Spirit of Prayer ; OR, THE SOUL RISING OUT OF THE VANITY OF TIME, INTO THE RICHES OF ETERNITY. IN TWO PARTS. PART I. BY WILLIAM LAW, M.A.. A New Edition. LONDON: Printed by E. Justins, 34, Brick Lane, Spital Fields; FOR OGLES, DUNCAN, AND COCHRAN, 37, PATERNOSTER ROW, THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER, &c. &c. CHAPTER I. TREATING OF SOME MATTERS PREPARATORY TO THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER. THE greatest part of mankind, nay of christians, may be said to be asleep; and that particular way of life, which takes up each man's mind, thoughts, and actions, may very well be called his particular dream. This degree of vanity is equally visible in every form and order of life. The learned and the ignorant, the rich and the poor, are all in the same state of slumber; ouly passing away a short life in a different kind of dream. But why so? It is because man has an eternity within him, is born into this world, not for the sake of living here, not for any thing this world can give him, but only to have time and place to become either an eternal par |