I frequently hear persons in old age say how they would live, if they were to live their lives over again: Resolved, That I will live just so as I can think I shall wish I had done, supposing I live to old age.
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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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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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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When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
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Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.
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Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.
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Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness and ravishment to the soul.
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Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs.
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You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.
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One requirement to be used as a leader in a movement of revival: They must have the Spirit of God upon them.
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Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.
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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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A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.
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Nothing is more certain than that there must be an unmade and unlimited being.
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Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.
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The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
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