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Jonathan Edwards Quote: “There is no such thing as excess in our taking of this spiritual food. There is no such virtue as temperance in spiritual feasting.”

151. “There is no such thing as excess in our taking of this spiritual food. There is no such virtue as temperance in spiritual feasting.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “That there should absolutely be nothing at all is utterly impossible. The mind, let it stretch its conceptions ever so far, can never so much as bring itself to conceive of a state of perfect nothing.”

152. “That there should absolutely be nothing at all is utterly impossible. The mind, let it stretch its conceptions ever so far, can never so much as bring itself to conceive of a state of perfect nothing.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “The example of Jesus Christ is the only perfect example that ever existed in human nature. It is therefore, a rule by which to try all other examples; and the dispositions, frames and practices of others, must be commended and followed no further than they were followers of Christ.”

153. “The example of Jesus Christ is the only perfect example that ever existed in human nature. It is therefore, a rule by which to try all other examples; and the dispositions, frames and practices of others, must be commended and followed no further than they were followers of Christ.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “Consider that as a principle of love is the main principle in the heart of a real Christian, so the labor of love, is the main business of the Christian life.”

154. “Consider that as a principle of love is the main principle in the heart of a real Christian, so the labor of love, is the main business of the Christian life.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “Resolved, to ask myself at the end of every day, week, month and year, wherein I could possibly in any respect have done better.”

155. “Resolved, to ask myself at the end of every day, week, month and year, wherein I could possibly in any respect have done better.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “He who has no religious affection, is in a state of spiritual death, and is wholly destitute of the powerful, quickening, saving influences of the Spirit of God upon his heart.”

156. “He who has no religious affection, is in a state of spiritual death, and is wholly destitute of the powerful, quickening, saving influences of the Spirit of God upon his heart.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “But yet it is evident that religion consists so much in affection, as that without holy affection there is no true religion; and no light in the understanding is good which does not produce holy affection in the heart: no habit or principle in the heart is good which has no such exercise; and no external fruit is good which does not proceed from such exercises.”

157. “But yet it is evident that religion consists so much in affection, as that without holy affection there is no true religion; and no light in the understanding is good which does not produce holy affection in the heart: no habit or principle in the heart is good which has no such exercise; and no external fruit is good which does not proceed from such exercises.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “Their hearts shall be full of love. That which was in the heart on earth as but a grain of mustard-seed, shall be as a great tree in heaven. The soul that in this world had only a little spark of divine love in it, in heaven shall be, as it were, turned into a bright and ardent flame, like the sun in its fullest brightness, when it has no spot upon it.”

158. “Their hearts shall be full of love. That which was in the heart on earth as but a grain of mustard-seed, shall be as a great tree in heaven. The soul that in this world had only a little spark of divine love in it, in heaven shall be, as it were, turned into a bright and ardent flame, like the sun in its fullest brightness, when it has no spot upon it.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “No degree of speculative knowledge of religion is any certain sign of true piety.”

159. “No degree of speculative knowledge of religion is any certain sign of true piety.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “Resolved, never to do any manner of thing, whether in soul or body, less or more, but what tends to the glory of God; nor be, nor suffer it, if I can avoid it.”

160. “Resolved, never to do any manner of thing, whether in soul or body, less or more, but what tends to the glory of God; nor be, nor suffer it, if I can avoid it.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “Oh, that God would purge away my dross, and take away my tin, and refine me seven times.”

161. “Oh, that God would purge away my dross, and take away my tin, and refine me seven times.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “If you seek in the spirit of selfishness, to grasp all as your own, you shall lose all, and be driven out of the world, at last, naked and forlorn, to everlasting poverty and contempt.”

162. “If you seek in the spirit of selfishness, to grasp all as your own, you shall lose all, and be driven out of the world, at last, naked and forlorn, to everlasting poverty and contempt.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “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?”

163. “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

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “Whatever in Christ had the nature of satisfaction, was by virtue of His suffering or humiliation; whatever had the nature of merit, was by virtue of His obedience or righteousness.”

164. “Whatever in Christ had the nature of satisfaction, was by virtue of His suffering or humiliation; whatever had the nature of merit, was by virtue of His obedience or righteousness.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “There are none in hell but what have been haters of God, and so have procured His wrath and hatred on themselves; and there they shall continue to hate Him forever.”

165. “There are none in hell but what have been haters of God, and so have procured His wrath and hatred on themselves; and there they shall continue to hate Him forever.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “To mark all that I say in conversation, merely to beget in others, a good opinion of myself, and examine it.”

166. “To mark all that I say in conversation, merely to beget in others, a good opinion of myself, and examine it.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “A people are not made for rulers, but rulers for a people.”

167. “A people are not made for rulers, but rulers for a people.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “Oh, the closest walk with God is the sweetest heaven that can be enjoyed on earth!”

168. “Oh, the closest walk with God is the sweetest heaven that can be enjoyed on earth!”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “Teachers and learners are correlates, one of which was never intended to be without the other.”

169. “Teachers and learners are correlates, one of which was never intended to be without the other.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “When I am giving the relation of a thing, remember to abstain from altering either in the matter or manner of speaking, so much, as that, if every one, afterwards, should alter as much, it would at last come to be properly false.”

170. “When I am giving the relation of a thing, remember to abstain from altering either in the matter or manner of speaking, so much, as that, if every one, afterwards, should alter as much, it would at last come to be properly false.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “These, indeed, are no proper addition to his divine excellencies. Christ has no more excellency in his person, since his incarnation, than he had before; for divine excellency is infinite, and cannot be added to. Yet his human excellencies are additional manifestations of his glory and excellency to us, and are additional recommendations of him to our esteem and love, who are of finite comprehension.”

171. “These, indeed, are no proper addition to his divine excellencies. Christ has no more excellency in his person, since his incarnation, than he had before; for divine excellency is infinite, and cannot be added to. Yet his human excellencies are additional manifestations of his glory and excellency to us, and are additional recommendations of him to our esteem and love, who are of finite comprehension.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “We are to consider, that though Christ is greatly exalted, yet he is exalted, not as a private person for himself only, but as his people’s head; he is exalted in their name, and upon their account, as the first fruits, and as representing the whole harvest. He is not exalted that he may be at a greater distance from them, but that they may be exalted with him.”

172. “We are to consider, that though Christ is greatly exalted, yet he is exalted, not as a private person for himself only, but as his people’s head; he is exalted in their name, and upon their account, as the first fruits, and as representing the whole harvest. He is not exalted that he may be at a greater distance from them, but that they may be exalted with him.”

— Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Quote: “The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other, is by music. When I would form in my mind an idea of a society in the highest degree happy, I think of them as expressing their love, their joy, and the inward concord and harmony and spiritual beauty of their souls by sweetly singing to each other.”

173. “The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other, is by music. When I would form in my mind an idea of a society in the highest degree happy, I think of them as expressing their love, their joy, and the inward concord and harmony and spiritual beauty of their souls by sweetly singing to each other.”

— Jonathan Edwards

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