Written by William Law (1686-1761), a priest in the Church of England who would not take the required out of allegiance to King George I and lost his position at Emmanuel College. This is an excerpt from his book “A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life.”
For let a man but have so much piety as to intend to please God in all the actions of his life as the happiest and best thing in the world and then he will never swear more. It will be impossible for him to swear while he feels this intention within himself as it is impossible for a man to please his prince to go up and abuse him to his face. If you were to stop and ask yourself why you were not as pious as the primitive Christians were, your own heart will tell you that it is neither through ignorance nor inability, but purely because you never thoroughly intended it.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. [Romans 12:1]
The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. [Psalm 46:7]
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Pleasing God
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