The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music.
JONATHAN EDWARDSGrace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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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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Being sensible that I am unable to do any thing without God’s help, I do humbly entreat Him, by His grace, to enable me to keep these Resolutions, so far as they are agreeable to His will, for Christ’s sake.
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Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.
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To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.
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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
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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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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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We must view humility as one of the most essential things that characterizes true Christianity.
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Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
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We are dependent on God’s power through every step of our redemption.
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Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil’s reach as humility.
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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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Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.
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