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... man and a writer that any particular ac- count of him on the present occasion would be super- fluous . To dwell , indeed , on the incidents of my Lord Bacon's life would be an unpleasant and mortifying task for ever must it be deplored ...
... man and a writer that any particular ac- count of him on the present occasion would be super- fluous . To dwell , indeed , on the incidents of my Lord Bacon's life would be an unpleasant and mortifying task for ever must it be deplored ...
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... man doubt , that if there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions , flattering hopes , false valu- ations , imaginations as one would , and the like , but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things , full of ...
... man doubt , that if there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions , flattering hopes , false valu- ations , imaginations as one would , and the like , but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things , full of ...
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... man's mind move in charity , rest in Providence , and turn upon the poles of truth . The pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business , it will be ac- knowledged , even by those who practise it not , that ...
... man's mind move in charity , rest in Providence , and turn upon the poles of truth . The pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business , it will be ac- knowledged , even by those who practise it not , that ...
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... man should think with himself what the pain is , if he have but his finger's end pressed , or tortured , and thereby imagine what the pains of death are when the whole body is corrupted and dissolved ; when many times death passeth with ...
... man should think with himself what the pain is , if he have but his finger's end pressed , or tortured , and thereby imagine what the pains of death are when the whole body is corrupted and dissolved ; when many times death passeth with ...
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... man and man , shall we not think that God above , that knows the heart , doth not dis- cern that frail men , in some of their contradic- tions , intend the same thing , and accepteth of both ? The nature of such controversies is ex ...
... man and man , shall we not think that God above , that knows the heart , doth not dis- cern that frail men , in some of their contradic- tions , intend the same thing , and accepteth of both ? The nature of such controversies is ex ...
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Page 12 - But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. 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, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Page 12 - 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. 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 and inspireth light into the face of his chosen.
Page 102 - ... thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another; he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words: finally, he waxeth wiser than himself; and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation. It was well said by Themistocles to the King of Persia, 'That speech was like cloth of Arras, opened and put abroad; whereby the imagery doth appear in figure;...
Page 66 - For take an example of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage he will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God, or melior natura, which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence, of a better nature than his own could never attain. So man, when he resteth and assureth himself upon divine protection and favor, gathereth a force and faith which human nature in itself could not obtain.
Page 32 - Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants, but not always best subjects ; for they are light to run away, and almost all fugitives are of that condition. A single life doth well with Churchmen ; for charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool.
Page 42 - Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will they when it were reason ; but are impatient of privateness even in age and sickness, which require the shadow ; like old townsmen, that will be still sitting at their street door, though thereby they offer age to scorn.
Page 24 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Page 15 - It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolors of death. But, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is " Nunc dimittis," when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Page 162 - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden. And, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks.
Page 129 - impedimenta ; " for as the baggage is to an army, so is riches to virtue ; it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution ; the rest is but conceit.