Remarks Upon 'The Fable of the Bees'; The Case of Reason; The Absolute Unlawfulness of the Stage-Entertainment (Works of William Law)

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ISBN 10: 1579106161 / ISBN 13: 9781579106164

Published by Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2001

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• Title: Remarks Upon 'The Fable of the Bees'; The Case of Reason; The Absolute Unlawfulness of the Stage-Entertainment (Works of William Law)
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1579106161
• ISBN 13: 9781579106164
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
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Remarks upon 'The Fable of the Bees'; The Case of Reason; The Absolute Unlawfulness of the Stage-Entertainment, Volume 2

About the Author

William Law, born in 1686, became a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1711, but in 1714, at the death of Queen Anne, he became a non-Juror: that is to say, he found himself unable to take the required oath of allegiance to the Hanoverian dynasty (who had replaced the Stuart dynasty) as the lawful rulers of the United Kingdom, and was accordingly ineligible to serve as a university teacher or parish minister. He became for ten years a private tutor in the family of the historian Edward Gibbon (who, despite his generally cynical attitude toward all things Christian, invariably wrote of Law with respect and admiration), and then retired to his native King's Cliffe. Forbidden the use of the pulpit and the lecture-hall, he preached through his books. These include Christian Perfection, the Spirit of Love, the Spirit of Prayer, and, best-known of all, A Serious Call To a Devout and Holy Life, published in 1728.