Extracts From the Writings of William Law
Edition: Facsimile Ed edition
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781564591210
Subjects: Christian life & practice; Christian mysticism; Philosophy of religion; Philosophy; Biography/Autobiography; History & Surveys - 17th/18th Century; Mysticism; Religious
First sentence: Adam was created an Angel, both as to Body and Spirit; and this Angel stood in an outward Body, of the Nature of the outward World; and therefore, by the Nature of his State, he had his Trial, or Power of choosing, whether he would live as an Angel, using only his outward Body as a Means of opening the Wonders of the outward World to the Glory of his Creator; or whether he would turn his Desire to the opening of the bestial Life of the outward World in himself, for the Sake of knowing the Good and Evil that was in it.