The following sermon, dated December 1734, addresses a relevant fault found in today’s society, namely, the relentless pursuit of being entertained. To anaesthetize the conscience, we push thoughts of our mortality far into the future; some day we will die, but not today, not this hour. Few last suppers are eaten by death-row inmates prior to their execution, because the joy found in earthly things fades as one approaches the threshold of eternity. But here Edwards uncovers a startling paradox: that being mindful of the hour of our death makes us live life to the fullest in every way if one is living this life with eternal priorities in mind.
Edwards, Jonathan. The Digital Puritan - Vol.II, No.3 (Kindle Locations 85-91). Digital Puritan Press. Kindle Edition.
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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...