Excerpt from The Abiding Comforter: A Necessity to Joyful Piety and Eminent Usefulness Ith Lord Bacon experience was the test of every system - indeed, of all truth. Although so much is said of science and philosophy in these days, it is surprising how little men really know. How do you know that what you teach is true P is a sensible question to propound to any teacher, either in science or religion. A scientist finds a single fact, and then builds a huge pile of theories, wood, hay and stubble, upon it, and demands the assent of all men to his foolish deductions. We yield to his facts, but laugh at his theories. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.