RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS WAS WRITTEN IN 1746 BY JONATHON EDWARS WHO WAS THE PASTOR GOD USED TO BE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PASTOR IN IGNITING THE GREAT RELIGIOUS AWAKENING, WHICH GREATLY INFLUENCED OUR ALMOST MIRACULOUS CONSTITUTION. IN THIS TREATISE JONATHON EDWARDS THOROUGHLY DELINEATES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TRUE CHRISTIAN AND THE ALMOST CHRISTIAN. IN THIS MESSAGE WE WILL LOOK AT THE LAST SECTION OF PART 2 WHICH IS SECTION 12 AND WE BEGIN THE READING OF PART 3. LET US NOW REVIEW WHERE WE HAVE BEEN IN PART 2 AND WE ARE BEGINNING IN PART 3. PART II. SHOWING WHAT ARE NO CERTAIN SIGNS THAT RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS ARE GRACIOUS, OR THAT THEY ARE NOT.
I. That religious affections are very great, or raised very high, is no sign
II. That they have great effects on the body, is no sign
III. That they cause those who have them to be fluent, fervent, and abundant, in talking of the things of religion, is no sign
IV. That persons did not excite them of their own contrivance and by their own strength, is no sign
V. That they come with texts of Scripture, remarkably brought to the mind, is no sign
VI. That there is an appearance of love in them, is no sign
VII. Persons having religious affections of many kinds, accompanying one another, is no sign
VIII. That comforts and joys seem to follow awakenings and convictions of conscience, in a certain order, is no sign
IX. That they dispose persons to spend much time in religion, and to be zealously engaged in the external duties of worship, is no sign
X. That they much dispose persons with their mouths to praise and glorify God, is no sign
XI. That they make persons that have them exceeding confident that what they experience is divine, and that they are in a good estate, is no sign
XII. That the outward manifestations of them, and the relation persons give of them, are very affecting and pleasing to the godly, is no sign. ART III. SHOWING WHAT ARE DISTINGUISHING SIGNS OF TRULY GRACIOUS AND HOLY AFFECTIONS.
I. Truly gracious affections arise from divine influences and operations on the heart
