 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...richer and softer. The following passage, fi^t published in 1625, will show the extent of the change: ilton, it is said, inherited what his predecessors...enlightened age; he received a finished education ; and evidences of God's favour. Vet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp you shall... | |
 | 1847 - 380 páginas
...security of a God."* THE is definite in meaning, and applies equally to the singular and plural, as, " The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue...benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favor."* " If he be compassionate towards the afflictions of others, it shows that his heart is like the noble... | |
 | General principles - 1847 - 132 páginas
...security of a God." * THE is definite in meaning, and applies equally to the singular and plural, as, " The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue...greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour."* " If he * Bacon's Essays. be compassionate towards the afflictions of others, it shews that... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 páginas
...tumult make them not audible all things dissolve Into anarchy and confusion. [Prosperity and Adversity.] eas Of troublous world, nor lost in slothful ease : Pleae'd and full blest he Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ; adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 páginas
...Adversity, on which he had deeply reflected, before the edition of 1625, when it first appeared, he says : " The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue...adversity is fortitude, which in morals is the more heroicaJ virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1848 - 684 páginas
...henceforth Лл-1Ыа. IDE Two BLESSINGS. — Prosperity is ™ blearing of the Old Testament; M'eraUy ij the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer evidence of God's favour. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, yon will hear... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 370 páginas
...Christian resolution, that saileth in the frail bark of the flesh through the waves of the world." But, to speak in a mean, the virtue of prosperity is temperance,...the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessmg of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour.... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - 1849 - 492 páginas
...those heavenly graces that impart a sacredness to Christian sorrow. V. HER WIDOWHOOD AND OLD AGE. " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favor." LORD BACON : Essay on Adversity. " Whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth." FROM the mournful epoch of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 710 páginas
...[Prosperity and Adi-errity.] The virtue of prosperity is temperance ; the virtue of adversity is fortitude. th a modest smile, And calls them brothers, friends, and countrymen. Upon his royal face ther carricth the greater benediction and the clearer revelation of Uod's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament,... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - 1849 - 496 páginas
...those heavenly graces that impart a sacredness to Christian sorrow. V. HER WIDOWHOOD AND OLD AGE. " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New, whieh carrieth the greater benedietion, and the clearer revelation of God's favor." LORD BACON : Essay... | |
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Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. 
