William Law

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  • “This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.” -William Law

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  • “Faith is not a notion, but a real strong essential hunger, an attracting or magnetic desire of Christ, which as it proceeds from a seed of the divine nature in us, so it attracts and unites with its like.” -William Law

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  • “All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness.” -William Law

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  • “If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead.” -William Law

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  • “Faith is not a notion, but a real strong essential hunger, an attracting or magnetic desire of Christ, which as it proceeds from a seed of the divine nature in us, so it attracts and unites with its like.” -William Law

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  • “No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress.” -William Law

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  • “Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares.” -William Law

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  • This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God. – William Law

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