THE WORKS OF JONATHAN EDWARDS AUDIO
VOLUME ONE
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The Memoirs Of Jonathan Edwards
- Chapter 1 Birth. Parentage. Early religious advantages. Serious impressions and account of his experience
- Chapter 2 Intellectual progress. Earliest productions. Entrance at college. Mental habits
- Chapter 3 Early religious productions. Miscellanies. Notes on the Scriptures. Commencement of his preaching. Resolutions.
- Chapter 4 His Diary
- Chapter 5 His tutorship. Sickness. Invitation to Northampton. Personal narrative continued. Diary concluded.
- Chapter 6 Settlement in the ministry at Northampton. Situation of things at the time of his settlement. Attention to religion in the parish. Course of study. Habits of life. Marriage. Death and Character of Mr. Stoddard. Sickness of Mr. Edwards. Death and character of his sister Jerusha. His first publication
- Chapter 7 Remarkable revival of religion, in 1734, and 1735. Its extent and power. Manner of treating awakened sinners. Causes of its decline. Religious controversy in Hampshire. Death of his sister Lucy. Characteristics of Mrs. Edwards. Remainder of personal narrative
- Chapter 8 Narrative of Surprising Conversions. His views of revivals. Five Discourses. Mr. Bellamy, a resident in his family. Extra-parochial labours of Mr. Edwards. Sermon at Enfield. Funeral Sermon onthe Reverend W. Williams
- Chapter 9 Commencement of a second great revival of religion, in the spring and summer of 1740. Visit of Mr. Whitefield at Northampton. Impulses. Judging of the religious character of others. Letter to Mr. Wheelock. Great effects of a private lecture of Mr. E. Letter to his daughter. Letter to a young lady in Connecticut. Lay preaching. Letter of Rev. G. Tennent. Sermon at New-Haven. 'Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God.' Prefaces by Mr. Cooper and Mr. Willison. Mr. Samuel Hopkins
- Chapter 10 Temporary abatement of religious attention. Letter to Mr. Bellamy. Missionary tour. Success at Leicester. Mr. Hopkins becomes a member of his family. Mr. Buell's successful labours at Northampton. Mr. Edwards's narrative of the revival at Northampton, in 1740-1742. Covenant entered into by the church
- Chapter 11 Mrs. Edwards. Her solemn self-dedications. Her uncommon discoveries of the Divine perfections and glory; and of the excellency of Christ. Remarks concerning them
- Chapter 12 Extent of the revival of 1740-1742. Auspicious opening. Opposed by its enemies, and injured by its friends. "Thoughts on the Revival in New England. " Attestations of numerous ministers. Causes of its decline. Influence of Mr. Whitefield, Mr. Tennent, and others. Influence of Mr. Edwards's publications in Scotland. Great revival of religion there. His correspondents in that country. Letter to Mr. M'Cullock. Answer to do. Letter from Mr. Robe
- Chapter 13 First Interview with David Brainerd--Separations From Churches--Letter to Rev. Mr. Whiman
- Chapter 14 Mistakes extensively prevalent at this time, as to the nature and evidences of true godliness. "Treatise on Religious Affections." Design and character of the work. Republished abroad. Letter from Mr. Gillespie concerning it. Letter from Mr. Edwards to Mr. M'Cullock. Reply to Mr. Gillespie. Proposal made in Scotland, for united extraordinary prayer. Efforts of Mr. Edwards to promote it. Letter to Mr. M'Cullock. "Humble Attempt to promote Extraordinary Prayer"
- Chapter 15 Arrival of David Brainerd at Northampton. His sickness and death at the house of Mr. Edwards. His papers. Death of Jerusha, the second daughter of Mr. E. Her character. Correspondence of Mr. E. with Rev. John Erskine. Abstract of Mr. E.'s first letter to Mr. Erskine. Plan conceived of the Freedom of the Will. Death of Colossians Stoddard. Kindness of Mr. Erskine. Letter of Mr. E. to him. Second Letter from Mr. Gillespie. Letter to Mr. M'Cullock. Letter to Mr. Erskine. Letter from Mr. Willison. Life and diary of Brainerd. Letters to Messrs. Erskine, M'Cullock, and Robe. Ordination of Rev. Job Strong. Anecdote of Rev. Mr. Moody. Letter of Mr. E. to his daughter Mary. Second Letter to Mr. Gillespie
- Chapter 16 Commencement of difficulties at Northampton
- Chapter 17 Account of difficulties at Northampton continued
- Chapter 18 Letter to Mr. M'Cullock- to Mr. Erskine. Account of the troubles at Northampton concluded
- Chapter 19 proposals from stockbridge, and from the commissioners visit to stockbridge - indian mission housatonnucks mohawks- dissensions of english inhabitants- mr. hollis's munificence.
- Chapter 20 Letter to Sir W. Pepperell. Letter to Lady Pepperell. Letter to his father. Arrival of Mr. Hawley. Increasing importance of Indian establishments. Schemes of its enemies. Firm stand taken by Mr. Edwards. Letter to Mr. Oliver. Letter to commissioners. Difficulties of the mission. Answer to Mr. Williams. Letter to the people of Northampton. Marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Burr. Letter To Mr. Erskine. Letter to Mr. Hollis. Letter to Mr. Hubbard
- Chapter 21 Vote of thanks of commissioners. Sermon at Newark. Measures of the enemies of the mission defeated. Letter to Mr. Oliver. "Freedom of the Will." Letter to Mr. Erskine. Deposition of Mr. Gillespie. Letter to do. Letter to Mr. M'Cuulloch. Report of Indian agent. Reply of Mr. Edwards. Further defeat of the enemies of the mission
- Chapter 22 Letter to his eldest son. Return of greater Part of the Mohawks. Letter to commissioners. Mission of Mr.Hawley to Onohquauga. Remainder of Mohawks directed to return. 'Freedom of the Will.' Letter to Mr. Erskine. Proposals of society in London. Letter to Mr. Gillespie. Design and character of the 'Freedom of the Will.' Letters from Mr. Hollis. Surrender of Mohawk school to Mr. Edwards. Entire defeat of enemies of mission. Return of remaining Mohawks
- Chapter 23 Sickness of Mr. Edwards. "God's Last End in Creation." "Nature of Virtue." Mr. Edwards's second son resides at Onohquauga. Dangers of the war. Letter to Mr. Erskine. Letter to Colossians Williams. Lord Kaimes. Letter to Mr. Erskine. Letter to Mr. M'Cullock. Letter of Doctor Bellamy. "Treatise on Original Sin." Letter to his father. Letter to Mr. Erskine.
- Chapter 24 Death of President Burr. His character. Mr. Edwards chosen his successor. Letters of Mrs. Burr- To a gentleman in Scotland- To a gentleman in Boston- To her mother. Letter of Mr. Edwards, to the trustees of the college. Letter of Mrs. Burr, to her father. Letter to Doctor Rellamy. Council dismiss Mr. Edwards. Inauguration as president. First Sermon at Princeton. Sickness, Death. Letter of Doctor Shippen. Letters of Mrs. Edwards and of her daughter, to Mrs. Burr. Death of Mrs. Burr. Death of Mrs. Edwards.
- Chapter 25 Concluding remarks
- A Farewell Sermon
Appendix To Memoirs
- NO.1. Interesting particulars of the ancestors of Jonathan Edwards
- NO.2. Particulars as to the Life and Death of Mr. Richard Edwards, the grandfather of Jonathan Edwards
- NO.3. Account of the Children of Timothy and Esther Edwards.
- NO.4. Remarks in Mental Philosophy. The Mind.
- NO.5. Family and Descendants of President Edwards
- NO.6. Catalogue of president edwards's works, heretofore published.
A Careful And Strict Inquiry Into The Prevailing Notions Of The Freedom Of Will.
- Preface.
- Part 1 Wherein are explained and stated various Terms and things belonging to the subject of the ensuing Discourse.
- Section 1 Concerning the Nature of the Will
- Section 2 Concerning the Determination of the Will.
- Section 3 Concerning the meaning of the terms, Necessity, Impossibility, Inability, &c. and of Contingence.
- Section 4 Of the distinction of natural and moral Necessity, and Inability.
- Section 5 Concerning the notion of Liberty, and of moral Agency.
- Part 2 Wherein it is considered, whether there is or can be any such sort of Freedom of Will, as that wherein Arminians place the essence of the Liberty of all Moral Agents; and whether any such thing ever was or can be conceived of.
- Section 1 Showing the manifest inconsistence of the Arminian notion of Liberty of Will, consisting in the Will's self-determining Power.
- Section 2 Several supposed ways of evading the foregoing reasoning, considered.
- Section 3 Whether any Event whatsoever, and Volition in particular, can come to pass without a Cause of its existence.
- Section 4 Whether Volition can arise without a Cause, through the activity of the nature of the soul.
- Section 5 Showing, that if the things asserted in these Evasions should be supposed to be true, they are altogether impertinent, and cannot help the cause of Arminian Liberty; and how, this being the state of the case, Arminian writers are obliged to talk inconsistently.
- Section 6 Concerning the Will determining in things which are perfectly indifferent in the view of the mind.
- Section 7 Concerning the notion of Liberty of Will, consisting in Indifference.
- Section 8 Concerning the supposed Liberty of the Will, as opposite to all Necessity.
- Section 9 Of the Connexion of the Acts of the Will with the Dictates of the Understanding.
- Section 10 Volition necessarily connected with the influence of Motives; with particular observations of the great inconsistence of Mr. Chubb's assertions and reasonings about the Freedom of the Will.
- Section 11 The evidence of God's certain Foreknowledge of the Volitions of moral Agents.
- Section 12 God's certain Foreknowledge of the future volitions of moral agents, inconsistent with such a Contingence of those violations as is without all Necessity.
- Section 13 Whether we suppose the volitions of moral Agents to be connected with any thing antecedent, or not, yet they must be necessary in such a sense as to overthrow Arminian Liberty.
- Part 3 Wherein is inquired, whether any such Liberty of Will as Arminians hold, be necessary to Moral Agency, Virtue and Vice, Praise and Dispraise, &c.
- Section 1 God's moral Excellency necessary, yet virtuous and praise-worthy.
- Section 2 The Acts of the Will of the human soul of Jesus Christ, necessarily holy, yet truly virtuous, praise-worthy, rewardable, &c.
- Section 3 The case of such as are given up of God to sin, and of fallen man in general, proves moral Necessity and Inability to be consistent with Blameworthiness.
- Section 4 Command and Obligation of Obedience, consistent with moral Inability to obey.
- Section 5 That Sincerity of Desires and Endeavours, which is supposed to excuse in the non-performance of things in themselves good, particularly considered.
- Section 6 Liberty of Indifference, not only not necessary to Virtue, but utterly inconsistent with it; and all, either virtuous or vicious habits or inclinations, inconsistent with Arminian notions of Liberty and moral Agency.
- Section 7 Arminian notions of moral Agency inconsistent with all influence of Motive and Inducement, in either virtuous or vicious actions.
- Part 4 Wherein the chief grounds of the reasonings of Arminians, in support and defence of the fore-mentioned notions of Liberty, Moral Agency, &c. and against the opposite doctrine, are considered.
- Section 1 The Essence of the virtue and vice of dispositions of the heart, and acts of the Will, lies not in their Cause, but their Nature.
- Section 2 The Falseness and Inconsistence of that metaphysical notion of Action, and Agency, which seems to be generally entertained by the defenders of the Arminian Doctrine concerning Liberty, moral Agency, &c.
- Section 3 The reasons why some think it contrary to common Sense, to suppose those things which are necessary to be worthy of either Praise or Blame.
- Section 4 It is agreeable to common sense, and the natural notions of mankind, to suppose moral Necessity to be consistent with Praise and Blame, Reward and Punishment.
- Section 5 Objections, that this scheme of Necessity renders all Means and Endeavours for avoiding Sin, or obtaining Virtue and Holiness, vain, and to no purpose; and that it makes men no more than mere machines, in affairs of morality and religion, answered.
- Section 6 Concerning that objection against the doctrine which has been maintained, that it agrees with the Stoical doctrine of Fate, and the opinions of Mr. Hobbes.
- Section 7 Concerning the Necessity of the Divine Will.
- Section 8 Some further objections against the moral Necessity of God's Volitions considered.
- Section 9 Concerning that objection against the doctrine which has been maintained, that it makes God the Author of Sin.
- Section 10 Concerning sin's first Entrance into the world.
- Section 11 Of a supposed Inconsistence between these principles and God's moral character.
- Section 12 Of a supposed tendency of these principles to Atheism and Licentiousness.
- Section 13 Concerning that objection against the reasoning, by which the Calvinistic doctrine is supposed, that it is metaphysical and abstruse.
- Section 14 The Conclusion.
- Appendix
Dissertation On The End For Which God Created The World.
- Preface.
- Introduction- Explanation of terms.
- Chapter 1 What Reason dictates concerning this affair.
- Chapter 2 What may be learned from the Holy Scriptures.
- Section 1 Scripture makes God his last end.
- Section 2 Concerning a just method of arguing.
- Section 3 Particular texts of Scripture.
- Section 4 God created the world for his name, &c.
- Section 5 Communication of good to the creature.
- Section 6 What is meant by the glory of God, &c.
- Section 7 God's last end is but one.
A Dissertation On The Nature Of True Virtue.
- Chapter 1 Concerning the essence of true virtue.
- Chapter 2 How love respects different beings.
- Chapter 3 Concerning the secondary beauty.
- Chapter 4 Of self-love and its influence.
- Chapter 5 Natural conscience, and the moral sense.
- Chapter 6 Of particular instincts of nature
- Chapter 7 The reasons of many mistakes
- Chapter 8 Whether virtue be founded in sentiment.
The Great Christian Doctrine Of Original Sin Defended.
- Advertisement, containing a brief account of this book and its author, by the first editor.
- The author's Preface.
- Part 1 Evidences of Original Sin from Facts and Events.
- Chapter 1 The Evidence of the Doctrine from Facts.
- Section 1 All men tend to sin and ruin.
- Section 2 Universal sin proves a sinful propensity.
- Section 3 This tendency most corrupt and pernicious.
- Section 4 All men sin immediately, &c.
- Section 5 All have more sin than virtue.
- Section 6 Men's proneness to extreme stupidity, &c.
- Section 7 Generality of mankind, wicked.
- Section 8 Great means used to oppose wickedness.
- Section 9 Several evasions considered.
- Chapter 2 Arguments from universal Mortality.
- Chapter 1 The Evidence of the Doctrine from Facts.
- Part 2 Proofs of the Doctrine from particular parts of Scripture.
- Chapter 1 Observations on the three first chapters of Genesis.
- Chapter 2 Observations on Texts, chiefly of the Old Testament, &c.
- Chapter 3 Observations on Texts, chiefly of the New Testament.
- Chapter 4 Containing observations on Romans 5 12. &c.
- Part 3 Evidence of the Doctrine from Redemption by Christ.
- Part 4 Containing Answers to Objections.
A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, In Three Parts.
- Preface
- Part 1 Concerning the nature of the Affections and their importance in Religion.
- Part 2 Showing what are no certain Signs that Religious Affections are truly gracious, or that they are not.
- Section 1 Raised very high, are no sign.
- Section 2 Great effects on the body, are no sign.
- Section 3 Fluency and fervour, are no sign.
- Section 4 That they are not excited by us, is no sign.
- Section 5 That they come with texts of Scripture, is no sign.
- Section 6 That they are not excited by us, is no sign.
- Section 7 Religious affections of many kinds, are no sign.
- Section 8 Joys following in a certain order, are no sign.
- Section 9 Much time and zeal in duty, are no sign.
- Section 10 Much expression of praise, is no sign.
- Section 11 Great confidence, is no certain sign.
- Section 12 Affecting relations, are no sign.
- Part 3 Showing what are distinguishing Signs of truly gracious and holy Affections.
- Introductory remarks.
- Section 1 Gracious affections are from divine influence.
- Section 2 Their object is the excellence of divine things.
- Section 3 They are founded on the moral excellency of objects.
- Section 4 They arise from divine Illumination.
- Section 5 They are attended with a conviction of certainty.
- Section 6 They are attended with evangelical humiliation.
- Section 7 They are attended with a change of nature.
- Section 8 They beget and promote the temper of Jesus.
- Section 9 Gracious affections soften the heart.
- Section 10 They have beautiful symmetry and proportion.
- Section 11 False affections rest satisfied in themselves.
- Section 12 Their fruit is Christian practice.
- Section 13 Christian practice is the chief sign to others.
- Section 14 Christian practice is the chief sign to ourselves
- Appendix to the Treatise on the Affections.
Narrative Of Surprising Conversions.
Thoughts On The Revival Of Religion In New England.
- Preface.
- Part 1 A glorious Work of God.
- Part 2 Obligations to acknowledge, rejoice in, and promote this work.
- Part 3 Wherein the zealous Promoters of this Work have been injuriously blamed.
- Part 4 What things are to be corrected and avoided.
- Part 5 What ought to be done to promote this work.
Inquiry Concerning Qualification For Communion.
- Preface by the Author.
- Preface by the Author's American friends.
- Advertisement to the Edinburgh edition.
- Part 1The Question stated and explained.
- Part 2 Reasons for the Negative of the Question.
- Section 1 Church members should be visible saints.
- Section 2 Profession of religion.
- Section 3 Profession should be of real piety.
- Section 4 Reason requires a hearty profession.
- Section 5 Christ requires it.
- Section 6 Primitive admissions.
- Section 7 The epistles prove it.
- Section 8 Members united by brotherly love.
- Section 9 Qualifications for the Lord's supper.
- Part 3 Objections answered.
- Objection 1 The church is the school of Christ.
- Objection 2 Israel was God's people.
- Objection 3 Jews partook of the Passover.
- Objection 4 John's disciples made no profession of piety.
- Objection 5 Many are called, but few chosen.
- Objection 6 Wheat and tares grow together.
- Objection 7 Case of Judas.
- Objection 8 No certain rule given.
- Objection 9 If grace be required, it must be known.
- Objection 10 Perplexity occasioned.
- Objection 11 All duties of worship holy.
- Objection 12 Tendency of the Lord's supper.
- Objection 13 God does not require impossibilities.
- Objection 14 Unsanctified persons may live as saints.
- Objection 15 Better admit hypocrites than exclude saints.
- Objection 16 Hypocrites will be admitted.
- Objection 17 True saints doubt of their state.
- Objection 18 Men's opinion of themselves no criterion.
- Objection 19 Infant baptism.
- Objection 20 Some have been converted at the sacrament.
- Appendix. Mr. Foxcroft's letter.
Misrepresentations Corrected And Truth Vindicated, In Reply To The Rev. Solomon Williams.
- Preface.
- Part 1 General Misrepresentations by Mr. Williams
- Part 2 Examination of Mr. Williams's scheme.
- Section 1 His concessions.
- Section 2 Consequences.
- Section 3 Of ungodly men's communing.
- Section 4 Of an indeterminate profession.
- Section 5 Mr. W. inconsistent with Mr. Stoddard.
- Section 6 Visibility without probability.
- Section 7 A converting ordinance.
- Section 8 Of sincerity.
- Section 9 Public covenanting.
- Part 3 Remarks on Mr. Williams's Reasoning.
- Section 1 Method of disputing.
- Section 2 Misrepresentations.
- Section 3 Irrelevant arguments.
- Section 4 Extraordinary notions.
- Section 5 Assertions instead of arguments.
- Section 6 Sacramental actions.
- Section 7 Begging the question.
- Section 8 Mr. W. begs the question.
- Section 9 Mr. W. is inconsistent with himself.
- Section 10 Other inconsistencies.
- Section 11 Arguments hostile to both sides
- Section 12 The passover and circumcision.
- Section 13 Of Judas's communicating.
- Section 14 Of being born in covenant.
- Section 15 Of coming without a known right.
- Section 16 Tendency to perplexity.
- Section 17 Of commanding to partake.
- Appendix. A letter to the people of Northampton.
A History Of The Work Of Redemption.
- Preface.
- Advertisement.
- Period 1 From the Fall to the Incarnation.
- Period 2 From Christ's Incarnation to his Resurrection.
- Period 3 From Christ's Resurrection the End of the World.
- Section 1 Scriptural Representations of this Period.
- Section 2 How Christ was capacitated for effecting his Purpose.
- Section 3 Established Means of Success.
- Section 4 How the Success was carried on.
- Part 1 To the Destruction of Jerusalem.
- Part 2 To the Time of Constantine.
- Part 3 To the Rise of Antichrist.
- Part 4 To the Reformation.
- Part 5 To the present Time.
- Part 6 Improvement of past Events.
- Part 7 To the Fall of Antichrist.
- Part 8 To the End of Time.
- Part 9 The General Judgment
- Part 10 Improvement of the Whole.
Five Discourses On The Soul's Eternal Salvation.
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Theological Questions.