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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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The devil can counterfeit all the saving operations and graces of the Spirit of God.
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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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Love is no ingredient in a merely speculative faith, but it is the life and soul of a practical faith.
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Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
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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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Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.
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We cannot believe that the church of God is already possessed of all that light which God intends to give it nor that all Satan's lurking places have already been found out.
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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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True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will
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Christ gives peace to the most sinful and miserable that come to Him. He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds.
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The godly are designed for unknown and inconceivable happiness.
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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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By the grace of God we will never pluck unripe fruit. We will never press people to decision, because we'll lead them to damnation and not salvation.
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We must view humility as one of the most essential things that characterizes true Christianity.
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Every Christian that goes before us from this world is a ransomed spirit waiting to welcome us in heaven.
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The way to Heaven is ascending we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.
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