Samuel Johnson: a Layman's ReligionUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1964 - 240 pages |
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Page 138
... hope . Even when that deludes us , we must not abandon it , " for hope itself is happiness , and its frustrations , however frequent , are less dreadful than its extinction " ( Idler 58 ) . He was here speaking of hope in a secular ...
... hope . Even when that deludes us , we must not abandon it , " for hope itself is happiness , and its frustrations , however frequent , are less dreadful than its extinction " ( Idler 58 ) . He was here speaking of hope in a secular ...
Page 194
... hope and hope , and fancy that he who has lived to day may live to morrow . But let us learn to derive our hope only from God . " 30 Here one may detect a note of self - admonition - as if the moralist who had written on the vanity of ...
... hope and hope , and fancy that he who has lived to day may live to morrow . But let us learn to derive our hope only from God . " 30 Here one may detect a note of self - admonition - as if the moralist who had written on the vanity of ...
Page 237
... hope , 138-39 -hope : in secular sense , 138 ; as theological virtue , 138-39 ; at ap- proach of death , 194–95 -irritability : noted by friends , 121- 22 ; psychological reasons for , 122 ; censured discourtesy , 122-23 ; awareness of ...
... hope , 138-39 -hope : in secular sense , 138 ; as theological virtue , 138-39 ; at ap- proach of death , 194–95 -irritability : noted by friends , 121- 22 ; psychological reasons for , 122 ; censured discourtesy , 122-23 ; awareness of ...
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