When God is about to do a mighty new thing He always sets His people praying.
JONATHAN EDWARDSResolved, that I will live so, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil’s reach as humility.
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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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You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.
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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!
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Grace is the seed of glory, the dawning of glory in the heart, and therefore grace is the earnest of the future inheritance.
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He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
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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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Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
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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.
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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.
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Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the pursuit of all that is high and holy. Its foundation is faith; its action, works; its temper, holiness; its aim, obedience to God in improvement of self, and benevolence to men.
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There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.
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Resolved, that I will live so, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die.
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Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
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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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