Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth5 October 1703
CountryUnited States of America
love-is soul ingredients
Love is no ingredient in a merely speculative faith, but it is the life and soul of a practical faith.
affection speculation engaged
He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
christian humility devil
Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach as humility.
light mind world
Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.
life inspiring lasts
Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
action godliness
Godliness is more easily feigned in words than in actions
evangelists
Nature is God's greatest evangelist.
rain son light
We have seen that the Son of God created the world for this very end, to communicate Himself in an image of His own excellency. ... When we behold the light and brightness of the sun, the golden edges of an evening cloud, or the beauteous (rain)bow, we behold the adumbrations of His glory and goodness; and in the blue sky, of his mildness and gentleness.
giving grace sovereign
Those who are in a state of salvation are to attribute it to sovereign grace alone, and to give all the praise to Him who maketh them to differ from others.
rejoice creatures exalted
The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.
jewels delight holiness
As God delights in his own beauty, he must necessarily delight in the creature's holiness which is a conformity to and participation of it, as truly as [the] brightness of a jewel, held in the sun's beams, is a participation or derivation of the sun's brightness, though immensely less in degree.
causes
I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.
christian real heart
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.
two redemption debt
By Christ's purchasing redemption, two things are intended: his satisfaction and his merit; the one pays our debt, and so satisfies; the other procures our title, and so merits. The satisfaction of Christ is to free us from misery; the merit of Christ is to purchase happiness for us.