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 –
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 –
How to Love – William Law Quote
There is nothing that makes us love a man so much as praying for him.
– William Law –
1686-1761
From Our Fallen State – William Law
Self is the root, the tree, and the branches of all the evils of our fallen state
– William Law –
We Must Alter Our Lives – William Law
We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another
– William Law –
November 22, 2012
If anyone would tell you the surest, shortest way to all happiness and all perfection, he must tell you to make it a rule to yourself, to thank God for every thing that happens to you.
– William Law –
from A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
February 29, 2012
Everything in the life or religion of man that has not the Spirit of God for its source, direction, and end is but earthly, sensual, or devilish.
– William Law –
from Power of the Spirit
February 20, 2012
True Christianity is nothing but the continual dependence upon God through Christ for all life, light, and virtue; and the false religion of satan is to seek that goodness from any other source.
– William Law –
from Power of the Spirit