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 EDWARDSI resolve to live with all my might while I do live. I resolve never to lose one moment of time and to improve my use of time in the most profitable way I possibly can. I resolve never to do anything I wouldn’t do, if it were the last hour of my life.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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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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Grace is the seed of glory, the dawning of glory in the heart, and therefore grace is the earnest of the future inheritance.
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There are people who love those who agree with them and admire them, but have no time for those who oppose and dislike them. A Christian’s love must be universal!
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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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Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.
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Christ gives peace to the most sinful and miserable that come to Him. He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds.
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There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness.
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Trust in God and ye need not fear.
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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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Resolved, never to suffer the least motions of anger to irrational beings.
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Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
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Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action.
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Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil’s reach as humility.
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Love is no ingredient in a merely speculative faith, but it is the life and soul of a practical faith.
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The end of the creation is that the creation might glorify God. Now what is glorifying God, but a rejoicing at that glory he has displayed?
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