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So begins William Law's Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life. Originally published in 1729, Law's book stands as a powerful challenge to Christians. Law teaches that if God is "our greatest good," then the wisest way to live is to please God through a life of worship, adoration, and devotion. Since many fail to live this way, Law diagnoses ...
William Law. William Law was born in the tiny village of King’s Cliffe in England. He was educated at Cambridge University, with the intention of entering the ministry of the Church of England. However, he refused to take the oath of allegiance to George I, and so he was barred from serving in the ministry of the Anglican Church.
May 29, 2018 · William Law. The English devotional writer, controversialist, and mystic William Law (1686-1761) wrote works on practical piety that are considered among the classics of English theology. William Law was born in King's Cliffe, North-amptonshire, the son of a grocer and one of 11 children. In 1705 he was sent to Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
William Law‟s Theology of Atonement and Union With God In explaining Law‟s doctrine of the atonement and union with God, two principle sources will be used. The first is Law‟s, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life written in 1728, and the second is, The Spirit of Love written in 1754.13 I will also occasionally use Law‟s book, A
Biography. Law was born at King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire. In 1705 he entered as a student at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; in 1711 he was elected fellow of his college and was ordained. He resided at Cambridge, teaching and taking occasional duty until the accession of George I., when his conscience forbade him to take the oaths of allegiance ...
William Law, born 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 ...
Apr 22, 2000 · About William Law. William Law, born 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 ...
