ISBN: 9781154154320

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...and because I was unwilling that a misapprehension of so much importance should pass current under the authority of such a writer, or that it should derogate from the utility of what I conceive to be one of his ablest and most useful compositions. Of the Second class of his writings, namely the Theological, the earliest in date is the defence of Episcopacy, published in 1642, soon after the king''s retirement to Oxford. In gracefulness of diction, in richness of imagery, and in that warmth and kindliness of feeling which is in a great measure Taylor''s peculiar characteristic, it is inferior, as might well be expected, to such of his writings as relate immediately to morals or devotion. It is also less metaphysical, in the highest sense of the term, less distinguished by enlarged views of the human mind, and the limits between circumstantials and essentials, than the Rule of Conscience or the Liberty of Prophesying. Note (W W.) But it is at least a specimen of manly and moderate disputation; of a variety of learning, such as even in that learned age few other writers have brought to bear upon the same subject; and of a style vigorous and elastic, which, both in taste and energy, leaves far behind it the greater number of contemporary theologians, and only falls short of that which few indeed have equalled, the sustained and majestic harmony of Hooker''s Ecclesiastical Polity. Of the arguments however which he has advanced in favour of an institution which through life he regarded with more than common veneration, there are not many which strike me as new; and in the few particulars where he has taken a different ground from that generally occupied by the assertors of episcopal government, I am not sure that he has been fortunate. He sets out with asserti... Jeremy Taylor, Books, History, The whole works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor Volume 1; with a life of the author, and a critical examination of his writings Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781154154320

Jeremy Taylor, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books History~~General The-Whole-Works-of-the-Right-REV-Jeremy-Taylor-Volume-1-With-a-Life-of-the-Author-and-a… More...

Jeremy Taylor, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books History~~General The-Whole-Works-of-the-Right-REV-Jeremy-Taylor-Volume-1-With-a-Life-of-the-Author-and-a-Critical-Examination-of-His-Writings~~Jeremy-Taylor General Books LLC The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 1; Original Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans; Publication date: 1854; Subjects: Theology; Religion / Christianity / Anglican; Religion / Christian Rituals<

ISBN: 1154154327

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