We have not piety enough

We have not piety enough (William Law, "A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life") Let us not vainly content ourselves with the common disorders of our lives . . .     the vanity of our expenses,     the folly of our diversions,     the pride of our habits,     the idleness of our lives,     and the wasting of our time, fancying that these are such imperfections as we fall into through the unavoidable weakness and frailty of our natures. But let us be assured, that these disorders of our common life are owing to this: we don't  sincerely intend to please God in all the actions of our life. So that the fault is not that we desire to be holy, but through the weakness of our nature fall short of it. But it is because we have not piety enough to intend to be as holy as we can, or to please God in all the actions of our life. She that spends her time and money in the unreasonable ways and fashions of the world, does not do so because she lacks power to be wise and religious in the management of her time and money; but because she has no intention or desire of being so. The reason why you see . . .   no real mortification or self denial,   no eminent charity,   no profound humility,   no heavenly affection,   no true contempt of the world,   no Christian meekness,   no sincere zeal,   no eminent piety in the common lives of Christians, is this, because they do not so much as intend to be exact and exemplary in these virtues.