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... better nature ; for , in his solitary and retired thoughts , he never doubted either the power of truth , or the impotence of these forced attempts to assist its progress . < I " have , " he says , in the true spirit of philosophy ...
... better nature ; for , in his solitary and retired thoughts , he never doubted either the power of truth , or the impotence of these forced attempts to assist its progress . < I " have , " he says , in the true spirit of philosophy ...
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... better find and light upon those minds " and spirits which are apt to be kindled . And " therefore the privateness of the language con- 66 sidered , wherein it is written , excluding so many " readers ; as on the other side , the ...
... better find and light upon those minds " and spirits which are apt to be kindled . And " therefore the privateness of the language con- 66 sidered , wherein it is written , excluding so many " readers ; as on the other side , the ...
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... better oblation , than of some treatise tending to that end , whereof the sum will consist of these two parts ; the former , concerning the excellency of learning and know- ledge , and the excellency of the merit and true glory in the ...
... better oblation , than of some treatise tending to that end , whereof the sum will consist of these two parts ; the former , concerning the excellency of learning and know- ledge , and the excellency of the merit and true glory in the ...
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... better heard , without the interruption of tacit objections ; I think good to deliver it from the dis- credits and disgraces which it hath received , all from ignorance , but ignorance severally disguised ; appearing sometimes in the ...
... better heard , without the interruption of tacit objections ; I think good to deliver it from the dis- credits and disgraces which it hath received , all from ignorance , but ignorance severally disguised ; appearing sometimes in the ...
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... better , and to suppress truth by force of eloquence and speech . But these , and the like imputations , have rather a countenance of gravity , than any ground of justice : for experience doth warrant , that both in persons and in times ...
... better , and to suppress truth by force of eloquence and speech . But these , and the like imputations , have rather a countenance of gravity , than any ground of justice : for experience doth warrant , that both in persons and in times ...
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Page 313 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Page 158 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Page 13 - Jupiter's chair. ^<fo conclude therefore : let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy ; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress, or proficience in both...
Page 57 - So it is in contemplation; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
Page 309 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Page 364 - Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me : and again a little while and ye shall see me ; and, Because I go to the Father ? They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while ? we cannot tell what he saith.
Page 267 - But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on...
Page 226 - For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should reflect according to their true incidence; nay, it is rather like an enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced.
Page 52 - ... for, as water will not ascend higher than the level of the first spring-head from whence it descendeth, so knowledge derived from Aristotle, and exempted from liberty of examination, will not rise again higher than the knowledge of Aristotle.
Page 142 - Because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice. therefore poesy feigns them more just in retribution, and more according to revealed providence.