Series I: Writings of Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards collection
GEN MSS 151
Container Description Date
MATT. 5:8: "1. What it is to be pure in heart. 2. How the pure in heart shall see
God. 3. That none but such shall see him. 4. That seeing God will make men
truly happy" (p. 1)
Preached to Stockbridge Indians
See: Box 13, folder 1021
1752 Aug
b. 6, f. 427 MATT. 5:13: "That the church of God in this depraved and corrupt world is as
the salt that preserves it from utter ruin" (p. 3)
n.d.
b. 6, f. 428 MATT. 5:14: "When any professing society is as a city set on a hill tis a very
great obligation upon them to honor religion in their practice" (p. 4)
1736 Jul
b. 6, f. 429 MATT. 5:15-16: "That holy thing that is in the saints is a shining light" (p. 2) 1746 Dec
b. 6, f. 430 MATT. 5:22: "That the punishment and misery of wicked men in another
world will be in proportion to the sin that they are guilty of" (p. 4)
n.d.
b. 6, f. 431 MATT. 5:27-28: "The law of God is exceedingly strict" (p. 3) 1733 Apr
b. 6, f. 432 MATT. 5:29: "All wicked men shall go to hell" n.d.
b. 6, f. 433 MATT. 5:44: "That men ought to love their enemies" (p. 2) n.d.
b. 6, f. 434 MATT. 6:2: "Hypocrites will never get anything by their religion but only
what they get in this world" (p. 2)
1733/4 Feb
b. 6, f. 435 MATT. 6:9-10: "One of the main subjects of Christian prayer ought to be the
advancement of the interest of religion in the world" (p. 1)
1748/9 Feb
MATT. 6:19-20: "1. We should not be much concerned to lay up treasure on
earth" (p. 1)
Preached to Stockbridge Indians and Mohawks
See: Box 13, folder 1022
1752 Apr
b. 6, f. 436 MATT. 6:21: "Tis a thing of great consequence to men that their hearts
should be in heaven" (p. 2)
1745 May
b. 6, f. 437 MATT. 6:33: "That religion should be the main business of our lives" (p. 7) n.d.
MATT. 6:33: "By the kingdom of God in Scripture is meant here the great
honor and happiness that is promised to the saints...This should be sought
first before other things..." (p. 1)
Preached to Stockbridge Indians and Mohawks
See: Box 13, folder 1023
1751 Jul
b. 6, f. 438 MATT. 7:13: "Text: '...broad is the way that leads to destruction.' I would show
what kind of destruction that is spoken of in the text..." (p. 2)
1744 Nov
b. 6, f. 439 MATT. 7:13-14: "I. [on the way to destruction] II. that the entrance into
eternal life is a strait and narrow passage." "I. I would speak to those things
that are here asserted of the way that leads to destruction..." (p. 3)
"Private meeting," "preached at Newtown"
1740/1 Jan
SERMONS (continued)
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