xii Bacon 



In Conclusion. (De Augm. ix.) 



Theology refers to man s Reason and Will. 

 Discussed as to 



1. The nature (or manner) of the Revelation. 



(a) Its Limits. 



(b) Its Sufficiency. 



(c) Its Acquisition. 



2. The thing revealed. 



(a) Matter of Belief. 



(a) Faith. 

 (j8) Manners. 



(I) Matter of Service, 

 (a) Liturgy 

 3 Government. 



The following list gives the chief editions of Bacon s works: 



Essays, 1597 (2nd edition, 1598; 3rd edition, 1606; 5th edition, newly 

 written, 1625) ; Advancement of Learning, 1605, 1629, l6 33; De Sapientia 

 Veterum, 1609, 1617, 1633, 1634; The Wisdome of the Ancients, done 

 into English by Sir A. G. Knight, 1619, 1658; (The) New Atlantis, 1660; 

 Novum Organum, 1620, 1645; Life of Henry VII., 1622, 1629; De 

 Augmentis Scientiarum, 1623, I 635, 1645, expanded from the Advance 

 ment of Learning, translated in Latin under the supervision of Bacon; 

 Apophthegmes, New and Old, 1624 [B.M. 1625] ; Sylva Sylvarum, pub 

 lished after the author s death by W. Rawley, 1627, 1635. 



COLLECTED WORKS: Opera omnia quae extant. Philosophica, Moralia 

 Politica, Historica, 1665 Opera Omnia. Life of Francis Bacon, by Dr. 

 Rawley. Edited by J. Blackbourne, 1730. Bacon s works, with Life, 

 Mallet s, 1740 and 1753. Montagu s, 17 vols., 1825-26. Works, originally 

 collected and revised by R. Stephens and J. Locker, published after their 

 deaths by T. Birch, 5 vols., 1765. Works, collected and edited by J. 

 Spedding, R. L. Ellis and D. D. Heath, 14 vols., 1857-74. 



