Samuel Johnson: a Layman's ReligionUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1964 - 240 pages |
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Page 5
... influence of William Law upon the youthful Johnson is attested in a well - known passage in Boswell's Life . " When at Oxford , " Johnson remarked , " I took up ' Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life ' , expecting to find it a dull book ...
... influence of William Law upon the youthful Johnson is attested in a well - known passage in Boswell's Life . " When at Oxford , " Johnson remarked , " I took up ' Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life ' , expecting to find it a dull book ...
Page 104
... influence of various Latitudinarian divines of the late seventeenth century . While the Christian ideal that man should strive to imitate God's universal love for mankind underlay their beliefs , the stress they placed on good works was ...
... influence of various Latitudinarian divines of the late seventeenth century . While the Christian ideal that man should strive to imitate God's universal love for mankind underlay their beliefs , the stress they placed on good works was ...
Page 240
... influence on SJ , 5 ; commented on SJ's fasting , 14 ; SJ and the poor , 114 ; SJ's depend- ents , 119-20 ... influenced by William Law , 6 ; wrote on sloth , 14 ; op- posed Law's view of Atonement , 49 ; on conversion , 185 ; mentioned ...
... influence on SJ , 5 ; commented on SJ's fasting , 14 ; SJ and the poor , 114 ; SJ's depend- ents , 119-20 ... influenced by William Law , 6 ; wrote on sloth , 14 ; op- posed Law's view of Atonement , 49 ; on conversion , 185 ; mentioned ...
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 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