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Record 12854

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Whenever I read in St Paul's Epistle on justification by faith alone, my good mistress would read in the Epistle of St James, such passages as say that a man is not justified by faith alone, but by faith and works, which often embarrassed me not a little. However, I comforted myself with the conceit of having more texts of Scripture on my side of the question than she had on her side. As to St James, I was almost ready to conclude, that he was not quite orthodox, and so at last I did not much mind what he said.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 1 Jan 1760 and 31 Dec 1767
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Taunton
county: Somerset
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:James Lackington
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1746
Socio-economic group: n/a
Occupation: apprentice shoemaker
Religion: methodist
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Mrs Bowden
Additional comments: Reading forms religious sparring with mistress to whom he is apprenticed, Mrs Bowden

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Bible
Genre: Bible
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 12854  
Source - Print  
  Author: James Lackington
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life James Lackington
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1794
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 102
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: James Lackington, Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life James Lackington (London, 1794), p. 102, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12854, accessed: 28 March 2024

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