God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
JONATHAN EDWARDSHe, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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I know not how to express better, what my sins appear to me to be, than by heaping infinite upon infinite, and multiplying infinite by infinite. When I look into my heart and take a view of my wickedness, it looks like an abyss infinitely deeper than hell.
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Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.
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From love arises hatred of those things which are contrary to what we love, or which oppose and thwart us in those things that we delight in.
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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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We must view humility as one of the most essential things that characterizes true Christianity.
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Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
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There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance the kingdom of Christ as by prayer.
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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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The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven.
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There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness.
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We are dependent on God’s power through every step of our redemption.
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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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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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You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.
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When God is about to do a mighty new thing He always sets His people praying.
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