Series I: Writings of Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards collection
GEN MSS 151
Container Description Date
b. 10, f. 771 EPH. 2:5-7: "When a sinner is converted tis so glorious and blessed a work
that it is worthy never to be forgotten but to be celebrated forevermore" (p.
4)
1734 Dec
b. 10, f. 772 EPH. 2:12: "When men are in a natural condition they are without Christ,
and are alien from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the
covenant of promise, having [no] good ground of hope, and without God in
the world" (p. 2)
1733 Apr
b. 10, f. 773 EPH. 3:10: "The wisdom appearing in the way of salvation by Jesus Christ is
far above the wisdom of the angels," six sermons (p. 4)
1733 Mar
b. 10, f. 774 EPH. 4:15-16: "In a company of Christians among whom Christianity has its
genuine eect, love is the beginning and love is the middle and love is the
end of all their aairs," two sermons (p. 2)
1743 May
b. 10, f. 775 EPH. 4:19: "Some men's consciences are in a great measure past feeling" (p. 2) 1733 Aug
b. 10, f. 776 EPH. 4:22: "The lusts of men are a blinding and deceitful nature" (p. 2) 1734 Jul
EPH. 4:22-24: "I. Men naturally are corrupt and live according to their wicked
inclinations... II. The lusts of men's hearts are deceitful... III. They that are
converted and made good men put o the old man and are made new
men" (p. 1)
Preached to Stockbridge Indians and Mohawks
See: Box 14, folder 1112
1752 Jun
b. 10, f. 777 EPH. 4:29: "Professing Christians when they meet together should avoid all
corrupt discourse one with another and should practise that whereby they
may promote the good of each others' souls" (p. 3)
"For a meeting of young people"
1740 Jul
b. 10, f. 778 EPH. 5:1: "Two docs. I. That it is very becoming of and essential to a child of
God that he should be conformed to his heavenly Father. II. That childlike
respect to God should be the main principle of the Christian's obedience" (p.
3)
n.d.
b. 10, f. 779 EPH. 5:5-7: "Lasciviousness is a kind of wickedness that has a special
tendency to eternal damnation" (p. 2)
1746 Aug
b. 10, f. 780 EPH. 5:16: "Time is a thing that is exceeding precious" (p. 3)
"At Windsor," "Pautoosuck," preached to Stockbridge Indians
1734-53
b. 10, f. 781 EPH. 5:25-27: "Christ loved the church and gave himself for it that he might
present it to himself in perfect purity, beauty, and glory" (p. 2)
1735, 1752
b. 10, f. 782 EPH. 5:30-32: "There is a mutual love between Christ and his church and a
mutual joining themselves to each other, and there shall be a mutual meeting
together to dwell with and enjoy each other forever" (p. 2)
1742 Apr
b. 10, f. 783 EPH. 6:4: "1. That parents should bring up their children in Christianity..." (p. 1)
"Quarterly lecture"
1747/8 Feb
b. 10, f. 784 EPH. 6:11-13: "In order to our being preserved from destruction by our
spiritual enemies we have[?] need to behave ourselves in the business of
religion as those that are engaged in the most dangerous war" (p. 4)
1744, 1755
SERMONS (continued)
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