 .was not of the church of England. To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are diftant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide. by. degrees out of the mind, unlefs it be invigorated and  The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Page 136by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pages
...the Church of England. To he of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the... | |
 | 1818 - 396 pages
...similar circumstance in the life of our great epic poet, concludes with this important observation: "-To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degress out of * Montanus, the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 pages
...Protestants : we know rather what he was not, than what he was. He was not of the church of Rome; he, was not of the church of England. To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless... | |
 | John Poynder - 1820 - 154 pages
...DR. JOHNSON, who observes, in his Life of Milton, " Re" ligion, of which the rewards are distant, tl and which is animated only by faith and " hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, " unless it be invigorated and re-impressed by " external ordinances, by stated calls to wor" ship,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 474 pages
...Protestants : we know rather what he was not, than what he was. He was not of the Church of Rome ; he was not of the Church of England. To be of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 502 pages
...Protestants : we know rather what he was not than what he was. He was not of the Church of Rome; he was not of the Church of England. To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless... | |
 | 1822 - 292 pages
...Protestants: we know rather what he was not, than what he was. He was not of the Church of Rome; he was not of the Church of England. To be of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...the Church of England. To he of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 478 pages
...Protestants; we know rather what he was not, than what he was. He was not of the Church of Rome; he was not of the Church of England. To be of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless... | |
 | Richard Steele - 1823 - 334 pages
...yourselves in the way of good. " Religion," says a great authority, "of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless it be invigorated and re-impressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the... | |
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