 Yet even in the Old 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 Solomon.  Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately - Page 70by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Sura College of Competition - 2004 - 116 pages
...It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line. - Ashleigh Brilliant Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carried the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour - Bacon It is foolish to... | |
 | Elliott M. Simon - Perfection - 2007 - 622 pages
...Paracelsus, Selected Writings, 171. Also see: 173-74, 189. Francis Bacon made a similar argument, that: "The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue...Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New; which carries the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favor." "Essay V: Of Adversity,"... | |
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