Table of Contents
II. THE MEMOIRS OF JONATHAN EDWARDS
CHAPTER II. Intellectual progress. Earliest productions. Entrance at college. Mental habits
CHAPTER XVI. Commencement of difficulties at Northampton
CHAPTER XVII. Account of difficulties at Northampton continued
NO. Interesting particulars of the ancestors of Jonathan Edwards
NO.III. Account of the Children of Timothy and Esther Edwards.
NO.IV. Remarks in Mental Philosophy. The Mind.
NO.V. Family and Descendants of President Edwards
NO. VI. Catalogue of president edwards's works, heretofore published.
IV. A CAREFUL AND STRICT INQUIRY INTO THE PREVAILING NOTIONS OF THE FREEDOM OF WILL.
SECTION I. Concerning the Nature of the Will
SECTION II. Concerning the Determination of the Will.
SECTION IV Of the distinction of natural and moral Necessity, and Inability.
SECTION V. Concerning the notion of Liberty, and of moral Agency.
SECTION II. Several supposed ways of evading the foregoing reasoning, considered.
SECTION VII. Concerning the notion of Liberty of Will, consisting in Indifference.
SECTION VIII. Concerning the supposed Liberty of the Will, as opposite to all Necessity.
SECTION IX. Of the Connexion of the Acts of the Will with the Dictates of the Understanding.
SECTION XI. The evidence of God's certain Foreknowledge of the Volitions of moral Agents.
SECTION I. God's moral Excellency necessary, yet virtuous and praise-worthy.
SECTION IV. Command and Obligation of Obedience, consistent with moral Inability to obey.
SECTION VII. Concerning the Necessity of the Divine Will.
SECTION VIII. Some further objections against the moral Necessity of God's Volitions considered.
SECTION X. Concerning sin's first Entrance into the world.
SECTION XI. Of a supposed Inconsistence between these principles and God's moral character.
SECTION XII. Of a supposed tendency of these principles to Atheism and Licentiousness.
V. DISSERTATION ON THE END FOR WHICH GOD CREATED THE WORLD.
Introduction- Explanation of terms.
CHAPTER I. What Reason dictates concerning this affair.
SECTION I. The general dictates of reason.
SECTION II. What reason supposes.
VI. A DISSERTATION ON THE NATURE OF TRUE VIRTUE.
CHAPTER I. Concerning the essence of true virtue.
CHAPTER II. How love respects different beings.
CHAPTER III. Concerning the secondary beauty.
CHAPTER IV. Of self-love and its influence.
CHAPTER V. Natural conscience, and the moral sense.
CHAPTER VI. Of particular instincts of nature
VII. THE GREAT CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF ORIGINAL SIN DEFENDED.
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PART I. Evidences of Original Sin from Facts and Events.
CHAPTER I. The Evidence of the Doctrine from Facts.
SECTION I. All men tend to sin and ruin.
SECTION II. Universal sin proves a sinful propensity.
SECTION III. This tendency most corrupt and pernicious.
SECTION IV. All men sin immediately, &c.
SECTION V. All have more sin than virtue.
SECTION VI. Men's proneness to extreme stupidity, &c.
SECTION VII. Generality of mankind, wicked.
PART II. Proofs of the Doctrine from particular parts of Scripture.
CHAPTER I. Observations on the three first Chapters of Genesis.
SECTION I. Concerning Adam's original righteousness.
CHAPTER II. Observations on Texts, chiefly of the Old Testament, &c.
CHAPTER III. Observations on Texts, chiefly of the New Testament.
PART III. Evidence of the Doctrine from Redemption by Christ.
VIII. A TREATISE CONCERNING RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS, IN THREE PARTS.
PART I. Concerning the nature of the Affections and their importance in Religion.
SECTION I. Raised very high, are no sign.
SECTION II. Great effects on the body, are no sign.
SECTION III. Fluency and fervour, are no sign.
SECTION IV. That they are not excited by us, is no sign.
SECTION V. That they come with texts of Scripture, is no sign.
SECTION IV. That they are not excited by us, is no sign.
SECTION VII. Religious affections of many kinds, are no sign.
SECTION VIII. Joys following in a certain order, are no sign.
SECTION IX. Much time and zeal in duty, are no sign.
SECTION X. Much expression of praise, is no sign.
PART III. Showing what are distinguishing Signs of truly gracious and holy Affections.
SECTION I. Gracious affections are from divine influence.
SECTION II. Their object is the excellence of divine things.
SECTION III. They are founded on the moral excellency of objects.
SECTION IV. They arise from divine Illumination.
SECTION V. They are attended with a conviction of certainty.
SECTION VI. They are attended with evangelical humiliation.
SECTION VII. They are attended with a change of nature.
SECTION VIII. They beget and promote the temper of Jesus.
SECTION IX. Gracious affections soften the heart.
SECTION X. They have beautiful symmetry and proportion.
SECTION XI. False affections rest satisfied in themselves.
SECTION XII. Their fruit is Christian practice.
SECTION XIII. Christian practice is the chief sign to others.
SECTION XIV. Christian practice is the chief sign to ourselves
IX. NARRATIVE OF SURPRISING CONVERSIONS.
SECTION I. A general introductory statement.
SECTION II. Manner of conversion various, yet bearing a great analogy.
SECTION III. This work further illustrated in particular instances.
X. THOUGHTS ON THE REVIVAL OF RELIGION IN NEW ENGLAND.
PART I. A glorious Work of God.
SECTION I. We should judge of it by its effects.
SECTION II. We should judge by Scripture.
SECTION III. We should not judge of the whole by a part.
SECTION IV. Nature of the work.
PART II. Obligations to acknowledge, rejoice in, and promote this work.
SECTION I. Indifference dangerous.
SECTION II. The probability that the latter-day glory will begin in America.
SECTION III. The danger of slighting the work.
SECTION IV. Obligations of rulers and others to promote the work.
PART III. Wherein the zealous Promoters of this Work have been injuriously blamed.
XI. INQUIRY CONCERNING QUALIFICATION FOR COMMUNION.
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PART I. The Question stated and explained.
PART II. Reasons for the Negative of the Question.
SECTION I. Church members should be visible saints.
SECTION II. Profession of religion.
SECTION III. Profession should be of real piety.
SECTION IV. Reason requires a hearty profession.
SECTION V. Christ requires it.
SECTION VI. Primitive admissions.
SECTION VII. The epistles prove it.
PART III. Objections answered.
OBJ. I. The churchy is the school of Christ.
OBJ. II. Israel was God's people.
OBJ. III. Jews partook of the Passover.
OBJ. IV. John's disciples made no profession of piety.
OBJ. V. Many are called, but few chosen.
OBJ. VI. Wheat and tares grow together.
OBJ. VIII. No certain rule given.
OBJ. IX. If grace be required, it must be known.
OBJ. X. Perplexity occasioned.
OBJ. XI. All duties of worship holy.
OBJ. XII. Tendency of the Lord's supper.
OBJ. XIII. God does not require impossibilities.
OBJ. XIV. Unsanctified persons may live as saints.
OBJ. XV. Better admit hypocrites than exclude saints.
OBJ. XVI. Hypocrites will be admitted.
OBJ. XVII. True saints doubt of their state.
XII. MISREPRESENTATIONS CORRECTED AND TRUTH VINDICATED, IN REPLY TO THE REV. SOLOMON WILLIAMS.
PART I. General Misrepresentations by Mr. Williams
PART II. Examination of Mr. Williams's scheme.
SECTION III. Of ungodly men's communing.
SECTION IV. Of an indeterminate profession.
SECTION V. Mr. W. inconsistent with Mr. Stoddard.
SECTION VI. Visibility without probability.
PART III. Remarks on Mr. Williams's Reasoning.
SECTION I. Method of disputing.
SECTION II. Misrepresentations.
SECTION III. Irrelevant arguments.
SECTION IV. Extraordinary notions.
SECTION V. Assertions instead of arguments.
SECTION VI. Sacramental actions.
SECTION VII. Begging the question.
SECTION VIII. Mr. W. begs the question.
SECTION IX. Mr. W. is inconsistent with himself.
SECTION X. Other inconsistencies.
SECTION XI. Arguments hostile to both sides
SECTION XII. The passover and circumcision.
SECTION XIII. Of Judas's communicating.
SECTION XIV. Of being born in covenant.
SECTION XV. Of coming without a known right.
XIII. A HISTORY OF THE WORK OF REDEMPTION.
PERIOD I. From the Fall to the Incarnation.
PART I. From the Fall to the Flood.
PART II. From the Flood to the calling of Abraham.
PART III. From Abraham to Moses.
PART V. From David to the Babylonish Captivity.
PERIOD II. From Christ's Incarnation to his Resurrection.
PERIOD III. From Christ's Resurrection the End of the World.
SECTION I. Scriptural Representations of this PERIOD.
SECTION II. How Christ was capacitated for effecting his Purpose.
SECTION III. Established Means of Success.
SECTION IV. How the Success was carried on.
PART I. To the Destruction of Jerusalem.
PART II. To the Time of Constantine.
PART III. To the Rise of Antichrist.
PART VI. Improvement of past Events.
PART VII. To the Fall of Antichrist.