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> [To mark all that I say in conversation, merely to beget in others, a good opinion of myself, and examine it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/to-mark-all-that-i-say-in-conversation-merely-to-beget-in-others-a/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

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> [The surest way to know our gold, is to look upon it and examine it in God's furnace, where he tries it that we may see what it is. If we have a mind to know whether a building stands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/the-surest-way-to-know-our-gold-is-to-look-upon-it-and-examine-it-in/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

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## More by Jonathan Edwards

> [The foundation of the Christian's peace is everlasting; it is what no time, no change can destroy. It will remain when the body dies;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/the-foundation-of-the-christian-s-peace-is-everlasting-it-is-what-no/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [“Every saint in heaven is as a flower in that garden of God, and holy love is the fragrance and sweet odor that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/every-saint-in-heaven-is-as-a-flower-in-that-garden-of-god-and-holy/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/god-is-glorified-not-only-by-his-glory-being-seen-but-by-its-being/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance the kingdom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/there-is-no-way-that-christians-in-a-private-capacity-can-do-so-much/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [Godliness is more easily feigned in words than in actions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/godliness-is-more-easily-feigned-in-words-than-in-actions/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [“Let the main thing that we prize in God’s house be, not the outward ornaments of it, or a high seat in it, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/let-the-main-thing-that-we-prize-in-god-s-house-be-not-the-outward/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [“But that is the nature of true grace and spiritual light, that it opens to a person's view the infinite reason there is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/but-that-is-the-nature-of-true-grace-and-spiritual-light-that-it/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [“The most determining external influence on his style was unquestionably the old, so-called King James version of the English Bible. His language is saturated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/the-most-determining-external-influence-on-his-style-was/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [“Edwards sought to impose a new test of qualification. He required, namely, that the candidate for full communion should give evidence of being converted,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/edwards-sought-to-impose-a-new-test-of-qualification-he-required/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [ “But it is doubtless true, and evident from \[the\] Scriptures, that the essence of all true religion lies in holy love; and that in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/but-it-is-doubtless-true-and-evident-from-the-scriptures-that-the/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [“Evangelical faith has the gospel of Christ for its foundation;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/evangelical-faith-has-the-gospel-of-christ-for-its-foundation/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [“Prop. II. There are many mansions in the house of God. By many mansions is meant many seats or places of abode.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/prop-ii-there-are-many-mansions-in-the-house-of-god-by-many-mansions/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [I resolve to live with all my might while I do live. I resolve never to lose one moment of time and to improve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/i-resolve-to-live-with-all-my-might-while-i-do-live-i-resolve-never/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [“And now you have an extraordinary opportunity, a day wherein Christ has flung the door of mercy wide open, and stands in the door…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/and-now-you-have-an-extraordinary-opportunity-a-day-wherein-christ/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [Christ gives peace to the most sinful and miserable that come to Him. He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/christ-gives-peace-to-the-most-sinful-and-miserable-that-come-to-him/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

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