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Jonathan Edwards

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Edwards was born in East Windsor, Connecticut, to Timothy Edwards, pastor of East Windsor, and Esther Edwards. 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. He received his Masters three years later.

As a youth, Edwards was unable to accept the Calvinist sovereignty of God. He once wrote, "From my childhood up my mind had been full of objections against the doctrine of God's sovereignty… It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me." However, in 1721 he came to the conviction, one he called a "delightful conviction." He was meditating on 1 Timothy 1:17, and later remarked, "As I read the words, there came into my soul, and was as it were diffused through it, a sense of the glory of the Divine Being; a new sense, quite different from any thing I ever experienced before… I thought with myself, how excellent a Being that was, and how happy I should be, if I might enjoy that God, and be rapt up to him in heaven; and

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Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)

Bibliography

Digital Texts

Allen, Alexander V. G. Jonathan Edwards. Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1889.

Hopkins, Samuel (ed.).Memoirs of the Rev. Jonathan Edwards, President of the College of New Jersey. London: J. Black, 1815.

Visit the Works of Jonathan Edwards Online, a complete online critical edition of Edwards. Search any or all of the seventy-three volumes by word or phrase, or browse the table of contents of each volume.

Edwards, Jonathan. A History of the Work of Redemption [Unpublished sermons, 1739]. New York: The American Tract Society, 1774 [edited by John Erskine].

__________. “Christian Charity, or The Duty of Charity to the Poor, Explained and Enforced.” 1732. No pages. Online at the Bible Bulletin Board.

__________. “Speech to the Mohawks.” Transcription of manuscript (notes) that retains abbreviations and phrases struck by author. Sermons, Series II, 1751 (WJE Online Vol. 69).

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Edwards, Jonathan. The Works of Jonathan Edwards. 26 vols. New Haven; London: Yale U

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Jonathan Edwards was a pastor in New England about 300 years ago. He played a pivotal role in the revival that is known as the First Great Awakening. He was recognised for his towering intellect and many people still consider him to be the greatest mind America has ever produced, though technically he lived before America was a country.

I recently finished reading George Marsden’s captivating biography of Edwards. Actually, I have been reading quite a bit about Edwards lately, including Marriage to a Difficult Man: The Uncommon Union of Jonathan and Sarah Edwards, Formed for the Glory of God: Learning from the Spiritual Practices of Jonathan Edwards, and Edwards on the Christian Life: Alive to the Beauty of God.

His life and ministry have deeply impacted mine and I want to offer some reflections.

A Very Serious Person

Jonathan Edwards was socially awkward and extremely intense. He was much happier in his study than he was interacting with people. Reflecting on this fact has been encouraging for me. There is always some pressure on pastors to be extroverted, socially cool