Samuel Johnson: a Layman's ReligionUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1964 - 240 pages |
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Page 129
... Evangelical sermons , periodicals , and tracts during the last decades of the eighteenth century that great attention came to be focused on the deathbed scene . When the circumstances of Hume's death were publicized , many people were ...
... Evangelical sermons , periodicals , and tracts during the last decades of the eighteenth century that great attention came to be focused on the deathbed scene . When the circumstances of Hume's death were publicized , many people were ...
Page 130
... Evangelical was on death , Boswell heard it with particular rel- ish . He reports : " There was nothing gloomy in ... Evangelical zeal was too often dangerously directed . The Evangelicals , he thought , followed self - imposed rules ...
... Evangelical was on death , Boswell heard it with particular rel- ish . He reports : " There was nothing gloomy in ... Evangelical zeal was too often dangerously directed . The Evangelicals , he thought , followed self - imposed rules ...
Page 190
... Evangelicals probably interpreted Johnson's emphasis on this doctrine as a sign that he had been converted in the manner ... Evangelical , but the rationalist Samuel Clarke , who described faith as a moral virtue , " always founded upon ...
... Evangelicals probably interpreted Johnson's emphasis on this doctrine as a sign that he had been converted in the manner ... Evangelical , but the rationalist Samuel Clarke , who described faith as a moral virtue , " always founded upon ...
Contents
Johnson and William Law | 3 |
Johnson and Samuel Clarke | 27 |
The Atonement | 46 |
Copyright | |
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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 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 says Scripture seems sense of charity sentence length Serious Call sermons sinner sins sion sometimes sorrow soul specific statement Taylor theological things Thirty-nine Articles thought Thrale tion transubstantiation Trinity various vicarious virtue William Law writes wrote