HOPKINS, Samuel [Jonathan Edwards].
The Life and Character of the Late Reverend, Learned, and Pious Mr. Jonathan Edwards, President of the College of New-Jersey. Together with Extracts From His Private Writings & Diary, and Also Seventeen Select Sermons on Various Important Subjects.
Samuel Hopkins' The Life and Character of the Late Reverend, Learned, and Pious Mr. Jonathan Edwards
Northampton: Andrew Wright for S. & E. Butler, 1804.
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Later edition of this biographical account of Jonathan Edwards’ life, ministry, and theological contributions. Octodecimo, bound in full contemporary calf. In good condition with rubbing, losses to the spine and corners of the panels, toning, and a loss to the front hinge. Ownership plate to the front pastedown.
Samuel Hopkins’s The Life and Character of the Late Reverend, Learned, and Pious Mr. Jonathan Edwards (1765) is a foundational biographical work that not only chronicles the life and ministry of Edwards but also serves as a vehicle for advancing his theological legacy. As both a disciple and admirer of Edwards, Hopkins presents his subject as a paragon of Christian virtue, intellectual brilliance, and unwavering devotion to divine truth. The biography highlights Edwards’s role in the First Great Awakening, his controversial dismissal from the Northampton pastorate, and his final years as president of the College of New Jersey. Interweaving personal anecdotes with theological reflection, Hopkins constructs an idealized portrait that reinforces Edwards’s authority as a religious leader and thinker, while also subtly advancing the theological movement later known as New Divinity.
The Life and Character of the Late Reverend, Learned, and Pious Mr. Jonathan Edwards, President of the College of New-Jersey. Together with Extracts From His Private Writings & Diary, and Also Seventeen Select Sermons on Various Important Subjects.
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