 | Francis Bowen - Philosophy - 1842 - 388 pages
...the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candlelight. The first creature of God in the works of the days...work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit." We have spoken warmly of the Transcendental mode of thought and expression, without alluding to individuals,... | |
 | Robert Jefferson Breckinridge - Presbyterian Church - 1842 - 78 pages
...first creature of God," says the profoundest of * See Tillotson on the Rule of Faith. all thinkers, " in the works of the days, was the light of the sense...illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Philosophy - 1842 - 388 pages
...masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-. light. The first creature of God in the works of the days...work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit." We have spoken warmly of the Transcendental mode of thought and expression, without alluding to individuals,... | |
 | Alonzo Potter - Best books - 1843 - 352 pages
...to learn the revolutions that have taken place in the various departments of trade. X. THEOLOGY. " The first creature of God in the -works of the days...sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath-work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breatheth light on the face of... | |
 | Criticism - 1861 - 1148 pages
...the depths of a profound philosophy beneath the surface of the Mosaic record : " The first creation of God in the works of the days, was the light of • 2 Peter iii, 4-12. t Compare De Genesi ad Litteram Liber IV, xxvi: "Ac sic per oranes illos dies... | |
 | Christian Gleaner - Gift books - 1844 - 342 pages
...minds and hearts of men is one of the noblest of occupations. " The first creature of God in the work of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last...illumination of His Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man, and still he breatheth... | |
 | 1844 - 612 pages
...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 his Sabbath...illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of matter or chaos, then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breathes and... | |
 | English literature - 1844 - 608 pages
...love-making or wooing of it, 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 first creation of God in the work of the days was the light of sense, the last was the light of reason, and... | |
 | Periodicals - 1844 - 276 pages
...dew Were on them yet; and silver waters break Into small waves, and sparkle as he comes. — BBTANT. THE first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of sense ; the last was the light of reason.— BACOK. A. REPINING life, is a lingering death.— QUARLES.... | |
 | Chandos Leigh - English poetry - 1844 - 250 pages
...or wooing of it — 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." — Bacon's Essay on Truth,. P. 136, line 13. That mirror they mutt gradually unveil. " The subjection... | |
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But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it;... 
