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Resolved, never to count that a prayer, nor to let that pass as a prayer, nor that as a petition of a prayer, which is so made, that I cannot hope that God will answer it; nor that as a confession, which I cannot hope God will accept.

— Jonathan Edwards Seventy Resolutions (1722)

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The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being.

The Beauty of the World (1725)

Every Christian that goes before us from this world is a ransomed spirit waiting to welcome us in heaven.

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He who has a false hope, has not that sight of his own corruptions which the saint has.

A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections (1746)

Holy practice is the most decisive evidence of the reality of our repentance. "Bring forth fruits meet for repentance."

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Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

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