 | Francis Bacon - 1844 - 610 pages
...dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness. Thy creatures have been my books, but thy •crlptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temple*." 1 80 in the Heligio Medici, Sir Thomas Brown says, " For my religion, though there be several... | |
 | James Stuart Murray Anderson - Blacks - 1845 - 522 pages
...; and that it might stretch her branches to the seas and to the floods. — Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought...and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples 3V May he not have found God in vain ! More than five years were added to Bacon's life, BaconVicw "... | |
 | 1845 - 518 pages
...years ago, and now, I trust, on the eve of being fulfilled — " Thy creatures, О Lord, have been my books; but thy scriptures much more : I have sought thee in the courts, the fields, the gardens ; but I have found thee in thy temple." " Let them, then" (to use the words... | |
 | Richard Mant (bp. of Down, Connor and Dromore.) - 1846 - 302 pages
...rain; and that she might stretch her branches to the seas and to the floods. Thy creatures have been my Books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought...and gardens; but I have found Thee in thy temples." And what were his sentiments and his practice in relation to " Daily Prayer" in God's sanctuary is... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 778 pages
...maliciousness. Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in courts,* fields, and gardens ; but I have found thee...my sins, and ten thousands my transgressions : but my sauctiiications have remained with me, and my heart, through thy grace, hath been an unquenched... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...displeasure ; but I have been as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness. Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in courts,* fields, and gardens ; but I have found thee in thy temples. Thousands have been my sins, and... | |
 | Religion - 1847 - 782 pages
...been my books," he exclaims, in that most affecting prayer which breathes the very soul of penitence, "but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought Thee in the courts, the fields, and the gardens; but I have found Thee in thy temples." This very reverence for Scripture... | |
 | John Gregg (bp. of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.) - 1847 - 92 pages
...only-begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. " Thy creatures have been my books, but thy scriptures much more; I have sought thee in thy courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples."* The knowledge of man is to... | |
 | Theology - 1847 - 776 pages
...been my books," he exclaims, in that most affecting prayer which breathes the very soul of penitence, "but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought Thee in the courts, the fields, and the gardens ; but I have found Thee in thy temples." This very reverence for Scripture... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1847 - 792 pages
...been my books," he exclaims, in that most affecting prayer which breathes the very soul of penitence, "but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought Thee in the courts, the fields, and the gardens; but I have found Thee in thy temples." This very reverence for Scripture... | |
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Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples. 
