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Jonathan Edwards Resolutions: and Advice to Young Converts
While completing his preparation for the ministry, Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) wrote seventy resolutions that guided him throughout his life. About twenty years later, he wrote a letter to young Deborah Hatheway, a new convert in a nearby town, advising her concerning the Christian life. These two writings, often reprinted during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, overflow with straightforward and biblically sound advice. This advice is as current today as it was in the 1700s, and it far surpasses the how-to books now overrunning bookstores.
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Jonathan Edwards was the most eminent American philosopher-theologian of his time, and a key figure in what has come to be called the First Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s.
The only son in a family of eleven children, he entered Yale in September, 1716 when he was not yet thirteen and graduated four years later (1720) as valedictorian. He received his Masters three years later. As a youth, Edwards was unable to accept the Calvinist sovereignty of God. However, in 1721 he came to what he called a "delightful conviction" though meditation on 1 Timothy 1:17. From that point on, Edwards delighted in the sovereignty of God. Edwards later recognized this as his conversion to Christ.
In 1727 he was ordained minister at Northampton and assistant to his maternal grandfather, Solomon Stoddard. He was a student minister, not a visiting pastor, his rule being thirteen hours of study a day. In the same year, he married Sarah Pierpont, then age seventeen, daughter of Yale founder James Pierpont (1659–1714). In total, Jonathan and Sarah had eleven children.
Stoddard died on February 11th, 1729, leaving to his grandson the difficult task of the sole ministerial charge of one of the largest and wealthiest congregations in the colony. Throughout his time in Northampton his preaching brought remarkable religious revivals.
Yet, tensions flamed as Edwards would not continue his grandfather's practice of open communion. Stoddard believed that communion was a "converting ordinance." Surrounding congregations had been convinced of this, and as Edwards became more convinced that this was harmful, his public disagreement with the idea caused his dismissal in 1750.
Edwards then moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, then a frontier settlement, where he ministered to a small congregation and served as missionary to the Housatonic Indians. There, having more time for study and writing, he completed his celebrated work, The Freedom of the Will (1754).
Edwards was elected president of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in early 1758. He was a popular choice, for he had been a friend of the College since its inception. He died of fever at the age of fifty-four following experimental inoculation for smallpox and was buried in the President's Lot in the Princeton cemetery beside his son-in-law, Aaron Burr.
Jonathan Edwards was the most eminent American philosopher-theologian of his time, and a key figure in what has come to be called the First Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s.
The only son in a family of eleven children, he entered Yale in September, 1716 when he was not yet thirteen and graduated four years later (1720) as valedictorian. He received his Masters three years later. As a youth, Edwards was unable to accept the Calvinist sovereignty of God. However, in 1721 he came to what he called a "delightful conviction" though meditation on 1 Timothy 1:17. From that point on, Edwards delighted in the sovereignty of God. Edwards later recognized this as his conversion to Christ.
In 1727 he was ordained minister at Northampton and assistant to his maternal grandfather, Solomon Stoddard. He was a student minister, not a visiting pastor, his rule being thirteen hours of study a day. In the same year, he married Sarah Pierpont, then age seventeen, daughter of Yale founder James Pierpont (1659–1714). In total, Jonathan and Sarah had eleven children.
Stoddard died on February 11th, 1729, leaving to his grandson the difficult task of the sole ministerial charge of one of the largest and wealthiest congregations in the colony. Throughout his time in Northampton his preaching brought remarkable religious revivals.
Yet, tensions flamed as Edwards would not continue his grandfather's practice of open communion. Stoddard believed that communion was a "converting ordinance." Surrounding congregations had been convinced of this, and as Edwards became more convinced that this was harmful, his public disagreement with the idea caused his dismissal in 1750.
Edwards then moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, then a frontier settlement, where he ministered to a small congregation and served as missionary to the Housatonic Indians. There, having more time for study and writing, he completed his celebrated work, The Freedom of the Will (1754).
Edwards was elected president of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in early 1758. He was a popular choice, for he had been a friend of the College since its inception. He died of fever at the age of fifty-four following experimental inoculation for smallpox and was buried in the President's Lot in the Princeton cemetery beside his son-in-law, Aaron Burr.
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July 1, 2023
This book(let) is amazing, I can’t believe I’ve never heard of it prior to a week ago. It’s extremely brief, everyone should read it. The back description sums it up: “This advice is as current today as it was in the 1700s, and it far surpasses the ‘how to’ books now overrunning bookstores.” YES INDEED.
“7. Resolved, never to do anything that I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
57. Resolved, when I fear misfortunes and adversities, to examine whether I have done my duty, and resolve to do it; and let it be just as Providence orders it. I will, as far as I can, be concerned about nothing but my duty and my sin.”
“7. Resolved, never to do anything that I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
57. Resolved, when I fear misfortunes and adversities, to examine whether I have done my duty, and resolve to do it; and let it be just as Providence orders it. I will, as far as I can, be concerned about nothing but my duty and my sin.”
December 12, 2020
Neat, readable layout. Very light editing, and an excellent introduction by Stephen Nichols.
May 23, 2025
Rigorous. Convicting. Encouraging.
This was a short but good read. The book consists of not a small amount of Edwards' resolutions and a letter to a young lady who just gave her life to Christ.
The more I read Edwards, the more I love the man.
Good quotes:
"Whenever you hear a sermon, hear it for yourself."
"On the hypothetical supposition that at any one time there was never to be but ONE individual in the world who was a genuine and complete Christian, who in all respects always demonstrated the Faith shining in its truest luster, and appearing excellent and lovely, from whatever angle and under whatever circumstance this Faith is viewed… Resolved: To act just as I would do, if I strove with all my strength, to be that ONE; and to live as if that ONE should live in my time and place."
This was a short but good read. The book consists of not a small amount of Edwards' resolutions and a letter to a young lady who just gave her life to Christ.
The more I read Edwards, the more I love the man.
Good quotes:
"Whenever you hear a sermon, hear it for yourself."
"On the hypothetical supposition that at any one time there was never to be but ONE individual in the world who was a genuine and complete Christian, who in all respects always demonstrated the Faith shining in its truest luster, and appearing excellent and lovely, from whatever angle and under whatever circumstance this Faith is viewed… Resolved: To act just as I would do, if I strove with all my strength, to be that ONE; and to live as if that ONE should live in my time and place."
November 16, 2009
This only refers to the "Advice to Young Converts" letter written to a young Christian woman requesting pastoral advice:
This has been my first formal exposure to Jonathan Edwards writing and it was great. The letter is loaded with excellent advice for Christian life - whether young convert or old, clarified into nineteen separate points, twelve of which I underlined or otherwise noted for myself in the margins as I was reading.
Though written in the mid-1700s, the advice is timeless, and lessons I have come to appreciate such as: "When you hear sermons, hear them for yourself" (third point). The fifteenth point is the first clear and practical advice I have read about Christian fasting - when, why and how you might do it - with an important emphasis on it being done in secret with prayer.
This has been my first formal exposure to Jonathan Edwards writing and it was great. The letter is loaded with excellent advice for Christian life - whether young convert or old, clarified into nineteen separate points, twelve of which I underlined or otherwise noted for myself in the margins as I was reading.
Though written in the mid-1700s, the advice is timeless, and lessons I have come to appreciate such as: "When you hear sermons, hear them for yourself" (third point). The fifteenth point is the first clear and practical advice I have read about Christian fasting - when, why and how you might do it - with an important emphasis on it being done in secret with prayer.
March 24, 2025
A very short pamphlet, but it punches above its weight. In this pamphlet, we see the vigor with which Jonathan Edwards pursued personal holiness. The command to be holy as God is holy was no joke to Edwards. By reading it, I was encouraged to pursue holiness and to orient my life as totally towards God as Jonathan Edwards did.
December 30, 2008
This takes an hour to read, which is convenient, because I have to read it again. We were taught about Jonathan Edwards as a fire and brimstone killjoy in high school...but he's not. He's brilliant, and his Resolutions are worthy of emulation. As pious a man as he was, he also has some real world perspective when it comes to understanding his own condition and his own fallen tendencies.
This pamphlet is an excellent resource. Though I haven't read much else of his to be able to say this with confidence, I suspect its a good starting point for future Edwards study.
This pamphlet is an excellent resource. Though I haven't read much else of his to be able to say this with confidence, I suspect its a good starting point for future Edwards study.
December 31, 2024
A short classic. A couple resolutions stood out as a bit over the top, but overall helpful. Perhaps you think it too pietistic, and I would say yes, we modern Reformed need a dose of that from time to time.
October 5, 2010
Disciplined and tight, but not in the wrong places. Helpful.
December 13, 2016
A noble theologian and preacher, Edwards is resolute in his convictions. His teachings are profound. Absolutely loved his works that I read.
October 29, 2025
"On the supposition, that there never was to be but one individual in the world at any one time who was properly a complete Christian, in all respects of a right stamp, having Christianity always shining in its true lustre, and appearing excellent and lovely from whatever part and under whatever character viewed: Resolved, to act just as I would if I strove with all my might to be that one who should live in my time."
This handbook can be read in one sitting and provides some excellent material for self-reflection. Despite being written in the 1720s, it is still incredibly applicable today. Like The Small Catechism by Martin Luther, it excels in its ability to be concise without sacrificing depth, and can be readily kept on-hand for weekly deliberation. Reading this, I was reminded of the many areas of my life I have yet to confess, pray about, and work diligently to correct. An encouraging and convicting read! :)
Good Works:
11. Resolved, when I think of any theorem in divinity to be solved, immediately to do what I can towards solving it, if circumstances don’t hinder.
Relationships:
31. Resolved, never to say any thing at all against any body, but when it is perfectly agreeable to the highest degree of Christian honour and of love to mankind, agreeable to the lowest humility and sense of my own faults and failings, and agreeable to the golden rule; often, when I have said any thing against any one, to bring it to, and try it strictly by the test of this resolution.
33. Resolved, always to do what I can towards making, maintaining, establishing and preserving peace, when it can be without over-balancing detriment in other respects.
46. Resolved, never to allow the least measure of any fretting uneasiness at my father or mother. Resolved to suffer no effects of it, so much as in the least alteration of speech, or motion of my eye: and to be especially careful of it with respect to any of our family.
Suffering:
9. Resolved, to think much on all occasions of my own dying, and of the common circumstances which attend death.
57. Resolved, when I fear misfortunes and adversities, to examine whether I have done my duty, and resolve to do it; and let it be just as providence orders it. I will as far as I can, be concerned about nothing but my duty and my sin.
Character:
47. Resolved, to endeavour to my utmost to deny whatever is not most agreeable to a good, and universally sweet and benevolent, quiet, peaceable, contented and easy, compassionate and generous, humble and meek, modest, submissive and obliging, diligent and industrious, charitable and even, patient, moderate, forgiving and sincere temper; and to do at all times what such a temper would lead me to. Examine strictly every week, whether I have done so.
The Scriptures:
28. Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.
Communion with God:
53. Resolved, to improve every opportunity, when I am in the best and happiest frame of mind, to cast and venture my soul on the Lord Jesus Christ, to trust and confide in him, and consecrate myself wholly to him; that from this I may have assurance of my safety, knowing that I confide in my Redeemer.
Other Highlight Quotes:
When you hear sermons hear them for yourself: though what is spoken in them may be more especially directed to the unconverted, or to those that in other respects are in different be to consider with yourself, ‘in what respects is this that I hear circumstances from yourself: yet let the chief intent of your mind spoken applicable to me, and what improvement ought I to make of this for my own soul’s good?’
Be always greatly abased for your remaining sin, and never think that you lie low enough for it; but yet don’t be at all discouraged or disheartened by it: for though we are exceeding sinful, yet “we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous,” the preciousness of whose blood, and the merit of whose righteousness, and the greatness of whose love and faithfulness, do infinitely overtop the highest mountains of our sins.
Remember that pride is the worst that is in the heart, the greatest disturber of the soul’s peace, and sweet communion with Christ; [it] was the first sin that ever was, and lies lowest in the foundation of Satan’s whole building, and is most difficultly rooted out, and is the most hidden, secret, and deceitful of all lusts, and often creeps insensibly into the midst of religion, and sometimes under the disguise of humility.
Be meek and lowly of heart and full of a pure heavenly and humble love to all, and abound in deeds of love to others, and self-denial for others; and let there be in you a disposition to account others better than yourself.
November 12, 2022
What a beautifully written letter of advice to young converts.
Within a short amount of pages, Edwards unfolds what means to be a Christian and how to live like one. How depraved we are, even after salvation and how totally dependent we are on God’s mercy and grace, through the sacrifice of Christ.
If you are currently backsliding, you have to read these resolutions and letter of advice from Jonathan Edwards. But if you are in a “good” spiritual season, read it as well!
It is so comforting to know that as the Body of Christ, we are not alone in our pilgrimage. That writers like Jonathan Edwards and so many others, took the time to write advices and thoughtful paragraphs of guidance to future generations.
But most importantly, it is comforting to know that all of us, including these wonderful theologians, MUST fix our eyes at the feet of the cross. Or like Jonathan Edwards would say:
“In all your course, walk with God and follow Christ as a little, poor, helpless, child, taking hold of Christ’s hand, keeping your eye on the mark of the wounds of his hands and side. From these wounds came the blood that cleanses you from sin and hides your nakedness under the skirt of the white shining robe of his righteousness.”
Within a short amount of pages, Edwards unfolds what means to be a Christian and how to live like one. How depraved we are, even after salvation and how totally dependent we are on God’s mercy and grace, through the sacrifice of Christ.
If you are currently backsliding, you have to read these resolutions and letter of advice from Jonathan Edwards. But if you are in a “good” spiritual season, read it as well!
It is so comforting to know that as the Body of Christ, we are not alone in our pilgrimage. That writers like Jonathan Edwards and so many others, took the time to write advices and thoughtful paragraphs of guidance to future generations.
But most importantly, it is comforting to know that all of us, including these wonderful theologians, MUST fix our eyes at the feet of the cross. Or like Jonathan Edwards would say:
“In all your course, walk with God and follow Christ as a little, poor, helpless, child, taking hold of Christ’s hand, keeping your eye on the mark of the wounds of his hands and side. From these wounds came the blood that cleanses you from sin and hides your nakedness under the skirt of the white shining robe of his righteousness.”
September 11, 2022
I really enjoyed the practical approach Edwards takes towards Christian living in these two texts. Righteousness is a process: the Christian must examine himself or herself daily, discovering the root causes of sin in order to confess them before God. Edwards' own struggles with holiness are especially apparent in the Resolutions, as a number of resolutions repeat themselves over time. The reader understands that the process of sanctification will not be easy, but that it is one of the most important pursuits in life.
December 16, 2023
A look at the mind and heart of America's theologian: Jonathan Edwards in two stages of life.
1. Resolutions - as a young man, Edwards is counselling himself in the targets written to be the best Christian he can be.
2. Advice to Young Converts - as an older pastor, Edwards counsels a young lady with advice to help her be the best Christian she can be.
1. Resolutions - as a young man, Edwards is counselling himself in the targets written to be the best Christian he can be.
2. Advice to Young Converts - as an older pastor, Edwards counsels a young lady with advice to help her be the best Christian she can be.
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December 31, 2023“7. Resolved, never to do anything that I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.”
“55. Resolved, to endeavor to my upmost to act as I can think I should do if I had already seen the happiness of heaven and the tournaments of hell.”
“56. Resolved, never to give over, nor in the least to slacken my fight with by corruptions, however, unsuccessful, I may be.”
“55. Resolved, to endeavor to my upmost to act as I can think I should do if I had already seen the happiness of heaven and the tournaments of hell.”
“56. Resolved, never to give over, nor in the least to slacken my fight with by corruptions, however, unsuccessful, I may be.”
December 17, 2024
Clear and to the point. Practical advice and resolutions to aspire to.
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July 9, 2025I am not going to rate this because I think it would be a lot better as a slow, devotional type thing and not as an audiobook for running and folding laundry.
February 5, 2023
I believe that every Christian should take some time and ponder each of the resolutions of Jonathan Edwards. The booklet is encouraging and helpful to any who read it.
December 29, 2021
Second time reading Edwards’ Resolutions. First time I thought he was a bit too extreme in some areas. This time I found it thoroughly refreshing. Overall a very helpful book. Also, his Advice to Young Converts was solid.
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March 15, 2022See my review here. http://oldoriginalthoughts.blogspot.c...
March 13, 2025
Resolutions to be applied to any Christian seeking a habit of godly, protestant devotion, young and old.
June 12, 2023
I think of my previous resolutions compared to his and am humbled by this man’s maturity and theological understanding from a young age. I recommend this read. Many resolutions will likely be adopted by the reader as goals of their own for this side of the grave.
April 23, 2012
How many times have me made resolutions in our life?
How many times perhaps we failed to work out our resolutions and kept making the same resolutions again the next year...?
Jonathan Edwards shared with us his resolutions that he kept in the early days of his ministry. From these resolutions, we could see the struggle that Edwards was facing in those early days of his ministry, his particular area of weaknesses, and more importantly, how he strife not only to live a good life, but the best life (point six, "Resolved, to live with all my might, while I do live") for God.
His resolutions cover a number of areas in his life: his overall life mission, good works, time management, relationships, suffering, character, and spiritual life.
How many times perhaps we failed to work out our resolutions and kept making the same resolutions again the next year...?
Jonathan Edwards shared with us his resolutions that he kept in the early days of his ministry. From these resolutions, we could see the struggle that Edwards was facing in those early days of his ministry, his particular area of weaknesses, and more importantly, how he strife not only to live a good life, but the best life (point six, "Resolved, to live with all my might, while I do live") for God.
His resolutions cover a number of areas in his life: his overall life mission, good works, time management, relationships, suffering, character, and spiritual life.
March 6, 2024
absolute game-changer of a read. totally changed the trajectory of my christian life, and fueled my resolve to live for God's glory like no other book. edwards' own resolutions challenged me to consider how exactly i was living for God's glory.
it is easy to casually express how we want to live for God's glory, but are we genuine when we say this? if we are sincere in wanting to live for God's glory, then resolve to do so. stop tolerating sin. bridle your tongue. don't waste your time. don't think wandering thoughts of pride. stop complaining. live earnestly for God's glory.
advice to young converts was also an excellent read. so fire all around. highly recommend to everyone.
it is easy to casually express how we want to live for God's glory, but are we genuine when we say this? if we are sincere in wanting to live for God's glory, then resolve to do so. stop tolerating sin. bridle your tongue. don't waste your time. don't think wandering thoughts of pride. stop complaining. live earnestly for God's glory.
advice to young converts was also an excellent read. so fire all around. highly recommend to everyone.
December 31, 2008
This is a very good (and short) book that gives a brief overview of the life of Jonathan Edward’s and then focuses on his “Resolutions” which he wrote as a young believer. It is encouraging to see how he was focused on living his life in such a way that when he grew old and looked back at his life he would not be filled with regret.
March 2, 2020
I came across these while researching the life of Jonathan Edwards and had heard that his seventy resolutions were really helpful. It's true. While I wasn't blown away by all seventy resolutions, many of them are convicting and motivational.
Resolution 7,"Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life."
Resolution 7,"Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life."
April 1, 2010
Currently re-reading. What a gem of a book! Timeless!
January 8, 2012
I love to read and reread this little booklet to myself and my kids. He inspires me to pursue holiness. Amazing man.
December 24, 2019
“Remember to read over these resolutions once a week.”
February 5, 2021
As a believer, painfully aware of my imperfections, I find encouragement from an early American minister who tackled the hard work of rooting out his own deficiencies of thought, word and deed.
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) entered Yale at the age of 13, and earned his M.A. before reaching the age of 20. He went on to preach in churches in Massachusetts, and played a major role in numerous revivals and the Great Awakening of 1740-42. His preaching and writing earned him the reputation of America’s foremost pastor, theologian and intellectual.
Early in his career, Edwards formulated a set of guidelines for personal behavior. It was a way to hold himself accountable and to build his capacity for self-control. In a modern world, where “virtue” is too often signaled by demeaning others and mouthing trite cliches, Jonathan Edwards’ “Resolutions” offers a refreshing contrast.
No part of his life was too small to avoid scrutiny. The seventy resolutions are simple and concise. Here’s one example:
“Resolved, whenever I do any conspicuously evil action, to trace it back till I come to the original cause; and to fight and pray with all my might against the original of it.”
Earlier in my life, I might have scoffed at Edwards’ method of self-appraisal and improvement. But I have come to appreciate the role of personal inventory in the development of virtue. And I have learned that self-control is not some neurotic straightjacket. “If it feels good, do it” and “follow your bliss” are not such brilliant prescriptions for freedom, after all.
This edition of Edwards’ work also includes “Advice to Young Converts” which was written much later in his career. “Advice” was a personal letter to a member of his congregation. And as with “Resolutions” it was not written with publication in mind.
There is something very appealing about the directness and simplicity of these two works by Edwards. Spiritual classics from hundreds of years ago are often as fresh and as compelling as anything published today. Personal fellowship, of a sort, is something I have experienced not just with Edwards, but with Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) and Brother Lawrence (1605-1691), to name a few. Their transparency and their sincerity make for great reading in any century.
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) entered Yale at the age of 13, and earned his M.A. before reaching the age of 20. He went on to preach in churches in Massachusetts, and played a major role in numerous revivals and the Great Awakening of 1740-42. His preaching and writing earned him the reputation of America’s foremost pastor, theologian and intellectual.
Early in his career, Edwards formulated a set of guidelines for personal behavior. It was a way to hold himself accountable and to build his capacity for self-control. In a modern world, where “virtue” is too often signaled by demeaning others and mouthing trite cliches, Jonathan Edwards’ “Resolutions” offers a refreshing contrast.
No part of his life was too small to avoid scrutiny. The seventy resolutions are simple and concise. Here’s one example:
“Resolved, whenever I do any conspicuously evil action, to trace it back till I come to the original cause; and to fight and pray with all my might against the original of it.”
Earlier in my life, I might have scoffed at Edwards’ method of self-appraisal and improvement. But I have come to appreciate the role of personal inventory in the development of virtue. And I have learned that self-control is not some neurotic straightjacket. “If it feels good, do it” and “follow your bliss” are not such brilliant prescriptions for freedom, after all.
This edition of Edwards’ work also includes “Advice to Young Converts” which was written much later in his career. “Advice” was a personal letter to a member of his congregation. And as with “Resolutions” it was not written with publication in mind.
There is something very appealing about the directness and simplicity of these two works by Edwards. Spiritual classics from hundreds of years ago are often as fresh and as compelling as anything published today. Personal fellowship, of a sort, is something I have experienced not just with Edwards, but with Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) and Brother Lawrence (1605-1691), to name a few. Their transparency and their sincerity make for great reading in any century.
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November 17, 2021To be a man of such caliber yet be so filled with humility! The earnestness of this man's resolutions that in everything–everything!– he do be for the glory of God, is nothing short of impressive. Yet insofar how impressive Edwards is, I realise that this is the call for all Christians to be. What a paradox the Christian life is! So simple yet so hard.
Each line of this short text convicts me. My soul wanes and my flesh is weak. I am ashamed, having been exposed to the frivolity of my Christianity. But in my shame, I once again taste the sweetness of his grace. Truly his mercies are new every morning!
anyways in other notes:
-read a pdf edition I came found after being intrigued by the title and the shortness of the text
-feel like some of these resolutions would be great printed as those inspirational poster type quotes LOL– might be a bit too puritanical for the market but they are really inspirational
-also i can totally tell where all those puritanical stereotypes come from eg) #30 resolved to not speak of any ridiculous, sportive, or matter of laughter on the sabbath :,)
Each line of this short text convicts me. My soul wanes and my flesh is weak. I am ashamed, having been exposed to the frivolity of my Christianity. But in my shame, I once again taste the sweetness of his grace. Truly his mercies are new every morning!
anyways in other notes:
-read a pdf edition I came found after being intrigued by the title and the shortness of the text
-feel like some of these resolutions would be great printed as those inspirational poster type quotes LOL– might be a bit too puritanical for the market but they are really inspirational
-also i can totally tell where all those puritanical stereotypes come from eg) #30 resolved to not speak of any ridiculous, sportive, or matter of laughter on the sabbath :,)
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