1794 JONATHAN EDWARDS. A Treatise on Religion Affections - Psychology of Revival and Religion Adventist presses down upon the Soul

presses down upon the Soul

if we let the cause of Christ and godliness die under our hands for want of lively zeal and pious ferour and faithfulness in our ministrations

while the terrible North

near folio

I write from a Tavern with a crowd of people about me

1794 JONATHAN EDWARDS. A Treatise on Religion Affections - Psychology of Revival and Religion Adventist presses down upon the SoulA wonderfully bound early example of one of the Edwards' most durable works; his psychology of conversion. In the aftermath of the Great Awakening, as converts began to peel off and return to their former ways, Edwards began to explore what it meant to be "converted" in terms of one's personhood, motivations, i. e. the "affections." In England and America, Whitefield was preaching his New Birth sermon; Doddridge published Rise and Progress of Religion