William Law, Nonjuror and Mystic: ... a Sketch of His Life, Character, and OpinionsLongmans, Green, 1881 - 462 páginas |
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... admirable simile of a writer of our own day , ' like coming across an old Gothic cathedral with its air of calm grandeur and mellowed beauty in the midst of the staring red - brick buildings of a brand - new manufacturing town ; and ...
... admirable simile of a writer of our own day , ' like coming across an old Gothic cathedral with its air of calm grandeur and mellowed beauty in the midst of the staring red - brick buildings of a brand - new manufacturing town ; and ...
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... admirable irony that Mande- ville's account of the origin of virtue might be applied with equal force to the origin of the erect posture of man , Law proceeds to unfold in grave and dignified ... Admiration of the Remarks . ' 35 necessarily.
... admirable irony that Mande- ville's account of the origin of virtue might be applied with equal force to the origin of the erect posture of man , Law proceeds to unfold in grave and dignified ... Admiration of the Remarks . ' 35 necessarily.
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... Admiration of the Remarks . ' 35 necessarily good and just , from the excellence of justice and goodness ; and it is the will of God that makes moral vir- tue our law , and obliges us to act reasonably . Here , Sir , is the noble and ...
... Admiration of the Remarks . ' 35 necessarily good and just , from the excellence of justice and goodness ; and it is the will of God that makes moral vir- tue our law , and obliges us to act reasonably . Here , Sir , is the noble and ...
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... admired tragedy is upon it . ' When it is remembered that such a play , for example , as Addison's Cato ' had , within Law's lifetime been acted with immense success , and that Shakespeare's tragedies , though not so popular as they ...
... admired tragedy is upon it . ' When it is remembered that such a play , for example , as Addison's Cato ' had , within Law's lifetime been acted with immense success , and that Shakespeare's tragedies , though not so popular as they ...
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... admirable touches , com- bining the sparkling wit of Addison and a little of the cynicism of Swift with an intense earnestness of Christian conviction which is all Law's own . Law next dwells largely upon the baneful effects of idle and ...
... admirable touches , com- bining the sparkling wit of Addison and a little of the cynicism of Swift with an intense earnestness of Christian conviction which is all Law's own . Law next dwells largely upon the baneful effects of idle and ...
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Página 111 - When at Oxford, I took up Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life, expecting to find it a dull book, (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry.
Página 112 - Call, is still read as a popular and powerful book of devotion. His precepts are rigid, but they are founded on the gospel; his satire is sharp, but it is drawn from the knowledge of human life; and many of his portraits are not unworthy of the pen of La Bruyere. If he finds a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will soon kindle it to a flame; and a philosopher must allow that he exposes, with equal severity and truth, the strange contradiction between the faith and practice of the Christian...
Página 401 - Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not!
Página 280 - A Demonstration of the gross and fundamental Errors of a late Book, called, "A plain Account of the Nature and End of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper," affectionately addressed to all Orders of Men, and more especially to all the younger Clergy, 1735,
Página 432 - If any man love me, my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Página 428 - Thou, who hast given me eyes to see And love this sight so fair, Give me a heart to find out Thee And read Thee everywhere.
Página 231 - Almighty and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth ; Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the days of our life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Página 83 - Why did I scarce ever hear you name the name of Christ? never, so as to ground anything upon "faith in his blood...
Página 31 - T enjoy the World's Conveniences, Be fam'd in War, yet live in Ease, Without great Vices, is a vain EUTOPIA seated in the Brain. Fraud, Luxury and Pride must live, While we the Benefits receive: Hunger's a dreadful Plague, no doubt Yet who digests or thrives without?
Página 231 - Him who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...