 | Francis Bacon - 1720 - 576 pages
...it otherwife believed, 'twould be mere Impofture, as it were, in favour to God ^ and nothing elfe, but to offer to the Author of .Truth, the unclean Sacrifice of a Lye. BUT further, it is an aflured Truth, and warranted by Experience, that a fmall, or fuperficial... | |
 | William Jones - 1762 - 324 pages
...thought proper to pafs upon the error now before us. " Certain it is, (fays he) that God work" eth nothing in NATURE but by SECOND CAUSES : " and if they would have it otherwife believed, it is mere " impofture, as it were in favour towards God; and nothing " elfe but... | |
 | Richard Lovett - 1766 - 610 pages
...illuftrate his own opinion concerning fuch Caufes. f2. ' Certain it is ' ( fays that noble Lord ) ' that GOD worketh nothing in NATURE • ' but by SECOND CAUSES, and if they would * have it otherwife believed, it is mere Impqfturc, ' as it were in favour towards God ; and noF • thing 4... | |
 | William Jones - 1801 - 564 pages
...(said the great Lord Bacon,) " thai God worketh no" thing in nature but by second causes : and " if we would have it otherwise believed, it " is mere imposture,...Author of truth the unclean " sacrifice of a. lie." *.• Chain of Causes. Observation teaches us, that there is in the world. * Adv. of Learning, p. 5,... | |
 | William Jones - 1801 - 456 pages
...as that which he thought proper to pass upon the error now before us, " Certain it is, (says he) " that God worketh nothing in ''NATURE but by SECOND CAUSES: " and if they would have it otherwise be" lieved, it is mere imposture, as it were in " favour " favour towards God ; and nothing else "... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...his friends: Will you lie for God, as one man will do for another, to gratify him? For certain it is, that God worketh nothing in nature but by second causes;...the author of truth the unclean sacrifice of a lie. But farther, it is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial knowledge... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...his friends: Will you lie for God, as one man will do for another, to gratify him? For certain it is, that God worketh nothing in nature but by second causes;...the author of truth the unclean sacrifice of a lie. But, farther, it is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...friends : " Will you lie for God, as one man will do for another, to gratify him ?" For certain it is, that God worketh nothing in nature but by second causes...the author of truth the unclean sacrifice of a lie. But further, it is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial knowledge... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...friends : " Will you lie for God, as one man will do for another, to gratify him ?" For certain it is, that God worketh nothing in nature but by second causes...the Author of truth the unclean sacrifice of a lie. jBut farther, it is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...another, to gratify him?" For certain it is that God worketh nothing in nature but by second causes ; jand if they would have it otherwise believed, it is mere...the Author of truth the unclean sacrifice of a lie. But farther, it is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial knowledge... | |
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For certain it is that God worketh nothing in nature but by second causes; and if they would have it otherwise believed, it is mere imposture, as it were in favour towards God; and nothing else but to offer to the author of truth the unclean sacrifice... 
