 | 1884 - 874 pages
...to rest upon such noble passages as these:—" Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High; whom although...mention of His name; yet our soundest knowledge is to knowthat we know Him not as indeed He is, neither can know Him; and our safest eloquence concerning... | |
 | Frances Power Cobbe - 1855 - 228 pages
...hearts sink within us, and we feel that it is indeed " dangerous for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High, whom, although...Him not as indeed He is, neither can know Him, and that our safest eloquence concerning him is our silence, whereby we confess, without confession, that... | |
 | William Adams - History - 1857 - 380 pages
...eternal decree is that we term an eternal law." " Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High, whom although...soundest knowledge is to know that we know him not indeed as he is^ neither can know him ; and our safest eloquence concerning himi is our silence, when... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1859 - 534 pages
...most rare and perfect that man can conceive of; it declares, to use the language of Hooker, that " our soundest knowledge is to know that we know him not as indeed he is, neither can know him, and that our safest eloquence concerning him is our silence, whereby we confess without confession that... | |
 | 1860 - 806 pages
...means to exalt itself above human frailty. Bacon. Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High, whom, although...without confession, that His glory is inexplicable, Hi» greatness above our capacity and reach. He is above, and we upon earth, therefore it behoveth... | |
 | John Frederick Denison Maurice - 1860 - 332 pages
...and services of the Church of England. " ' Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to " ' wade far into the doings of the Most High, whom " ' although to know be life, and joy to make men" ' tion of his name, yet our soundest knowledge is " ' to know that we know him not as indeed he... | |
 | Goldwin Smith - Rationalism - 1861 - 172 pages
...he cites the rhetorical passage of Hooker, " Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High ; whom although...mention of His name ; yet our soundest knowledge is to linow that we know Him not as indeed He is, neither can know Him, and our safest eloquence concerning... | |
 | Robert M. Hovenden - 1862 - 166 pages
...tears, for clearer light : — ' Lord, I believe : help Thou my unbelief.' Whom although to know he life, and joy to make mention of His name ; yet our...is, neither can know Him, and our safest eloquence ahout Him is our silence. HOOKEH. Eecl : Pol : BI Ch. ii. § 3. High wisdom with. simplicity combined,... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1862 - 600 pages
...braine of man to wade farre into the doings of the most High, whome although to knowe be life, and ioy to make mention of his name : yet our soundest knowledge is to know that we know him not as in deed he is, neither can know him : and our safest eloquence concerning him is our silence, when... | |
 | Frances Power Cobbe - Middle East - 1864 - 234 pages
...were the words of England's greatest divine : " Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High, whom, although...not as, indeed, He is, neither can know Him ; and that our safest eloquence concerning Him is our silence, whereby we confess without confession that... | |
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Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High ; whom although to know be life, and joy to make mention of his name ; yet our soundest knowledge is, to know that we know him not as indeed he is, neither can... 
