Edwards, Jonathan

1. An American clergyman of the eighteenth century; a leader in the religious revivals of the 1730s and 1740s known as the Great Awakening. Edwards, an emotional preacher, emphasized the absolute power of God. His most famous sermon, the harrowing “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” compares sinners to spiders dangled over a flame.

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He created Jonathan Edwards, a minister far too intelligent for his own good.

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Jonathan Edwards is one of the most misunderstood individuals in American history.

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The resulting affair mixed the doctrinal with the sensational: It was part Jonathan Edwards, part Nancy Grace.

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First Awakening: mid-18th century (Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley).

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Mr. Jonathan Edwards Sanborn hurried forward in frightened dismay.

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Dwight, who was a grandson of Jonathan Edwards, was born in 1752.

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Jonathan Edwards, one of the most consistent Christians that ever breathed, devoted a work to the subject.

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Jonathan Edwards probably came as near to the old idea of a saint as America ever produced.

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Brainerd was engaged to Jerusha, younger daughter of the great Jonathan Edwards.

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