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 EDWARDSResolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.
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The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music.
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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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The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.
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Resolved, that I will live so, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die.
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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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Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the pursuit of all that is high and holy. Its foundation is faith; its action, works; its temper, holiness; its aim, obedience to God in improvement of self, and benevolence to men.
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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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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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The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
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Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.
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Resolved to live with all my might while I do live, and as I shall wish I had done ten thousand years hence.
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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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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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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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