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A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life by William Law
proclaims that God does not merely forgive our disobedience, He
calls us to obedience and to a life completely centered in Him.
Law exposes pious hypocrisy and the corruption of the Church.
His writing is fresh and sharp, as he vividly illustrates the
holy Christian life as one lived totally for God.
"Devotion signifies a life given, or devoted, to God. He,
therefore, is the devout man, who lives no longer to his own
will, or the way and spirit of the world, but to the sole will
of God . . . by doing everything in the name of God, and under
such rules as are conformable to His glory."
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William Law (1686-1761) 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. He lost his
position at Cambridge for being a non-Juror, which came about
when he found himself unable to take the required oath of
allegiance to the Hanoverian dynasty that had replaced the
Stuart Dynasty as the lawful rulers of the Great Britain.
Accordingly, he was ineligible to serve as a university teacher
or parish minister. Although forbidden the use of the pulpit and
the lecture hall, he preached through his books. The best known
and most popular was A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life,
which he wrote in 1728. |
