Modern
Jonathan Edwards
1703 – 1758 · Colonial America
“O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”
Psalm 34:8 (KJV)
In the Life of the Saints
A pastor and philosopher-theologian, Edwards preached during the Great Awakening that swept colonial New England. Far from only hellfire, his sermons and writings dwell often on the “sweetness” and beauty of God — an experience he believed the soul could taste.
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