 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 Seiten
...is temperance ; the virtue of adversity is fortitude : which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many herselike airs as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 428 Seiten
...Lord Bacon, in one of those essays in which he has so sententiously compacted his deep thoughts, said, "Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...hear as many hearse-like airs as carols : and the pencils of the Holy Ghost have laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 404 Seiten
...Bacon, in one of those essays in which he has so sententiously compacted his deep thoughts, said, " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...hear as many hearse-like airs as carols : and the pencils of the Holy Ghost have laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 416 Seiten
...Bacon, in one of those essays in which he has so sententiously compacted his deep thoughts, said, " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...greater benediction and the clearer revelation of Grod's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1856 - 708 Seiten
...every day for the cultivation of our minds and despatch of business. liats. PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY. PROSPERITY is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp yon shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 Seiten
...prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude, which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity...greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's 1 Sen. Ad Lucil. 66. ' Sen. Ad Lucil. 53. 3 Poesy. Poetry — ' Musick and Poesy To quicken you.' —... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 Seiten
...prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude; which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the great benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favor. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 242 Seiten
...Bacon, in one of those essays in which he has so sententiously compacted his deep thoughts, said, " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity...hear as many hearse-like airs as carols : and the pencils of the Holy Ghost have laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities... | |
 | 1857 - 770 Seiten
...beholden unto them ; for he doth most for them, and they do ordinarily least for him." And again, — •'Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament...greater benediction and the clearer revelation of God's power." Cowper's parallel between the French infidel philosopher and the religious English peasant,... | |
 | William Henry Smith - 1857 - 188 Seiten
...contend." The following passage, first published in 1625, will show the extent of the change : — " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer evidence of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you will hear... | |
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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. 
