The Grounds and Reasons of Christian Regeneration

Name: The Grounds and Reasons of Christian Regeneration
Author: William Law

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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First published: 1739
Category: Salvation & the Gospel
Length: 22k words · about 1 hour
Chapters: 5

About this book

William Law's treatise on the new birth, first published in 1739. Law argues that regeneration is not a mere change of opinion or outward behavior but an entirely new life from God, without which Christianity is only a name. Written in his characteristically searching style, it presses readers to examine whether they have truly been born again.