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Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.

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Jonathan Edwards
Age: 54 †
Born: 1703
Born: October 5
Died: 1758
Died: March 22
Clergyman
Philosopher
Theologian
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East Windsor
Connecticut
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Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
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The bodies of those that made such a noise and tumult when alive, when dead, lie as quietly among the graves of their neighbors as any others.
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To mark all that I say in conversation, merely to beget in others, a good opinion of myself, and examine it.
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Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
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Nature is God's greatest evangelist.
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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.
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A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God.
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Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
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Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.
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In all your course, walk with God and follow Christ as a little, poor, helpless child, taking hold of Christ's hand, keeping your eye on the mark of the wounds on his hands and side, whence came the blood that cleanses you from sin and hiding your nakedness under the skirt of the white shining robe of his righteousness.
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The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven.
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Resolved, never to count that a prayer, nor to let that pass as a prayer, nor that as a petition of a prayer, which is so made, that I cannot hope that God will answer it nor that as a confession, which I cannot hope God will accept.
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I make it my rule, to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a child or an enemy.
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The pleasures of humility are really the most refined, inward, and exquisite delights in the world.
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