You all have by you a large treasure of divine knowledge, in that you have the Bible in your hands; therefore be not contented in possessing but little of this treasure.
JONATHAN EDWARDSYou have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Trust in God and ye need not fear.
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The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
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The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
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I frequently hear persons in old age say how they would live, if they were to live their lives over again: Resolved, That I will live just so as I can think I shall wish I had done, supposing I live to old age.
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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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Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important.
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Every Christian that goes before us from this world is a ransomed spirit waiting to welcome us in heaven.
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I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.
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He who does not know Him, knows nothing else as it truly is.
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By Christ’s purchasing redemption, two things are intended: his satisfaction and his merit; the one pays our debt, and so satisfies; the other procures our title, and so merits. The satisfaction of Christ is to free us from misery; the merit of Christ is to purchase happiness for us.
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By the grace of God we will never pluck unripe fruit. We will never press people to decision, because we’ll lead them to damnation and not salvation.
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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, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
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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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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.
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