The following excerpts are from The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn.  Any emphasis is original.

The more man knows, the more he is responsible for, and a person with a knowledge of Spiritual Law, which he does not practice, suffers greatly in consequence.  “The fear of the Lord (law) is the beginning of wisdom.”  If we read the word Lord, law, it will make many passages in the Bible much clearer.  

“Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord” (law).  It is the law which takes vengeance, not God.  God sees man perfect, “created in his own image,” (imagination) and given “power and dominion.”  

This is the perfect idea of man, registered in Divine Mind, awaiting man’s recognition … (p. 40)

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Jesus Christ said, “And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free….” 

[F]reedom (from all unhappy conditions) comes through knowledge—a knowledge of Spiritual Law. 

Obedience precedes authority, and the law obeys man when he obeys the law.  The law of electricity must be obeyed before it becomes man’s servant.  When handled ignorantly, it becomes man’s deadly foe.  So with the laws of Mind!  (p. 40-41) 

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[K]knowledge of the Law gives man power to “rub out his mistakes.”  Man cannot force the external to be what he is not. (p. 44) 

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Suffering is not necessary for man’s development; it is the result of violation of spiritual law, but few people seem able to rouse themselves from their “soul sleep” without it. When people are happy, they usually become selfish, and automatically the law of Karma is set into action.  Man often suffers loss through lack of appreciation. (p. 58-59) 

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[M]an in ignorance of the law, brings about his own destruction. (p. 62) 

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[T]hrough the truth, man is set free from the law of Karma, sin and death, and manifests the man made in “His image and likeness.”  Man’s freedom comes through fulfilling his destiny, bringing into manifestation the Divine Design of his life. 

His Lord will say unto him: “Well done thou good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things (death itself); enter thou into the joy of thy Lord (eternal life).  (p. 84)