Title Page, Editorial Note and Note to the Reader
the works of jonathan edwards
volume 21
Harry S. Stout, General Editor
John F. Weir, Rev. Jonathan Edwards, n.d., an early twentieth-century conceptualization of Edwards in his study. Courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery.
J O N AT H A N E D WA R D S
Writings on the
Trinity, Grace,
and Faith
E D I T E D B Y S A N G H Y U N L E E
KYUNG-CHIK HAN PROFESSOR OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
New Haven and London
Y ALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2003
Funds for editing The Works of Jonathan Edwards have been provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts, Lilly Endowment, Inc., and The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703–1758.
Writings on the Trinity, grace, and faith / Jonathan Edwards ; edited by Sang Hyun Lee.
p. cm. — (The works of Jonathan Edwards ; v. 21) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 0-300-09505-8 (alk. paper) 1. Trinity. 2. Grace (Theology). 3. Faith. I. Lee, Sang Hyun, 1938– II. Title. BX7117 .E3 1957 vol. 21 [BT111.3] 285.8 s—dc21 [230/. 2002004084
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10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 editorial committee for the works of jonathan edwards
Harry S. Stout, General Editor, Yale University
John E. Smith, General Editor Emeritus, Yale University
Jon Butler, Yale University
Ava Chamberlain, Wright State University
John Demos, Yale University
W. Clark Gilpin, University of Chicago Divinity School
Shalom Goldman, Emory University
David D. Hall, Harvard University
Wilson H. Kimnach, University of Bridgeport
Janice Knight, University of Chicago
Sang Hyun Lee, Princeton Theological Seminary
Michael McGiffert, College of William and Mary
Mark A. Noll, Wheaton College
Barbara B. Oberg, Princeton University
Amy Plantinga Pauw, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary
Thomas A. Schafer, McCormick Theological Seminary
Stephen J. Stein, Indiana University
John F. Wilson, Princeton University previously published
Paul Ramsey, ed., Freedom of the Will John E. Smith, ed., Religious Affections Clyde A. Holbrook, ed., Original Sin C. C. Goen, ed., The Great Awakening Stephen J. Stein, ed., Apocalyptic Writings Wallace E. Anderson, ed., Scientific and Philosophical Writings Norman Pettit, ed., The Life of David Brainerd Paul Ramsey, ed., Ethical Writings John F. Wilson, ed., A History of the Work of Redemption Wilson H. Kimnach, ed., Sermons and Discourses, 1720–1723 Wallace E. Anderson and Mason I. Lowance, eds., Typological Writings David D. Hall, ed., Ecclesiastical Writings Thomas A. Schafer, ed., The “Miscellanies,” a–500 Kenneth P. Minkema, ed., Sermons and Discourses, 1723–1729 Stephen J. Stein, ed., Notes on Scripture George S. Claghorn, ed., Letters and Personal Writings Mark Valeri, ed., Sermons and Discourses, 1730–1733 Ava Chamberlain, ed., The “Miscellanies,” 501–832 M. X. Lesser, ed., Sermons and Discourses, 1734–1738 Amy Plantinga Pauw, ed., The “Miscellanies,” 833–1152