As was common among the youth of his time, Jonathan Edwards wrote a list of resolutions, pleding to live a LIFE in harmony with others. This list was probably drafted in 1722 and has grown over the years when new resolutions have been added. The list has a total of 70 resolutions.
Aware that I cannot do anything without God’s help, I humbly pray you, by his grace, to allow me to faithfully fulfill these resolutions, while you are in His will, in the name of Jesus Christ.
- 49 I have resolved that such a thing (having no affection for Christ) shall never happen.
- If I can avoid it in any way.
50 I have resolved that I will always act in such a way that I will judge and think as I would in the world to come. July 5, 1723.
51 I resolved to act in such a way and in all manners, as I would have liked to do when I was in a situation of eternal damnation. July 8, 1723
52. I very often hear people of a certain age talk about how they would revive their lives if they had a second chance to revive them. I decided to live my life now and now, just as I would like to live it if I found myself in a position to revive it, like them, if I reach an advanced age like yours. July 8, 1723
53 I have decided to equip and seize every opportunity, whenever I am in a healthy and joyful state of mind, to throw myself also upon the Lord Jesus in a re-liberation, to trust in Him, to dedicate myself entirely to Him. also in this mood; that from there I can experience that I am safe and secure, knowing that I still trust my Redeemer. 8 July 1723
54. – Whenever I hear something about someone who is worthy and worthy and who can be in me too, I have decided to start over to achieve the same thing in me and for me. July 8, 1723
55 I resolved to do all as I would if I had already experienced all the heavenly happiness and torment of hell. July 8, 1723
56. I have resolved never completely to give up any of my corrupt vices that may still exist, or to become permissive with the minimum of their appearances and signs, or to be unmotivating myself in any way if I find myself on a path. lack of success in this very struggle.
57. I have resolved that, when I fear adversity or bad times, I will examine myself and see if this should not: not have done all my duty and evict me from there; and allow the rest of my life to be providential so that I can be and remain completely engrossed and involved in my duty and sin before God and men. June 9 and July 13, 1723
58. life and conversation. May 27 and July 13, 1723
59. I have resolved that whenever I have knowledge of the provocations of evil nature and evil spirit, I will strive to show the opposite of this, good nature, and good manners; yes, that at times like these, he manifests God’s goodness, thinking, however, that in certain circumstances such behavior brings me disadvantages and that, in other circumstances, it is even unruly to do so. May 12, July 2 and 13
60 I have resolved that whenever my own feelings begin to seem minimally disorderly, provided that I realize the slightest internal agitation or external irregularity, I shall without delay submit to the strictest and most thorough personal examination and evaluation. July 4 and 13, 1723
61. I have resolved that the lack of predisposition never relaxes me in the things of God and that I never manage to divert my total attention from being completely fixed and fixed only in God, there is an excuse that exists to tempt me; Everything that the discourse of predisposition encourages me to do opens the way to do the opposite. May 21 and July 13, 1723
62. I have resolved to do nothing but as a duty; And then, according to Ephesians 6:6-8, do everything willingly and joyfully as for the Lord and never for man; ?Knowing that all, slaves or free, will receive from the Lord all that he does well. June 25 and July 13, 1723
63 Assuming that there has never been an individual in this world at any time, who has never lived a perfect Christian life at all levels and possibilities, with Christianity always bright in all its splendor, and with an excellent and kind appearance, even being this life observed from every possible angle and under all pressures, I decided to act as if I could live this same life , even if I had to work to the fullest of all my inherent skills and even if I was the only one of my January 14 and July 3, 1723
64. I have resolved that when I experience these “inexpressible groans,” Romans 8:26, whom the Apostle mentions and whom the Psalmist describes how, is my soul consumed by the desire of your ordinances at all times?(Isaiah 40:31. ) In the effort to express my deep desires, I will not tire of repeating these same orders in myself. and groans, nor of continuing seriousness. 23 July and 10 August 1723
65 I have resolved that I will exercise in me all my life, with all the frankness possible, always declare unto God my ways, and open unto him all my soul: all my sins, temptations, difficulties, pains, fears, hopes, desires, and all else in all circumstances, as Dr. Manton says in his sermon No. 27, based on Psalm 119, 26 July and 10 August 1723.
66. I have resolved that I will always strive to maintain and reveal all the benign side of each face and manner of speaking in all circumstances of my life and in any type of business, unless the duty to be different does not mean that it is different . .
67. I have resolved that after difficult situations, I will assess how they have made me different, in what respects I have improved my being and how I have gained in those same situations.
68 I have resolved to openly confess all that I am sick or in sin, and also to openly confess all cases before God and to implore the necessary condescension and help on his part even in the religious aspects. July 23 and August 10, 1723
69 I decided to do all that, seeing that others did, I would have wanted to do. August 11, 1723
70. That there is always something benevolent every time I speak. August 17, 1723
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