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Record 20882

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Jenkin's is the most copious and the best work I ever read in defence of divine revelation. It treats in a clear manner of the necessity of a divine revelation, antiquity of the scriptures, God's dispensations under the Patriarchs, Moses, Judges, Kings, and Christ; the wisdom and goodness of God is excellently displayed in the manner of the promulgation and preservation of the scriptures; various difficulties are cleared and objections answered. The author has, through the whole, discovered great depth of thought, a thorough knowledge of the history of the four great monarchies mentioned in the Old Testament, and of other ancient nations; which he has brought forward in confirmation of the truth of divine revelation. In reading this excellent learned production I could not help remarking the wonderful difference that therre is between this work and the poor superficial works of freethinkers.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: unknown
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Alveston
county: Gloucestershire?
   
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 Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 31 Aug 1746
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: Retired bookseller
Religion: Methodist
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Robert Jenkin
Title: Reasonableness and Certainty of the Christian Religion
Genre: Other religious
Form of Text: Print: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 20882  
Source - Print  
  Author: James Lackington
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The Confessions of J. Lackington, Late Bookseller at the Temple of the Muses
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1804
  Vol: n/a
  Page: p.35
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: James Lackington, The Confessions of J. Lackington, Late Bookseller at the Temple of the Muses (London, 1804), p. p.35, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20882, accessed: 28 March 2024

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