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The first volume of Sermons contains a previously unpublished series by Edwards on Jesus’ parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins from Matthew 25. It presents an important look into Edwards’ developing thought on the nature of sainthood and related topics of theoretical and practical Christianity, particularly in the context of widespread spiritual renewal. Edwards preached these sermons in the...

of religion?41 Edwards thus calls his people back to the true piety of the past revival for righteousness in the present. In another sermon from March 1738, on Jer. 5:21–22, Edwards urges his congregants to cultivate a reverential rather than a sinful fear of God, the difference being that a sinful fear makes one afraid to come to God, while a reverential fear makes one afraid to go away from him. In the Application, he considers potential objections to the idea that Christians should fear God at
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