A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Christian Life
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Author: William Law ISBN: 9781598569650
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: William Law
ISBN: 9781598569650
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English
Originally published in 1728 at the beginning of the Enlightenment, when rational criticism of religious belief was at its peak, William Laws 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. Laws 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.
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Originally published in 1728 at the beginning of the Enlightenment, when rational criticism of religious belief was at its peak, William Laws 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. Laws 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.

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