Quotes from Jonathan Edwards

Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.

Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.

The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.

A little, wretched, despicable creature; a worm, a mere nothing, and less than nothing; a vile insect that has risen up in contempt against the majesty of Heaven and earth.

The heart is like a viper, hissing and spitting poison at God.

The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, 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.

My wickedness, as I am in myself, has long appeared to me perfectly ineffable, and infinitely swallowing up all thought and imagination; like an infinite deluge or infinite mountains over my head.

Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.

The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.

There are two sorts of hypocrites: ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion and the others are those that are deceived with false discoveries and elevation which often cry down works, and men's own righteousness, and.

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.

This dictate of common sense.