Written in 1746 during the First Great Awakening, Religious Affections remains an important and challenging Christian treatise. Concerned that many people do not display true “religious affections,” Jonathan Edwards attempts to “discern…wherein true religion does consist.” Balancing between extreme “intellectualism” and extreme “emotionalism,” Edwards argues that emotions are an important part of true religion, but that one must distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate emotions. He provides both “negative” or unreliable signs of true religious emotions, and “positive” or reliable signs of true religious emotions.
Gill, John – A Body of Doctrinal Divinity, Books 1 -7
A Body of Doctrinal Divinity BOOK I: Of God, His Words, Names, Nature, Perfections, and Persons. BOOK II: Of the Acts and Works of God. BOOK III: Of the Eternal Works of God. BOOK IV: Of the Acts of the Grace of God, Towards, and Upon His Elect in Time. BOOK V: Of the Grace … Read more