 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 694 pages
...that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracles to convince1 atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It...sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate, and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 pages
...that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracles to convince1 atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It...sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when it behohleth the chain of them confederate, and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 pages
...from the one on Atheism : — " I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran than that this universal frame is...to religion. For while the mind of man looketh upon sacred causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further ; but when it beholdeth the... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...to convince Atheism; because his ordinary works convince it. It is true that a little phi. losophy inclineth man's mind to Atheism; but depth in philosophy...sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but, when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - History - 1870 - 328 pages
...fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's...scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly... | |
 | William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin - English literature - 1870 - 482 pages
...well-chosen. 61 • ATHEISM IGNOBLE. I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this , universal frame...works convince it. It is true that a little philosophy mclineth man's mind to Atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to Religion : for,... | |
 | Henry Maudsley - 1870 - 216 pages
...well-known and often-quoted passage, has remarked : " that a little philosophy inclineth men's minds to Atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's...scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further : but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly... | |
 | Christianity - 1871 - 608 pages
...and we shall see here also one more of the many verifications of Francis Bacon's prophetic words : " It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's...sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity."... | |
 | Charles Beard - 1871 - 602 pages
...and we shall see here also one more of the many verifications of Francis Bacon's prophetic words : " It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's...sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity."... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - Unitarianism - 1871 - 328 pages
...fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's...scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly... | |
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It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For, while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further, but,... 
