'I seek for all my salvation through the merits and mediation of the
_meek, humble, patient, suffering Lamb of God,_ who alone hath power
to bring forth the blessed birth of these heavenly virtues in my soul.
There is no possibility of salvation but in and by the birth of the
_meek, humble, patient, resigned Lamb of God_ in our souls. When the
Lamb of God hath brought forth a real birth of His own _meekness,
humility, and full resignation to God_ in our souls, then it is the
birthday of the Spirit of love in our souls, which, whenever we
attain, will feast our souls with such peace and joy in God as will
blot out the remembrance of everything that we called peace or joy
before.
'This way to God is infallible. This infallibility is grounded in the
twofold character of our Saviour: 1. As He is the Lamb of God, a
principle of all _meekness and humility_ in the soul; 2. As He is the
Light of heaven, and blesses eternal nature, and turns it into a
kingdom of heaven,--when we are willing to get rest to our souls in
meek, humble resignation to God, then it is that He, as the Light of
God and heaven, joyfully breaks in upon us, turns our darkness into
light, and begins that kingdom of God and of love within us, which
will never have an end.'--See _Wholly For God,_ pp 84-102. [The whole
passage deserves careful study, showing most remarkably how the
continual sinking down in humility before God is, from man's side, the
only way to die to self.][Footnote: The whole dialogue has been
published separately under the title _Dying to Self: A Golden
Dialogue._ By William Law. With Notes by A.M. (Nisbet & Co., 1s) Every
one who would study and practise humility will find in this golden
dialogue what it is that hinders our humility, how we are to be
delivered from it, and what the blessing of the Spirit of Love is that
comes to the humble from Christ, the meek and lowly Lamb of God.]
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