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... matter of which Lord Bacon was not the author . Archbishop Tenison , in his Baconiana , p . 59 , speaking of the apopthegms , says , " Be- sides , his Lordship hath received much injury by late editions , of which some have much ...
... matter of which Lord Bacon was not the author . Archbishop Tenison , in his Baconiana , p . 59 , speaking of the apopthegms , says , " Be- sides , his Lordship hath received much injury by late editions , of which some have much ...
Page xxxvi
... matter ; and not the principall . And if his stile were polite , it was because he could do no otherwise ; neither was he given to any light conceits ; or descanting upon words , but did ever , purposely and industriously avoyd them ...
... matter ; and not the principall . And if his stile were polite , it was because he could do no otherwise ; neither was he given to any light conceits ; or descanting upon words , but did ever , purposely and industriously avoyd them ...
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... matter , " It is not altogether safe to rely upon any natural experiment , before proof be made both in a lesser , and greater quantity . Men should remember the mockery of Esop's housewife , who conceited that by doubling her measure ...
... matter , " It is not altogether safe to rely upon any natural experiment , before proof be made both in a lesser , and greater quantity . Men should remember the mockery of Esop's housewife , who conceited that by doubling her measure ...
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... matter , no spirit , but one , only , and the same God . That God , as he is eternally almighty , only wise , only good , in his nature ; so he is eternally Father , Son , and Spirit , in persons . I believe that God is so holy , pure ...
... matter , no spirit , but one , only , and the same God . That God , as he is eternally almighty , only wise , only good , in his nature ; so he is eternally Father , Son , and Spirit , in persons . I believe that God is so holy , pure ...
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... matter of heaven and earth was created without forms : the second , the interim of perfection of every day's work : the third , by the curse , which notwithstanding was no new creation : and the last , at the end of the world , the ...
... matter of heaven and earth was created without forms : the second , the interim of perfection of every day's work : the third , by the curse , which notwithstanding was no new creation : and the last , at the end of the world , the ...
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Page 27 - Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath...
Page 118 - Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.
Page iii - ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause; but when a man passeth on...
Page 3 - Let the words of our mouths, and the meditations of our hearts be now and ever gracious in thy sight, and acceptable unto thee, O Lord, our God, our strength, and our Redeemer.
Page xxxv - Orpheus' theatre, where all beasts and birds assembled ; and, forgetting their several appetites, some of prey, some of game, some of quarrel, stood all sociably together listening to the airs and accords of the harp ; the sound whereof no sooner ceased, or was drowned by some louder noise, but every beast returned to his own ' nature : wherein is aptly described the nature and condition of men, who are full of savage and unreclaimed desires, of...
Page ii - But further, it is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial knowledge of philosophy may incline the mind of man to atheism, but a further proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion. For in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell .and stay there it may induce some oblivion of the highest...
Page xxxvi - Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man...
Page 40 - And howsoever they esteem the compounding of controversies to savour of man's wisdom and human policy, and think themselves led by the wisdom which is from above, yet I say, with St. James, " Non est ista sapientia de sufsum descendens, sed terrena, animalis, diabolica : ubi enim zelus et contentio, ibi inconstantia et omne opus pravum.
Page 3 - Earth, heavens, and all these, are nothing to thy mercies. Besides my innumerable sins, I confess, before thee, that I am debtor to thee for the gracious talent of thy gifts and graces, which I have neither put into a napkin, nor put it, as I ought, to exchangers, where it might have made best profit, but mispent it in things for which I was least fit; so I may truly say, my soul hath been a stranger in the course of my pilgrimage. Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for my Saviour's sake, and receive me...
Page 349 - And it appears in our books, that in many cases, the common law will control acts of parliament, and sometimes adjudge them to be utterly void; for when an act of parliament is against common right and reason, or repugnant, or impossible to be performed, the common law will control it, and adjudge such act to be void; and therefore in 8 E.