 | Francis Bacon - 1720
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819
...gratify him? 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,...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 - English literature - 1824
...gratify him? 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,...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 - English prose literature - 1825 - 615 pages
...gratify him ?" 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,...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 - Logic - 1825 - 402 pages
...gratify him ?" 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,...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
...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 imposture,...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 - 1826 - 518 pages
...gratify him ? " 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,...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... | |
 | Isaac Preston Cory - Philosophy - 1833 - 222 pages
...Certain it is," says Lord Bacon,* " that God worketh nothing in nature but by second causes ; and if they would have it otherwise believed, it is mere imposture,...the Author of truth the unclean sacrifice of a lie." Of the Force of Animals, it may well be questioned whence it is derived, whether it be originally communicated... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825
...gratify him?" 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,...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... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834
...Bacon says, " 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,...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... 
