The Life of Samuel Johnson, D.D.: The First President of King's College, in New York. Containing Many Interesting Anecdotes; a General View of the State of Religion and Learning in Connecticut During the Former Part of the Last Century; and an Account of the Institution and Rise of Yale College, Connecticut; and of King's (now Columbia) College, New-York, Band 1T. & J. Swords, 1805 - 208 Seiten |
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... praying and preaching , which he looked upon as the great engines of enthusiasm . When at college he had conceived an aversion to extempore prayers , by observing the use that was made of them there , and the tendency of this practice ...
... praying and preaching , which he looked upon as the great engines of enthusiasm . When at college he had conceived an aversion to extempore prayers , by observing the use that was made of them there , and the tendency of this practice ...
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... prayers pre - composed , with due care and attention . In 1715 he happened to meet with Archbishop KING's discourse ... prayers . When a form of prayer is used , we have nothing else to do than to offer up our hearts with our words ...
... prayers pre - composed , with due care and attention . In 1715 he happened to meet with Archbishop KING's discourse ... prayers . When a form of prayer is used , we have nothing else to do than to offer up our hearts with our words ...
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... prayer . He had been educated under strong prejudices against the Church of Eng land , of which he knew but very little ; but the next year ( 1716 ) the Book of Common Prayer was , for the first time , put into his hands , by one Mr ...
... prayer . He had been educated under strong prejudices against the Church of Eng land , of which he knew but very little ; but the next year ( 1716 ) the Book of Common Prayer was , for the first time , put into his hands , by one Mr ...
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... prayer , he plainly perceived to be productive of conceited- ness and self - sufficiency , and , by natural con- sequence , of censoriousness and uncharitable- ness . The discipline was often applied to the mere frailties of nature , or ...
... prayer , he plainly perceived to be productive of conceited- ness and self - sufficiency , and , by natural con- sequence , of censoriousness and uncharitable- ness . The discipline was often applied to the mere frailties of nature , or ...
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... prayers , he commonly made use of forms , which he provided for himself in the best manner he could , and chiefly out of the Liturgy of the Church of England . And as to sermons , his practice was to write about one a month , taking ...
... prayers , he commonly made use of forms , which he provided for himself in the best manner he could , and chiefly out of the Liturgy of the Church of England . And as to sermons , his practice was to write about one a month , taking ...
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