Quote 436
Some bodily worship is necessary to give liberty to our own devotion; yea though in secret, so more when with others . . . 'Tis necessary that there should be something bodily and visible in the worship of a congregation; otherwise, there can be no communion at all. 
Jonathan Edwards
Miscellanies #1017.5K
Other Quotes from the Author & Topic
Worship is no longer worship when it reflects the culture around us more than the Christ within us.
Worship0Not only is music rarely associated with worship in the New Testament but the Pentateuch is altogether silent on music associated with tabernacle worship. All of this highlights our skewed preoccupation with music in the current conflicts over worship.
For the Glory of God (xi)Worship0For the Glory of God (xi)
You cannot find excellent corporate worship until you stop trying to find excellent corporate worship and pursue God himself.
Worship0Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
ResolutionsAction0Resolutions
We praise what we enjoy because the delight is incomplete until it is expressed in praise.
Worship0(1) True worship involves an engagement with God and is focused on him. According to Jesus himself, true worship focuses not on the place but on the person of Christ, who is Yahweh incarnate (John 4:21–24). (2) True worship occurs at the invitation of the Lord and must be conducted on his terms. (3) True worship is communal. In worship the redeemed gather to celebrate the kindness that God has lavished on us collectively, without merit and without prejudice. Furthermore, true worship tears down the barriers of gender, class, and race. As Paul writes in Galatians 3:28, in the presence of God "there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor
female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." (4) True worship is driven by a deep sense of gratitude to God, first for his redemption, and second for his lavish daily provision. In true worship our focus is not on what we are doing for him but on what he has done for us. For this reason true worship should be a joyful event, not a burden to be legalistically borne. (5) Finally, true worship involves the lavish offering of one's resources and even oneself (Rom. 12:1) in sacrifice to and for the service of Christ.
Deuteronomy (The NIV Application Commentary) (p. 398). ZondervanWorship0Deuteronomy (The NIV Application Commentary) (p. 398). Zondervan
Resolved, when I am most conscious of provocations to ill nature and anger, that I will strive most to feel and act good-naturedly; yea, at such times, to manifest good nature, though I think that in other respects it would be disadvantageous, and so as would be imprudent at other times.
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-resolutions-of-jonathan-edwardsRelationships, Conversation0The resurrection of Christ is the most joyful event that ever came to pass.
Resurrection0Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-resolutions-of-jonathan-edwardsRevenge0God's purpose for my life was that I have a passion for God's glory and that I have a passion for my joy in that glory, and that these two are one passion.
God's Glory0Whether God has decreed all things that ever come to pass or not, all that own the being of a God, own that He knows all things beforehand. Now, it is self-evident that if He knows all things beforehand, He either doth approve of them or doth not approve of them; that is, He either is willing they should be, or He is not willing they should be. But to will that they should be is to decree them.
Decrees0Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.
ResolutionsAction0Resolutions
Without the knowledge of God there can be no true worship of him;
https://www.monergism.com/worship-god-or-practical-religion-ebookWorship0The New Testament shows a stunning indifference to the outward forms and places of worship. At the same time, there is a radical intensification of worship as an inward, spiritual experience that has no bounds and pervades all of life.
Expository Exultation, 28Worship0Expository Exultation, 28
Pride is the most hidden, secret, and deceitful of all lusts.
Pride0Either I must lay hold of Christ or the devil will lay hold of me and drag me to the pit of misery.
Christ, Devil0God is a perfectly happy Being, in the most absolute and highest sense possible; in strict propriety of speech, there is no such thing as any pain, grief or trouble in God.
God's Happiness0It is God's way to let ministers try all their strength first, and then He Himself comes and subdues the hearts they cannot.
Preaching, Shepherding0If true religion lies much in the affections, we may infer, that such a way of preaching the word . . . as has a tendency deeply to affect the hearts of those who attend . . . is much to be desired.
Religious AffectionsPreaching0Religious Affections
God hath appointed . . . preaching . . . as a fit means . . . to stir up the pure minds of the saints, quicken their affections by often bringing the great things of religion to their remembrance, setting them in their proper colours, though they know them, and have been fully instructed in them.
Preaching0Human beings by their very nature are worshipers. Worship is not something we do; it defines who we are. You cannot divide human beings into those who worship and those who don't. Everybody worships; it's just a matter of what, or whom, we serve.
Worship0Resolved, not only to refrain from an air of dislike, fretfulness, and anger in conversation, but to exhibit an air of love, cheerfulness and benignity.
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-resolutions-of-jonathan-edwardsRelationships0I frequently hear persons in old age say how they would live, if they were to live their lives over again: Resolved, that I will live just so as I can think I shall wish I had done, supposing I live to old age.
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-resolutions-of-jonathan-edwardsLife, Death0Resolved, never to do anything, which I should be afraid to do, if it were the last hour of my life.
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-resolutions-of-jonathan-edwardsLife, Death0Resolved, to live with all my might, while I do live.
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-resolutions-of-jonathan-edwardsResolutions, Life0
Bible Resource
WhoWhatWhere Bible
A level-based Bible challenge, single and multiplayer modes available.
WhoWhatWhere Bible
A level-based Bible challenge, single and multiplayer modes available.
Special OfferTop Authors
1. Thomas Watson (196)
2. Charles Spurgeon (135)
3. J.C. Ryle (117)
4. Thomas Brooks (114)
5. John Calvin (108)
6. John Flavel (96)
7. J.I. Packer (95)
8. William Gurnall (93)
9. George Swinnock (89)
10. John Piper (87)
11. John Owen (74)
12. Thomas Manton (70)
13. A.W. Pink (68)
14. Louis Berkhof (63)
15. C.S. Lewis (59)
16. B.B. Warfield (59)
17. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (58)
18. R.C. Sproul (55)
19. Richard Baxter (54)
20. Matthew Henry (54)
2. Charles Spurgeon (135)
3. J.C. Ryle (117)
4. Thomas Brooks (114)
5. John Calvin (108)
6. John Flavel (96)
7. J.I. Packer (95)
8. William Gurnall (93)
9. George Swinnock (89)
10. John Piper (87)
11. John Owen (74)
12. Thomas Manton (70)
13. A.W. Pink (68)
14. Louis Berkhof (63)
15. C.S. Lewis (59)
16. B.B. Warfield (59)
17. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (58)
18. R.C. Sproul (55)
19. Richard Baxter (54)
20. Matthew Henry (54)
Top Topics
1. Sin (243)2. Prayer (187)
3. Scripture (167)
4. Faith (136)
5. Preaching (130)
6. Gospel (112)
7. The Law (111)
8. Suffering (104)
9. Salvation (96)
10. Sabbath (91)
11. Church (86)
12. Christ (82)
13. Grace (74)
14. Justification (64)
15. Law (61)
16. Truth (53)
17. Death (52)
18. Love (51)
19. Holiness (49)
20. Sanctification (48)
21. Children (46)
22. Pride (46)
23. Heaven (45)
24. Obedience (45)
25. Creation (43)
26. Theology (43)