Samuel Johnson: a Layman's ReligionUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1964 - 240 pages |
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Page 33
... things is an ab- solute . In the above passage and elsewhere God appears as a kind of first agent whose task it is to help keep " the eternal Reason of things " in operation . As Leslie Stephen has re- marked : " Clarke does not shrink ...
... things is an ab- solute . In the above passage and elsewhere God appears as a kind of first agent whose task it is to help keep " the eternal Reason of things " in operation . As Leslie Stephen has re- marked : " Clarke does not shrink ...
Page 36
... things , from the will of the first cause , which points out that possible action of a rational agent which will ... things , and different relations , respects , or proportions of some things towards others ; it is evident and ...
... things , from the will of the first cause , which points out that possible action of a rational agent which will ... things , and different relations , respects , or proportions of some things towards others ; it is evident and ...
Page 44
... things by weight and measure ; that Power which with exquisite artifice has made every thing in the exactest harmony and proportion , to con- spire regularly and uniformly towards accomplishing the best and wisest end , in completing ...
... things by weight and measure ; that Power which with exquisite artifice has made every thing in the exactest harmony and proportion , to con- spire regularly and uniformly towards accomplishing the best and wisest end , in completing ...
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