#3 Spirit of Prayer - God's warning to Adam
William Law and the Spirit of Prayer... [Pryr-1.1-11] "Therefore, my Son, be content with thy angelical Nature , be content, as an Angel in Paradise, to eat Angels’ Food, and to rule over this mixed, imperfect, and perishing World, without partaking of its corruptible, impure, and perishing Nature. Lust not to know how the Animals feel the Evil and Good which this Life affords them; for if Thou couldst feel what they feel, Thou would have to be one of them and since Thou canst not have their Sensibility, unless Thou hast their Nature: thou canst not at the same time be an Angel and an earthly Animal. If the bestial Life is raised up in Thee, at that same Instant the heavenly Birth of thy Nature must die within. English: Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil עברית: חטא עץ הדעת - ד"ר לידיה קוזניצקי (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Therefore turn away thy Lust and Imagination from a Tree of Knowledge as that can only help Thee to gain Knowledge of ...