Edwards later uses different tactics to lead his followers back to Calvinism with the use of his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” due to the influx of lack of vigilant Christianity. Jonathan Edwards’ philosophy on the responsibility of man cannot be separated from his theology because his life revolved around seeking his own salvation. He consistently addressed how in order to seek out deliverance you must constantly live according to the gospel in an image of Christ. However, similar to Franklin’s inability to reach perfection he later acknowledges that “I used to be continually examining myself…but with too great a dependence on my own strength, which afterwards proved a great damage to me” (Edwards 402). Effectively, Edwards realizes that man is unable to live fully as a perfect image of Christ, however, he must seek out the love of Christ to have a fulfilled, happy
Edwards later uses different tactics to lead his followers back to Calvinism with the use of his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” due to the influx of lack of vigilant Christianity. Jonathan Edwards’ philosophy on the responsibility of man cannot be separated from his theology because his life revolved around seeking his own salvation. He consistently addressed how in order to seek out deliverance you must constantly live according to the gospel in an image of Christ. However, similar to Franklin’s inability to reach perfection he later acknowledges that “I used to be continually examining myself…but with too great a dependence on my own strength, which afterwards proved a great damage to me” (Edwards 402). Effectively, Edwards realizes that man is unable to live fully as a perfect image of Christ, however, he must seek out the love of Christ to have a fulfilled, happy