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 33
... 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 from maintaining that moral obligation is antecedent even to the consideration ...
... 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 from maintaining that moral obligation is antecedent even to the consideration ...
Page 41
... kind of restraint upon the seeker after Christian perfection is like ad- vising the contender for an eternal crown not to tire himself by sprinting . What , then , did attract Johnson to Clarke ? It could scarcely have been the ...
... kind of restraint upon the seeker after Christian perfection is like ad- vising the contender for an eternal crown not to tire himself by sprinting . What , then , did attract Johnson to Clarke ? It could scarcely have been the ...
Page 124
... kind of humor that Boswell frequently failed to detect . That Johnson was acutely conscious of his rudeness is borne out by Boswell's own observations elsewhere that , after offending someone by his harshness , he " was not only prompt ...
... kind of humor that Boswell frequently failed to detect . That Johnson was acutely conscious of his rudeness is borne out by Boswell's own observations elsewhere that , after offending someone by his harshness , he " was not only prompt ...
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