William Law, Nonjuror and Mystic: ... a Sketch of His Life, Character, and OpinionsLongmans, Green, 1881 - 462 páginas |
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... according to it . IV . To avoid all concerns with the world , or the ways of it , but where religion requires . V. To remember frequently , and impress it upon my mind deeply , that no condition of this life is for enjoyment , but for ...
... according to it . IV . To avoid all concerns with the world , or the ways of it , but where religion requires . V. To remember frequently , and impress it upon my mind deeply , that no condition of this life is for enjoyment , but for ...
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... according to a custom which had long prevailed against common sense , but that they must not imagine that there was anything in the action more than an useless , empty ceremony . How could he ordain ? How could he consecrate the ...
... according to a custom which had long prevailed against common sense , but that they must not imagine that there was anything in the action more than an useless , empty ceremony . How could he ordain ? How could he consecrate the ...
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... according to his definition , how could Mandeville say that he believed anything , unless believing could be said to be a passion , or some faculty of the skin or bones ? If , ' proceeds Law , with a severity which , under the ...
... according to his definition , how could Mandeville say that he believed anything , unless believing could be said to be a passion , or some faculty of the skin or bones ? If , ' proceeds Law , with a severity which , under the ...
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... self - abasement is strictly according to It is hardly necessary to remark how very inadequate and erroneous many of these sentiments would seem to the later evangelical school . 44 ' Christian Perfection . reason , ' pride is.
... self - abasement is strictly according to It is hardly necessary to remark how very inadequate and erroneous many of these sentiments would seem to the later evangelical school . 44 ' Christian Perfection . reason , ' pride is.
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... according to the ability God shall give you , to advise and pray for him . ' When Law became fascinated with mysticism , which hap- pened while he was still at Putney , Wesley for a time followed the example of his friend , and ...
... according to the ability God shall give you , to advise and pray for him . ' When Law became fascinated with mysticism , which hap- pened while he was still at Putney , Wesley for a time followed the example of his friend , and ...
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Página 111 - When at Oxford, I took up Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life, expecting to find it a dull book, (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry.
Página 112 - Call, is still read as a popular and powerful book of devotion. His precepts are rigid, but they are founded on the gospel; his satire is sharp, but it is drawn from the knowledge of human life; and many of his portraits are not unworthy of the pen of La Bruyere. If he finds a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will soon kindle it to a flame; and a philosopher must allow that he exposes, with equal severity and truth, the strange contradiction between the faith and practice of the Christian...
Página 401 - Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not!
Página 280 - A Demonstration of the gross and fundamental Errors of a late Book, called, "A plain Account of the Nature and End of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper," affectionately addressed to all Orders of Men, and more especially to all the younger Clergy, 1735,
Página 432 - If any man love me, my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Página 428 - Thou, who hast given me eyes to see And love this sight so fair, Give me a heart to find out Thee And read Thee everywhere.
Página 231 - Almighty and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth ; Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the days of our life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Página 83 - Why did I scarce ever hear you name the name of Christ? never, so as to ground anything upon "faith in his blood...
Página 31 - T enjoy the World's Conveniences, Be fam'd in War, yet live in Ease, Without great Vices, is a vain EUTOPIA seated in the Brain. Fraud, Luxury and Pride must live, While we the Benefits receive: Hunger's a dreadful Plague, no doubt Yet who digests or thrives without?
Página 231 - Him who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...