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William Law
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"If Mr. Law finds a spark of piety in a reader's mind, he will soon kindle it into a flame." Edward Gibbon"
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William Law 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. The best known and most popular of the books he wrote was "A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life."
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William Law : A Serious Call to a Devout, and Holy Life: The Spirit of Love
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William Law - A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ; The Spirit of Love
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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Covers have light wear to edges. Internally there is foxing to closed edges and lines to 3 pages and one marginal note else a clean, tight and unmarked copy. x + 526 pages. Introduction by Austin Warren and Paul g. Stanwood. Preface by John Booty. Often called the greatest of the post-Reformation English mystics, William Law was born in King's Cliffe, England, became a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and was ordained a priest in the Anglican Church. After losing his position at Cambridge for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance to George I, he became the centre of a small spiritual community. Among his disciples wereJohn and Charles Wesley. His practical work as a spiritual director - as expressed in this, his best known piece, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life - deeply influenced the English Evangelical Revival. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R6 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 010164