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Men will trust in God no further than they know Him; and they cannot be in the exercise of faith in Him one ace further than they have a sight of His fulness and faithfulness in exercise.

Men will trust in God no further than they know Him; and they cannot be in the exercise of faith in Him one ace further than they have a sight of His fulness and faithfulness in exercise.

Jonathan Edwards
Exercise, Men, Sight
Jonathan Edwards (1812). “A treatise concerning religious affections”, p.87

Who will deny that true religion consists, in a great measure, in vigorous and lively actings of the inclination and will of the soul, or the fervent exercises of the heart? That religion which God requires, and will accept, does not consist in weak, dull, and lifeless, wishes, raising us but a little above a state of indifference.

Jonathan Edwards
Heart, Exercise, Soul
Jonathan Edwards “The Blank Affections: The Religious Affections with Blank Pages Interleaved”, Lulu.com

All the fruits of the Spirit which we are to lay weight upon as evidential of grace, are summed up in charity, or Christian love; because this is the sum of all grace. And the only way, therefore, in which any can know their good estate, is by discerning the exercises of this divine charity in their hearts; for without charity, let men have what gifts you please, they are nothing.

Jonathan Edwards
Christian, Heart, Exercise
Jonathan Edwards (2000). “Christian Love and It's Fruit”, p.22, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

But yet it is evident that religion consists so much in affection, as that without holy affection there is no true religion; and no light in the understanding is good which does not produce holy affection in the heart: no habit or principle in the heart is good which has no such exercise; and no external fruit is good which does not proceed from such exercises.

Jonathan Edwards
Heart, Exercise, Light
Jonathan Edwards (1845). “A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections: A Reprint from the Worcester Edition, Without Alteration, Mutilation, Or Omission”, p.18

Religion consists much in holy affection; but those exercises of affection which are most distinguishing of true religion are these practical exercises. Friendship between earthly friends consists much in affection; but those strong exercises of affection that actually carry them through fire and water for each other are the highest evidences of true friendship.

Jonathan Edwards
Strong, True Friend, Exercise
Jonathan Edwards “The Works of Jonathan Edwards: Volume I - II”, Lulu.com

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