Log in or Sign up

Did you mean will worship?

Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Worship according to one's own fancy; worship imposed merely by human will, not by divine authority; supererogatory worship.

Examples

  • “I would otherwise have its ornaments subsist, unless as they are, or may be, a snare to the souls of men; and especially do I condemn those ravages which have been made by the heady fury of the people, stung into zeal against will-worship by bloody persecution.”

    The Monastery

  • “And therefore from the cherubim or brazen serpent, to the images of man's devising; and from the worship commanded by God, to the will-worship of men, the argument is not good.”

    Leviathan

  • “The full casting out and rejecting of all will-worship, and their attendant abominations, Rev. xi.”

    The Sermons of John Owen

  • “This is the general mistake of men ignorant of the gospel about this thing; and it lies at the bottom of very much of that superstition and will-worship that hath been brought into the world.”

    Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers

  • “Micah vi. 6, 7, [189] so at present is it the principle of all that superstitious will-worship and religious drudgery which is spread over the antichristian world.”

    The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed

  • “On that principle did they seem to be acted who pressed legal and judicial suppositions, with “a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body,” Col. ii.”

    The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed

  • “Believers know what entertainment all will-worship finds with God.”

    Life of Dr Owen

  • “Believers know what entertainment all will-worship finds with God: “Who hath required these things at your hand?” and, “In vain do you worship me, teaching for doctrines the traditions of men,” — is the best it meets with.”

    Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost

  • “The opposites to religion are, impiety, that is, the neglect and contempt of God, and eqeloqrhskeia will-worship, or superstition, that is, a mode of religion invented by man.”

    The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2

  • “I beare many devout Papists witnesse (though I feare the learnedst of them be selfe-condemned) that they have this zeale, perswading themselves they doe God best service, when they please the Divell most in their will-worship.”

    A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of Zeale In a Sermon Preached at a Generall Visitation at Ipswich

Show 10 more examples...

Lists

‘will-worship’ hasn't been added to any lists yet.

Comments

No comments yet...

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

‘will-worship’ has been looked up 842 times, loved by 1 person, and is not a valid Scrabble word.