He received his Masters three years later.Īs a youth, Edwards was unable to accept the Calvinist sovereignty of God.
The only son in a family of eleven children, he entered Yale in September, 1716 when he was not yet thirteen and graduated four years later (1720) as valedictorian. Jonathan Edwards - (1703-1758), American puritan theologian and philosopherĮdwards was born in East Windsor, Connecticut, to Timothy Edwards, pastor of East Windsor, and Esther Edwards. Indulge yourselves in your ease follow your pleasures eat, drink, and be merry even conclude to go to hell in that way, and never make any more pretenses of seeking your salvation." I would have you sit down and count the cost and if you cannot find it in your hearts to engage in a great, hard, laborious, and expensive undertaking, and to persevere in it to the end of life, pretend not to be religious. "I would by no means flatter you concerning this work, or go about to make you believe, that you shall find an easy light business of it: no, I would not have you expect any such thing. My "Christian Devotional Readings" facebook page: "Thus did Noah according to all that God commanded him, so did he." Genesis 6:22 22 Thus did Noah according to all that God commanded him, so did he. The Manner in Which the Salvation of the Soul is to be Sought - Jonathan Edwards Sermon
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