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JONATHAN EDWARDS

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AMERICAN PURITAN CLERGYMAN & EDUCATOR

JONATHAN EDWARDS October 5, 1703 - March 22, 1758 He entered Yale (Collegiate School of Connecticut) at the age of 12. He was fluent in Latin, Greek and Hebrew prior to entering the university. Four years later, in 1720, he graduated with honors and was valedictorian, then receiving his Master of Divinity from Yale in 1722. Pastor of the First Christian Church, Northampton, Massachusetts, he preached until his foolish congregation voted 200 to 20 to dismiss him, thus confirming the grave questions about their true spiritual nature that he expressed to them in his sermon, Sinners In The Hand Of An Angry God. He then took a position at a mission where there were 12 Caucasian families and 250 Indians. One of the architects of the "Great Awakening" he is considered to have been the greatest theologian ever produced in the United States. He accepted the presidency of Princeton University, but died one month after assuming the position, the result of years of ill- health as a result of a smallpox vaccination.

CLICK ON THE CITATION TO VIEW THE ARTICLE "Christ Exalted" "Our Lord Jesus Christ in the work of redemption gloriously appears above all evil." "Christian Knowledge" "Every Christian should make a business of endeavoring to grow in knowledge in divinity.-This is indeed esteemed the business of divines and ministers: it is commonly thought to be their work, by the study of the Scriptures, and other instructive books, to gain knowledge; and most seem to think that it may be left to them, as what belongeth not to others. But if the apostle had entertained this notion, he would never have blamed the Christian Hebrews for not having acquired knowledge enough to be teachers. Or if he had thought, that this concerned Christians in general only as a thing by the by, and that their time should not in a considerable measure be taken up with this business; he never would have so much blamed them, that their proficiency in knowledge had not been answerable to the time which they had had to learn." "Christians A Chosen Generation. A Royal Priesthood, A Holy Nation, A Peculiar People" "As God distinguished the people of Israel of old from all other nations, so he distinguishes true Christians." "Christ's Agony" "Our Lord Jesus Christ, in his original nature, was infinitely above all suffering, for he was 'God over all, blessed for evermore;' but, when he became man, he was not only capable of suffering, but partook of that nature that is remarkably feeble and exposed to suffering." "A Divine And Supernatural Light, Immediately Imparted To The Soul By The Spirit Of God, Shown To Be Both Scriptural And Rational Doctrine" That there is such a thing as a spiritual and divine light immediately imparted to the soul by God, of a different nature from any that is obtained by natural means.--And on this subject I would, I. Show what this divine light is. II. How it is given immediately by God, and not obtained by natural means. III. Show the truth of the doctrine. And then conclude with a brief improvement. "The End Of The Wicked Contemplated By The Righteous" "When they shall come to bear the wrath of the Almighty poured out upon them without mixture, and executed upon them without pity or restraint, or any mitigation; it will doubtless cause anguish, and horror, and amazement vastly beyond all the sufferings and torments that ever any man endured in this world; yea, beyond all extent of our words or thoughts." "The Eternity Of Hell's Torments" "The misery of the wicked in hell will be absolutely eternal." "The Excellency Of Christ" "There is an admirable conjunction of diverse excellencies in Jesus Christ." "A Faithful Narrative Of The Surprising Work Of God" An account of the "Great Awakening" of 1734 in Northampton, Massachusetts. "The Final Judgment Or The World Righteously Judged By Jesus Christ"" "God hath appointed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness by Jesus Christ." "The Future Punishment Of The Wicked Unavoidable And Intolerable"" "Since God hath undertaken to deal with impenitent sinners, they shall neither shun the threatened misery, nor deliver themselves out of it, nor can they bear it." "God Glorified In Man's Dependence" "'God is glorified in the work of redemption in this, that there appears in it so absolute and universal a dependence of the redeemed on him.' -- Here I propose to show, 1st, That there is an absolute and universal dependence of the redeemed on God for all their good. And, 2dly, That God hereby is exalted and glorified in the work of redemption." "God Makes Man Sensible Of Their Misery Before He Reveals His Mercy And Love" "That 'tis God's manner to make men sensible of their misery and unworthiness, before he appears in his mercy and love to them." "God's Sovereignty In The Salvation Of Men" "The sovereignty of God is his absolute, independent right of disposing of all creatures according to his own pleasure." "Hypocrites Deficient In The Duty Of Prayer" "However hypocrites may continue for a season in the duty of prayer, yet it is their manner, after a while, in a great measure, to leave it off." "The Importance And Advantage Of A Thorough Knowledge Of Divine Truth" "What the defect complained of is, viz., a want of such a proficiency in the knowledge of the doctrines and mysteries of religion, as might have been expected of them. The apostle complains of them, that they had not made that progress in their acquaintance with the things of divinity or things taught in the oracles of God, which they ought to have made." "Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever" "When it is said that Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever, by yesterday is meant all time past; by today, the time present; and by forever, all that is future, from the present time to eternity." "The Justice Of God In The Damnation Of Sinners" "'It is just with God eternally to cast off and destroy sinners.' - For this is the punishment which the law condemns to- The truth of this doctrine may appear by the joint consideration of two things, viz. Man's sinfulness, and God's sovereignty." "Justification By Faith Alone" "We are justified only by faith in Christ, and not by any manner of goodness of our own." "The Manner In Which The Salvation Of The Soul Is To Be Sought" "I. There is a work or business which must be undertaken and accomplished by men, if they would be saved. II. This business is a great undertaking. III. Men should be willing to enter upon and go through this undertaking though it be great, seeing it is for their own salvation. Proposition. There is a work or business which men must enter upon and accomplish, in order to [result in] their salvation.-Men have no reason to expect to be saved in idleness, or to go to heaven in a way of doing nothing. No; in order to [result in] it, there is a great work, which must be not only begun, but finished-I shall speak upon this proposition, in answer to two inquiries." "Man's Natural Blindness In The Things Of Religion" "There is an extreme and brutish blindness in things of religion that naturally possesses the hearts of mankind." "Many Mansions" "The text is a plain sentence; 'tis therefore needless to press any doctrine in other words from it: so that I shall build my discourse on the words of the text. There are two propositions contained in the words, viz., I. that heaven is God's house, and II. that in this house of God there are many mansions." "Men Naturally Are God's Enemies" "Natural men are God s enemies." "Natural Man In A Dreadful Condition" Part 1 "Natural Man In A Dreadful Condition" Part 2 "They who are in a natural condition, are in a dreadful condition. This I shall endeavor to make appear by a particular consideration of the state and condition of unregenerate persons." "On the Trinity" "Christ is called the face of God (Exod. 33:14): the word [A.V. presence] in the original signifies face, looks, form or appearance. Now what can be so properly and fitly called so with respect to God as God's own perfect idea of Himself whereby He has every moment a view of His own essence: this idea is that "face of God" which God sees as a man sees his own face in a looking glass. 'Tis of such form or appearance whereby God eternally appears to Himself. The root that the original word comes from signifies to look upon or behold: now what is that which God looks upon or beholds in so eminent a manner as He doth on His own idea or that perfect image of Himself which He has in view. This is what is eminently in God's presence and is therefore called he angel of God's presence or face (Isa. 63:9). But that the Son of God is God's own eternal and perfect idea is a thing we have yet much more expressly revealed in God's Word. First, in that Christ is called "the wisdom of God." If we are taught in the Scripture that Christ is the same with God's wisdom or knowledge, then it teaches us that He is the same with God's perfect and eternal idea. They are the same as we have already observed and I suppose none will deny. "Pardon For The Greatest Of Sinners" "If we truly come to God for mercy, the greatness of our sin will be no impediment to pardon." "Perpetuity And Change Of The Sabbath" Part 1 "Perpetuity And Change Of The Sabbath" Part 2 "Perpetuity And Change Of The Sabbath" Part 3 "Perpetuity And Change Of The Sabbath" Part 4 "Perpetuity And Change Of The Sabbath" Part 5 "It is the mind and will of God, that the first day of the week should be especially set apart among Christians, for religious exercises and duties." "The Portion Of The Wicked" "Indignation, wrath, and misery and anguish of soul is the portion that God has allotted to wicked men." "Pressing Into The Kingdom Of God", "Men in general who live under the light of the gospel, and are not atheists, desire the kingdom of God; that is, they desire to go to heaven rather than to hell." "The Qualifications Requisite To A Complete Standing And Full Communion", "The main question I would consider, and for the negative of which I would offer some arguments in the following discourse, is this: Whether, according to the rules of Christ, any ought to be admitted to the communion and privileges of members of the visible church of Christ in complete standing, but such as are in profession, and in the eye of the church's Christian judgment, godly or gracious persons?" PREFACE PART 1 - "The Question Stated And Explained" PART 2 - "Reasons For The Negative Of The Foregoing Question" PART 3 - "Objections Answered" "Safety, Fulness, And Sweet Refreshment In Christ "We are by our own sin against God plunged into all sort of evil, and God has provided a remedy for us against every sort of evil, he has left us helpless in no calamity." "Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God", A call to sinners to repentance: to those who were members of his own congregation by virtue of descent, rather than by regeneration. "Sinners In Zion Tenderly Warned" "When the wicked shall have filled up the measure of their sin, wrath will come upon them to the uttermost." "The Sole Consideration That God Is God, Sufficient To Still All Objections To His Sovereignty" "In objecting and quarreling about the righteousness of God's laws and threatenings, and his sovereign dispensations towards you and others, you oppose his divinity, you show your ignorance of his divine greatness and excellency, and that you cannot bear that he should have divine honor." "Treatise On Grace" "That Common And Saving Grace Differ, Not Only In Degree, But In Nature And Kind." "True Saints, When Absent From The Body, Are Present With The Lord" "Among the many useful observations there might be raised from the text, I shall at this time only insist on that which lies most plainly before us in the words, viz., this: The souls of true saints, when they leave their bodies at death, go to be with Christ." "Unbelievers Contemn The Glory And Excellency Of Christ" "Unbelievers set nothing by all the glory and excellency that is in Christ." "The Vain Self-flatteries Of The Sinner" "Wicked men generally flatter themselves with hopes of escaping punishment, till it actually comes upon them." "The Warnings Of Scripture Are In The Best Manner Adapted To The Awakening And Conversion Of Sinners" "The warnings of God's Word are more fitted to obtain the ends of awakening sinners, and bringing them to repentance, than the rising of one from the dead to warn them." "When The Wicked Shall Have Filled Up The Measure Of Their Sin, Wrath Will Come Upon Them To The Uttermost" "When those that continue in sin have filled up the measure of their sins, then wrath will come upon them to the uttermost." "Wicked Men Inconsistent With Themselves" "How should he have any peace, who is his own enemy, who chooses and practices these things which his own conscience condemns, and which his own reason tells him tend to his own ruin?" "Wicked Men Of The Past Are Still In Hell" "Those wicked men who lived before the flood, and went to Hell in Noah's time, are there still." "Wicked Men Useful In Their Destruction Only" "If men bring forth no fruit to God, they are wholly useless, unless in their destruction." "The Wisdom Of God, Displayed In The Way Of Salvation" "The wisdom appearing in the way of salvation by Jesus Christ is far above the wisdom of the angels."

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