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You probably know him for preaching the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”—but Jonathan Edwards had much more to say about the Christian life. The central figure in New England’s first Great Awakening, Edwards offers a detailed description of the signs—true and false—of conversion, while highlighting the role truly balanced emotions play within the Christian life. He takes a long, hard look at the evidence of true saving faith—the fruit that comes from living like Christ. This newly-typeset edition of Religious Affections is updated and abridged for ease of reading.
“Christian practice and holy life is a sign of sincerity to others” (source)
“VIII. True grace-filled feeling is different from false, delusional emotions, in that spiritual feeling is accompanied by the lamblike, dovelike spirit and temperament of Jesus Christ; it makes us more like Christ.” (source)
“V. True grace-filled emotions are accompanied by reasonable evidence and a spiritual conviction that is based on divine reality.” (source)
“In every act of the will, the soul either likes or dislikes what is in view; it is either inclined or disinclined to it.” (source)
“IV. The grace-filled feeling of the heart springs from a spiritually enlightened mind” (source)