A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy LifeHendrickson Publishers, 2021 M12 14 - 333 páginas Originally published in 1728 at the beginning of the Enlightenment when rational criticism of religious belief was at its peak, William Law’s work succeeded in inspiring the most cynical men of the age with its arguments in favor of a spiritual life. Proclaiming that God does not merely forgive our disobedience, but directly calls us to obedience and to a life completely centered in him, Law declares, “If you will here stop and ask yourself why you are not as pious as the primitive Christians were, your own heart will tell you that it is neither through ignorance nor inability, but because you never thoroughly intended it.” Law’s prose is packed with vivid imagery and illustrative anecdotes that both reveal what it means to lead a Christian life and unmask the perversion of Christian tenets by secular and spiritual establishments. This challenge of conventional piety and emphasis on Christian perfection directly influenced literary critic Samuel Johnson and historian Edward Gibbon, as well as Cardinal John Henry Newman. John Wesley called Law’s work one of three books that accounted for his first “explicit resolve to be all devoted to God.” Charles Wesley, George Whitefield, Henry Venn, William Wilberforce, and Thomas Scott each described reading the book as a major turning point in his life. William Law (1686-1761) was educated at Cambridge, took a teaching position there, and was also ordained in the Church of England. He lost his access to university venues and the parish ministry when he was unable to swear allegiance to the Hanoverian dynasty that replaced the Stuarts as the rulers of Great Britain. Although forbidden the use of pulpit and lecture hall, he preached through his books, including Christian Perfection, The Grounds and Reasons of Christian Regeneration, Spirit of Prayer, and Spirit of Love. |
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William Law. A SERIOUS CALL TO A DEVOUT AND 0 HOLY LIFE Merriam Lane A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (eBook. Front Cover.
William Law. A SERIOUS CALL TO A DEVOUT AND 0 HOLY LIFE Merriam Lane A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (eBook. Front Cover.
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William Law. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (eBook edition) © 2009, 2011 Hendrickson Publishers Marketing, LLC P. O. Box 3473 Peabody, Massachusetts 01961-3473 eBook ISBN 978-1-59856-965-0 All rights reserved. No part of this ...
William Law. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (eBook edition) © 2009, 2011 Hendrickson Publishers Marketing, LLC P. O. Box 3473 Peabody, Massachusetts 01961-3473 eBook ISBN 978-1-59856-965-0 All rights reserved. No part of this ...
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... Holy Spirit: “Nothing godly can be alive in us but what has all its life from the Spirit of God living and breathing in us.” At age seventy-five, died on April 9, after a brief but painful illness. Hester Gibbon wrote that on his ...
... Holy Spirit: “Nothing godly can be alive in us but what has all its life from the Spirit of God living and breathing in us.” At age seventy-five, died on April 9, after a brief but painful illness. Hester Gibbon wrote that on his ...
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... holy, and heavenly; there is no other reason for this, but that our lives may be of the same nature, full of the same wisdom, holiness, and heavenly tempers, that we may live unto God in the same spirit that we pray unto Him. Were it ...
... holy, and heavenly; there is no other reason for this, but that our lives may be of the same nature, full of the same wisdom, holiness, and heavenly tempers, that we may live unto God in the same spirit that we pray unto Him. Were it ...
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... holy prayers, and Divine petitions, without a holiness of life suitable to them, as to suppose a holy and Divine life without prayers. Let any one therefore think how easily he could confute a man that pretended to great strictness of ...
... holy prayers, and Divine petitions, without a holiness of life suitable to them, as to suppose a holy and Divine life without prayers. Let any one therefore think how easily he could confute a man that pretended to great strictness of ...
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A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ; The Spirit of Love William Law Vista previa limitada - 1978 |
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