...by Lord Bacon more than a century and a half before geology had received a name. ' Let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an illapplied moderation,...but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both : only let men beware that they apply both to charity, and not to swelling ; to...

...nature's chain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair. To conclude, therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation,...book of God's works^ — Divinity or Philosophy." The same sentiment, and almost the same words, may be found in his " Meditation on Atheism," in the...

...nature's chain must needs he tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair. To conclude, therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation,...the book of God's works — Divinity or Philosophy." The same sentiment, and almost the same words, may be found in his " Meditation on Atheism," in the...

...concluding words of the passage : — " Let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an illtimed moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search...be too well studied in the book of God's Word, or the book of God's Works, — divinity or philosophy, — but rather let men endeavour an endless progress...

...the highest cause; but when a man passes on farther, and sees the dependance of causes on the work of Providence; then, according to the allegory of...ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can 3 convict the errors of ignorant pious men on the one hand, and to answer the errors of learned wicked...

...B. t Such are evidently not to be ranked amongst the disciples of Bacon, who says, "Let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation,...but, rather, let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both."— Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, book i. *6 If it be objected...

...of the Divine System contained in the Scriptures. And "let no man (to use the words of Bacon) upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation,...well studied in the Book of God's Word, or in the Books of God's Works — Divinity or Philosophy, but rather let men beware that, they apply both to...

...atheism, but a further proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion. Let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an illapplied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can earch too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works; Divinity...

...practical * " To conclude, therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit'of sobriety, or an ill applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search...but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both : only, let men beware, that they apply both to charity, and not to swelling ;...

...amongst the disciples of Bacon, who says, " Let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search...but, rather, let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both." — Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, book i. always be in their...