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... virtue that could exist only among Christians or possibly among those influenced by Christian teaching . The point is emphasized in Idler 4. Johnson observes that the bounty bestowed on citizens and soldiers by the Roman em- perors was ...
... virtue that could exist only among Christians or possibly among those influenced by Christian teaching . The point is emphasized in Idler 4. Johnson observes that the bounty bestowed on citizens and soldiers by the Roman em- perors was ...
Page 108
... virtue , by which he means the love of God and , subsumed under that , the love of one's fellow man . Under his definition of charity as " the theological virtue of universal love " Johnson appends quotations from Hooker , Jeremy Taylor ...
... virtue , by which he means the love of God and , subsumed under that , the love of one's fellow man . Under his definition of charity as " the theological virtue of universal love " Johnson appends quotations from Hooker , Jeremy Taylor ...
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... virtue amongst those who are most exposed to such temptations as it is not easy to surmount , temptations of which no man that he should be able to resist them , and of which it is not easy for any one that has not known them to ...
... virtue amongst those who are most exposed to such temptations as it is not easy to surmount , temptations of which no man that he should be able to resist them , and of which it is not easy for any one that has not known them to ...
Contents
Johnson and William Law | 3 |
Johnson and Samuel Clarke | 27 |
The Atonement | 46 |
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allusions amendment appears Atonement belief benevolence Boswell Boswell's chiefly Christ Christ's sacrifice Christian perfection Church of England clergyman composed conscience contrition conversion Convict's Address conviction David Hume devotions Diaries Dictionary discussion divine doctrine emphasis Eucharist Evangelical examination of conscience faith frequently friends George Strahan grace Hammond Hawkins heart Holy Spirit Hooker hope important indicate instance interpretation Jesus John John Hoole Johnson's religion kind Law's London mankind means ment mercy mind Miscellanies mystical never Nevertheless obedience observes one's particular penitent person petitions piety prays preach propitiatory nature Puritans quotation quotes Rambler reason religious remarks repentance Richard Hooker Roman Catholic Sacrament salvation Samuel Clarke Samuel Johnson Scripture seems sense of charity sentence length Serious Call sermons sinner sins sometimes sorrow soul specific statement Taylor theological things Thirty-nine Articles thought Thrale tion transubstantiation Trinity various vicarious virtue vols William Law writes wrote