Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth5 October 1703
CountryUnited States of America
cry deceived doctrine exalt external false free heaven hypocrisy morality outward professed sorts talk themselves time whom
There are two sorts of hypocrites: one that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; many of whom are professed Arminians, in the doctrine of justification: and the other, are those that are deceived with false discoveries and elevations; who often cry down works, and men's own righteousness, and talk 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.
seen took
I've never seen anything like what took place,
lord eternity eyeballs
Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs.
glory
God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
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.
evangelists
Nature is God's greatest evangelist.
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.
sight world affliction
true weanedness from the world don't consist in being beat off from the world by the affliction of it, but a being drawn off by the sight of something better.
other-worlds world endeavor
Resolved, to endeavor to obtain for myself as much happiness, in the other world, as I possibly can.
wrath fire spiders
The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider... abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire.
unlimited certain
Nothing is more certain than that there must be an unmade and unlimited being.
time might way
I resolve to live with all my might while I do live. I resolve never to lose one moment of time and to improve my use of time in the most profitable way I possibly can. I resolve never to do anything I wouldn't do, if it were the last hour of my life.
justified christ righteousness
A sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.