...itself is its own witness ;' and ' The enquiry of truth which is the love-making or wooing of it, and the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it,...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.' For myself, I see so much of holiness and beauty, in the religion of the New Testament, that did I...

...differ at all from the philosopher of the Academy in his appreciation of pure truth. " Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry...enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. The poet saith excellently well : ' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed...

...before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry...the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human uature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last...

...promise that they will be richly rewarded. To encourage them, I would remind them, in the words of Bacon, "that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making...enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature ;" and that this highest gratification of humanity can only be attained by carefully training and exercising...

...the Essay " Of Truth," he says : " Yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the enquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence < f it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoyment of it, is the sovereign good of human nature....

...matured inclinations. ON TRUTH. THE inquiry of truth, which is the wooing of it ; the knowledge °f truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoyment; is the sovereign good of human nature. — Lord Bacon. READINGS WITH THE EARLY METHODISTS....

...occupation and pleasure of Adam in Paradise. The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the helief of truth, which is the enjoying it, is the sovereign good of our nature. " The pleasure and...

...who honour our " NOTES AND QUERIES" with their correspondence, hold with Bacon, that " Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry...of it — is the sovereign good of human nature." We believe that it is under the impulse of such feelings that they have flocked to our columns —...

...before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments anil a/TrclioiM, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry...enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light...

...that they will be richly rewarded. To encourage them, I would remind them, in the words of Bacon, " that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making...enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature ;" and that this highest gratification of humanity can only be attained by carefully training and exercising...