The Spirit of Prayer

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 ...

The Spirit of Prayer or The Soul Rising out of the  Vanity of Time into the  Riches of Eternity In TWO PARTS by William Law, M.A. The Fourth Edition Revised and Corrected by the Author 1758  originally reformatted and annotated In My Anguish January in the year of our of Lord, 2011   Some Matters preparatory to the Spirit of Prayer by William Law. The torments of the damned in hell (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The original format  is here  on Christian  Classics,  but of the 1749 version. Recently I got a hold of the revision by Reverend Law  in 1758.  That made me decide to update my adaptation of the book here on Blogspot,  where I  originally started my work, instead of continuing it on WordPress, where I moved to in 2012. Part of my reasoning for return, was  to the surprising lack of interest in the piece.  Over the two years that I have been WordPress I have notice...