An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of NatureUniversity of Toronto Press, 15. dets 1971 - 216 pages Composed in a period of religious and political upheaval, Culverwell's Discourse of the Light of Nature is an imaginative statement of the teachings of Christian humanism concerning the nature and limits of human reason and the related concepts of natural and divine law. The lengthy introduction to this new critical edition throws light on the evolution of English rationalism in the seventeenth century, and the annotation establishes for the first time the full range of Culverwell's sources – classical, medieval, and Renaissance – and enables the reader to appreciate his manner of citing authority and handling illustration. (Department of English Studies and Texts 17) |
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... term “free grace,” which had been the banner of Calvinist Puritans (witness William Perkin's A Treatise of Gods Free Grace, and Mans Free-Will, 1602), was now, to their consternation and with differing significance, elevated as the ...
... term “free grace,” which had been the banner of Calvinist Puritans (witness William Perkin's A Treatise of Gods Free Grace, and Mans Free-Will, 1602), was now, to their consternation and with differing significance, elevated as the ...
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... terms, prescriptive divine law as well. Rejecting the opposing extremes, that natural law proceeds entirely from a divine command and that it arises solely from the natures of things, and is not prescriptive, but indicative of moral ...
... terms, prescriptive divine law as well. Rejecting the opposing extremes, that natural law proceeds entirely from a divine command and that it arises solely from the natures of things, and is not prescriptive, but indicative of moral ...
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... term “innate,” nor do they always emphasize sufficiently the metaphoric nature of St. Paul's expression “the law written in the heart.”61 This text is one of considerable importance in the Discourse and, although Culverwell will not ...
... term “innate,” nor do they always emphasize sufficiently the metaphoric nature of St. Paul's expression “the law written in the heart.”61 This text is one of considerable importance in the Discourse and, although Culverwell will not ...
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... term for conscience, Sanderson carefully defines innate and acquired habits and asserts that conscience is a habit ... terms of self-evident propositions; it is innate because “the Mind, by an innate or inbred Light of her own, gives an ...
... term for conscience, Sanderson carefully defines innate and acquired habits and asserts that conscience is a habit ... terms of self-evident propositions; it is innate because “the Mind, by an innate or inbred Light of her own, gives an ...
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... terms and definitions of Puritan orthodoxy of their relevance and this development led to a wide variety of new ... term Saving “orthodox” (“for that word I must use; though it be now-a-dayes stomached”).103 He does not hesitate to ...
... terms and definitions of Puritan orthodoxy of their relevance and this development led to a wide variety of new ... term Saving “orthodox” (“for that word I must use; though it be now-a-dayes stomached”).103 He does not hesitate to ...
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