september english poet clergyman theologian religious writer little information known life intense scholarly spirituality writings led commemorated parts october anniversary burial september work best known today centuries collection short reflects christian life ministry philosophy happiness desire childhood published having rediscovered manuscript years earlier poetry likewise published prose works include god poetry associated poets poetry unknown centuries death manuscripts kept private papers family winter manuscript volumes containing poems discovered chance sale street poems initially thought work contemporary research identity uncovered work prepared publication result work published decade 20th century writings frequently explore glory creation perceived intimate relationship god writing conveys ardent love god compared similar themes works later poets love natural world frequently expressed works treatment nature evokes centuries romantic movement biography little information known life according antiquarian son born identifies sources indicate thomas son local twice mayor wife birth baptism recorded parish registers educated oxford april receiving degree october years later promoted degree november received december receiving degree oxford took holy orders following year installed rector near appointed post december commissioners time ordained priest curious note record appointment counted patronage kent served post years ordained priest restoration monarchy return king charles_ii ordained october private chaplain sir 1st lord keeper great seal king charles_ii near middlesex died smallpox house september buried october interred church reading desk according led simple devout life shows possessed little books thought worth old hat assumed largely studies oxford identify royalist time lord protector deposed monarchy english civil war city oxford centre cause headquarters king forces surrender university regarded focus royalist sentiment claim royalist bolstered inscription thought father fidelity zeal royalist cause writings work remains unpublished known lifetime works published death published shortly published work appeared posthumously 20th century unpublished manuscripts held museums private collections university archives including university_of_oxford london yale_university connecticut literary figure lifetime works known appreciated long death country priest led devout humble life participate literary circles works published lifetime followed soon death later god published work anonymous author character background discussed brief introduction publisher emergence work editions work fell obscurity chance discovery anonymous manuscript work reputation lost publication history posthumous success death manuscripts bequeathed brother death apparently passed possession family years family assets dissolved manuscripts emerge years later winter london discovered anonymous manuscripts books street thought lost works showed scottish clergyman expert literature reprinted rare works agreed manuscripts planned include edition works preparing publication died proposed edition completed collection including manuscripts purchased london asked friend examine convinced soon discovered manuscripts included poetry collection religion morals published centuries manuscripts discovered fellow cambridge discovered works manuscripts library london residence archbishop_of_canterbury manuscripts prose encompass complete works fragment fifth sober view seeds love manuscript found burning rubbish lancashire manuscript discovered library washington later identified unfinished line epic poem entitled ceremonial law analysis interpretation poet anglican labelled poets johnson favour work implied poetry obscure label endured respected school poets poetry combined passionate feeling intellectual sought express deeply felt religious secular experiences form highly intellectual poems poets included exhibited avid interest science drawing imagery new exciting areas scientific learning astronomy mathematics geography medicine works poetry prose works described terms simple issues origins faith nature faith innocence childhood style enforce verse takes form core work concept highest state bliss describes essence god source value quest divine essential truth said playful passionate exposition denoting profoundly experience practical set abstract principles mixes mystical elements seeks explain issues truth knowledge mind heart methods theological rational examination seeks explain love truth light beauty seek identify source natural experience argues man experience understanding god divine love describes beauty terms poem called recovery claims theology ethics concerned stability christian church england period restoration theological writings exhibits passion anglican faith national church evident confrontations time political religious recent discoveries previously unknown manuscripts establish reputation anglican divine works offer fresh comprehensive arguments ongoing theological arguments nature ethics morality nature sin instance critiques work published lifetime treatise form dialogue men protestant roman catholic relying scriptures idea legitimate church authority state contemporary catholic_church claims conspiracy theory vatican control manuscripts catholic_church position corrupt suppress documents support claim authority abusive nature narrator critique sharp contrast tenor poetry writings theological topics takes tone posthumously published explores theological implications thought freedom necessity work refuses define ethics secular phenomenon instead pointing firm reliance god human limitations build suitable coherent moral system beliefs virtues derive divine source reward infinite love god root things given autobiographical material works notably centuries suffered lack faith formative years oxford describes period later found way faith knew things collected highest reason ignorance brought things pure glorious infinitely joyful precious knew sins complaints laws dedicated considerable examination subject sin place church doctrines recently discovered work sober view discusses sin salvation frame larger discussion questions election writes excluded enter hates god excluded loves loss love hell sight possession love heaven sin exclude heaven divine union works inherently mystical seek understand embrace nature god creation man soul describe journey faith centuries meditation likely written work noted spiritual intensity wide scope writer survey includes heaven earth takes province pious soul work said look hidden things soul sees image glory love god eternal theme goodness god spirit great theme visionary innocence childhood writings suggest adults lost joy childhood understanding divine nature creation convey idea paradise rediscovered regained innocence state knowledge good evil composed love wonder respect work compared joy found works according scholar introduction child viewpoint theological moral premises unknown certainly literature time poems frequently explore glory creation perceived intimate relationship god drew deeply writings aristotle early church fathers concept man human nature little mention sin suffering works dominated 20th century criticism critics seen verse bordering heavily influenced works philosophers contemporaries called cambridge argued dialogue factions high anglican church believed religion reason harmony based mystical understanding reason believing reason rose mere sense perception lord echo divine residing human soul reason god given god critic notes writes senses spiritual spirit according biography distinguished wasted energies lore incredible experiments magic remarked perfectly free great passion depicted work love nature natural world frequently displayed romantic treatment nature described credits divine source creation praise nature expect find scholars consider writer sublime writing tried reclaim lost appreciation natural world paying tribute knew nature powerful sense anticipated romantic movement years actually occurred frequent discussion man relationship nature frequent use literal setting attempt reproduce sense experience given moment technique later frequently legacy works lost years death influence writers 20th century included criticism termed poetry johnson contemporaries know influenced thought writings monk social activist author crime writer christian poet christian lewis called beautiful book english english composer completed writing solo voice typically soprano tenor string orchestra entitled dies number movements settings writings wonder prose piece extract pieces text chosen reflects joy wonder newborn child innocent perspective world born world beauty performance delayed second world war commemoration poems spiritual writings saint included calendar saints national churches formal process found roman catholic tradition frequently recognised people great formal process popular local custom commemoration held september date death october date burial general convention episcopal church united_states approved following collect observation feast day creator wonder majesty inspire poet mystical insight glory natural world faces men women help know thee creation neighbors understand obligations grow people thou created jesus christ thee holy spirit god light observed september october korea hong_kong known hong_kong anglican church works publications published life times true account false records discovering church rome london printed divine morality opening way rules reason london printed god devout london printed creation parts london published printed later compilations editions edited london edited london isbn edited oxford reprinted author original manuscript reprinted manuscript poems sources edited london god devout edited toronto centuries poems volumes edited oxford days creation edited los_angeles poems centuries edited london edited commentaries heaven poems edited und isbn works thomas series edited suffolk volumes complete set volume sober view considerations seeds nature soul isbn volume commentaries heaven isbn volume iii commentaries heaven isbn volume church year book god days creation isbn volume centuries isbn volume verse poems ceremonial law published volume vii published volume viii commentary index published volume published
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