A Sweet Flame

Piety in the Letters of Jonathan Edwards

Michael A. G. Haykin

• Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9781601780119
• eBook ISBN: 9781601782793
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: History of Christianity

A Sweet Flame introduces readers to the piety of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758). Dr. Haykin's biographical sketch of Edwards captures the importance the New England minister placed on Scripture, family piety, and the church's reliance upon God. The remainder of the book presents 26 selections from various letters written by Edwards, two written by family members at his death, and an appendix drawing upon Edwards's last will and the inventor of his estate.

Table of Contents:
To Mary Edwards
To Benjamin Colman
To George Whitefield
To Deborah Hatheway
To Sarah Edwards, Jr.
To Joseph Bellamy
To James Robe
To Thomas Prince
To Elnathan Whitman
To William McCulloch
To Joseph Bellamy
To William McCulloch
To Sarah Edwards
To John Erskine
To John Erskine
To John Erskine
To Mary Edwards
To Joseph Bellamy
To John Erskine
To Lady Mary Pepperell
To William McCulloch
To Timothy Edwards
Letter to Edward Wigglesworth
To the Trustees of the College of New Jersey at Princeton
To Esther Burr
To Lucy Edwards
Sarah Edwards to Esther Burr
Susannah Edwards to Esther Burr
Appendix: Jonathan Edwards' Last Will, and the Inventory of His Estate
Series Description

Seeking, then, both to honor the past and yet not idolize it, we are issuing these books in the series Profiles in Reformed Spirituality . The design is to introduce the spirituality and piety of the Reformed Profiles in Reformed Spirituality tradition by presenting descriptions of the lives of notable Christians with select passages from their works. This combination of biographical sketches and collected portions from primary sources gives a taste of the subjects' contributions to our spiritual heritage and some direction as to how the reader can find further edification through their works. It is the hope of the publishers that this series will provide riches for those areas where we are poor and light of day where we are stumbling in the deepening twilight.

Table of contents

• Frontispiece
• Dedication
• Abbreviations
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Quote
• Appendix
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Series Page
• Table of Contents
• Profiles in Reformed Spirituality
• Jonathan Edwards
• The Piety of Jonathan Edwards
• 1 To Mary Edwards
• Benjamin Colman
• 2 To Benjamin Colman
• George Whitefield
• 3 To George Whitefield
• 4 To Deborah Hatheway
• A nineteenth-century print of George Whitefield
• 5 To Sarah Edwards, Jr.
• 6 To Joseph Bellamy
• 7 To James Robe
• 8 To Thomas Prince
• Old South Church
• 9 To Elnathan Whitman
• 10 To William McCulloch
• 11 To Joseph Bellamy
• Peter van Mastricht
• Humble Attempt
• 12 To William McCulloch
• Sarah Edwards
• 13 To Sarah Edwards
• 14 To John Erskine
• The gravestone of Jerusha Edwards
• 15 To John Erskine
• 16 To John Erskine
• Humble Inquiry
• 17 To Mary Edwards
• 18 To Joseph Bellamy
• A Farewel-Sermon
• 19 To John Erskine
• Sir William Pepperrell
• 20 To Lady Mary Pepperrell
• 21 To William McCulloch
• The house in Stockbridge
• 22 To Timothy Edwards
• 23 Letter to Edward Wigglesworth
• 24 To the Trustees of the College of New Jersey at Princeton
• Nassau Hall and the President's House
• 25 To Esther Burr
• 26 To Lucy Edwards
• Jonathan Edwards' grave in Princeton Cemetery
• 27 Sarah Edwards to Esther Burr
• 28 Susannah Edwards to Esther Burr
• Select Bibliography
• Inscription on Edwards' grave