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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... unto God Chapter 11 Showing how great devotion fills our lives with the greatest peace and happiness that can be enjoyed in this world Chapter 12 Showing how great devotion fills our lives with the greatest peace and happiness that can ...
... unto God Chapter 11 Showing how great devotion fills our lives with the greatest peace and happiness that can be enjoyed in this world Chapter 12 Showing how great devotion fills our lives with the greatest peace and happiness that can ...
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... unto Him, and pray according to His will; but what equally proves it necessary for us to look wholly unto God, and make Him the rule and measure of all the other actions of our life. For any ways of life, any employment of our talents ...
... unto Him, and pray according to His will; but what equally proves it necessary for us to look wholly unto God, and make Him the rule and measure of all the other actions of our life. For any ways of life, any employment of our talents ...
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... unto God in our prayers, so sure is it that it is our duty to live wholly unto God in our lives. But we can no more be said to live unto God, unless we live unto Him in all the ordinary actions of our life, unless He be the rule and ...
... unto God in our prayers, so sure is it that it is our duty to live wholly unto God in our lives. But we can no more be said to live unto God, unless we live unto Him in all the ordinary actions of our life, unless He be the rule and ...
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... unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation” (Luke 6:24). He will have but one rule for charity, and that will be, to spend all that he can that way, because the Judge of quick and dead has said, that all that is so ...
... unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation” (Luke 6:24). He will have but one rule for charity, and that will be, to spend all that he can that way, because the Judge of quick and dead has said, that all that is so ...
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... unto life, and few there be that find it” (Matt. 7:14). That “many are called, but few are chosen” (Matt. 22:14). And that many will miss of their salvation, who seem to have taken some pains to obtain it, as in these words, “Strive to ...
... unto life, and few there be that find it” (Matt. 7:14). That “many are called, but few are chosen” (Matt. 22:14). And that many will miss of their salvation, who seem to have taken some pains to obtain it, as in these words, “Strive to ...
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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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