Series I: Writings of Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards collection
GEN MSS 151
Container Description Date
b. 2, f. 157 PS. 72:6: "That Christ in communicating himself and dispensing his benefits
does as it were come down as the rain on the mown grass" (p. 4)
"Prepared for a sacrament"
1740/1 Jan
b. 2, f. 158 PS. 73:18-19: "That those that are in a natural condition have reason to be
always in fear of being destroyed" (p. 4)
n.d.
b. 2, f. 159 PS. 73:25: "Tis the spirit of a truly godly man to prefer God before all other
things either in heaven or earth" (p. 3)
1736 Apr
b. 2, f. 160 PS. 78:5-7: "The religious education of children is one of the principle means
of grace that God has appointed in his church" (p. 3)
"Quarterly lecture Feb 1744/5"
1744/5, 1755
b. 2, f. 161 PS. 78:25: "Those that spiritually partake of Christ, they eat angels' food" (p.
3)
1754, n.d.
b. 2, f. 162 PS. 78:36-37: "Tis heinous wickedness to make false profession of religion
when the heart is not right, and so not to be steadfast in God's covenant" (p.
1)
Preached to Stockbridge Indians and Mohawks
1751 Dec
b. 2, f. 163 PS. 78:57: "Subject: The backsliding of such as are the visible people of
God" (p. 2)
1743 Jun
b. 2, f. 164 PS. 82:6-7: "That great men are as liable to death as others" (p. 2) n.d.
b. 2, f. 165 PS. 84:3: "Christ is the believer's home" 1747 Apr
PS. 84:10: "A day spent in the house of God in a right manner is better than a
thousand spent in sin and in the enjoyment of the things of this world" (p. 1)
Preached to Stockbridge Indians before Sacrament
See: Box 13, folder 963
1752 May
PS. 89:6: "God is infinitely exalted in gloriousness and excellency above all
created beings" (p. 3)
See: Box 13, folders 964-965
n.d.
b. 2, f. 166 PS. 89:15: Text: "Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound" 1742 Jul
b. 3, f. 167 PS. 89:15: "The Gospel of Jesus Christ is a joyful sound. It is so both on
account as it contains tidings of deliverance from evil and as it exhibits and
declares good things to the children of men"
"At Hadley"
1756
b. 3, f. 168 PS. 90:5-6: "Man is fitly compared to grass that so often in the morning is
green and flourishing but in the evening cut down and withereth" (p. 4)
Preached to Stockbridge Indians in June 1753
1734-57
b. 3, f. 169 PS. 90:12: "That our time here is so short and uncertain that we had great
need wisely to improve it" (p. 5)
n.d.
b. 3, f. 170 PS. 94:8-11: "There is an extreme and brutish blindness in things of religion
that naturally possesses the hearts of mankind" (p. 3), three sermons
1739/40 Feb
SERMONS (continued)
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