 For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings...  The Retrospective Review - Page 2901821Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Eastwood - Bible - 1866 - 586 pages
...Creatures.' And Bacon says (Adv. of Learning, 1. 4 § 4) ; The wit and minde of man, if it work vpon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuffe, and is limited thereby. Credence, sb. This word, which was formerly in as common use as 'credit,'... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pages
...laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 pages
...Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby. — Adv. of Learning, Bk. I. Works, III. •285. ESSAY p. 85, 1. 3. " Certainly," etc. : Lat. ut alibi... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 694 pages
...Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby. — Adv. of Learning ', Bk. I. Works, III. 285. ESSAY VIII. p. 85, 1. 3. " Certainly," etc. : Lat.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Logic - 1869 - 446 pages
...man, if it work upon matter, whipb.ia. the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh.according to the stuff and is limited thereby; but if it work...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. 6. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity is... | |
 | Josiah Miller - Bible - 1870 - 272 pages
...laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.' And a little farther on, in speaking of those who... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - Church and state - 1870 - 700 pages
...and mind of man, if it work upon matter ' which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, II 2 ' worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby...cobwebs of ' learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, ' but of no substance or profit. Heraclitus gave a just ' censure, saying " Men sought... | |
 | Virginia - 1873 - 614 pages
...occasion, but of which they are not the cause. "The wit and mind of man," said Lord Bacon, "if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." But this criticism from the father of modern science... | |
 | William Sharp - 1874 - 838 pages
...a fanciful garment wherewith to cover our ignorance. " For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of the thread and work, but of no substance or profit."... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1874 - 700 pages
...Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby.—Adv. of Learning, Bk. I. Works, I IT. 285. ESSAY Vni. p. 85, 1. 3. " Certainly," etc.: Lat.... | |
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