# “The mere pleasure of God” by Jonathan Edwards

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- Published: 2009-07-08T21:51:24-05:00
- Author: tollelege

“There is nothing that keeps wicked men, at any one moment, out of hell, but the
mere pleasure of God.”

–Jonathan Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” _Sermons and Discourses:
1739-1742_, in _The Works of Jonathan Edwards_, Vol. 22, Ed. Harry S. Stout (New
Haven: Yale University Press, 2003), 405. Preached in Enfield, Connecticut on July
8, 1741.

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## Comments

### By: humanitasremedium

- Link: https://tollelege.net/2009/07/08/the-mere-pleasure-of-god-by-jonathan-edwards/comment-page-1/#comment-2646
- Published: 2009-07-14T18:28:13-05:00

Amen. I have made it a goal to revisit this sermon once a year so as to affect me
heart a new.