 ... 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. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear...  The Church - Page 2181864Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 792 pages
...Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Salomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and Adversity is not without comforts... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear аз many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Salomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and Adversity is not without comforts... | |
 | 1858 - 798 pages
...heaven-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more, to speak it reverently, in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity," he continued, with marked emphasis, ' is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not... | |
 | 1858 - 770 pages
...heaven-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more, to speak it reverently, in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity,' he continued, with marked emphasis, 'is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not... | |
 | Augusta Browne - 1859 - 350 pages
...harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Spirit hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the...Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and distrusts; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see, in needleworks and embroideries,... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1859 - 230 pages
...In others deep shade prevails; as in the history of Job. Lord Bacon has remarked, that " the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing...afflictions of Job, than the felicities of Solomon." solitary in their woe. Through the jealousy and harshness of Sarai, her poor maid, Hagar, the Egyptian,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1008 pages
...Testament, if you listen to David's harp you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing...; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. W« see in needleworks and embroideries it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 950 pages
...Testament, if you listen to David's harp you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the feh'cities of Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 414 pages
...David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols : and the pencils of the Holy Ghost have laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. "f The moral use of tragic poetry consists then in such employment of poetic truth that the poet's... | |
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