A Serious Call to a Devout & Holy Life
by Law, WilliamEdition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 2008-01-01
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Summary
William Law says that God doesn't simply forgive the sins of disobedience you committed as a sinner, He now calls you to a life of obedience that is completely centered in Him. Law wrote, "If you will stop here and ask yourself why you are not as pious as the primitive Christians were, your own heart will tell you that it is neither through ignorance nor inability, but because you never thoroughly intended it."
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| Biography of William Law | p. 1 |
| Concerning the nature and extent of Christian devotion | p. 5 |
| An inquiry into the reason why the majority of Christians fall so far short of the holiness and devotion of Christianity | p. 17 |
| Of the great danger and folly of not intending to be as distinguished and exemplary as we can in the practice of all Christian virtues | p. 27 |
| There is no state or employment of life in which we can please God unless we intend to devote it all to the honor and glory of Jesus Christ | p. 39 |
| People that are free from the necessity of daily labor and employments are to consider themselves as devoted to God in a higher degree | p. 55 |
| Containing the great obligations, and the great advantages of making a wise and religious use of our estates [possessions] and fortunes [money] | p. 65 |
| How the unwise use of an estate corrupts all the temperaments of the mind, and fills the heart with empty and ridiculous passions throughout the whole course of life. This is represented in the character of Flavia | p. 75 |
| How the wise and pious use of an estate naturally carries us to great perfection in all the virtues of the Christian life. This is represented in the character of Miranda | p. 83 |
| Containing some reflections upon the life of Miranda, and showing how it may, and ought to be imitated by all of her sex | p. 95 |
| Showing how all men and women of all ages are obliged to devote themselves unto God | p. 107 |
| Showing how great devotion fills our lives with the greatest peace and happiness that can be enjoyed in this world | p. 125 |
| The happiness of a life wholly devoted to God is further proved from the vanity, sensuality, and ridiculously poor enjoyments that those who live according to their own pleasures are forced to take up. This is represented in various characters | p. 143 |
| Not only a life of vanity or sensuality, but even the most regular kind of life that is not governed by great devotion, sufficiently shows its miseries and emptiness to the eyes of all the world. This is represented in various characters p157 | |
| Concerning that part of devotion that relates to a place of prayer. How to improve our forms of prayer. How to increase the spirit of devotion. Method of daily prayer | p. 171 |
| Of chanting, or singing of psalms in our private devotions. Of the excellency and benefit of this kind of devotion. Of the great effects it has upon our hearts. Of the means of performing it in the best manner | p. 183 |
| Recommending devotions at nine o'clock in the morning, called in Scripture the third hour of the day (Mark 15:25). The prayer of humility | p. 201 |
| Showing how difficult the practice of humility is because of the general spirit and temperament of the world. How Christianity requires us to live contrary to the world | p. 213 |
| Letter of a father governing the education of his children, represented in the character of Paternus | p. 225 |
| Letter of a mother governing the education of her children, represented in the character of Eusebia | p. 241 |
| Recommending devotion at twelve o'clock, called in Scripture the sixth hour of the day. This frequency of devotion equally desirable by all orders of people. Universal love is here recommended to be the subject of prayer at this hour. Intercession as an act of universal love | p. 263 |
| Of the necessity and benefit of intercession, considered as an exercise of universal love as prayed at the noon hour. How all orders of men are to pray and intercede with God for one another. How naturally such intercession amends and reforms the hearts of those that use it | p. 279 |
| Recommending devotion at three o'clock, called in Scripture the ninth hour of the day. The subject of prayer at this hour is resignation to the divine pleasure. The nature and duty of conformity to the will of God in all our actions and designs | p. 299 |
| Of evening prayer. Of the nature and necessity of examination. How we are to be particular in the confession of all our sins. How we are to fill our minds with a just horror and dread of all sin | p. 313 |
| The Conclusion. Of the excellency and greatness of a devout spirit | p. 329 |
| Study Guide | p. 343 |
| Glossary | p. 351 |
| Biographical Index | p. 355 |
| Scripture Index | p. 357 |
| Topical Index | p. 361 |
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