The works of President Edwards. Volume I, With a memoir of his life, in ten volumes / Jona Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Jona, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Congregational churches.

Theology--Early works to 1800.

Theology.

Brainerd, David, 1718-1747.

Brainerd, David.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (651 pages)

Other Title:

works of President Edwards

The works of President Edwards

Place of Publication:

New York : S. Converse, 1829.

Summary:

The number of those men, who have produced great and permanent changes in the character and condition of mankind, and stamped their own image on the minds of succeeding generations, is comparatively small; and, even of this small number, the great body have been indebted for their superior efficiency, at least in part, to extraneous circumstances, while very few can ascribe it to the simple strength of their own intellect. Yet here and there an individual can be found, who, by his mere mental energy, has changed the course of human thought and feeling, and led mankind onward in that new and better path which he had opened to their view. Such an individual was Jonathan Edwards. In preparing the Memoir, the Life by Dr. Hopkins, which is the testimony of an eye-witness, has been in corporated; and the quotations are marked in the usual way, except where the paragraphs are seriously altered by the insertion of new matter. In the last chapter, free use is made of a brief sketch of the Life and Character of Mr. Edwards, (also the testimony of an eye-witness,) by a gentleman connected with the college at Princeton, probably Dr. Finley, inserted in the first edition of the Treatise on Original Sin; as well as of a well written review of the Worcester Edition of his works, in the Christian Spectator. To a friend I am indebted, for the very brief account of the two Treatises on Original Sin, and the Freedom of the Will. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

I. Life of President Edwards. Farewell sermon. Appendix: A-G. Notes. H. "The mind." I. Notes on natural science. K. Family and descendants of President Edwards. L. Catalogue of President Edwards' works, heretofore published.

II. Inquiry into the freedom of the will. The great Christian doctrine of original sin defended.

III. Dissertation on the end for which God created the world. Dissertation on the nature of true virtue. History of the work of redemption. An attempt to promote explicit agreement and visible union of God's people in extraordinary prayer. Distinguishing marks of a work of the Spirit of God.

IV. Narrative of surprising conversions. Thoughts on the revival in 1740. Qualifications for communion. Reply to Williams.

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