encourage these activities, but had no control over them. Ministers who opposed religious enthusiasm openly criticized Edwards and accused him of leading the people astray, so Edwards wrote and published a book on how to discern a true working of God’s Spirit: The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God. It is still today one of the best studies of religious psychology available. That same year (1741), Edwards was invited to preach at Enfield, Connecticut, and on July 8, he preached “Sinners