"Self-Deception as a Theological Problem in Jonathan Edwards's "Treatise Concerning Religious Affections

Like many great theologians, Jonathan Edwards was a polemicist. Although he kept extensive personal notebooks in which he developed his views concerning scripture interpretation and doctrinal theology, in most instances he did not publish these views without the catalyst afforded by theological controversy. Throughout the course of Edwards's ministry Arminianism was his constant foe. In the 1730s he published a number of anti-Arminian sermons and actively opposed the ordination of Robert Breck, an Arminian sympathizer. He also viewed the revivals as falling within the scope of this anti-Arminian polemic. InFaithful Narrative(1737) he expressed concern over the spread of Arminianism in the Connecticut Valley and portrayed the revival as working directly against this tendency. Likewise inSome Thoughts(1743) he predicted that the activity of the Holy Spirit in the revivals would "entirely overthrow their scheme of religion" and suggested, "Now is a good time for Arminians to change their principles." In the late 1740s on several occasions he recorded his intention to write "something particularly and largely on the Arminian controversy, in distinct discourses on the various points in dispute." Although he was temporarily distracted from this proposed project by the communion controversy in Northampton, he began to carry it out soon after the move to Stockbridge, publishingFreedom of the Willin 1754

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