want to reject some of his ideas. Many who supported revival would find much of their cherished views put down, and many who opposed revival would be outraged by Edwards’s support of what they considered to be insults to decorum and respectability in religion. Edwards knew he would not please all, but he hoped to inform all about the most important questions in life, including “What is the nature of true religion?” Certainly no question was more vital, and yet, in Edwards’s view, no question was