"If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms around their knees, imploring them to stay. If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go there unwarned and unprayed for."
"Satan must have thought much of Martin Luther. 'I could ride the world over,' says he, 'if it were not for that monk. He stands in my way. That strong headed man hates and mauls my first born son, the pope. If I could get rid of him I wouldn't mind though 50,000 smaller saints stood in my way."
"Moreover, if Satan cannot destroy a Christian, how often has he spoilt his usefulness? Many a believer has fallen, not to break his neck - that is impossible - but he has broken some important bone and he has gone limping to the grave."
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, by Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
The following quote is from Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) sermon: "It ...
