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• There are people who love those who agree with them and admire them, but have no time for those who oppose and dislike them. A Christian’s love must be universal!

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, People, Admire

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• Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Men, Rotten, Covering

  Jonathan Edwards, Henry Rogers, Sereno Edwards Dwight, Edward Hickman (1840). “The Works of Jonathan Edwards, A.M.”, p.8

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• Find preachers of David Brainerd's spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of Christ, in absolute self-devotion, in total deadness to the world, and in fervent love to God and man.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Men, Self, Followers

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• A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken-hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are humble desires. Their hope is a humble hope; and their joy, even when it is unspeakable and full of glory, is a humble broken-hearted joy, and leaves the Christian more poor in spirit, and more like a little child, and more disposed to a universal lowliness of behaviour.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, Children, Humble

  Jonathan Edwards (1821). “A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections: In Three Parts ...”, p.293

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• You all have by you a large treasure of divine knowledge, in that you have the Bible in your hands; therefore be not contented in possessing but little of this treasure.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Hands, Treasure, Littles

  Jonathan Edwards (1858). “The works of President Edwards in four volumes: a reprint of the Worcester edition with valuable additions and a copious general index, to which, for the first time, has been added, at great expense, a complete index of scripture texts”, p.11

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• I go out to preach with two propositions in mind. First, every person ought to give his life to Christ. Second, whether or not anyone else gives him his life, I will give him mine.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, Two, Giving

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• 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.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, Prayer, Kingdoms

  Jonathan Edwards, Henry Rogers, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1839). “The Works of Jonathan Edwards”, p.426

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• I know not how to express better, what my sins appear to me to be, than by heaping infinite upon infinite, and multiplying infinite by infinite . . . When I look into my heart and take a view of my wickedness, it looks like an abyss infinitely deeper than hell.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Heart, Views, Looks

  Jonathan Edwards, Henry Rogers, Sereno Edwards Dwight, Edward Hickman (1834). “Works”, p.90

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• You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Wonder, Hell, Reason

  Jonathan Edwards a. M., Jonathan Edwards (2012). “Jonathan Edwards in the Pulpit: Famous Sermons”, p.156, Curiosmith

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• He that sees the beauty of holiness or true moral good ,sees the greatest and most important thing in the world.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Important, World, Holiness

  Jonathan Edwards, Henry Rogers, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1839). “The Works of Jonathan Edwards”, p.284

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• Trust in God and ye need not fear.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Needs, Trust In God

  Jonathan Edwards “The Works of Jonathan Edwards: Volume I - I”, Lulu.com

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• A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, Proud, Absurdity

  Jonathan Edwards (1824). “The Treatise on Religious Affections”, p.234

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• Love is the sum of all virtue, and love disposes us to good.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Love Is, And Love, Virtue

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• Envy is a spirit of dissatisfaction or opposition to the prosperity or happiness of other people.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, People, Envy

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• Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.

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  Revenge

  Jonathan Edwards (2007). “Life and Diary of David Brainerd”, p.19, Cosimo, Inc.

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• 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.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Time, Use, Might

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• Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Desire, Ease, Pleasure

  Jonathan Edwards “The Works of Jonathan Edwards: Volume I - I”, Lulu.com

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• Men will trust in God no further than they know Him; and they cannot be in the exercise of faith in Him one ace further than they have a sight of His fulness and faithfulness in exercise.

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  Exercise, Men, Sight

  Jonathan Edwards (1812). “A treatise concerning religious affections”, p.87

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• To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.

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  Heaven, Accommodations, Enjoy

  Jonathan Edwards (2013). “A Journey Toward Heaven: A Daily Devotional from the Sermons of Jonathan Edwards”, Reformation Heritage Books

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• If there be ground for you to trust in your own righteousness, then, all that Christ did to purchase salvation, and all that God did to prepare the way for it is in vain.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Way, Christ, Vain

  Jonathan Edwards (1793). “History of Redemption, on a Plan Entirely Original: Exhibiting the Gradual Discovery and Accomplishment of the Divine Purposes in the Salvation of Man, Including a Comprehensive View of Church History and the Fulfilment of Scripture Prophecies”, p.354

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• If we make a great show of respect and love to God, in the outward actions, while there is no sincerity in the heart, it is but hypocrisy and practical lying unto the Holy One.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Lying, Heart, Hypocrisy

  Jonathan Edwards (2000). “Christian Love and It's Fruit”, p.29, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.

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  Prayer, Expression, Breathing

  Jonathan Edwards, Henry Rogers, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1839). “The Works of Jonathan Edwards, A.M.: With an Essay on His Genius and Writings”, p.75

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• When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Spirit, Great Work, Supplication

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• If I murmur in the least at affliction, if I am in any way uncharitable, if I revenge my own case, if I do anything purely to please myself or omit anything because it is a great denial, if I trust myself, if I take any praise for any good which Christ does by me, or if I am in any way proud, I shall act as my own and not God’s.

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  Revenge, Doe, Denial

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• Every Christian that goes before us from this world is a ransomed spirit waiting to welcome us in heaven.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, Waiting, Heaven

  Jonathan Edwards (2000). “Christian Love and It's Fruit”, p.160, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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