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If, therefore, a man will so live as to show that he feels and believes the most fundamental doctrines of Christianity, he must live above the world.

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William Law
Age: 75 †
Born: 1686
Born: January 1
Died: 1761
Died: April 9
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Love and pity and wish well to every soul in the world dwell in love, and then you dwell in God.
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All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness.
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