The Works of President Edwards in Four Volumes: a Reprint of the Worcester Edition With Valuable Additions and a Copious General Index, to Which, for the First Time, Has Been Added, at Great

The Works Of President Edwards In Four Volumes: A Reprint Of The Worcester Edition With Valuable Additions And A Copious General Index, To Which, For The First Time, Has Been Added, At Great Expense, A Complete Index Of Scripture Texts" by Jonathan Edwards. This volume collects Edwards’s late-18th-century religious writings as part of a four-volume edition edited by Leavitt & Allen. It surveys an introductory framework and Part I that argue true religion rests primarily in the religious affections—loving God, joy in the Lord, hope, fear of the Lord, mercy, zeal, and longing for righteousness—and outlines how affections shape discernment of revival, means of grace, and the moral life. The text blends theological argument with practical case-studies, including public appeals for fasting and covenant renewal, and extended treatments of ministerial duty, congregational unity, and eschatological hope. It juxtaposes cross-regional exhortation for prayer with a Northampton-based narrative of spiritual awakening, showing how a community’s sorrow, conversions, and reforms illustrate authentic grace in action. The work is a core artifact of Puritan-Congregational revival theology that seeks to mobilize clergy and laity toward holiness, charity, and lasting spiritual renewal.