I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.
JONATHAN EDWARDSSpiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind.
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True salvation always produces an abiding change of nature in a true convert. Therefore, whenever holiness of life does not accompany a confession of conversion, it must be understood that this individual is not a Christian.
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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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Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.
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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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Jesus Christ is both the only price and sacrifice by which eternal redemption is obtained for believers.
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The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.
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Godliness is more easily feigned in words than in actions.
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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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It is not by telling people about ourselves that we demonstrate our Christianity. Words are cheap. It is by costly, self-denying Christian practice that we show the reality of our faith.
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A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God.
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The material universe exists only in the mind.
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He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
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The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs.
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