Samuel Johnson: A Layman's ReligionUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1964 - 240 pages Influence of Johnson's own religious interpretation on his life and work. |
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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 198
... hope recur to my mind night and day ; may sure faith be kindled in me by holy love . May sure faith forbid me to doubt , may joyful hope forbid me to fear , may holy love for- bid me to wish evil to anyone . Grant me , Father , lest the ...
... hope recur to my mind night and day ; may sure faith be kindled in me by holy love . May sure faith forbid me to doubt , may joyful hope forbid me to fear , may holy love for- bid me to wish evil to anyone . Grant me , Father , lest the ...
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 religious 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 religion remarks repentance Richard Hooker Roman Catholic Sacrament salvation Samuel Clarke Samuel Johnson Scripture seems sense of charity sentence length Serious Call sermons sincere 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