 Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...  The Cambridge Examiner - Page 3431881Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1823 - 614 pages
...exceptions which modify, the doctrine. ' Of ' law,' says the powerful author of the Ecclesiastical Polity, ' there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat...God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things • Oral. I. contra Aristogect. in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling ' her... | |
 | William Cobbett - Conduct of life - 1823 - 308 pages
...arrow in the quiver of cruel and cowardly oppressors. " Of Law" says Bishop HOOKER, " no less can " be acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of "...the harmony of the world. All " things in heaven and in earth do her homage:, the " very least as feeling her care ; and the greatest as " not exempted... | |
 | George Miller - History - 1824 - 546 pages
...the following eloquent description of that general order, to which all created things are subject : " of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power ; both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner,... | |
 | David Williamson - 1824 - 802 pages
...truly great writer, " there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is in the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world. All things in...care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power. Both Angels, and men, and creatures, of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner,... | |
 | David Williamson - Christianity and other religions - 1824 - 400 pages
...truly great writer, " there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is in the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world. All things in...care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power. Both Angels, and men, and creatures, of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner,... | |
 | William Hendry STOWELL - Ten commandments - 1825 - 236 pages
...directed. " Of law," says the eloquent Hooker, in closing the first book of his ' Ecclesiastical Polity,' " of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power; both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner,... | |
 | Samuel Miller - 1825 - 48 pages
...Polity" speaks with equal eloquence and justice, when he says, treating of it in its largest sense — " Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner,... | |
 | Richard Hooker - Church polity - 1825 - 688 pages
...Laws, each as in nature, so in degree, distinct from other. Wherefore, that here we may briefly end : Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and Men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...not plainly, that obedience of creatures unto the law of nature is the stay of the whole world ? " Of law there can be no less acknowledged than that...the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest According to the custom of the times, a suit of hangings for furniture, worth about £160, was presented... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1826 - 906 pages
...the temple) occurs the splendid piece, which can never be brought forward too frequently: — •*' Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that...care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power: both angels, and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and wanner,... | |
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