“But here you are in the land of the living and in the house of God, and have an opportunity to obtain… — Jonathan Edwards House of god Copy Share Image
We cannot believe that the church of God is already possessed of all that light which God intends to give it; nor… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“II. Their people are an excellent and happy people. God has renewed them, and instamped his own image upon them, and made… — Jonathan Edwards Happy people Copy Share Image
“It need not seem at all strange that sin should so blind the mind, seeing that men’s particular natural tempers and dispositions… — Jonathan Edwards Psychology Copy Share Image
“God is glorified in the work of redemption in this, that there appears in it so absolute and universal a dependence of… — Jonathan Edwards Freedom Copy Share Image
Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in… — Jonathan Edwards Bible Copy Share Image
“tis plain and manifest, that whatever pains a natural man takes in religion, whatever prayers he makes, till he believes in Christ,… — Jonathan Edwards God Copy Share Image
Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek… — Jonathan Edwards Applause Copy Share Image
“I am not ashamed to own that I believe that the whole universe, heaven and earth, air and seas, and the divine… — Jonathan Edwards Bible Copy Share Image
“The Holy Spirit becoming an inhabitant, is a vital principle in the soul: he, acting in, upon and with the soul, becomes… — Jonathan Edwards Everlasting life Copy Share Image
All the graces of Christianity always go together. They so go together that where there is one, there are all, and where… — Jonathan Edwards Christianity Copy Share Image
True virtue never appears so lovely as when it is most oppressed; and the divine excellency of real Christianity is never exhibited… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“But to return to the sermons. Edwards’s sermons are constructed, in general, on a definite model. We have, first, the Exposition of… — Jonathan Edwards Doctrine Copy Share Image
“But it will not be so at their last meeting at the day of judgment; sinners, when they shall meet their minister… — Jonathan Edwards Judgment Copy Share Image
I claim no right to myself, no right to this understanding, this will, these affections that are in me. Neither do I… — Jonathan Edwards Affection Copy Share Image
“If the evidence of the gospel depended only on history, and such reasonings as learned men only are capable of, it would… — Jonathan Edwards Christianity Copy Share Image
From love arises hatred of those things which are contrary to what we love, or which oppose and thwart us in those… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“This knowledge is that which is above all others sweet and joyful. Men have a great deal of pleasure in human knowledge,… — Jonathan Edwards Divine light Copy Share Image
Find preachers of David Brainerd's spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of… — Jonathan Edwards Absolutes Copy Share Image
“The gospel is made use of in this affair: this light is the “light of the glorious gospel of Christ,” 2 Cor.… — Jonathan Edwards Christianity Copy Share Image
“reason to fear that Arminianism, Arianism, and even Socinianism, in destruction to the doctrines of free grace, are daily propagated in the… — Jonathan Edwards Arminianism Copy Share Image
“Resolved, to endeavor to obtain for myself as much happiness in the other world as I possibly can, with all the power,… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
If we take reason strictly, the perceiving of spiritual beauty and excellence no more belongs to reason than it belongs to the… — Jonathan Edwards Beauty Copy Share Image
“On the other hand, those ministers who are found to have been unfaithful shall have a most terrible punishment. See Ezek. xxxiii.… — Jonathan Edwards Great day Copy Share Image
If you seek in the spirit of selfishness, to grasp all as your own, you shall lose all, and be driven out… — Jonathan Edwards Contempt Copy Share Image
The end of the creation is that the creation might glorify [God]. Now what is glorifying God, but a rejoicing at that… — Jonathan Edwards Creation Copy Share Image
The bodies of those that made such a noise and tumult when alive, when dead, lie as quietly among the graves of… — Jonathan Edwards Alive 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
“And it may be thus described: a true sense of the divine excellency of the things revealed in the word of God,… — Jonathan Edwards Faith Copy Share Image
“If we be never obliged to relieve others' burdens, but when we can do it without burdening ourselves, then how do we… — Jonathan Edwards Burdens Copy Share Image
“1 Cor. iv. 5, “Therefore, judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden… — Jonathan Edwards Christianity Copy Share Image
There are two sorts of hypocrites: one that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; many of whom are professed… — Jonathan Edwards Hypocrisy Copy Share Image
“Secondly, It evidences his blessedness also, as it intimates that this knowledge is above any that flesh and blood can reveal. “This… — Jonathan Edwards Blessedness 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
All truth is given by revelation, either general or special, and it must be received by reason. Reason is the God-given means… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“Their hearts shall be full of love. That which was in the heart on earth as but a grain of mustard-seed, shall… — Jonathan Edwards Divine love 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 Copy Share Image
“Every saint in heaven is as a flower in that garden of God, and holy love is the fragrance and sweet odor… — Jonathan Edwards Heaven 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
“Christ signifies to ’em that he was going home to his Father’s house, and he encourages ’em that they shall be with… — Jonathan Edwards End of the world Copy Share Image