The Life And Times Of Selina Countess Of Huntingdon Volume 2

Author : Aaron Crossley Hobart Seymour
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483235823
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times, Vol. 2 written by Aaron Crossley Hobart Seymour and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life and Times, Vol. 2: Of Selina Countess of Huntingdon Those who have perused the former Volume with attention and candour, will have made acquaintance with so many of the company, and have been so much delighted with their society, as to require little further introduction. As, however, the great object of Biography is to teach by example, and to embody principles in living forms and as the original Compiler of The Life and Times of the Countess of Huntingdon, with astonishing industry and success, has collected facts, and left them to speak for themselves - the Writer of this paper may be allowed to trace these facts to their proper sources, and to endeavour to ascertain the principles which actuated and characterised those 'who took the lead in the Revivals of the last century. In this exercise, however, little aid is to be obtained from their general name; for, as in individuals, so in societies, terms of denomi nation are more commonly accidental than intended, and seldom, therefore, indicative of the great principles of the classes which they designate. It would, indeed, be curious and amusing to examine the names of the most distinguished of the species, and to see how they agree with the master-quality of their wearers; though it would generally end in the same uncertainty as the etymological disputes on the name of cicero for whether we determine on it as an indication of agriculture or of a nasal mark, we must learn from other quarters the philosophy and the eloquence by which this Roman was distinguished. Without adverting to the ancient use of the term Methodist, or to its employment either in France or in England, it is enough to say, that it little more expresses the peculiarities of the creed and practice of any class of Christians than does that of Swad dlers - a name given to the followers of wesley by a drunken Irishman: nay, in some respects, however orderly and methodical their private deportment, there was an evident disregard of method in wesley and whitefield and their followers thus they had to deviate from the rules of the Established Church, on the one hand, and were unwilling to submit to the order of what are called regular Dissenters on the other; they were especially under the guidance of circumstances, and were determined to further the Gospel in every possible way, however irregular and unmethodical it might appear. We must look, therefore, to other means of information to ascertain the leading principles of Methodism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.