Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
JONATHAN EDWARDSBy 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.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Temples have their images; and we see what influence they have always had over a great part of mankind. But, in truth, the ideas and images in men’s minds are the invisible powers that constantly govern them; and to these they all pay universally a ready submission.
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Among the many acts of gratitude we owe to God, it may be accounted one to study and contemplate the perfections and beauties of His work of creation. Every new discovery must necessarily raise in us a fresh sense of the greatness, wisdom, and power of God.
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Nature is God’s greatest evangelist.
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Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.
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Jesus Christ is both the only price and sacrifice by which eternal redemption is obtained for believers.
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Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.
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The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
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They who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign grace, and not for anything that is due
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God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
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The godly are designed for unknown and inconceivable happiness.
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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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The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action.
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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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How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?
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