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.
JONATHAN EDWARDS- 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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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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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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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.
JONATHAN EDWARDSBy 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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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.
JONATHAN EDWARDSA 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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Nothing is more certain than that there must be an unmade and unlimited being.
JONATHAN EDWARDSNothing is more certain than that there must be an unmade and unlimited being.
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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.
JONATHAN EDWARDSFamily 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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Resolved, never henceforward, till I die, to act as if I were any way my own, but entirely and altogether God’s.
JONATHAN EDWARDSResolved, never henceforward, till I die, to act as if I were any way my own, but entirely and altogether God’s.
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I go out to preach with two propositions in mind. First, every person ought to give his life to Christ. Second, whether or not anyone else gives him his life, I will give him mine.
JONATHAN EDWARDSI go out to preach with two propositions in mind. First, every person ought to give his life to Christ. Second, whether or not anyone else gives him his life, I will give him mine.
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True weirdness from the world don’t consist in being beat off from the world by the affliction of it, but a being drawn off by the sight of something better.
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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
JONATHAN EDWARDSPrayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.
JONATHAN EDWARDSTruth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.
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When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
JONATHAN EDWARDSWhen God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
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I make it my rule, to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a child or an enemy.
JONATHAN EDWARDSI make it my rule, to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a child or an enemy.
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A sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.
JONATHAN EDWARDSA sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.
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He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
JONATHAN EDWARDSHe that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
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Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.
JONATHAN EDWARDSUnconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.
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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
JONATHAN EDWARDSWicked 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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