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There are people who love those who agree with them and admire them, but have no time for those who oppose and dislike them. A Christian’s love must be universal!

Jonathan Edwards

A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.
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Absurd Greatness Proud Religious
As God delights in his own beauty, he must necessarily delight in the creature’s holiness which is a conformity to and participation of it, as truly as [the] brightness of a jewel, held in the sun’s beams, is a participation or derivation of the sun’s brightness, though immensely less in degree.
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Beautiful Creature Degree Delight God True
A sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.
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Faith God Right Sin
Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
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Alone Cure Imagination Pain Sick
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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Afraid Life Myself
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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Benefit Growth Knowledge Seek Yourself
Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
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Feeling Hell Myself Pain Thinking
The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
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God Sin Small Treason
Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
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Beginning Glory Grace Perfection
There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness.
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Difference Judgement Sweet
The material universe exists only in the mind.
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Existence Material Mindset Universe
The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.
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Creature God Happiness
He who has Christ has all he needs and needs no more.
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God Himself Need Religious
True salvation always produces an abiding change of nature in a true convert. Therefore, whenever holiness of life does not accompany a confession of conversion, it must be understood that this individual is not a Christian.
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Change Confession Nature Production Religious True
The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
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Enjoyment God Happiness Ourselves Satisfaction Soul
Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action.
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Action Assurance Exam

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