 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 142 pages
...upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate, and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity." Therefore do we trust that the perusal of these unpretending pages may animate our readers to the cultivation... | |
 | 1867 - 624 pages
...upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity. The scripture saith, ' The fool hath said in his heart there is no God;' it is not said, ' The fool... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 458 pages
...that Schoole, which is most accused of Atheisme, doth most demonstrate Religion; That is, the Schoole of Leucippus, and Democritus, and Epicurus. For it is a thousand times more Credible, that foure Mutable Elements, and one Immutable Fift Essence, duly and Eternally placed, need no God; then... | |
 | George Galloway - Christianity - 1914 - 638 pages
...second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest upon them and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity."2 And Kant, it is well known, treated the Teleological Proof more tenderly than the others,... | |
 | Stewart Andrew McDowall - Evolution - 1915 - 342 pages
...upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate, and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity." And, though Paley and his fellows, and all their works, may be to some of to-day anathema, as they... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 828 pages
...upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further; but when it bcholdcth 1 need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions or seeds unplaced, 2 should have produced... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 806 pages
...upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further;but when it hcholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together,...and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed,1 need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions or seeds unplaced,2 should have... | |
 | English poetry - 1916 - 792 pages
...upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further; but when it beholdcth Pastoral ! 45 Dcmocritus and Epicurus. For it is a thousand times more credible, that four mutable elements, and... | |
 | Christian Science - 1916 - 814 pages
...upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together,...Providence and Deity ; nay, even that school which is most accursed of atheism doth most demonstrate religion. — Bacon. The most enoyable emotion or sensation... | |
 | Richard Wilde Micou - Apologetics - 1916 - 528 pages
...upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate, and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity." 2 The phrase " causes confederate," which Bacon here coins, is suggestive and worth remembering as... | |
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It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further ; but... 
