The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.
JONATHAN EDWARDSReligion, 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.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.
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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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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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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.
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Envy is a spirit of dissatisfaction or opposition to the prosperity or happiness of other people.
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There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.
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Find preachers of David Brainerd’s spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of Christ, in absolute self-devotion, in total deadness to the world, and in fervent love to God and man.
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We are dependent on the power of God to convert us and give faith in Jesus Christ and the new nature.
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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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He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
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Resolved, to examine carefully, and constantly, what that one thing in me is, which causes me in the least to doubt the love of God; and to direct all my forces against it.
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Teachers and learners are correlates, one of which was never intended to be without the other.
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When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
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Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
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Nature is God’s greatest evangelist.
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