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Excerpt from The Works of the Reverend William Law, A. M, Vol. 7 of 9: Containing, I. The Spirit of Prayer, or the Soul Rising Out of the Vanity of Time, Into the Riches of Eternity, in Two Parts; II. The Way to Divine Knowledge; Being Several Dialogues Between Humanus, Academicus, Rusticus, and Theopilus
Which takes up each Man's Mind, Thoughts, and Actions, may very well be called his particular Dream. This Degree of Vanity is equally vifible in every Form and Order of Life. The Learned and the Ignorant, the Rich and the Poor, are all In the fame State of Slumber; only pafiing away a lhort Life in a different kind Of Dream. 'but why' fo? It is becaufe Man has an Eternity Within him; is born into this World, not for the Sake of living here, not for any Thing this World can' give him, but only to have Time and Place, to become either an eternal Partaker of a di vine Life with god, or to have an hellilh E ternity amongfi fallen Angels. Arid therefore, every Man who has not his Eye, his Heart.
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Which takes up each Man's Mind, Thoughts, and Actions, may very well be called his particular Dream. This Degree of Vanity is equally vifible in every Form and Order of Life. The Learned and the Ignorant, the Rich and the Poor, are all In the fame State of Slumber; only pafiing away a lhort Life in a different kind Of Dream. 'but why' fo? It is becaufe Man has an Eternity Within him; is born into this World, not for the Sake of living here, not for any Thing this World can' give him, but only to have Time and Place, to become either an eternal Partaker of a di vine Life with god, or to have an hellilh E ternity amongfi fallen Angels. Arid therefore, every Man who has not his Eye, his Heart.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comwww.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Published January 18th 2018 by Forgotten Books (first published September 27th 2015)
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William Law was an English cleric and theological writer. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and was elected a fellow in 1711, the year of his ordination. He declined to take the oath of loyalty to King George I, in 1714, and was deprived of his fellowship. He became the tutor of Edward Gibbon, father of the famous historian. Later he returned to his birthplace of King's Cliffe where he lived the rest of his life, though he was known throughout England for his speaking and writing.
His writing of A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (1728), together with its predecessor, A Practical Treatise Upon Christian Perfection (1726), deeply influenced the chief actors in the great Evangelical revival.
John and Charles Wesley, George Whitefield, Henry Venn, Thomas Scott, and Thomas Adam all express their deep obligation to the author. The Serious Call also affected others deeply.
William Law, born inKing's Cliffe, England, in 1686, became a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1711, but in 1714, at the death of Queen Anne, he became a non-Juror: that is to say, he found himself unable to take the required oath of allegiance to the Hanoverian dynasty (who had replaced the Stuart dynasty) as the lawful rulers of the United Kingdom, and was accordingly ineligible to serve as a university teacher or parish minister.
He became for ten years a private tutor in the family of the historian, Edward Gibbon (who, despite his generally cynical attitude toward all things Christian, invariably wrote of Law with respect and admiration), and then retired to his native King's Cliffe. Forbidden the use of the pulpit and the lecture-hall, he preached through his books. These include - Christian Perfection, the Grounds and Reasons of Christian Regeneration, Spirit of Prayer, the Way to Divine Knowledge, Spirit of Love, and, best-known of all, A Serious Call To a Devout and Holy Life, published in 1728.
Law's most influential work is A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, written in 1728. In this book, he extols the virtue of living a life totally devoted to the glory of God. Although he is considered a high-churchman, his writing influenced many evangelicals, including George Whitefield, John and Charles Wesley, Henry Venn, Thomas Scott, Henry Martyn, and others such as Samuel Johnson. In addition to his writing, Law spent the final years of his life founding schools and almshouses, and in other practical ministries.
William Law died in 1761 just a few days after his last book, An Affectionate Address to the Clergy, went to the printers.
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