Ouch! This is what the Oxford English Dictionary’s American counterpart (the OAD) offers on Jonathan Edwards:
“Extreme Calvinism”? Nothing about theological or intellectual profundity? None of his pastoral heart?
Very sad. If you are faithful to the Lord, then in this world you will have tribulation. If you’re very faithful you may get tribulation even after you enter the next.
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