Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action.
JONATHAN EDWARDSThe 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.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Trust in God and ye need not fear.
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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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Jesus Christ is both the only price and sacrifice by which eternal redemption is obtained for believers.
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I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.
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The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven.
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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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How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?
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You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.
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When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
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Resolved, never henceforward, till I die, to act as if I were any way my own, but entirely and altogether God’s.
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We cannot believe that the church of God is already possessed of all that light which God intends to give it; nor that all Satan’s lurking places have already been found out.
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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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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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The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
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Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.
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