Series I: Writings of Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards collection
GEN MSS 151
Container Description Date
b. 1, f. 42 DEUT. 4:19: "Those things which men choose and serve as their gods, God
gives em for their portion" (p. 2)
1746 Oct
b. 1, f. 43 DEUT. 4:32-33: "Tis a most unparallel'd wonder that God's Israel should hear
God speaking to them from Mt. Sinai out of the midst of the fire and yet
live" (p. 1)
1743 Dec
b. 1, f. 44 DEUT. 5:27-29: "Godliness consists not in an heart to purpose to do the will
of God, but in an heart to do it" (p. 4)
1743 Nov
b. 1, f. 45 DEUT. 7:10: "God will not be slack in punishing wicked men" (p. 3) n.d.
b. 1, f. 46 DEUT. 9:4-6: "Doc. 1. Those whom he accepts he does not accept for
their righteousness, but those whom he rejects are rejected for their
wickedness" (p. 2) "Doc. 2. Tis of vast consequence to men that they should
be sensible that God's favours are not bestowed for their righteousness" (p.
2)
1749 Sep
b. 1, f. 47 DEUT. 10:13: "There is much of the goodness and mercy of God appears in
the commands that he has given us" (p. 3)
1733 Dec
b. 1, f. 48 DEUT. 11:26: "Those that enjoy the light of the Word of God have these two
things set before them that they may make their choice viz. a being blessed
or cursed of God" (p. 2)
1742 Aug
b. 1, f. 49 DEUT. 15:7-11: "Tis the most absolute and indispensable duty of a people
of God to give bountifully and willingly for the supply of the wants of the
needy" (p. 6)
1732/3 Jan
b. 1, f. 50 DEUT. 15:16-17: "When persons love God they have a principle that will make
em willing to serve God forever" (p. 1)
1742 Apr
b. 1, f. 51 DEUT. 18:18: "Subject: the prophetical oce of Christ..." (p. 1) 1744, 1755
b. 1, f. 52 DEUT. 28:12: "The blessing of rain is a blessing that we are supplied with no
otherwise than as God brings it forth out of His good treasure" (p. 3)
"Private meeting to pray for rain"
1736 Jul
b. 1, f. 53 DEUT. 29:4: "Persons are not at all excused for any moral defect or
corruption that is in them, that God doesn't help em to be otherwise" (p. 1)
1745 Sep
b. 1, f. 54 DEUT. 29:18-21: "That those go on in the sin of drunkenness under the light of
God's word are in the way to bring God's fearful wrath and a most amazing
destruction upon themselves" (p. 4)
1738 Jul
DEUT. 30:19: "I. The benefit that is to be obtained by righteousness is life, but
that which wickedness brings men to is death" (p. 1)
Preached to Stockbridge Indians
See: Box 13, folder 938
1755 May
b. 1, f. 55 DEUT 32:4: "That God is a just and righteous God" (p. 2) n.d.
b. 1, f. 56 DEUT. 32:13: "Doc. 1. God causes good to arise to his elect people when they
are...most remote from it. Doc. 2. God is wont to bring good...out of those
things that seem most unlikely to yield it. Doc. 3. By causing his people to
receive such great blessings from Jesus Christ he does as it were cause them
to suck honey out of a rock" (p. 3)
n.d.
SERMONS (continued)
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