 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...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' works of the days,...light upon the face of the matter or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1864 - 406 pages
...although it was formerly used freely for every thing created,—as when Bacon says (Essay, Of Truth), " The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...the sense; the last was the light of reason; and his Sabhath work ever since is the illumination of his spirit;" or (Advance, of Learning, B. £.), " The... | |
 | Words, Horatius Bonar - 1866 - 370 pages
...swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. 8. Great riches have sold more men than they have bought. 9. The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...the light of the sense ; the last was the light of the reason; and His Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of His Spirit. 10. Clear and round... | |
 | Jonathan Eastwood - 1866 - 588 pages
...have presumed to offend. Grindal, )t1 ,np 419. Inspire, vt (Wisd. xv. 11). To breathe; Lat. intpirare. First he breathed light, upon the face, of the matter or chaos ; then he breathed light, into the face of man ; and still he breatheth and inspireth light, into the face of... | |
 | Jonathan Eastwood - 1866 - 586 pages
...presumed to offend. Grindal, item. p. 419. Inspire, vt (Wisd. xv. n). To breathe; Lat. inspirare. Eirst he breathed light, upon the face, of the matter or chaos ; then he breathed light, into the face of man ; and still he breatheth and inspireth light, into the face of... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1867 - 586 pages
...of the populace, must remember that their insolence in peace is bravery in war. TEUTH. LOED BACON. THE first creature of God, in the works of the days,...light upon the face of the matter, or chaos, then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he brcatheth and inspireth light into the face of his... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 670 pages
...sake an nil things, and bo Is the cause of all the beautiful.— Plato's Epist. II. to Diongsius. " The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit." — Bacon's Essag of Tnalt. .§ 1. THE TRUE RELIGION. BENJAMIN CONSTANT, setting out upon an investigation... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1867 - 414 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in the [12] works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the...since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he [13] breatheth light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breatheth light into the face... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 636 pages
...all things, and he is the cause of all the beautiful. — Plato's /-;l//>..'.. If. to Dionysius, u The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...last was the light of reason : and his Sabbath work erer since is the illumination of hli Spirit." — Bacon's Essay of 7Vu(4. § 1. THE TRUE RELIGION.... | |
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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. 
