Resolved, to ask myself at the end of every day, week, month and year, wherein I could possibly in any respect have… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind. — Jonathan Edwards Christ Copy Share Image
Love is no ingredient in a merely speculative faith, but it is the life and soul of a practical faith. — Jonathan Edwards Faith Copy Share Image
One of these grand defects, as I humbly conceive, is this, that children are habituated to learning without understanding. — Jonathan Edwards Child Copy Share Image
“Prop. II. There are many mansions in the house of God. By many mansions is meant many seats or places of abode.” — Jonathan Edwards House of god Copy Share Image
Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important. — Jonathan Edwards God Copy Share Image
Resolved, never henceforward, till I die, to act as if I were any way my own, but entirely and altogether God's. — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Resolved, to examine carefully, and constantly, what that one thing in me is, which causes me in the least to doubt the… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“If you should happen to settle a minister who knows nothing truly of Christ and the way of salvation by him, nothing… — Jonathan Edwards Minister Copy Share Image
Resolved, never to speak evil of anyone, so that it shall tend to his dishonor, more or less, upon no account except… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Can the believing husband in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving wife in Hell? Can the believing father in Heaven be happy… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
True boldness for Christ transcends all, it is indifference to the displeasure of either friends or foes. Boldness enables Christians to forsake… — Jonathan Edwards Boldness Copy Share Image
“The observation from the words that I would now insist upon is this, There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any… — Jonathan Edwards Hell Copy Share Image
“There is no want of power in God to cast wicked men into hell at any moment. Men’s hands can’t be strong… — Jonathan Edwards Hell Copy Share Image
“Another thing he speaks of as matter of comfort is, that as he had approved himself to his own conscience, so he… — Jonathan Edwards Corinthians Copy Share Image
The bow of God's wrath is bent, and His arrows made ready upon the string. Justice points the arrow at your heart… — Jonathan Edwards Angry Copy Share Image
“So much the more men exalt themselves, so much the less will they surely be disposed to exalt God. ’Tis certainly a… — Jonathan Edwards Bible Copy Share Image
“As it is with spiritual discoveries and affections given at first conversion, so it is in all subsequent illuminations and affections of… — Jonathan Edwards Affection Copy Share Image
“IV. When those that we have formerly been conversant with are turning to God, and to his people, their example ought to… — Jonathan Edwards Friendship Copy Share Image
“There are many mansions in God’s house because heaven is intended for various degrees of honor and blessedness. Some are designed to… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
A truly humble man is sensible of his natural distance from God; of his dependence on Him; of the insufficiency of his… — Jonathan Edwards Blessing Copy Share Image
A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken-hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are… — Jonathan Edwards Behaviour Copy Share Image
We have seen that the Son of God created the world for this very end, to communicate Himself in an image of… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“Take away all the moral beauty and sweetness in the Word, and the Bible is left wholly a dead letter, a dry,… — Jonathan Edwards Beauty Copy Share Image
“It does not answer the aim which God had in this institution, merely for men to have good commentaries and expositions on… — Jonathan Edwards Affections Copy Share Image
“we, doubtless, should hear one and another reply, “No, I never intended to come here: I had laid out matters otherwise in… — Jonathan Edwards Death Copy Share Image
“The opposition which had driven him from Northampton followed him to Stockbridge. For several years a persistent effort was made to obstruct… — Jonathan Edwards Nature Copy Share Image
“Ministers are sent forth by Christ to their people on his business, are his servants and messengers; and, when they have finished… — Jonathan Edwards Business Copy Share Image
“Men have a great deal of pleasure in human knowledge, in studies of natural things; but this is nothing to that joy… — Jonathan Edwards Dark world Copy Share Image
“True Christian fortitude consists in strength of mind, through grace, exerted in two things; in ruling and suppressing the evil and unruly… — Jonathan Edwards Character Copy Share Image
“Take heed that it be not with any of you as with Eli of old, who reproved his children but restrained them… — Jonathan Edwards Children Copy Share Image
“Resolved, never to suffer the least motions of anger to irrational beings.” — Jonathan Edwards Anger Copy Share Image
“All our good is apparently from God, because we are first naked and holy without any good, and afterwards enriched with all… — Jonathan Edwards Depravity Copy Share Image
I make it my rule, to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a… — Jonathan Edwards Children Copy Share Image
Christ gives peace to the most sinful and miserable that come to Him. He heals the broken in heart and binds up… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
We are dependent on God's power through every step of our redemption. — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness — Jonathan Edwards Differences Copy Share Image
The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being. — Jonathan Edwards Beauty Copy Share Image
The devil can counterfeit all the saving operations and graces of the Spirit of God. — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
