| Robert Jefferson Breckinridge - 1842 - 78 páginas
...and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen." Thus, " truth," he saith, " which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry...presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoyment of it, is the sovereign good of human nature."* Truth, then, is the sole object proposed... | |
| Chandos Leigh - 1844 - 250 páginas
...great Bacon tans, taught after, woo'd. " Truth which only doth judge itself teaches that, the enquiry of Truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it...of it — is the sovereign good of human nature." — Bacon's Essay on Truth,. P. 136, line 13. That mirror they mutt gradually unveil. " The subjection... | |
| 1844 - 608 páginas
...rather that enlightened reason is a part of religion itself. " The inquiry of truth," says Lord Bacon, " which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge...it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creation of God in the work of the days was the light of sense, the last was the light of reason, and... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 páginas
...depraved judgments and affections; yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the enquiry of truth, which is the lovemaking, or wooing of it:...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... | |
| Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 páginas
...works, the varieties and beauties of nature. The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence...which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of our nature. The unlearned man knows not what it is to descend into himself or to call himself to account,... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 páginas
...in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which...truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign * The wine of devils. (The translations throughout our extracts from the Essays are the same as in... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 páginas
...these things are thus in men's depraved judgments "and affections, yet truth, which only doth jtrage itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which...truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign * The wine of devils. (The translations throughout ourt extracts from the Essays are the same as in... | |
| 1846 - 70 páginas
...FOR EMBRACING THE DOCTRINES AND DISCLOSURES or EMANUEL SWEDENBORG. " The inquiry of Truth, which it the love-making or wooing of it ; the knowledge of...enjoying of it ; is the Sovereign Good of human nature." " Bacon. BY GEORGE BUSH. NEW-YORK: JOHN ALLEN, 139 NASSAU STREET. BOSTON: OTIS CLAPP. IS SCHOOL STREET.... | |
| James Esdaile - 1846 - 362 páginas
...that they will be richly rewarded. To encourage them, I would remind them in the words of Bacon, " that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making...presence of it; and the belief of truth, which is the enu 4 joying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature;" and that this highest gratification of... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 páginas
...thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheti that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making...knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it; and the helief of truth, which is the enjoying Tlf it, is the sovereign * The wine of devils. (The'translations... | |
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