Grant that I may worship and pray unto Thee with as much reverence and godly fear, as if I saw the heavens open and all the angels that stand around Thy throne. Amen.
– William Law –
from A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
The Cost of Truth – William Law
The more we pay for any truth, the better is our bargain.
– William Law –
Death to Self – William Law
Death to self is the only entrance into the Church of the living God; and nothing but God can give this death, and that alone through the inward work of the cross of Christ by His Spirit made real in the soul.
– William Law –
Devotion Signifies a Devoted Life to God – William Law
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, who considers God in everything, who serves God in everything, who makes all the parts of his common life, parts of piety, by doing everything in the name of God, and under such rules as are conformable to his Glory.
– William Law –
from A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, 1729
Self is the Root – William Law
Self is the root, the tree, and the branches of all the evils of our fallen state.
– William Law –