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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

James Hogg,

John Carey (Editor)

Start date: September 1, 2019

Finish date: September 30, 2019

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Sep 13, 2019 Irene rated it liked it

Even though I find most 18th century novels to be rather wordy and a bit heavy-handed with the moral lesson, I did not dislike this one. This is a parable of the danger of self-righteousness and the doctrine of predestination as understood by most Calvinists of that era. A young man is raised in a strict Calvinist home in Scotland, taught to trust in his own election and to despise the sinful world. He is befriended by a mysterious )demonic) lad who is able to use the rhetoric of his own religio ...more

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