 If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.' Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so highly...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 32by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...charge, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men: for a lie faces God,...when "Christ cometh," he shall not " find faith upon earth." II. OF DEATH. MEN fear Death as children fear to go into the dark; and as that natural fear... | |
 | 1821 - 416 pages
...charge, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men : for a lie faces God,...as in that it shall be the. last peal to call the jndgments of God upon the generations of men : it being foretold that when " Christ cometh," he shall... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...charge, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men: for a lie faces God,...cannot possibly be so highly expressed as in that it B 3 shall be the last peal to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men : it being foretold... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 598 pages
...lyeth, is as much as to " say, that he is brave towards God, and a coward " towards men. For a lye faces God, and shrinks " from man." Surely the wickedness...it being foretold, that when Christ cometh he shall notfind faith upon the earth. II. OF DEATH. MEN fear death, as children fear to go in the dark: and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
..."If it be well " weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to " say, that he is brave towards God, and a coward ".towards men. For a lie faces God,...cometh," he shall not " find " faith upon the earth." II. OF DEATH.* Men fear death, as children fear to go in to the dark ; and as that natural fear in... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...If it be well weighed, to say that a man " lieth, is as much as to say, that he is brave towards " God, and a coward towards men. For a lie faces " God,...cometh, " he shall not find faith upon the earth." V. OP ADVERSITY. It was an high speech of Seneca, after the manner of the Stoics, that the good things... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...that a man lieth, is as much as to "say, that he is brave towards God, and a coward "towards men. Fora lie faces God, and shrinks " from man." Surely the...cometh," he shall not " find " faith upon the earth." II. OF DEATH.* Men fear death, as children fear to go in to the dark ; and as that natural fear in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...If it be well " weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to " say, that he is brave towards God, and a coward " towards men. For a lie faces God,...judgments of God upon the generations of men : it being fore-' told, that when " Christ cometh," he shall not " find " faith upon the earth." II. OF DEATH.*... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 494 pages
...charge, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men : for a lie faces God,...when " Christ cometh," he shall not " find faith upon earth." BACON. ON THE FLEETNESS OF LIFE. NOT only our connexions with all things around us change,... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 412 pages
...charge, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is -AS much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men: for a lie faces God,...when " Christ cometh," he shall not " find faith upon earth." BACON. ON THE FLEETNESS OF LIFE. NOT only our connexions with all things around us change,... | |
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