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He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.

Jonathan Edwards

Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
JONATHAN EDWARDS

Afraid Life Myself
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.
JONATHAN EDWARDS

Beginning God Himself Holy Love True
Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.
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Cover Hell Man Walk
Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.
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Agreement God Ideas Truth
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.
JONATHAN EDWARDS

Benefit Growth Knowledge Seek Yourself
Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.
JONATHAN EDWARDS

Improvement Lose Moments Myself Possible Profit Time
Teachers and learners are correlates, one of which was never intended to be without the other.
JONATHAN EDWARDS

Intend Learning Teacher
Love is the sum of all virtue, and love disposes us to good.
JONATHAN EDWARDS

Goodness Love Ourselves Virtue
As God delights in his own beauty, he must necessarily delight in the creature’s holiness which is a conformity to and participation of it, as truly as [the] brightness of a jewel, held in the sun’s beams, is a participation or derivation of the sun’s brightness, though immensely less in degree.
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Beautiful Creature Degree Delight God True
A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.
JONATHAN EDWARDS

Absurd Greatness Proud Religious
The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.
JONATHAN EDWARDS

Heaven Natural Ourselves Travel Way
You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.
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Contribute Necessary Salvation Yourself
Consider that as a principle of love is the main principle in the heart of a real Christian, so the labor of love, is the main business of the Christian life.
JONATHAN EDWARDS

Business Heart Life Love Principle
How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?
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Expectation Forever God Himself
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.
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Alone Grace Himself Praise Salvation State
If we make a great show of respect and love to God, in the outward actions, while there is no sincerity in the heart, it is but hypocrisy and practical lying unto the Holy One.
JONATHAN EDWARDS

Action Greatness Love Lying Oneself Practice Respect

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