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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. "
Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One - Page 15
by Francis Bacon - 1820 - 539 pages
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The Essays, Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral: And, The Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1861 - 408 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...
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Bacon, His Writings and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 728 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...
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The Sabbath Viewed in the Light of Reason, Revelation, and History: With ...

James Gilfillan - Sabbath - 1862 - 660 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...
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The English of Shakespeare Illustrated in a Philological Commentary on His ...

George Lillie Craik - English language - 1864 - 406 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...
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Words Old and New: or, Gems from the Christian authorship of all ages ...

Words, Horatius Bonar - Christianity - 1866 - 370 pages
...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...
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The English of Shakespeare: Illustrated in a Philological Commentary on His ...

George Lillie Craik - 1867 - 414 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...
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The Authorship of Shakespeare

Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 670 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...
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The Authorship of Shakespeare

Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 636 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....
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Select Academic Speaker: Containing a Large Number of New and Appropriate ...

Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 588 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...
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Lord Bacon's Essays: With a Sketch of His Life and Character, Reviews of His ...

Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 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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