 | William Atkinson - Economics - 1858 - 698 pages
...treated of this great point — the perversion and abandonment of faith — in the following manner : " Surely the wickedness of falsehood, and breach of...expressed, as in that it shall be the last peal to call the judgment of God upon the generations of men; it being foretold that when Christ cometh, he shall not... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men.1 For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely...breach of faith cannot possibly be so highly expressed, aa in that it shall be the last peal to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men ; it... | |
 | 1858 - 812 pages
...odious charge, ' If it be well weighed, to say that a man licth, is as much as to say that he is b^ave towards God, and a coward towards men ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.' " This is an instance how rapidly ideas arc communicated from one country, and from one great thinker,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Philosophy - 1858 - 620 pages
...that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards man ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.'4 Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so higluy expressed as in that it shall be the last peal to call the judgments of God upon the generations... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...charge, saith he, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say, that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men. For a...generations of men : it being foretold, that when "Chrisi cometh," he shall not " find faith upon the earth." II. OF DEATH.* MEN fear death, as children... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859 - 176 pages
...he is brave towards God, and a coward towards j^n.5 For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Suray the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot...the judgments of God upon the generations of men: it bein°j foretold that when Christ cometh, he shall not find f aim v/pon the earth.6 , * II. OF DEATH.... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1859 - 802 pages
...thau in the declaration, that it shall be the last peal 58 Hidden Toil — The Peacock. [February, to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men ; it being foretold that when Christ shall come, he will not find "faith upon the earth." HIDDEN TOIL. THE EDITOR. ONCE a great author wrote... | |
 | Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 458 pages
...an odious charge, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men : for...generations of men : it being foretold, that when " Christ cometh," he shall not " find faith upon earth." OF STUDIES. — (BACON.) STUDIES serve for delight,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...charge ? Saith he, If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men.* For a lie faces God, 1 Lucretius. See the beginning of the second book. 1 vtritatem auipothu ttradtalem. < aptrtam et minimr,... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...be discovered in a lie ; for as Montaigne saitb — "A liar would be brave towards God, while ho is a coward towards men ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man." Bacon, ЫАВLIBEBTY. LIAR— Reward of a. Thou canst not better reward a liar, than in not believing... | |
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If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.' Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so highly... 
