Those who are in a state of salvation are to attribute it to sovereign grace alone, and to give all the praise to Him who maketh them to differ from others.
JONATHAN EDWARDSMen will trust in God no further than they know Him; and they cannot be in the exercise of faith in Him one ace further than they have a sight of His fulness and faithfulness in exercise.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
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Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
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The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider… abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire.
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Wicked people will on the day of judgment see all there is to see of Jesus Christ, except His beauty and loveliness
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Every Christian family ought to be as it were a little church.
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When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
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We are dependent on God’s power through every step of our redemption.
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A sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.
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The door of God’s mercy is thrown wide open, and Christ stands in the door and says to sinners ‘Come.’
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How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?
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Grace is the seed of glory, the dawning of glory in the heart, and therefore grace is the earnest of the future inheritance.
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A true love for God must begin with a delight in His holiness, and not with a delight in any other attribute; for no other attribute is truly lovely without this.
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Resolved, never to speak evil of anyone, so that it shall tend to his dishonor, more or less, upon no account except for some real good.
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Men will trust in God no further than they know Him; and they cannot be in the exercise of faith in Him one ace further than they have a sight of His fulness and faithfulness in exercise.
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Among the many acts of gratitude we owe to God, it may be accounted one to study and contemplate the perfections and beauties of His work of creation. Every new discovery must necessarily raise in us a fresh sense of the greatness, wisdom, and power of God.
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