A Treatise Concerning Religious AffectionsHow do we discern between true religion, and false? In this classic treatise on the nature of authentic faith, enormously influential American preacher and theologian JONATHAN EDWARDS (1703-1758) explores the difference between true and counterfeit religious experiences, and how deep and sincere emotion can accentuate a real connection to God. This profound 1746 text examines both the genuine signs of an instance of God's interaction with the faithful-such as the potential "beautiful symmetry and proportion" of a revelation-as well as "signs" that offer no evidence: the "appearance of love" in a possible communication with God, for instance, is not enough to cement its divinity. Passionate and contentious, this exploration of the place of emotion in religious experience continues to confound and enlighten seekers of spiritual succor centuries after it was written. |
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... heart and vitals , that are the fountain of the fluids of the body : from whence it comes to pass that the mind , with regard to the exercises of this faculty , perhaps in all nations and ages , is called the heart . And , it is to be ...
... heart and vitals , that are the fountain of the fluids of the body : from whence it comes to pass that the mind , with regard to the exercises of this faculty , perhaps in all nations and ages , is called the heart . And , it is to be ...
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... heart ? That religion which God requires , and will accept , does not consist in weak , dull , and lifeless wishes , raising us but a little above a state of indifference : God , in His word , greatly insists upon it , that we be in ...
... heart ? That religion which God requires , and will accept , does not consist in weak , dull , and lifeless wishes , raising us but a little above a state of indifference : God , in His word , greatly insists upon it , that we be in ...
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... heart , and with all thy might . " It is such a fervent vigorous engagedness of the heart in religion that is the fruit of a real circumcision of the heart , or true regeneration , and that has the promises of life ; Deut . xxx . 6 ...
... heart , and with all thy might . " It is such a fervent vigorous engagedness of the heart in religion that is the fruit of a real circumcision of the heart , or true regeneration , and that has the promises of life ; Deut . xxx . 6 ...
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Jonathan Edwards. in his heart has his inclinations and heart exercised towards God and divine things , with such strength and vigour that these holy exercises do prevail in him above all carnal or natural affections , and are effectual ...
Jonathan Edwards. in his heart has his inclinations and heart exercised towards God and divine things , with such strength and vigour that these holy exercises do prevail in him above all carnal or natural affections , and are effectual ...
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... heart affected . And in a word , there never was anything considerable brought to pass in the heart or life of any man living , by the things of religion , that had not his heart deeply affected by those things . 4. The holy Scriptures ...
... heart affected . And in a word , there never was anything considerable brought to pass in the heart or life of any man living , by the things of religion , that had not his heart deeply affected by those things . 4. The holy Scriptures ...
Contents
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They are founded on the moral Excel | 179 |
They arise from Divine Illumination | 192 |
They beget and promote the Temper | 272 |
Religious Affections have their fruit | 308 |
2 Christian Practice is the chief Sign | 347 |
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