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Jonathan Edwards Quotes about Soul

The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.

The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.

Jonathan Edwards (1785). “The life and character of ... J. E. ... Together with a number of his sermons, etc”, p.381

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, Henry Rogers, Sereno Edwards Dwight, Edward Hickman (1840). “The Works of Jonathan Edwards, A.M.”, p.162

Love is no ingredient in a merely speculative faith, but it is the life and soul of a practical faith.

Jonathan Edwards (2000). “Christian Love and It's Fruit”, p.7, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness and ravishment to the soul.

Jonathan Edwards (1843). “The Works of President Edwards in Four Volumes: A Reprint of the Worcester Edition, with Valuable Additions and a Copious General Index”, p.21

The ingenerating of a principle of grace in the soul seems in Scripture to be compared to the conceiving of Christ in the womb... And the conception of Christ in the womb of the blessed virgin by the power of the Holy Ghost, seems to be a designed resemblance of the conception of Christ in the soul of a believer by the power of the same Holy Ghost.

Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1808). “The Works of President Edwards;: A treatise conserning religious affections. Christian cautions. A warning to professors. The final judgment. Sinners in Zion tenderly warned. The end of the wicked contemplated by the righteous”, p.69

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, Sereno Edwards Dwight, David Brainerd (1830). “The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life ...”, p.68