 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...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...work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...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...his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of the Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...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...work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...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...work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit, First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...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...work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...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...work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S. - 1825 - 594 pages
...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...of God in the works of the days, was the light of sense; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbathwork, ever since, is the illumination of his... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 408 pages
...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...work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Classical poetry - 1827 - 404 pages
...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...•work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 494 pages
...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...work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
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The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light of reason; and his Sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. 
