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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“The auction includes paintings, works on paper, fine prints, and sculpture by such important African-American artists as Romare Bearden, John Biggers, Elizabeth Catlett, Melvin Edwards, Jonathan Green, and Faith Ringgold.”

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Edwards, Jonathan, spirit of his writings, 108.

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Edwards, Jonathan, referred to, 22.Election, in Paul, 116; a choice for service, 116.

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Edwards, Jonathan, American theologian and metaphysician, born 5th Oct.,

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Edwards, Jonathan, descendants of, 187, 188.

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