Quotes from Jonathan Edwards
We are dependent on God's power through every step of our redemption.
- Jonathan Edwards
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
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
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
The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
- Jonathan Edwards
The godly are designed for unknown and inconceivable happiness.
- Jonathan Edwards
Envy is a spirit of dissatisfaction or opposition to the prosperity or happiness of other people.
- Jonathan Edwards
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
To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.
- Jonathan Edwards
Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is to life.
- Jonathan Edwards
Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.
- Jonathan Edwards
Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important.
- Jonathan Edwards