Preparation for Conversion

No. 339

As to preparatory work before conversion, there is undoubtedly always, except very extraordinary cases, such a thing. For we have shown [No. 1] that conversion is wrought in a moment. Now who can believe that the Spirit of God takes a man in his career in sin, without any forethought, or foreconcern or any such thing, or any preparatory circumstances to introduce it? We have no instance of such a thing without something preparatory, either preparatory thought or circumstances which prepared in some measure his thoughts. We do not determine how great a difference there may be in this preparatory introduction of Christ into the soul. - WJE 13:173

CORPUS NOTECARDS

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TERMS & REFERENCES

Term Set A: preparatory preparation prepared prepare

Term Set B: thought circumstances forethought foreconcern conversion

Max Distance Between Terms = 6

Reference List A/B

13:173 - The Miscellanies: (Entry Nos. a-z, aa-zz, 1-500) (WJEO 13)
13:305 - The Miscellanies: (Entry Nos. a-z, aa-zz, 1-500) (WJEO 13)
21:161 - Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith (WJEO 21)
22:331 - Sermons and Discourses, 1739-1742 (WJEO 22)
24:317 - The Blank Bible (WJEO 24)
24:756 - The Blank Bible (WJEO 24)
24:852 - The Blank Bible (WJEO 24)
24:891 - The Blank Bible (WJEO 24)
36:1 - Sermon Notebooks (WJEO 36)
37:2 - Documents on the Trinity, Grace and Faith (WJEO 37)
49:19 - Sermons, Series II, 1734 (WJEO 49)
50:3 - Sermons, Series II, 1735 (WJEO 50)
56:2 - Sermons, Series II, July-December 1740 (WJEO 56)

Reference List B/A

12:341 - Ecclesiastical Writings (WJEO 12)
13:173 - The Miscellanies: (Entry Nos. a-z, aa-zz, 1-500) (WJEO 13)
20:506 - The Miscellanies, 833-1152 (WJEO 20)
22:331 - Sermons and Discourses, 1739-1742 (WJEO 22)
24:756 - The Blank Bible (WJEO 24)
25:691 - Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758 (WJEO 25)
32:466 - Correspondence by, to, and about Edwards and His Family (WJEO 32)