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" ... the inquiry of truth, which is the 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. "
A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors - Page 8
by Manual - 1809
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 14

1801 - 446 pages
...knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it*— 'and the belief of truth, which is the en;oyment of it, is the sovereign good of human nature- * The...sense- ; the last was the light of reason, and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his spirit. * These two sentences are transcribed, verbatim,...
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The Temple of Truth: Or, The Best System of Reason, Philosophy, Virtue, and ...

Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 588 pages
...equal contempt upon the the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief or the truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature." BAcON'S ESSAYS. Is it not painful then to know, that, " The road to moral truth has been left in such...
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The Temple of Truth: Or, The Best System of Reason, Philosophy, Virtue, and ...

Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 586 pages
...equal contempt upon the the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief of the truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature." BACON'S ESSAYS. Is it not painful then to know, that, " The road to moral truth has been left in such...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...which is the 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;...the sense; the last was the light of reason; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face...
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A Practical Treatise on the Ordinary Operations of the Holy Spirit

George Stanley Faber - 1814 - 282 pages
...'-.vT'jv. Just. Mart. Dial. eum Tryph. p. 173. " The first ereature of God in the works of the clays, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever sinee is the illumination of his spirit. First he breathed light upon the faee of...
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Rural discourses

William Clayton - 1814 - 420 pages
...ministry.* " The first creature of God, (says Lord " Bacon,) in the works of the days, was the " light of sense ; the last was the light of " reason ; and his sabbath-work ever since, " is the illumination of his Spirit. First * Hebrews, ix 19,21. b " he breathed light upon the...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...which is the 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 ;...sense ; the last was the light of reason; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...which is the 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,...was the light of reason; and his Sabbath-work ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...which is the 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,...was the light of reason; and his Sabbath-work ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. First, he OF TRUTH. 3 breathed light upon the face of the...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...which is the 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 ;...sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of...
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