Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
JONATHAN EDWARDSThe 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.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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We are dependent on God’s power through every step of our redemption.
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I resolve to live with all my might while I do live. I resolve never to lose one moment of time and to improve my use of time in the most profitable way I possibly can. I resolve never to do anything I wouldn’t 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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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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There 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!
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He that sees the beauty of holiness or true moral good, sees the greatest and most important thing in the world.
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Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.
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Every Christian family ought to be as it were a little church.
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A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ.
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Nature is God’s greatest evangelist.
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You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.
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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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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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Love is no ingredient in a merely speculative faith, but it is the life and soul of a practical 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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