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True Grace Distinguished from the Experience of Devils

by Jonathan Edwards

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A penetrating sermon on James 2:19, arguing that intellectual belief, emotional conviction, and even trembling before God are no sure signs of saving grace—since devils possess all these experiences too. Edwards systematically dismantles common marks of religion—doctrinal knowledge, sense of God's majesty, awareness of eternity, sorrow for sin—showing each falls short as evidence of true conversion. What distinguishes genuine faith is something wholly different in nature: a spiritual, holy transformation that no unregenerate heart can counterfeit. A vital work for anyone seeking to discern authentic faith from religious self-deception.
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Table of contents

  1. 01 True Grace, Distinguished from the Experience of Devils 2,099 words
  2. 02 Improvement 13,287 words
  3. 03 Introduction 133 words
  4. 04 Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God 2,820 words
  5. 05 Application 4,440 words
Front matter (2 sections)

Title Page

TRUE GRACE, Distinguished from the EXPERIENCE OF DEVILS;

IN A SERMON, Preached before the SYNOD OF NEW-YORK, Convened at Newark, in NEW-JERSEY, On September 28, New Style, 1752.

By Jonathan Edwards, Master of Arts, Pastor of the Church of CHRIST in Stockbridge in New England.

(Printed by the Desire of the SYNOD.)

2 Corinthians 11:3. I fear, lest by any Means, as the Serpent beguiled Eve through his Subtlety, so your Minds should be corrupted from the Simplicity that is in CHRIST:
Verse 14. For Satan Himself; is transformed into an Angel of Light.

NEW-YORK: Printed by JAMES PARKER, at the New Printing-Office in Beaver Street, 1753.

Approbation

At a Meeting of the Synod of New York, at Newark, September 28, 1752.

The Synod agree, to desire the Reverend Mister Edwards, to publish his Sermon, preached before them.

A true Copy, Richard Treat, Synod Clerk.

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