William Law (1686–1761) was an English Anglican priest and spiritual writer. A fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he lost his post as a nonjuror, refusing to swear allegiance to George I, and spent his later years in devout retirement at King's Cliffe. His A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (1729) deeply influenced John Wesley and Samuel Johnson; our library also holds The Spirit of Prayer and his treatise on Christian perfection.
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A posthumous collection of letters by William Law, the eighteenth-century devotional writer, published in 1769. Written to friends and inquirers, the letters give pastoral counsel on prayer, self-denial, and the pursuit of a devout life. They show the author of A Serious Call in a more personal voice, applying his earnest teaching to individual cases of conscience and conduct.