Evidence: | I also sent for Bishop Watson's Apology for the Bible, in Letters to T. Paine; Bishop Porteus's Compendium of the Evidences of Christianity, Pilgrim's Good Intent, Pascal's Thoughts, Addison's Evidences of Christianity, Conibeare on Revealed Religion, Madam de Genlis's Religion the only Basis of Happiness and sound Philosophy, with Observations on pretended modern Philosophers, 2 vols. Jenkin's Reasonableness and Certainty of Christianity, and several others of the same tendency. Those excellent defences of revealed religion I read through, during which I had many struggles . . .
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Alveston county: Gloucestershire |
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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) |
perhaps wife |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Beilby Porteus |
Title: | A Summary of the Principle Evidences for the Truth and Divine Origin of the Christian Revelation |
Genre: | Other religious |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 21005 | |
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Author: | James Lackington | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Confessions of J. Lackington | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1804 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 52 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Lackington, The Confessions of J. Lackington (London, 1804), p. 52, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21005, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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