Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man, to wade far into the doings of the Most High ; whom although to know be life, and joy to make mention of his name ; yet our soundest knowledge is, to know that we know him not as indeed he is, neither can... The Christian Remembrancer - Page 151842Full view - About this book
| John Aston Whitlock - 1872 - 232 pages
...written,1 — " Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High ; Whom although to know be life, and joy to make...without confession that His glory is inexplicable, and His greatness above our capacity and reach." Therefore, "Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1872 - 620 pages
...lives to come, to learn somewhat more of Him of whom old Hooker said well, that ' though to know Him be life, and joy to make mention of His name, yet...Him not as indeed He is, neither can know Him, and that our safest eloquence concerning Him is our silence, whereby we confess without confession that... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1872 - 616 pages
...lives to come, to learn somewhat more of Him of of whom old Hooker said well, that ' though to know Him be life, and joy to make mention of His name, yet...Him not as indeed He is, neither can know Him, and that our safest eloquence concerning Him is our silence, whereby we confess without confession that... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1872 - 614 pages
...lives to come, to learn somewhat more of Him of whom old Hooker said well, that ' though to know Him be life, and joy to make mention of His name, yet...Him not as indeed He is, neither can know Him, and that our safest eloquence concerning Him is our silence, whereby we confess without confession that... | |
| 1882 - 966 pages
...the gospel of science with regard to the Unknowable is but the echo of the words of Hooker, that " our soundest knowledge is to know that we know him...our safest eloquence concerning him is our silence." The chief objection that any naturalistic scheme of religion has to encounter comes from those who,... | |
| Horae, Henry Holmes Joy - 1873 - 374 pages
...Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of Knowledge of man to wade far into the secret doings of the Most High ; whom, although to know be life, and joy to...above our capacity and reach. He is above, and we upon earth ; therefore it behoveth our words to be wary and few. Life and its shadows : yet we sit... | |
| David Kay - 1873 - 244 pages
...Government.) " Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High whom, although to know be life, and joy to make...inexplicable, His greatness above our capacity and reach." — (HOOKER.) " Things, seemingly the most insignificant imaginable, are perpetually observed to be... | |
| Octavius Brooks Frothingham - 1873 - 344 pages
...and mystics : " It is dangerous for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High, whom, although to know be life, and joy to make...him not as indeed he is, neither can know him, and that our safest eloquence concerning him is our silence, whereby we confess without confession that... | |
| John Ross Macduff - 1874 - 266 pages
...of God than other men, prays still, " that I may know him." " Our safest eloquence," says Hooker, " concerning Him, is our silence, when we confess without confession, that, His glory is inexplicable." And is this the Being to whom I can look up with sweetest confidence, and call " My Father"? Is it... | |
| Ezra Hall Gillett - 1874 - 442 pages
...is devout. " Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High ; whom although to know be life, and joy to make...greatness above our capacity and reach. He is above, » Book L, xi. 4. t L, xll. 1. JL, xli 2. § I., rvi. 5. 430 SIR JOHN DAVIES. and we upon the earth... | |
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