Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.
JONATHAN EDWARDSTruth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind.
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He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
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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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Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
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Godliness is more easily feigned in words than in actions.
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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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He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
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We must view humility as one of the most essential things that characterizes true Christianity.
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God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
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Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.
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Resolved to live with all my might while I do live, and as I shall wish I had done ten thousand years hence.
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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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The devil can counterfeit all the saving operations and graces of the Spirit of God.
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The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.
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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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