Religious Affections

by Jonathan Edwards

What is true conversion, and how do you know? Edwards wrote the timeless answer in the fire of the Great Awakening.

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1I. It is no sign one way or the other, that religious affections are very great, or raised very high.
2II. It is no sign that affections have the nature of true religion, or that they have not, that they have great effects on the body.
3III. It is no sign that affections are truly gracious affections, or that they are not, that they cause those who have them to be fluent, fervent, and abundant, in talking of the things of religion.
4IV. It is no sign that affections are gracious, or that they are otherwise, that persons did not make them themselves, or excite them of their own contrivance and by their own strength.
5V. It is no sign that religious affections are truly holy and spiritual, or that they are not, that they come with texts of Scripture, remarkably brought to the mind.
6VI. It is no evidence that religious affections are saving, or that they are otherwise, that there is an appearance of love in them.
7VII. Persons having religious affections of many kinds, accompanying one another, is not sufficient to determine whether they have any gracious affections or no.
8VIII. Nothing can certainly be determined concerning the nature of the affections, by this, that comforts and joys seem to follow awakenings and convictions of conscience, in a certain order.

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Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was a pastor, philosopher and the central figure of the Great Awakening. Later president of Princeton, he is widely regarded as the greatest theologian America has ever produced.

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