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Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
Pursue peace with all people, and
holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
William Law
ISBN: 978-088270-453-1
Style: Softcover, tpb
Pages : 350+
Price: $14.99
Includes FREE AUDIO CD of selected excerpts
A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life by William Law proclaims that
God does not merely forgive our disobedience, He calls us to obedience and to a
life completely centered in Him. Law exposes pious hypocrisy and the corruption
of the Church. His writing is fresh and sharp, as he vividly illustrates the
holy Christian life as one lived totally for God. "Devotion signifies a life
given, or devoted, to God. He, therefore, is the devout man, who lives no longer
to his own will, or the way and spirit of the world, but to the sole will of God
. . . by doing everything in the name of God, and under such rules as are
conformable to His glory."
William Law (1686-1761) was one of the great clerics and educators of the Church
of England. He was educated at Cambridge, eventually taking a teaching position
there in addition to being ordained in the Church of England. He lost his
position at Cambridge for being a non-Juror, which came about when he found
himself unable to take the required oath of allegiance to the Hanoverian dynasty
that had replaced the Stuart Dynasty as the lawful rulers of the Great Britain.
Accordingly, he was ineligible to serve as a university teacher or parish
minister. Although forbidden the use of the pulpit and the lecture hall, he
preached through his books. The best known and most popular was A Serious
Call to a Devout and Holy Life, which he wrote in 1728.
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