Record Number: 12854

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Whenever I read in St Paul's Epistle on justification by faith alone, my good mistress would read in the Epistle of St James, such passages as say that a man is not justified by faith alone, but by faith and works, which often embarrassed me not a little. However, I comforted myself with the conceit of having more texts of Scripture on my side of the question than she had on her side. As to St James, I was almost ready to conclude, that he was not quite orthodox, and so at last I did not much mind what he said.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1760 and 31 Dec 1767

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Taunton
county: Somerset

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

James Lackington

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1746

Socio-Economic Group:

n/a

Occupation:

apprentice shoemaker

Religion:

methodist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Mrs Bowden

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Bible

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12854

Source:

Print

Author:

James Lackington

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life James Lackington

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1794

Vol:

n/a

Page:

102

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Lackington, Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life James Lackington, (London, 1794), p. 102, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12854, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Reading forms religious sparring with mistress to whom he is apprenticed, Mrs Bowden.