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.
JONATHAN EDWARDSChrist gives peace to the most sinful and miserable that come to Him. He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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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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Resolved, to ask myself at the end of every day, week, month and year, wherein I could possibly in any respect have done better.
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Every Christian that goes before us from this world is a ransomed spirit waiting to welcome us in heaven.
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Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
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Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.
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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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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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Nothing is more certain than that there must be an unmade and unlimited being.
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Consider that as a principle of love is the main principle in the heart of a real Christian, so the labor of love, is the main business of the Christian life.
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If we make a great show of respect and love to God, in the outward actions, while there is no sincerity in the heart, it is but hypocrisy and practical lying unto the Holy One.
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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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Nature is God’s greatest evangelist.
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The pleasures of humility are really the most refined, inward, and exquisite delights in the world.
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Love is the sum of all virtue, and love disposes us to good.
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True weirdness from the world don’t consist in being beat off from the world by the affliction of it, but a being drawn off by the sight of something better.
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