 Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour.  The Essays of Francis Bacon - Стр. 17авторы: Francis Bacon - 1908 - Страниц: 227Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - Страниц: 954
...so, that, in his seed, All nations shall be blest. Milton. î. The advantage conferred by blessing. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament :...greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Бапп. j. Acknowledgments for blessings received ; thanks. Could he less expect Than glory... | |
 | T Nixon - 1806 - Страниц: 176
...adversity, without dejection, as for demolished temples the very ruins thereof are reverenced and adored. The virtue of prosperity is temperance. The virtue of adversity is fortitude. When we despond under the calamities of life, we reproach ourselves; their sting maybe sharp, but,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - Страниц: 348
...that saileth in the frail bark of the flesh through the waves of the world." But to speak in a mean, the virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue...greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many herse-like... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - Страниц: 310
...that saileth in the frail bark of the " flesh through the waves of the world." But to speak in a mean, the virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue...greater benediction and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many herselike... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - Страниц: 312
...that saileth in the frail bark of the flesh, through the waves of the world. But to speak in a mean : the virtue of Prosperity is temperance ; the virtue...greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like... | |
 | English examples - 1818 - Страниц: 298
...governed by the Verb. 1. Religion is the Foundation and Support of Morality. Anger is a short Madness. 2. The Virtue of Prosperity is Temperance ; the Virtue of Adversity is Fortitude. 3. Liberality is a Virtue, by which a Man, out of his own private Fortune, ransoms Captives, stands... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - Страниц: 580
...that saileth in the frail bark of the flesh through the waves of the world. But to speak in a mean : the virtue of prosperity is temperance ; the virtue...greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - Страниц: 548
...that saileth in the frail bark of the flesh through the waves of the world." But to speak in a mean, the virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude, which in moral is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the old Testament, adversity is the... | |
 | 1821 - Страниц: 416
...But to speak in a mean, the virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitnde, which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity...greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many herse-like... | |
 | 1821 - Страниц: 400
...half-pence, the pieces are small and the silver is good." — When we read in his Essay on Adversity, that " The virtue of prosperity is temperance ; the virtue of adversity is fortitude. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ; adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth... | |
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