 | Francis Bacon, Alexander Spiers, Basil Montagu - Literary Collections - 1861 - 360 pages
...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. The...God, in the works of the days, was the light of the 1 Perhaps lie was thinking of St. Augustine. — See Aug. Confess, i. 25, 26. 2 " The wine of evil... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Biography & Autobiography - 1862 - 715 pages
...notes, by Dr. WC Taylor, 8vo., Lond. 1840.) good of human nature. The first creature of God in the worka 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. First he breathed light upon the face of... | |
 | James Gilfillan - 1862 - 635 pages
...have the aspect of denominational controversy. "The first creature of God in the works of the daya was the light of the sense, the last was the light of reason, and hia Sabbath work ever since is the illumination of hia Spirit." LORD BACON. PREFACE. THE author of... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Drama - 1864 - 350 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 - History - 1866
...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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1867 - 386 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... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - Drama - 1867 - 601 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... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 601 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.... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1867 - 546 pages
...remember that their insolence in peace is bravery in war. From " Political Tradi." TRUTH. LORD BAfON. THE first creature of God, in the works of the days,...light of the sense, the last was the light of reason, nnd his Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Biography & Autobiography - 1867 - 426 pages
...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. The first creature of God, in the [12] works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath... | |
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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. 
