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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... practice as a Christian . Thus Chapter V deals both with his sermon - writing activities and with certain theological views repeated in the sermons . The next chapter shows how his sense of charity was firmly based on orthodox Christian ...
... practice as a Christian . Thus Chapter V deals both with his sermon - writing activities and with certain theological views repeated in the sermons . The next chapter shows how his sense of charity was firmly based on orthodox Christian ...
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... practice expiation and how to know when one has sufficiently atoned for sin perplexed him . He says : " He that reviews his life in order to determine the probability of his acceptance with God , if he could once establish the necessary ...
... practice expiation and how to know when one has sufficiently atoned for sin perplexed him . He says : " He that reviews his life in order to determine the probability of his acceptance with God , if he could once establish the necessary ...
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... practice , but our practice reciprocally influences our speculations . We not only do what we approve , but there is danger lest in time we come to ap- prove what we do , though for no other reason but that we do it . " One should not ...
... practice , but our practice reciprocally influences our speculations . We not only do what we approve , but there is danger lest in time we come to ap- prove what we do , though for no other reason but that we do it . " One should not ...
Contents
Johnson and William Law | 3 |
Johnson and Samuel Clarke | 27 |
The Atonement | 46 |
Copyright | |
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