Resolved, never to suffer the least motions of anger to irrational beings.
JONATHAN EDWARDSThere are people who love those who agree with them and admire them, but have no time for those who oppose and dislike them. A Christian’s love must be universal!
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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By the grace of God we will never pluck unripe fruit. We will never press people to decision, because we’ll lead them to damnation and not salvation.
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Nothing is more certain than that there must be an unmade and unlimited being.
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Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.
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The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven.
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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.
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There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness.
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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.
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There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance the kingdom of Christ as by prayer.
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The godly are designed for unknown and inconceivable happiness.
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Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness and ravishment to the soul.
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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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He who does not know Him, knows nothing else as it truly is.
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Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.
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To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.
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We must view humility as one of the most essential things that characterizes true Christianity.
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