{"product_id":"the-religious-affections","title":"The Religious Affections","description":"\u003cp\u003eJonathan Edwards was one of the few truly great theologians of the English-speaking world, an intellectual and spiritual giant. When he began his ministry at Northampton, Massachusetts, New England had drifted from the Puritanism of its founders. Resisting the current trend, Edwards preached the whole counsel of God, and God plainly honoured his testimony. Yet to all appearances his life ended in tragedy; voted out of his pastorate by the people of Northampton, he died of fever at Princeton, only two months after taking over as President of the College. Edwards is perhaps best known as the theologian of revival, a subject on which he was uniquely qualified to write, by reason of his theological grasp and a first-hand experience of awakenings. Of his several treatises in this field, \u003cem\u003eThe Religious Affections \u003c\/em\u003eranks as the ‘magnum opus’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author’s object in this book is to distinguish between true and false religion by showing the marks of a saving work of the Holy Spirit in men. In his Preface, Edwards stresses the importance of using ‘our utmost endeavours clearly to discern…wherein true religion does consist’. For ’till this be done, it may be expected that great revivings of religion will be but of short continuance’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Alexander Smellie\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart 1: Concerning the Nature of the Affections and Their Importance in Religion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection I: True Religion largely consists in Holy Affections\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection II: Evidence that True Religion lies much in the Affections\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection III: Inferences from the Doctrine\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart 2: Showing What are no Certain Signs that Religious Affections are Truly Gracious or that They are not\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection I: That Religious Affections are very great is no Sign\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection II: Great effects on the Body are no Sign\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection III: Fluency and Fervor are no Sign\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection IV: That they are not excited by us is no Sign\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection V: That they come with Texts of Scripture is no Sign\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection VI: That there is an appearance of Love is no Sign\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection VII: That Religious Affections are of many kinds is no Sign\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection VIII: Joys following in a certain Order are no Sign\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection IX: Much Time and much Zeal in Duty are no Sign\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection X: Much Expression of Praise is no Sign\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection XI: Great Confidence is no certain Sign\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection XII: Moving Testimonies are no Sign\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart 3: Showing What are Distinguishing Signs of Truly Gracious and Holy Affections\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection I: Gracious Affections are from Divine Influence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection II: Their Object is the Excellence of Divine Things\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection III: They are founded on the moral Excellency of Objects\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection IV: They arise from Divine Illumination\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection V: They are attended with a Conviction of Certainty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection VI: They are attended with Evangelical Humiliation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection VII: They are attended with a Change of Nature\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection VIII: They beget and promote the Temper of Jesus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection IX: Gracious Affections soften the Heart\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection X: They have beautiful Symmetry and Proportion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection XI: False Affections rest satisfied in Themselves\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection XII: Religious Affections have their fruit in Christian Practice\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Banner of Truth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53009782866231,"sku":"ysf1789813976432","price":10.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/8910\/4695\/files\/the-religious-affections_1.jpg?v=1789813982","url":"https:\/\/effortlesschicclad.shop\/products\/the-religious-affections","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}