Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth5 October 1703
CountryUnited States of America
sweet soul holiness
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.
gratitude greatness discovery
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.
life inspiring lasts
Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
heart mean mind
All truth is given by revelation, either general or special, and it must be received by reason. Reason is the God-given means for discovering the truth that God discloses, whether in his world or his Word. While God wants to reach the heart with truth, he does not bypass the mind.
affection speculation engaged
He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
people decision grace
By the grace of God we will never pluck unripe fruit. We will never press people to decision, because we'll lead them to damnation and not salvation.
wish done dies
Resolved, that I will live so, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die.
religious heart pride
If the heart be chiefly and directly fixed on God, and the soul engaged to glorify him, some degree of religious affection will be the effect and attendant of it. But to seek after affection directly and chiefly; to have the heart principally set upon that; is to place it in the room of God and his glory. If it be sought, that others may take notice of it, and admire us for our spirituality and forwardness in religion, it is then damnable pride; if for the sake of feeling the pleasure of being affected, it is then idolatry and self-gratification.
grace glory
Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
leader movement requirements
One requirement to be used as a leader in a movement of revival: They must have the Spirit of God upon them.
suffering irrational
Resolved, never to suffer the least motions of anger to irrational beings.
heart needs christ
He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
doors mercy christ
The door of God’s mercy is thrown wide open, and Christ stands in the door and says to sinners ‘Come.’
children eye blood
In all your course, walk with God and follow Christ as a little, poor, helpless child, taking hold of Christ's hand, keeping your eye on the mark of the wounds on his hands and side, whence came the blood that cleanses you from sin and hiding your nakedness under the skirt of the white shining robe of his righteousness.