko Schulz - 1994 - 640 pages
...oder Interessen" (ebd., 289). 4. Kapitel: Transsubstantiation des Leidens. Ein Exkurs zur Theodizee Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New. Francis Bacon Jedes Böse ist ein Übel, aber nicht jedes Übel böse - zumindest wenn man der Leibnizschen...
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Social Contract ; Discourse on the Virtue Most Necessary for a Hero ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - 1994 - 320 pages
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Accent, Volume 2

1971 - 614 pages
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