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• Christian practice is that evidence which confirms every other indication of true godliness.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, Practice, Evidence

  Jonathan Edwards (1824). “The Treatise on Religious Affections”, p.287

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• To live with all my might, while I do live

  Jonathan Edwards

  Might

  Jonathan Edwards (1821). “A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections: In Three Parts ; I. Nature of the Affections, and Their Importance in Religion ; II. Showing what are No Certain Signs that Religious Affections are Gracious, Or that They are Not ; III. Showing what are Distinguishing Signs of Truly Gracious and Holy Affections”, p.10

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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 that He knows all things beforehand. Now, it is self-evident that if He knows all things beforehand, He either doth approve of them or doth not approve of them; that is, He either is willing they should be, or He is not willing they should be. But to will that they should be is to decree them.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Self, Should, Decree

  Jonathan Edwards (1811). “The Works of President Edwards;: Five sermons on different occasions. Miscellaneous observations on important theological controversies. Distinguishing marks of a work of the spirit of God”, p.384

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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 of the world, at last, naked and forlorn, to everlasting poverty and contempt.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Selfishness, Naked, World

  Jonathan Edwards (1874). “Christian Love: As Manifested in the Heart and Life”, p.266

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• Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Prayer, Believe, Heart

  Jonathan Edwards, Henry Rogers, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1839). “The Works of Jonathan Edwards, A.M.: With an Essay on His Genius and Writings”, p.486

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• True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will

  Jonathan Edwards

  Liberty, Ought

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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 concerns religion, also to confess the whole case to God, and implore needed help.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Helping, Sin, Cases

  Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830). “treatise concerning religious affections. Justification by faith alone. Pressing into the kingdom of God. Ruth's resolution. Justice of God in the damnation of sinners. The excellency of Jesus Christ”, p.73

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• Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Pain, Thinking, Hell

  Jonathan Edwards (1829). “The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.69

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• We cannot believe that the church of God is already possessed of all that light which God intends to give it; nor that all Satan's lurking places have already been found out.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, Believe, Light

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• The bow of God's wrath is bent, and His arrows made ready upon the string. Justice points the arrow at your heart and strings the bow. It is nothing but the mere pleasure of God (and that of an angry God without any promise or obligation at all) that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your blood.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Heart, Arrows, Wrath

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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.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Opinion, Conversation, Mark

  Jonathan Edwards (1829). “The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.104

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• The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Sweet, World, Consent

  Jonathan Edwards, Perry Miller, John Edwin Smith, Norman Pettit (1980). “The Works of Jonathan Edwards: Scientific and philosophical writings”

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• What self-righteous persons take to themselves, is the same work that Christ was engaged in when He was in His agony and bloody sweat, and when He died on the cross, which was the greatest thing that ever the eyes of angels beheld. Christ could accomplish other parts of this work without cost; but this part cost Him His life, as well as innumerable pains and labors. Yet this is the part which self-righteous persons go about to accomplish for themselves.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Pain, Eye, Angel

  Jonathan Edwards, American Tract Society (184?). “A History of the Work of Redemption: Comprising an Outline of Church History”

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• One of these grand defects, as I humbly conceive, is this, that children are habituated to learning without understanding.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Children, Understanding, Defects

  Jonathan Edwards (1829). “The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.475

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• The bodies of those that made such a noise and tumult when alive, when dead, lie as quietly among the graves of their neighbors as any others.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Lying, Alive, Body

  'Procrastination'

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• The soul of a true christian, as I then wrote my meditations, appeared like such a little white flower as we see in the spring of the year; low and humble on the ground, opening its bosom
  to receive the pleasant beams of the sun’s glory; rejoicing, as it were, in a calm rapture; diffusing around a sweet fragrancy; standing peacefully and lovingly, in the midst of other
  flowers round about; all in like manner opening their bosoms to drink in the light of the sun.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, Sweet, Spring

  Jonathan Edwards, Sereno Edwards Dwight, Edward Hickman (1835). “The works of Jonathan Edwards”, p.12

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• As it is with spiritual discoveries and affections given at first conversion, so it is in all subsequent illuminations and affections of that kind; they are all transforming. There is a like divine power and energy in them as in the first discoveries; they still reach the bottom of the heart, and affect and alter the very nature of the soul, in proportion to the degree in which they are given. And a transformation of nature is continued and carried on by them to the end of life, until it is brought to perfection in glory.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Spiritual, Heart, Discovery

  Jonathan Edwards, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1829). “A treatise concerning religious affections. Five discourses on important subjects”, p.218

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• Resolved, that I will do whatsoever I think to be most to God’s glory, and my own good, profit and pleasure, in the whole of my duration, without any consideration of the time, whether now, or never so many myriad’s of ages hence. Resolved to do whatever I think to be my duty and most for the good and advantage of mankind in general. Resolved to do this, whatever difficulties I meet with, how many and how great soever.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Thinking, Age, Now Or Never

  Jonathan Edwards (2004). “Selected Writings of Jonathan Edwards: Second Edition”, p.17, Waveland Press

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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 a part of Space? and, Why was the Universe created at such a Time? for, if there be no Space beyond the Universe, it was impossible that it should be created in another place; and if there was no Time before, it was impossible it should be created at another time.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Space, Causes, Impossible

  Jonathan Edwards (2009). “The Philosophy of Jonathan Edwards: From His Private Notebook”, p.31, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• But it is doubtless true, and evident from [the] Scriptures, that the essence of all true religion lies in holy love; and that in this divine affection, and an habitual disposition to it, and that light which is the foundation of it, and those things which are the fruits of it, consists the whole of religion.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Lying, Light, Essence

  Jonathan Edwards (2007). “A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections”, p.36, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Almost all men, and those that seem to be very miserable, love life, because they cannot bear to lose sight of such a beautiful and lovely world. The ideas, that every moment whilst we live have a beauty that we take not distinct notice of, brings a pleasure that, when we come to the trial, we had rather live in much pain and misery than lose.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Beautiful, Pain, Love Life

  "The Images of Divine Things, The Shadows of Divine Things, The Language and Lessons of Nature". Notebook by Jonathan Edwards, "The Beauty of the World" (c.1725), 1948.

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• Whatever in Christ had the nature of satisfaction, was by virtue of the suffering or humiliation that was in it; but whatever had the nature of merit, was by virtue of the obedience or righteousness there was in it.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Suffering, Satisfaction, Merit

  "Works, Vol. 5". Book by Jonathan Edwards, E. Baines, p. 489, 1809.

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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 of God; nor be, nor suffer it, if I can avoid it.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Soul, Suffering, Body

  Jonathan Edwards, Sereno Edwards Dwight, David Brainerd (1830). “The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life ...”, p.68

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• Can the believing husband in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving wife in Hell? Can the believing father in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving children in Hell? Can the loving wife in Heaven be happy with her unbelieving husband in Hell? I tell.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Husband, Children, Father

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• Religion consists much in holy affection; but those exercises of affection which are most distinguishing of true religion are these practical exercises. Friendship between earthly friends consists much in affection; but those strong exercises of affection that actually carry them through fire and water for each other are the highest evidences of true friendship.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Strong, True Friend, Exercise

  Jonathan Edwards “The Works of Jonathan Edwards: Volume I - II”, Lulu.com

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