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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.
Jonathan Edwards
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Jonathan Edwards
Age: 54 †
Born: 1703
Born: October 5
Died: 1758
Died: March 22
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When God is about to bestow some great blessing on His church, it is often His manner, in the first place, so to order things in His providence as to show His church their great need of it, and to bring them into distress for want of it, and so put them upon crying earnestly to Him for it.
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He who does not know Him, knows nothing else as it truly is.
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The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music.
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One of these grand defects, as I humbly conceive, is this, that children are habituated to learning without understanding.
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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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Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
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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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Almost all men, and those that seem to be very miserable, love life, because they cannot bear to lose sight of such a beautiful and lovely world. The ideas, that every moment whilst we live have a beauty that we take not distinct notice of, brings a pleasure that, when we come to the trial, we had rather live in much pain and misery than lose.
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Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.
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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 beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being.
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Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important.
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He that lives a prayerless life, lives without God in the world.
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When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
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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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All truth is given by revelation, either general or special, and it must be received by reason. Reason is the God-given means for discovering the truth that God discloses, whether in his world or his Word. While God wants to reach the heart with truth, he does not bypass the mind.
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