 | Francis Bacon - 1985 - 292 Seiten
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 | 1940 - 562 Seiten
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 | Robert Andrews - 1987 - 343 Seiten
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 | Sean P. Kealy - 1987 - 262 Seiten
...prescriptions for happiness, than in any other sayings. The provocative statement of Francis Bacon that, while prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament adversity is the blessing of the New, is a convenient summary of the newness of Jesus' approach and his radical demands. In his classical... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 Seiten
...is the denomination of the New. Benjamin Whichcote (1609-1683) Provost of King's College, Cambridge Prosperity is the Blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, essayist It gives me a deep, comforting sense that "things... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - 1990 - 356 Seiten
..."He had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not." Luke 7:13 Bacon writing on adversity says, "Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament;...the New, which carrieth the greater benediction." But both sections of Scripture reveal a mixture of prosperity and adversity, with promises attached... | |
 | Edwin Reed - 1992 - 242 Seiten
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 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 Seiten
...BACON (1561- 1 626), English philosopher, essayist. statesman. Essays, "Of Adversity" 11597-1625). 2 iter. Perseus in the Wind, ch. 17(1948). 3 FRANCIS BACON (1S6I -1626). English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays. 'Of Adversity" {1 597-1... | |
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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. 
