 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Classical poetry - 1827 - 402 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...work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 412 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...work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - Holy Spirit - 1829 - 246 pages
...iariv, « fii) Tip 6fO£ S<£ aunivai icai 6 Xpiarbe avrov. Just Mart. Dial, cum Tryph. Oper. p. 173. The first creature of God in the works of the days,...work ever since is the illumination of his spirit. First, he breatbed light upon the face of the matter of chaos ; then, he breathed light upon the face... | |
 | Religion - 1853 - 1142 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 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...work, | ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. ! First he breathed light upon the face of the I matter, or chaos ; then he breatheth light into •;... | |
 | Christian life - 1835 - 334 pages
...return from Christ but this : ' I know you not ; depart from me, ye workers of iniquity.' TRUTH. ' THE first creature of God, in the works of the days,...work, ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | Stephen Davies - 1836 - 204 pages
...cupidos, adjuvari fi Spiritu Nov. Test. p. 25. Dei in scrutando Scripturse a John vii. 17. Bacon, " in the works of the days, was the light of the sense...sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit."3 Well therefore may we, on the sacred and peaceful hours of the Sabbath in the sanctuary,... | |
 | Caleb Ticknor - Conduct of life - 1836 - 360 pages
...ETC., IN UNION COLLEGE, THESE PAGES ARE INSCRIBED A. TRIBUTE TO WORTH AND FRIENDSHIP, BY THE AUTHOR. light of reason ; and his Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | Medicine - 1836 - 554 pages
...possesses at least one merit — brevity: an excellence that is not too often found at the present day. . "The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light písense; the last was the light of reason; and his Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pages
...and when all nature mingles in one common morning song of gratitude. — Mudie's Spring. TRUTH.— The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
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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. 
