262 Quotes by Jonathan Edwards

A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.

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 tlak much of free grace, but at the same time make a righteousness of their discoveries and of their humiliation, and exalt themselves to heaven with them.

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.

Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs.

Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.

There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness

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

Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.

Family education and order are some of the chief means of grace; if these are duly maintained, all the means of grace are likely to prosper and become effectual.