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

- Jonathan Edwards

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Happiness God

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

- Jonathan Edwards

Cause Nothing

I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.

- Jonathan Edwards

Friendship Desire God Being

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.

- Jonathan Edwards

Men

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.

- Jonathan Edwards

God Will

Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.

- Jonathan Edwards

God

To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.

- Jonathan Edwards

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