Jonathan Edwards, Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God, 1741. La langue moderne est empruntée à Archie Parrish, The Spirit of Revival, Crossway Books, 2000, p. 71.
The Word of God is the principle means by which other means operate and are made effectual… For all that is visible to the eye is vague and vain without the Word of God to instruct and guide the mind. It is the Word of God that is indeed held forth and applied by example, just as the word of the Lord sounded forth to other towns of Macedonia and Achaia by the example of those who believed in Thessalonica.
Jonathan Edwards, Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God, 1741. Modern language courtesy of Archie Parrish, The Spirit of Revival, Crossway Books, 2000, p. 71.