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An abridgment of Mr. Law's serious call to a holy life
An abridgment of Mr Law's serious call to a holy life Author:William Law Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: rJricty which he negkfts, any textit{fraflictf of humility which he wants, textit{any method of charity, which fee does not follow, any textit{rules of redeeming... more » time which he does not obferve, his own heart wiM. tell him that it is becaufe textit{he never textit{intends! to. be fo exaft in thole duties. For whenever we fully" intend it, it is as poffible to conform to all this textit{regularity of life, as it is pofTible for a man to ob ferve textit{tints of prayer. 12. This doctrine docs not fuppofc, that v- have no need of divine grace, or that it is in our sown power to make ourl'elves perfeft. It only fuppofes, that through the want of textit{afinccrc intention of pleafing God in textit{aU our actions, we fall into fuch irregularities of life, as by the textit{ordinary means of grace we fhould have power to avoid. It only teaches us, that the realan why you fcs no textit{nal mortification or felf-dcnial, no' textit{eminent charity, no textit{profound humility, no textit{heavenly affection, no textit{true contempt of the. world, no textit{Ckrijlia;i meeknefs, textit{nofinccrc zeal, no textit{eminent piety in the textit{(ommon lives of Chriftians, is this, becaufe they do- not fo much as textit{intend to lie exa£l and exemplary ia.. thefe virtues. CHAP. III. textit{£f the great Danger and Folly of not intending textit{to It as eminent and exemplary as wecan, in the Praftice of all Chrijiian Virtues. I. A LTHOUGH the goodnefs of God, and textit{JL". his rich mercy in Chriftjefus, areafuf- ficient affurance to us, that he will be merciful to our unavoidable weaknefTes and infirmities;'yet we have no reafon to expeft the fame mercy towards thofe fins which we live in, through a want of textit{intention to avoid them. For inftance, the cafe of a textit{common Jwca...« less