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... govern the term , the term in effect governeth the meaning . There be also two false peaces , or unities : the one , when the peace is grounded but upon an implicit ignorance ; for all colours will agree in the dark : the other , when ...
... govern the term , the term in effect governeth the meaning . There be also two false peaces , or unities : the one , when the peace is grounded but upon an implicit ignorance ; for all colours will agree in the dark : the other , when ...
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... government , which is the ordi- nance of God ; for this is but to dash the first table against the second ; and so to consider men as Christians , as we forget that they are men . Lucretius the poet , when he beheld the act of Agamemnon ...
... government , which is the ordi- nance of God ; for this is but to dash the first table against the second ; and so to consider men as Christians , as we forget that they are men . Lucretius the poet , when he beheld the act of Agamemnon ...
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... govern- ments ? Surely this is to bring down the Holy Ghost , instead of the likeness of a dove , in the shape of a vulture or raven ; and to set out of the bark of a Christian church a flag of a bark of pirates and assassins ...
... govern- ments ? Surely this is to bring down the Holy Ghost , instead of the likeness of a dove , in the shape of a vulture or raven ; and to set out of the bark of a Christian church a flag of a bark of pirates and assassins ...
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... govern- ment , and not to balance the scale ; for he that casteth in religion only to make the scales even , his own weight is contained in those characters , " Mene mene , tekel upharsin , " " He is found too light , his kingdom shall ...
... govern- ment , and not to balance the scale ; for he that casteth in religion only to make the scales even , his own weight is contained in those characters , " Mene mene , tekel upharsin , " " He is found too light , his kingdom shall ...
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... government is ever dangerous ; it being true in the body politic as in the corporal , that " omnis subita immutatio est periculosa : " and though it be for the better , yet it is not without a fearful apprehension ; for he that changeth ...
... government is ever dangerous ; it being true in the body politic as in the corporal , that " omnis subita immutatio est periculosa : " and though it be for the better , yet it is not without a fearful apprehension ; for he that changeth ...
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Page 176 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Page 178 - ... shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again: if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find dif-ferences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores: if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases:...
Page 12 - The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light of reason; and his Sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos; then he breathed light into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen.
Page 102 - ... thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another; he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words: finally, he waxeth wiser than himself; and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation. It was well said by Themistocles to the King of Persia, 'That speech was like cloth of Arras, opened and put abroad; whereby the imagery doth appear in figure;...
Page 42 - Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will they when it were reason ; but are impatient of privateness even in age and sickness, which require the shadow ; like old townsmen, that will be still sitting at their street door, though thereby they offer age to scorn.
Page 64 - Nay, even that school which is most accused of atheism doth most demonstrate religion; that is, the school of Leucippus, and Democritus, and Epicurus. For it is a thousand times more credible that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essence duly and eternally placed need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions, or seeds unplaced, should have produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal.
Page 24 - 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. 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.
Page 15 - It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolors of death. But, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is " Nunc dimittis," when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Page 11 - Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day, but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that showeth best in varied lights. A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure.
Page 66 - For take an example of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage he will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God, or melior natura, which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence, of a better nature than his own could never attain. So man, when he resteth and assureth himself upon divine protection and favor, gathereth a force and faith which human nature in itself could not obtain.