true weanedness from the world don't consist in being beat off from the world by the affliction of it, but a being… — Jonathan Edwards Affliction 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
“Finally, on June 22, 1750, the Council, convened to advise on the matter, recommended, by a vote of 10 to 9, the… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
What self-righteous persons take to themselves, is the same work that Christ was engaged in when He was in His agony and… — Jonathan Edwards Accomplish Copy Share Image
“There are always two sides to every story, and it is generally wise, and safe, and charitable, to take the best; and… — Jonathan Edwards Two sides Copy Share Image
True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what… — Jonathan Edwards Freedom 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 Nature Copy Share Image
“grace of God in bestowing this gift is most free. It was what God was under no obligation to bestow: he might… — Jonathan Edwards Fallen angel Copy Share Image
“Now they meet together in a preparatory mutable state, but then in an unchangeable state. Now sinners in the congregation meet their… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“V. Our resolutions to cleave to and follow those that are turning to God, and joining themselves to his people, ought to… — Jonathan Edwards 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 Christian Copy Share Image
“Your wickedness makes you as it were heavy as lead, and to tend downwards with great weight and pressure towards hell; and… — Jonathan Edwards Care Copy Share Image
Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue… — Jonathan Edwards Anxiety Copy Share Image
“There arises from this sense of divine excellency of things contained in the word of God a conviction of the truth and… — Jonathan Edwards Faith Copy Share Image
“This is the most excellent and divine wisdom that any creature is capable of. ’Tis more excellent than any human learning; ’tis… — Jonathan Edwards Divine wisdom Copy Share Image
“But alas! instead of one, how many is it likely will remember this discourse in hell! And it would be a wonder,… — Jonathan Edwards Health Copy Share Image
Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life. — Jonathan Edwards Hours Copy Share Image
Resolved, that I will do whatsoever I think to be most to God’s glory, and my own good, profit and pleasure, in… — Jonathan Edwards Advantage Copy Share Image
As God delights in his own beauty, he must necessarily delight in the creature's holiness which is a conformity to and participation… — Jonathan Edwards Beam Copy Share Image
“[the Devil]... stands waiting for them, like greedy hungry lions that see their prey, and expect to have it...” — Jonathan Edwards Hungry lion Copy Share Image
“The wrath of God burns against them; their damnation don’t slumber; the pit is prepared; the fire is made ready; the furnace… — Jonathan Edwards Wrath of god Copy Share Image
The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven. — Jonathan Edwards Gratitude Copy Share Image
Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the… — Jonathan Edwards Action Copy Share Image
“And nothing is more common than for men to be mistaken concerning their own state: many that are abominable to God, and… — Jonathan Edwards Children Copy Share Image
The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider... abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked:… — Jonathan Edwards Casts Copy Share Image
