Among the many acts of gratitude we owe to God, it may be accounted one to study and contemplate the perfections and beauties of His work of creation. Every new discovery must necessarily raise in us a fresh sense of the greatness, wisdom, and power of God.
JONATHAN EDWARDSWhen God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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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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We are dependent on the power of God to convert us and give faith in Jesus Christ and the new nature.
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True boldness for Christ transcends all, it is indifference to the displeasure of either friends or foes. Boldness enables Christians to forsake all rather than Christ, and to prefer to offend all rather than to offend Him.
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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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Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.
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Resolved, never to suffer the least motions of anger to irrational beings.
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He who has Christ has all he needs and needs no more.
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Family education and order are some of the chief means of grace; if these are duly maintained, all the means of grace are likely to prosper and become effectual.
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A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.
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Find preachers of David Brainerd’s spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of Christ, in absolute self-devotion, in total deadness to the world, and in fervent love to God and man.
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Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.
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Trust in God and ye need not fear.
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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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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.
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Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.
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