William Law, Nonjuror and Mystic: ... a Sketch of His Life, Character, and OpinionsLongmans, Green, 1881 - 462 páginas |
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... object of their worship , they ought to keep to their God de facto , or return to their God de jure ? and such like . He is much blamed by some and defended by others ; has the character of a vain , conceited fellow . ' 2 Byrom wrote ...
... object of their worship , they ought to keep to their God de facto , or return to their God de jure ? and such like . He is much blamed by some and defended by others ; has the character of a vain , conceited fellow . ' 2 Byrom wrote ...
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... object of man's knowledge , began with the first man , and was as natural to him as it was natural to man to think and perceive or feel the difference between pleasure and pain . The reasonableness and fitness of actions themselves is a ...
... object of man's knowledge , began with the first man , and was as natural to him as it was natural to man to think and perceive or feel the difference between pleasure and pain . The reasonableness and fitness of actions themselves is a ...
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... object in view ; he wrote in per- fect sincerity and honesty , and if he had followed the example of the Archbishop whom he quoted , he might have written with telling effect . For the state of the stage was deplorably bad . If the ...
... object in view ; he wrote in per- fect sincerity and honesty , and if he had followed the example of the Archbishop whom he quoted , he might have written with telling effect . For the state of the stage was deplorably bad . If the ...
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... objects of God's pardon.'1 Law reminds us that he wrote in the eighteenth cen- tury by going on to prove the reasonableness of his views ; for reasonableness ' was the very keynote of the theology of the period , and the writer who did ...
... objects of God's pardon.'1 Law reminds us that he wrote in the eighteenth cen- tury by going on to prove the reasonableness of his views ; for reasonableness ' was the very keynote of the theology of the period , and the writer who did ...
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... object than fame ? Is not truth of all kinds a worthy object of pursuit ? Was it no advantage to mankind to know the true nature of the glorious work of the Creator ? When Demosthenes was stirring the hearts of his countrymen in behalf ...
... object than fame ? Is not truth of all kinds a worthy object of pursuit ? Was it no advantage to mankind to know the true nature of the glorious work of the Creator ? When Demosthenes was stirring the hearts of his countrymen in behalf ...
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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...