...that those who are not reformed, will transmigrate to all eternity. FRANCIS BACON, ON SUPERSTITION. It were better to have no opinion of God at all than...Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : " Surely I had rather a great deal men should say there was no such a man at all as Plutarch, than that they...

...omnia regi, gubernarique per speximus, omnes gentes nationc&que superavmus." OF SUPERSTITION. lT*were better to have no opinion of God at all than such...opinion as is unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, xhe other is contumely ; and certainly superstition 'is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well...

...opinion of God at all than //y^uch an opinion as is unworthy of him; for the one is un. / { belief, the other is contumely ; and certainly superstition...Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : " Surely I had rather a great deal men should \ say there was no such a man at all as Plutarch, than that I'...

...ESSAY CREDULITY AND SUPERSTITION; AND AL8O ON ANIMAL FASCINATION, OR CHARMING. BY RUFUS BLAKEMAN, MD " It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion i is unworthy of Him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely." LORD BACON. NEW YORK : D....

...Credulity and Superstition, and its Influence on Ancient Society. The remark of Lord Bacon, that " it were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such opinion as is unworthy of Him," is most appropriate in its application to the various superstitious...

...omnia régi, gubernarique perspeximus omnes, gentes nationesque superavimus." XVII. OF SUPERSTITION. ods. For as unneHSf, the other is contumely ; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch...

...omnia regi gubernarique perspeximns, tonnes gentes 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 tinone is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity....

...perspeximus, omnes gentes, nationesque superavimus." 1 Which (old) for who. XVII. OF SUPERSTITION. It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...rather a great deal men should say there was no such man at all as Plutarch, than that they should say there was one Plutarch that would eat his children...

...thing to be nattered and persuaded, like a poor, vain, human creature. "It were better," says Bacon, " to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion...deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : ' Surely I had rather a great deal men should say there was no such man at all as Plutarch, than that they should...

...poet of Pharos, w^as the first it is said, that enunciated the proverb that "Habit was second nature." It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...unworthy of Him, — for the one is unbelief, the other contumely. — LORD BACON. SILENCE ; Figuratively Recommended. Nature has afforded us double eyes and...