 | Science - 1831 - 336 pages
...mind of man looketh at second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity." Notwithstanding Lord Bacon's objection to final causes as a subject of philosophical inquiry, it must... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...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...together, it must needs fly to providence and deity." 3 M. Life, p. xlii. , To my Lord of Essex. My singular good Lord, — Your lordship's so honourable... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1837 - 386 pages
...mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.'" " This certainly falls in," said Campbell, " with your general arrangement at the beginning of time... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...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...no further; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederated and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity. —Bacon. 1125. Why fear... | |
 | Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1839 - 210 pages
...But depth in philosophy," he adds, " brings them back to religion, for while the mind looks on second causes, scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further ; but, when it beholds them linked together, it must needs seek for a Divine cause. — But then, struck as it were... | |
 | London city mission - Christian socialism - 1840 - 620 pages
...mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther: but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate...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... | |
 | George Ramsay - Ethics - 1843 - 574 pages
...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...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity." 3 In like manner, a little philosophy may rouse the pride of man, but depth in philosophy bringeth... | |
 | American literature - 1855 - 602 pages
...Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. While the mind of man looketh at second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity." The chief specimen which we possess of Bacon's talents as a historian is to be found in his " History... | |
 | Periodicals - 1844 - 276 pages
...atheism, but a depth in it brings them about to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity." [Abridged from BASILEY'S Glory of the Heaven*.] SOME good we can all do ; and if we do all that is... | |
 | Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate,...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity." The unnumbered instances which nature furnishes, of fitness or adaptation, do not only prove a design,... | |
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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... 
