 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 pages
...and Affedtions; yet Truth, which only doth judge itfelf, teacheth, that the Inquiry of Truth, which is the Love-making, or Wooing of it ; the Knowledge of Truth, which is the Prefence of it ; and the Belief of Truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the Sovereign Good of human... | |
 | 1853 - 604 pages
...the energies of truth in the hands of the great sanctifier. "The first creature of God, in the work of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last...work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit" If the study of divine things is not a blessing to any, it is because they are "sensual, having not... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1854 - 452 pages
...aspiration of manhood ; for it has been well said that the inquiry of truth, which is the lovemaking of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. MAGICIANS AND WITCH FOLK. "FASCINATION," saith Henry Cornelius Agrippa, in the fiftieth chapter of... | |
 | 1854 - 778 pages
...highest types of excellence. CMC (To be continued in our next.) THE THREE LIGHTS. THE first creation of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense (Gen. i. 3) ; the last was the light of reason (Gen. ii. 7.) ; and His Sabbath work, ever since, is... | |
 | James Henley Thornwell - 1855 - 340 pages
...rest in Providence, unless it turn upon the poles of truth. "The inquiry of truth," says Bacon, "which is the love-making or wooing of it — the knowledge...of human nature. The first creature of God in the work of days was the light of sense ; the last was the light of reason, and His Sabbath-work ever since... | |
 | 1855 - 446 pages
...coincide with each other." Says Lord Bacon, " The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence...which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of our nature."8 Religious fidelity will also enlist a man against prominent social abuses, such as intemperance... | |
 | Julius Charles Hare - 1855 - 536 pages
...and affections, yet Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the enquiry of Truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge...the presence of it, and the belief of Truth, which G is the enjoying of it, is the soverein Good of human nature." But, says Mr Trower, " is Divine Truth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pages
...and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it, the knowledge...the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; 8 the last was the light of reason ; * and his 1 Perhaps he was thinking of St. Augustine. — See... | |
 | 1856 - 600 pages
...history to favour them. With regard to the seventh day, space only allows me to point to the solntion. " The first creature of God in the works of the days...work ever since is the illumination of his spirit."* What a beautiful thought ! God's sabbath still lasts. Geology teaches that, in regard to our earth,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...things are in men's depraved judgments and affections, it teacheth that the inquiry of Truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it — the knowledge...of it — is the sovereign good of human nature.' ESSAY II. OF DEATH. MEN fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear... | |
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... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature. 
