Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action Jonathan Edwards More Quotes by Jonathan Edwards More Quotes From Jonathan Edwards Resolved, to examine carefully, and constantly, what that one thing in me is, which causes me in the least to doubt the love of God; and to direct all my forces against it. Jonathan Edwards causes god-love doubt Men will trust in God no further than they know Him; and they cannot be in the exercise of faith in Him one ace further than they have a sight of His fulness and faithfulness in exercise. Jonathan Edwards sight exercise men There is, therefore, no difficulty in answering such questions as these. What cause was there why the Universe was placed in such a part of Space? and, Why was the Universe created at such a Time? for, if there be no Space beyond the Universe, it was impossible that it should be created in another place; and if there was no Time before, it was impossible it should be created at another time. Jonathan Edwards causes space impossible To live with all my might, while I do live Jonathan Edwards might Christian practice is that evidence which confirms every other indication of true godliness. Jonathan Edwards evidence practice christian Resolved, to confess frankly to myself all that which I find in myself, either infirmity or sin; and, if it be what concerns religion, also to confess the whole case to God, and implore needed help. Jonathan Edwards cases sin helping The wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow. Jonathan Edwards crush flames fire To mark all that I say in conversation, merely to beget in others, a good opinion of myself, and examine it. Jonathan Edwards mark opinion conversation Love is the sum of all virtue, and love disposes us to good. Jonathan Edwards virtue and-love love-is 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. Jonathan Edwards light christian believe If the case be such indeed, that all mankind are by nature in a state of total ruin, then, doubtless,the great salvation by Christ stands in direct relation to this ruin, as the remedy to the disease. Jonathan Edwards ruins disease christ I resolve to live with all my might while I do live. I resolve never to lose one moment of time and to improve my use of time in the most profitable way I possibly can. I resolve never to do anything I wouldn't do, if it were the last hour of my life. Jonathan Edwards use time might What self-righteous persons take to themselves, is the same work that Christ was engaged in when He was in His agony and bloody sweat, and when He died on the cross, which was the greatest thing that ever the eyes of angels beheld. Christ could accomplish other parts of this work without cost; but this part cost Him His life, as well as innumerable pains and labors. Yet this is the part which self-righteous persons go about to accomplish for themselves. Jonathan Edwards pain angel eye Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious. Jonathan Edwards prayer heart believe The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being. Jonathan Edwards consent sweet world Why should not He had made all things, still having something immediately to do with the things that He has made? Where lies the great difficulty, if we own the being of a God, that He created all things out of nothing, I'll be allowing something immediate influence of God on creation still? Jonathan Edwards creation influence lying 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 Jonathan Edwards ought liberty I know not how to express better, what my sins appear to me to be, than by heaping infinite upon infinite, and multiplying infinite by infinite . . . When I look into my heart and take a view of my wickedness, it looks like an abyss infinitely deeper than hell. Jonathan Edwards views heart looks The soul of a true christian, as I then wrote my meditations, appeared like such a little white flower as we see in the spring of the year; low and humble on the ground, opening its bosom Jonathan Edwards christian spring sweet 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. Jonathan Edwards confession prayer answers
