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Therefore, his soul abhors will-worship, devised by men out of ignorant zeal or superstition, though there might seem much devotion in it, and much affection to God.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

Robert Barclay called this kind of worship "will-worship."

From An Interpretation of Friends Worship by Toomer, Jean

In the first place, its rhymelessness is a caprice, a will-worship.

From Matthew Arnold by Saintsbury, George

But I think it is will-worship, and presumption.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman

There must be no will-worship; how much more, no will-repentance!

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis