So that it must be only by the imagination that Satan has access to the soul, to tempt and delude it, or suggest anything to it. And this seems to be the reason why persons that are under the disease of melancholy are commonly so visibly and remarkably subject to the suggestions and temptations of Satan... Innumerable are the ways by which the mind may be led on to all kind of evil thoughts, by the exciting of external ideas in the imagination.
Jonathan EdwardsOne requirement to be used as a leader in a movement of revival: They must have the Spirit of God upon them.
Jonathan EdwardsConsider that as a principle of love is the main principle in the heart of a real Christian, so the labor of love, is the main business of the Christian life.
Jonathan EdwardsIntend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.
Jonathan Edwards