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Jonathan Edwards --Play Video to hear Edward's Sinner's in the Hands of An Angry God--
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Jonathan is a very conservative man influenced heavily by science. He is a American congregational preacher and believes in the supremecy of Almighty God. He is knows what he wants and tells it like it is - the cold, hard truth of Hell.  Famous For: //Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God//

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This sermon was preached during the Great Awakening, and conjured up images of Hell and a person's own damnation. It warned sinners, which included everyone were bound for hell and the only way to heaven is through accecptance of Christ. The crowd had a very strong reaction to this sermon and Edwards had to quiet the crowd to finish his sermon.



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Publications: //Religious Affections Freedom of the Will Original Sin End of Creation True Virtue//

Edwards was born in 1703 to a family of well-known ministers in East Windsor, CT. He began at Yale in 1716 as was influenced by the sciences very much, including Newton. In 1725 the church in Northhampton, which Edwards grandfather was the minister of, chose Edwards to succede him. He led revivals in 1734 and 1740-41. His post was revoked by a difference of one vote in 1750 when he started to set very hard guidelines for chuch membership. He wanted more evidence in an individual's profession of faith and god-led life. He ran away to an Indian Mission where he was in charge of a boarding school and two congregations. He accecpted the Presidency of the College of NJ, now Princeton in 1757. He died March 22, 1758 from smallpox.

Edwards is known as a very important theologian. He believed in two main "themes" - God has complete control and that God is holy. He believed that people were inferior to God - he has total control. Human minds were merely thoughts and interpretations. God is holy because he made everything, and his love for humans is alone beautiful. People can not undestand this beauty, but merely interpret and try to reproduce it.

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Cited text: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/edwards/