QUOTE: The devil never would attempt to
beget in persons a regard to that divine word which God has given to be the
great and standing rule. . . . Would the spirit of error, in order to deceive
men, beget in them a high opinion of the infallible rule, and incline them to
think much of it, and be very conversant with it? . . . The devil has ever
shown a mortal spite and hatred towards that holy book the Bible: he has done
all in his power to extinguish that light. . . . He is engaged against the
Bible, and hates every word in it.
AUTHOR: Jonathan
Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758) was a Christian preacher,
philosopher, and theologian. Edwards "is widely acknowledged to be
America's most important and original philosophical theologian," and one
of America's greatest intellectuals. Edwards's theological work is broad in
scope, but he was rooted in Reformed theology, the metaphysics of theological
determinism, and the Puritan heritage. Recent studies have emphasized how
thoroughly Edwards grounded his life's work on conceptions of beauty, harmony,
and ethical fittingness, and how central The Enlightenment was to his mindset.
Edwards played a critical role in shaping the First Great Awakening, and
oversaw some of the first revivals in 1733–35 at his church in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Edwards
delivered the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", a
classic of early American literature, during another revival in 1741, following
George Whitefield's tour of the Thirteen Colonies. Edwards is well known for
his many books, The End For Which God Created the World, The Life of
David Brainerd, which served to inspire thousands of missionaries
throughout the 19th century, and Religious Affections, which many Reformed
Evangelicals still read today. Edwards died from a smallpox inoculation shortly
after beginning the presidency at the College of New Jersey (Princeton). He was
the grandfather of Aaron Burr, third Vice President of the United States.
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