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... conscience one should proceed to contrition . Law dwells at great length upon this subject , urg- ing the penitent to meditate on the odiousness of sin and not to hesitate to charge himself with being the worst sinner he knows , in ...
... conscience one should proceed to contrition . Law dwells at great length upon this subject , urg- ing the penitent to meditate on the odiousness of sin and not to hesitate to charge himself with being the worst sinner he knows , in ...
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... conscience of a man's own mind , concerning the reasonableness and fitness of the thing that his actions should be conformed to such or such a rule or law , is the truest and formall- est obligation ; even more properly and strictly so ...
... conscience of a man's own mind , concerning the reasonableness and fitness of the thing that his actions should be conformed to such or such a rule or law , is the truest and formall- est obligation ; even more properly and strictly so ...
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... conscience , to one who had been so deeply and lastingly impressed by the doctrine of Christian perfection , all his earlier endeavors seemed inadequate . As he examined his conscience in the last few years of life , he must have asked ...
... conscience , to one who had been so deeply and lastingly impressed by the doctrine of Christian perfection , all his earlier endeavors seemed inadequate . As he examined his conscience in the last few years of life , he must have asked ...
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 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