...account, the first serious and rational impressions upon religious subjects were made on his mind :—" When at Oxford, I took up ' Law's Serious Call to...are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion,...

...reluctance to go to church. I then became a sort of lax talker against religion, for I did not much think against it ; and this lasted till I went to Oxford,...When at Oxford, I took up ' Law's Serious Call to the Unconverted,' expecting to find it a dull book, (as such books generally are,) and perhaps to laugh...

...excellent biographical note to the first mention of Law's name. ' When at Oxford,' says the Doctor, ' I took up Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life expecting...generally are, and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion after...

...against religion, for I did not much think against it; and this lasted until I went to Oxford, where I took up Law's " Serious Call to a Holy Life," expecting...find it a dull book (as such books generally are). But I found Law quite an over-match for me, and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest.'1...

...reluctance to go to church. I then became a sort of lax talker against religion, for I did not much think against it ; and this lasted till I went to Oxford, where it would not be suffered. When at > " Their souls at flret from high Olympus came ; And, If not blunted by the mortal frame, Th' ethereal...

...reluctance to go to church. I then became a sort of lax talker against religion, for I did not much think against it; and this lasted till I went to Oxford,...are) and, perhaps, to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after...

...this lasted till I went to Oxford, where it would not be suffered. When at Oxford, I took up ' Law's1 Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it...are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion,...

...reluctance to go to church. I then became a sort of lax talker against religion, for I did not much think against it ; and this lasted till I went to Oxford,...not be suffered. When at Oxford, I took up ' Law's l Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and...

...study of Scripture and of religious books. " I took up ' Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' " he says, "expecting to find it a dull book, as such books generally are, and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an over-match for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion,...

...that death, as 68 [AD 1729. became a sort of lax talker against religion, for I did not much think against it ; and this lasted till I went to Oxford,...are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion,...