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   Apr 5, 2024 · William Law (born 1686, King’s Cliffe, Northamptonshire, Eng.—died April 9, 1761, King’s Cliffe) was an English author of influential works on Christian ethics and mysticism. He entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1705 and in 1711 was elected a fellow there and was ordained. Upon the accession of George I in 1714, however, he was ...

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   Feast. 10 April. William Law (1686 – 9 April 1761) was a Church of England priest who lost his position at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, when his conscience would not allow him to take the required oath of allegiance to the first Hanoverian monarch, King George I. Previously, William Law had given his allegiance to the House of Stuart and is ...

   • Died: 9 April 1761, King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire
   • Born: 1686, King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire

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   Who was William Law?

   • William Law was an English author of influential works on Christian ethics and mysticism. He entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1705 and in 1711 was elected a fellow there and was ordained. Upon the accession of George I in 1714, however, he was dismissed from Cambridge as a nonjuror (refusing

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   How old was William Law when he died?

   • From a professional perspective, William Law's life seemed to be over when he was 28 years old. Son of a prosperous businessman, Law had received an excellent education at Cambridge and had a solid future as a scholar or clergyman ahead of him. Then Queen Anne died without an heir.

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   Did William law owe a debt?

   • Certainly the period’s severest literary critic owed much to William Law, and more than once he admitted his debt to him. Born at King’s Cliffe, Northhamptonshire, in 1686, William Law entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1705; six years later he was elected fellow of his college and was ordained.

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   Why was William Law so vehement?

   • For William Law was as vehement as Kierkegaard about total commitment to Christ. Dr. Johnson, whose primary literary-criticism rule was “Clear your mind of cant!,” had been drawn to Law by the clarity and accuracy of his critiques of the naturalism and rationalism that seemed bent on denying Christ in the eighteenth century.

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   1686. William Law born. 1761. William Law dies. 1771. Francis Asbury sent to America. The outer structure of his life to his death 47 years later is easily told. For many years, he served as tutor ...

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   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.

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   William Law. D&C 124:82, 87-91, 97-101, 107, 126. Birth: 8 September 1809, Tyrone County, Ireland. Son of Richard Law and Mary Wilson. Death: 12 January 1892, Shullsburg, LaFayette County, Wisconsin. In 1836 William Law abandoned his Presbyterian leanings for Mormonism, in spite of his father’s opposition: “My father is much opposed to ...

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   Johnson could well have been thinking of, among others, his contemporary William Law, who had been instrumental in Johnson’s and in John Wesley’s conversion. In fact, Law’s Serious Call to a ...

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   Works by William Law. Description: William Law saw many changes during his lifetime: the laws and authorities of his British homeland underwent a major shift, he switched from one career to another, and his personal spiritual philosophies evolved dramatically over time. Among his many writings, Law wrote polemical tracts, practical devotional ...