 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 sider
...nationesque superavimus." XVIII. OF SUPERSTITION. IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely: and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity Plutarch saith well to that purpose: "Surely," saith he,... | |
 | 1821 - 416 sider
...nationesque superavimus." XVIII. OF SUPERSTITION. IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely: and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose: " Surely," saith he,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 424 sider
...changeful,] " It were better," says Bacon, in his 17th Essay, " to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of Him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly Superstition is the reproach of the Deity. And as the contumely is greater towards God, so the danger... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 sider
...changeful,] " It were better," says Bacon, in his 17th Essay, " to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of Him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly Superstition is the reproach of the Deity. And as the contumely is greater towards God, so the danger... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 sider
...nationesque superavimus." XVII. OF SUPERSTITION. It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely: and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : " Surely," saith he,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 sider
...nationesque superavimus," XVII. OF SUPERSTITION. It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely: and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose: " Surely," saith he,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 sider
...the dust. BISHOP HORNE. OF SUPERSTITION. IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : " Surely," saith he,... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 408 sider
...the dust. BISHOP HORNE. OF SUPERSTITION. IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : " Surely," saith he,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 402 sider
...the dust. BISHOP HORNE. OF SUPERSTITION. IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : " Surely," saith he,... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 sider
...the dust. BISHOP HORNE. OF SUPERSTITION. IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : " Surely," saith he,... | |
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It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an Opinion as is unworthy of him : for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : 
