Selected Sermons of Jonathan EdwardsJonathan Edwards
Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
Essays
Book language: English
172 pages
A collection of sermons by Jonathan Edwards, the 18th-century American Puritan theologian and philosopher. They address God's sovereignty, human dependence, spiritual light, sin and salvation, and include the well-known sermon 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.' Listeners interested in religious thought and revival rhetoric will find these sermons serious and thought-provoking.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
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Jonathan Edwards SELECTED SERMONS OF JONATHAN EDWARDS EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY H. NORMAN GARDINER PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN SMITH COLLEGE New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1904 All rights reserved Copyright, 1904, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published June, 1904.
Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION vii SERMONS: I. God Glorified in Man’s Dependence (1731) 1 II. The Reality of Spiritual Light (1733) 21 III. Ruth’s Resolution (1735) 45 IV. The Many Mansions (1737) 64 V. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (1741) 78 VI. A Strong Rod Broken and Withered (1748) 98 VII. Farewell Sermon (1750) 118 NOTES 155 INTRODUCTION Jonathan Edwards was born October 5, 1703, in what is now South Windsor, Conn., a part of the parish then known as “Windsor Farmes.” His father, the Rev. Timothy Edwards, the minister of the parish, a Harvard graduate, was