Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New England, 1740. To which is prefixed a Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in Northampton, Mass., 1735. By Jonathan Edwards
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16. Part 3. Showing in many instances, wherein the subjects, or zealous promoters of the work, have been injuriously blamed the complaint that ministers address themselves too much to the affections, and with great earnestness of voice and manner
17. The complaint of speaking terror to those already alarmed, instead of comforting them
18. The complaint of having too frequent meetings, and spending too much time in religion
19. The complaint that too much is made of outcries and effects on the body,
20. The complaint of men’s earnestness in warning and entreating one another
21. The complaint of too much singing, and of religious meetings of children
22. Part 4. Showing what things are to be corrected or avoided in promoting this work, or in our avoided in promoting this work, or in our behavior under it
The duty to consider and guard against errors into which the promoters of religion may fall
23. Spiritual pride a prominent cause of error in a revival of religion
24. Spiritual pride – Some of its effects and traits
25. Influence of wrong principles – Claims to immediate revelation – Incorrect views of the prayer of faith
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JONATHAN EDWARDS was born on October 5, 1703, in East Windsor, Connecticut, into a Puritan evangelical household. His childhood education as well as his undergraduate years (1716-1720) and graduate studies (1721-1722) at Yale College immersed him not only in the most current...