--- title: "7 Nature of Beauty Quotes By Jonathan Edwards" description: "7 Nature of Beauty quotes by Jonathan Edwards. Plus more from Jonathan Edwards and more Nature of Beauty sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fb/jonathan-edwards-770_god_but-that-is-the-nature-of-true-grace-and_66486.jpg" --- > [“But that is the nature of true grace and spiritual light, that it opens to a person's view the infinite reason there…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fb/jonathan-edwards-770_god_but-that-is-the-nature-of-true-grace-and_66486.jpg) > [“This is the most excellent and divine wisdom that any creature is capable of. ’Tis more excellent than any human learning; ’tis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/this-is-the-most-excellent-and-divine-wisdom-that-any-creature-is/) [Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/099/jonathan-edwards-770_divine-wisdom_this-is-the-most-excellent-and-divine-wi_361217.png) > [“Thus there is a difference between having an opinion that God is holy and gracious, and having a sense of the loveliness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/thus-there-is-a-difference-between-having-an-opinion-that-god-is-holy/) [Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/jonathan-edwards-770_beauty_thus-there-is-a-difference-between-havin_1898192.png) > [“Of the grace of God. It was of mere grace that God gave us his only begotten Son. The grace is great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/of-the-grace-of-god-it-was-of-mere-grace-that-god-gave-us-his-only/) [Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/jonathan-edwards-770_grace_of-the-grace-of-god-it-was-of-mere-grace_2006367.png) > [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/) [Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e00/jonathan-edwards-770_chiefs_family-education-and-order-are-some-of-t_2054243.jpg) > [“Our having all of God shows the fulness of his power and grace: our having all through him shows the fulness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/our-having-all-of-god-shows-the-fulness-of-his-power-and-grace-our/) [Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/jonathan-edwards-770_beauty_our-having-all-of-god-shows-the-fulness_3078557.png) > [All the fruits of the Spirit which we are to lay weight upon as evidential of grace, are summed up in charity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/all-the-fruits-of-the-spirit-which-we-are-to-lay-weight-upon-as/) [Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2eb/jonathan-edwards-770_charity_all-the-fruits-of-the-spirit-which-we-ar_3170233.png) ## Other authors on Nature of Beauty - [Lailah Gifty Akita 97 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/william-shakespeare/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-victor-hugo-93504.jpg) Victor Hugo 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/victor-hugo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-tullian-tchividjian-92416.jpg) Tullian Tchividjian 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/tullian-tchividjian/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dietrich-bonhoeffer-29418.jpg) Dietrich Bonhoeffer 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ann-voskamp-13597.jpg) Ann Voskamp 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/ann-voskamp/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-max-lucado-65870.jpg) Max Lucado 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/max-lucado/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edmund-burke-31567.jpg) Edmund Burke 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/edmund-burke/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-calvin-51107.jpg) John Calvin 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/john-calvin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-spurgeon-22605.jpg) Charles Spurgeon 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/charles-spurgeon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-dryden-51272.jpg) John Dryden 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/john-dryden/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/jonathan-edwards/#itemlist", "name": "7 Nature of Beauty Quotes By Jonathan Edwards", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“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 he should be holy in a high degree. 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