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... tion is particularly set before readers in two of his sermons , XV and XVI . Like Clarke's sermon , both are prefaced by quo- tations from the Book of Job . Although Johnson is not plagi- arizing Clarke , there is a similarity in ...
... tion is particularly set before readers in two of his sermons , XV and XVI . Like Clarke's sermon , both are prefaced by quo- tations from the Book of Job . Although Johnson is not plagi- arizing Clarke , there is a similarity in ...
Page 110
... tion that this was the favorite text of the benevolists , though , as we have seen , among his contemporaries , Laetitia Hawkins , at least , believed his own acts of charity were partly motivated by a desire to atone for his offenses ...
... tion that this was the favorite text of the benevolists , though , as we have seen , among his contemporaries , Laetitia Hawkins , at least , believed his own acts of charity were partly motivated by a desire to atone for his offenses ...
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... tion will follow . But " good use " means the performance of works which are also necessary for salvation . Consequently it is possible for a sinner who truly believes to fail at salvation , if he omits or defers the works needed for ...
... tion will follow . But " good use " means the performance of works which are also necessary for salvation . Consequently it is possible for a sinner who truly believes to fail at salvation , if he omits or defers the works needed for ...
Contents
Johnson and William Law | 3 |
Johnson and Samuel Clarke | 27 |
The Atonement | 46 |
Copyright | |
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