 | James Freeman Clarke - Theology - 1876 - 528 pages
...Bacon ? (Essays, XVII. Of Superstition.) " It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is coutumely ; and certainly superstition is \he reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose.... | |
 | Hugh Junor Browne - 1876 - 474 pages
...we ought to regard as an all-merciful Father. It were better to have no idea of God at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of Him ; for the one is unbelief, but the other is contumely. The story of Adam, Eve, and the serpent is only an imperfect ver sion of... | |
 | Bible - 1892 - 718 pages
...ever misdirects, scares by expected evil. " It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of him , for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely ; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity" [Bacon], THB HOUSE OF OBED-EDOM. — Verse 14. People dismayed,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1893 - 304 pages
...the humour of a fcholar. (E/ay, 1625, 1.) SUPERSTITION. It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than fuch an opinion as is unworthy of Him. For...is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly fuperftition is the reproach of the Deity. (E/ays, 1625, xvii.) SUSPICION. Suspicions amongft thoughts... | |
 | Noah Knowles Davis - Logic - 1893 - 230 pages
...less this house that I have builded ! 17. It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely ; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Prove the following proposition (Euclid, I., 15), first... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg, Alonzo Reed - English language - 1893 - 236 pages
...the other with great accuracy. — Scott. It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely. — Bacon. Turn from Walter Scott to Byron. The one is healthy in feeling and expression, the other... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1893 - 342 pages
...Italians and Latins XVII.— OF SUPERSTITION. IT were better to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely :l and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose, "Surely,"... | |
 | Marion Daniel Shutter - Justice - 1894 - 288 pages
...reasonable one. Lord Bacon well said : " It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely ; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity." Plutarch saith well to that purpose, " Surely," saith he,... | |
 | Efraim Liljeqvist - Ethics - 1898 - 394 pages
...öfrigt sin essay Of Super stition. Der heter: It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him. For the one is unbelief, Jhe other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. — — And as the... | |
 | Frank Dearborn Bullard - Faith - 1899 - 128 pages
...monstrous blasphemy inspired of Hell. 57 LXVII It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of Him, for the one is unbelief, and the other is contumely, and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. BACON — Essays... | |
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It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an Opinion as is unworthy of him : for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : 
