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Law, William
(1686–1761).
Christian devotional writer. He was fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, until deprived of his fellowship as a Nonjuror (see
DIVINE RIGHT
…) at the accession of George I. After a period as tutor to the father of the historian E. Gibbon, he retired in 1740 to his birthplace, Kings Cliffe, Northants., where he gave his remaining years to writing and local social concern, increasingly influenced by
Boehme
and becoming much more idiosyncratic.
His most famous work, published in 1728, was
A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
. The simplicity of its teaching and its vigorous style soon established the work as a classic, which has probably had more influence than any other
Protestant
spiritual book except
Bunyan's
Pilgrim's Progress
.
Christian devotional writer. He was fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, until deprived of his fellowship as a Nonjuror (see
DIVINE RIGHT
…) at the accession of George I. After a period as tutor to the father of the historian E. Gibbon, he retired in 1740 to his birthplace, Kings Cliffe, Northants., where he gave his remaining years to writing and local social concern, increasingly influenced by
Boehme
and becoming much more idiosyncratic.
His most famous work, published in 1728, was
A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
. The simplicity of its teaching and its vigorous style soon established the work as a classic, which has probably had more influence than any other
Protestant
spiritual book except
Bunyan's
Pilgrim's Progress
.
Law
(Jewish):
(Jewish):
Law Code of Manu
:
:
Law of Return
.
.
The Israeli law which gives every
Jew
the right to settle in
Israel
as an immigrant. The Law of Return was passed by the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) in 1950. Various legal problems have arisen concerning who counts as a true Jew.
Jew
the right to settle in
Israel
as an immigrant. The Law of Return was passed by the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) in 1950. Various legal problems have arisen concerning who counts as a true Jew.
Law of the Fishes
(political assumption):
(political assumption):
STRALaya
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