Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth5 October 1703
CountryUnited States of America
thinking age wish
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.
steps redemption every-step
We are dependent on God's power through every step of our redemption.
godly
The godly are designed for unknown and inconceivable happiness.
heart exercise light
But yet it is evident that religion consists so much in affection, as that without holy affection there is no true religion; and no light in the understanding is good which does not produce holy affection in the heart: no habit or principle in the heart is good which has no such exercise; and no external fruit is good which does not proceed from such exercises.
christian peace spring
The foundation of the Christian's peace is everlasting; it is what no time, no change can destroy. It will remain when the body dies; it will remain when the mountains depart and the hills shall be removed, and when the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. The fountain of His comfort shall never be diminished, and the stream shall never be dried. His comfort and joy is a living spring in the soul, a well of water springing up to everlasting life.
self examination action
Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action
christian prayer kingdoms
There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance the kingdom of Christ as by prayer.
causes
I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.
inspirational inspiring nature
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.
action godliness
Godliness is more easily feigned in words than in actions
glory
God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
spring men hatred
Such is man's nature, that he is very inactive and lazy unless he is influenced by some affection, either love or hatred, desire, hope, fear, or some other. These affections we see to be the springs that set men agoing, in all the affairs of life, and engage them in all their pursuits: these are the things that put men forward, and carry them along.
important world holiness
He that sees the beauty of holiness or true moral good ,sees the greatest and most important thing in the world.
heaven accommodations enjoy
To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.