Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth5 October 1703
CountryUnited States of America
christian kingdoms chiefs
The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life
travel heaven prejudice
The 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.
soul enjoyment satisfied
The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
suffering irrational
Resolved, never to suffer the least motions of anger to irrational beings.
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.
glory
God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
prayer mean ezekiel
It is God’s will through His wonderful grace, that the prayers of His saints should be one of the great principal means of carrying on the designs of Christ’s kingdom in the world. When God has something very great to accomplish for His church, it is His will that there should precede it the extraordinary prayers of His people; as is manifest by Ezekiel 36:37. and it is revealed that, when God is about to accomplish great things for His church, He will begin by remarkably pouring out the spirit of grace and supplication (see Zechariah 12:10).
wish done dies
Resolved, that I will live so, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die.
teacher teaching learners
Teachers and learners are correlates, one of which was never intended to be without the other.
prayer breathing expression
Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
hypocrite men discovery
There are two sorts of hypocrites: ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; and the others are those that are deceived with false discoveries and elevation; which often cry down works, and men's own righteousness, and tlak much of free grace, but at the same time make a righteousness of their discoveries and of their humiliation, and exalt themselves to heaven with them.
grace glory
Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
doors mercy christ
The door of God’s mercy is thrown wide open, and Christ stands in the door and says to sinners ‘Come.’
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.