 Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols. And the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.  Memoir of the Life of John Bowdler, Esq - Sida 212efter Thomas Bowdler - 1824 - 296 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Heiko Schulz - 1994 - 640 sidor
...oder Interessen" (ebd., 289). 4. Kapitel: Transsubstantiation des Leidens. Ein Exkurs zur Theodizee Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New. Francis Bacon Jedes Böse ist ein Übel, aber nicht jedes Übel böse - zumindest wenn man der Leibnizschen... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 sidor
...British poet. "The Hound of Heaven," st. 1 , Poems (1893). Merry England (London, July 1890). Bible 1 Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. FRANCIS BACON, (1561-1626) British philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Adversity," (1597-1... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 sidor
...quarter; and sever it wholly from their serious affairs and actions of life. 692 Essays 'Of Adversity' e ... I would to God they would either conform, or be more wise, and not be catched! 8 693 Essays 'Of Adversity' Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not... | |
 | Roslynn Doris Haynes - 1998 - 406 sidor
...the writers. When Sturt begins hisyourna/for Charlotte with the preamble 'Prosperity, Dearest, was the blessing of the Old Testament, Adversity is the blessing of the New, and the knowledge of this should be a useful lesson to us, and if it please GOD to permit my return... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1999 - 276 sidor
...is temperance, the virtue of Adversity is fortitude; which in morals3 is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; Adversity...the blessing of the New; which carrieth the greater benediction,4 and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2000 - 470 sidor
...Temperance; The Vertue of Adversity, is Fortitude: which 25 in Morals is the more Heroicall Vertue. Prosperity is the Blessing of the Old Testament; Adversity...New; which carrieth the greater Benediction, and the 1 Of Adversitie.] Cl A, Cl B, Ph; essay not in 97a-24 3 an] a CIA, Cl B,Ph 4-6 the good . . . admired.}... | |
 | Edward Geoffrey Parrinder, Geoffrey Parrinder - 2000 - 389 sidor
...all this and enforce his own rule, that of charity. Desiderius Erasmus, In Praise of Folly (1511) 1 1 Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New. Francis Bacon, Essays ( 1 625) 12 Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.... | |
 | Martin H. Manser - 2001 - 524 sidor
...God is more anxious to bestow His blessings on us than we are to receive them. St. Augustine of Hippo Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. Francis Bacon The greatest blessing we ever get from God is to know that we are destitute spiritually.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2002 - 868 sidor
...is temperance, the virtue of Adversity is fortitude; which in morals0 is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; Adversity...the blessing of the New; which carrieth the greater benediction,0 and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 716 sidor
...made. Its original meaning is to "come before." JOHN BROWN Vs. 6. In my distress. If you listen even to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Spirit hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. We see,... | |
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