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William Law, an English writer, was born in 1686 and died on April 9, 1761. His works covered various fields such as philosophy, religion, and morality, and had a profound impact on later generations.

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“Let every creature have your love. Love, with its fruits of meekness, patience, and humility, is all that we can wish for ourselves and our fellow creatures. For this is to live in God, united with him, both for time and eternity. To desire to communicate good to everyone, in the degree that we can and to which each person is capable of receiving from us, is a divine temper, for thus God stands unchangeably disposed towards the whole creation.”

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Author:William Law

“From morning to night keep Jesus in thy heart, long for nothing, desire nothing, hope for nothing but to have all that is within thee changed into the spirit and temper of the holy Jesus.”

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Book:Extracts from The spirit of prayer

Source: Extracts from The spirit of prayer

“Whatever littleness and vanity is to be observed in the minds of women, it is, like the cruelty of butchers, a temper that is wrought into them by that life which they are taught and accustomed to lead.”

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Book:A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ; The Spirit of Love

Source: A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ; The Spirit of Love

“Wherever thou goest, whatever thou dost at home, or abroad, in the field, or at church, do all in a desire of union with Christ, in imitation of His tempers and inclinations, and look upon all as nothing, but that which exercises, and increases the spirit and life of Christ in thy soul.”

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Book:The Spirit of Prayer; The Way to Divine Knowledge, Volume 7

Source: The Spirit of Prayer; The Way to Divine Knowledge, Volume 7

“If contempt of the world and heavenly affection is a necessary temper of christians, it is necessary that this temper appear in the whole course of their lives, in their manner of using the world, because it can have no place anywhere else.”

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Book:A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life: Adapted to the State and Condition of All Orders of Christians. By William Law, A.M.

Source: A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life: Adapted to the State and Condition of All Orders of Christians. By William Law, A.M.

“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.”

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Book:A practical treatise upon Christian perfection

Source: A practical treatise upon Christian perfection

“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.”

Source: A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ; The Spirit of Love