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Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.
Jonathan Edwards
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Jonathan Edwards
Age: 54 †
Born: 1703
Born: October 5
Died: 1758
Died: March 22
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East Windsor
Connecticut
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He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
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