 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 :  Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political - Page 87by Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Frederic Hudson - 1859 - 498 pages
...for ever ? 1 TM Post, New Englander, Feb. 1s56, p. 131. 2 Goethe's Faust. CHAPTER II. EVIL AND GOD. " It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than snch nn opinion as is unworthy of Him." — BACOH. § 1. NATURAL EVIL. BECAUSE all natural evil is... | |
 | Peter Paradox (pseud.) - 1860 - 330 pages
...SUPERSTITION. " ' It is better,' says Lord Bacon, in one of his essays," commenced the lecturer, " ' to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion...certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. It is, without a veil, a deformed thing ; for as it addeth deformity to an ape to be so like a man,... | |
 | American Unitarian Association - 1860 - 706 pages
...altogether, than Theists, and believe him arbitrary, cruel, vindictive. " It were better," says Lord Bacon, "to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion...unworthy of him : for the one is unbelief; the other, contumely. Plutarch says well, ' Surely I had a great deal rather that men should say there was no... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1860 - 530 pages
...hence one, who furpafled in wifdom, faid, " It is better to have no opinion of God at all than fuch an opinion as is unworthy of Him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely ; and certainly Superftition is the I John iv. iS. Job xviii. II. 14. See Bp. Middleton's Sermons and Charges, pp.... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1860 - 526 pages
...hence one, who furpafled in wifdom, faid, " It is better to have no opinion of God at all than fuch an opinion as is unworthy of Him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely ; and certainly Superftition is the I John iv. 18. Job xviii. i1. 14. See Bp. Middleton's Sermons and Charges, pp.... | |
 | American Unitarian Association - 1860 - 610 pages
...cruel, vindictive. " It were better," says Lord Bacon, "to have no opinion of God at all, than such.an opinion as is unworthy of him : for the one is unbelief; the other, contumely. Plutarch says well,' Surely I had a great deal rather that men should say there was no such... | |
 | Charles Frederic Hudson - 1861 - 514 pages
...for ever ? i TM Post, New Englander, Feb. 1866, p. 181. 2 Goethe's Faust. CHAPTER II. EVIL AND GOD. "It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such nn opinion as is unworthy of Him." — BACON. § 1. NATURAL EVIL. BECAUSE all natural evil is transient,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 728 pages
...collection of 1612, is entitled ' Of Superstition.' Its leading idea is stated in the commencement : — It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...Plutarch saith well to that purpose: 'Surely,' saith, he, ' [ had rather a great deal men should say there was no such man at all as Plutarch , than that they... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...parts — the receiving from Him, the conforming to Him, and the reposing and trusting in Him. Burton» It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...opinion as is unworthy of Him ; for the one is unbelief, and the other is contumely ; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Bacon. OODLÏNESS—... | |
 | James Gurnhill - 1862 - 248 pages
...called a comparison of impersonals. Example 3. Where the relative of THAN, relates to an adverb : " It were better to have no opinion of God at all, THAN such an opinion as is unworthy of Him." £acon's Essays. Of Superstition. Here the advantages, or' disadvantages, of entertaining certain opinions... | |
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