Find preachers of David Brainerd’s spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of Christ, in absolute self-devotion, in total deadness to the world, and in fervent love to God and man.
JONATHAN EDWARDSHe who has Christ has all he needs and needs no more.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action.
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A sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.
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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.
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The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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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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Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important.
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Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
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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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Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
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He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
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Resolved, never to suffer the least motions of anger to irrational beings.
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The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music.
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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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Wicked 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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