 | Richard Hooker - Church polity - 1793 - 528 pages
...eternal Law. Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of Man, to wade tar into the doings of the moft High; whom although to know be life, and joy to make mention of his Name ; yet our fbundeft knowledge is, to know that we know him not as indeed he is, neither can know him : and our... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...know be life, and joy to mr.ke mention (f his name; yet our tc^ndeit knowledge is to know that we knew him not as indeed he is, neither can know him ; and our safest eloquence concerning him U silence. Let mv heart be tett'-if in thv statutes. .XT •.', a^d yet not ui.Ul, catechetick in«iSOU... | |
 | Richard Hooker - 1807 - 524 pages
...decreed when and how they fhould be; which eternal decree is that we term an eternal Law. Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the moft High ; whom although to know be life, and joy to make mention of his name ; yet our foundeft knowledge... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...whose divine lore was the beginning, and is the bond of the universal. SIR WALTER RALEGH. DANGEROUS it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into...doings of the Most High, whom although to know be life,_and joy to make mention of his name; yet our soundest knowledge is to know that we know him not... | |
 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...with some little alteration, the humble language of the great Hooker, Book I. 8.2. p. 71. " Dangerous it were for " the feeble brain of man to wade far " into the nature of the Most High ; " whom although to know be life, and " joy to make mention of his name, yet... | |
 | Richard Hooker, Izaak Walton - Church polity - 1821 - 392 pages
...decreed when and how they should be; which eternal decree is that we term an eternal law. Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man, to wade far into...is our silence, when we confess without confession, that his glory is inexplicable, his greatness above our capacity and reach. He is above, and we upon... | |
 | Richard Hooker - 1822 - 376 pages
...decreed when and how they should be ; which eternal decree is that we term an eternal law. Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man, to wade far into...is our silence, when we confess without confession, that his glory is inexplicable, his greatness above our capacity and reach. He is above, and we upon... | |
 | 1822 - 420 pages
...degree of it wh cli creatures like ourselves possess. " Dangerous it were," says the profound Hooker,* " for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings...joy to make mention of his name, yet our soundest wisdom is, to know that we know him not as indeed he is, neither can know him ; and our safest eloquence... | |
 | 1824 - 844 pages
...Hooker, Book 1, s. 2, p. 71. ' Dangerous it were tor the feeble brain of man to wade fa; into the nature of the Most High; whom although to know be life, and...eloquence concerning him is our silence, when we confess, in humble contemplation, that his glory is inexplicable, bis greatness above our capacity and reach.... | |
 | sir John Bayley (1st bart) - 1824 - 774 pages
...but humble Hooker. " Dangerous it were for the '• feeble brain of man to wade far into " the nature of the Most High : whom " although to know be life,...know that we " know him not as indeed he is, neither 41 can know him ; and our safest eloquence " concerning him is our silence, when we " confess, in humble... | |
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Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man, to wade far into the doings of the Most High; whom although to know be life, and joy to make mention of his name; yet our soundest knowledge is, to know that we know him not as indeed he is, neither can know... 
