He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
JONATHAN EDWARDSA sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.
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When God is about to do a mighty new thing He always sets His people praying.
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One requirement to be used as a leader in a movement of revival: They must have the Spirit of God upon them.
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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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The end of the creation is that the creation might glorify God. Now what is glorifying God, but a rejoicing at that glory he has displayed?
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The godly are designed for unknown and inconceivable happiness.
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Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
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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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Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs.
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Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
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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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Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
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Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.
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The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
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I make it my rule, to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a child or an enemy.
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