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To live with all my might, while I do live

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Jonathan Edwards
Age: 54 †
Born: 1703
Born: October 5
Died: 1758
Died: March 22
Clergyman
Philosopher
Theologian
Writer
East Windsor
Connecticut
Live
Might

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Resolved, to endeavor to obtain for myself as much happiness, in the other world, as I possibly can.
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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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True virtue never appears so lovely as when it is most oppressed and the divine excellency of real Christianity is never exhibited with such advantage as when under the greatest trials then it is that true faith appears much more precious than gold, and upon this account is found to praise and honour and glory.
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Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
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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.
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Haste and escape for your lives, look not behind you, escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed.
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Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
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Jesus Christ is both the only price and sacrifice by which eternal redemption is obtained for believers.
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