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title: "20 Ifs Quotes By Jonathan Edwards"
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> [If you long to be more like Christ, then act like Him, and walk as He walked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/if-you-long-to-be-more-like-christ-then-act-like-him-and-walk-as-he/)

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> [How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/how-can-you-expect-to-dwell-with-god-forever-if-you-so-neglect-and/)

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> [Resolved, never henceforward, till I die, to act as if I were any way my own, but entirely and altogether God's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/resolved-never-henceforward-till-i-die-to-act-as-if-i-were-any-way-my/)

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

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> [I resolve to live with all my might while I do live. I resolve never to lose one moment of time and…](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/)

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> [When I am giving the relation of a thing, remember to abstain from altering either in the matter or manner of speaking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/when-i-am-giving-the-relation-of-a-thing-remember-to-abstain-from/)

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

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> [Resolved, never to do any manner of thing, whether in soul or body, less or more, but what tends to the glory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/resolved-never-to-do-any-manner-of-thing-whether-in-soul-or-body-less/)

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

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> [Resolved, to confess frankly to myself all that which I find in myself, either infirmity or sin; and, if it be what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/resolved-to-confess-frankly-to-myself-all-that-which-i-find-in-myself/)

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

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> [I frequently hear persons in old age say how they would live, if they were to live their lives over again: Resolved,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/i-frequently-hear-persons-in-old-age-say-how-they-would-live-if-they/)

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

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> [Why should not He had made all things, still having something immediately to do with the things that He has made? Where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/why-should-not-he-had-made-all-things-still-having-something/)

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

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> [If we make a great show of respect and love to God, in the outward actions, while there is no sincerity in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/if-we-make-a-great-show-of-respect-and-love-to-god-in-the-outward/)

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

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> [If you seek in the spirit of selfishness, to grasp all as your own, you shall lose all, and be driven out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/if-you-seek-in-the-spirit-of-selfishness-to-grasp-all-as-your-own-you/)

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

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> [There is, therefore, no difficulty in answering such questions as these. What cause was there why the Universe was placed in such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/there-is-therefore-no-difficulty-in-answering-such-questions-as-these/)

[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…](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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> [If there be ground for you to trust, as you do, in your own righteousness, then all that Christ did to purchase…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/if-there-be-ground-for-you-to-trust-as-you-do-in-your-own/)

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

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> [“Your wickedness makes you as it were heavy as lead, and to tend downwards with great weight and pressure towards hell; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/your-wickedness-makes-you-as-it-were-heavy-as-lead-and-to-tend/)

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

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> [Every Christian family ought to be as it were a little church, consecrated to Christ, and wholly influenced and governed by his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/every-christian-family-ought-to-be-as-it-were-a-little-church-2/)

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

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> [Whether God has decreed all things that ever come to pass or not, all that own the being of a God, own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/whether-god-has-decreed-all-things-that-ever-come-to-pass-or-not-all/)

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

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> [Family education and order are some of the chief means of grace; if these are duly maintained, all the means of grace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/family-education-and-order-are-some-of-the-chief-means-of-grace-if/)

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> [If the case be such indeed, that all mankind are by nature in a state of total ruin, then, doubtless,the great salvation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/if-the-case-be-such-indeed-that-all-mankind-are-by-nature-in-a-state/)

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

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> [If there be ground for you to trust in your own righteousness, then, all that Christ did to purchase salvation, and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/if-there-be-ground-for-you-to-trust-in-your-own-righteousness-then/)

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

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## Other authors on Ifs

## 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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