Hawley's death'' (June 1735), Works, 19: 385, 383.
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33. Edwards to Colman, May 30, 1735, postscript of June 3, 1735, Works, 16: 58. Details are from Faithful Narrative, Works, 4: 206.
34. Faithful Narrative, Works, 4 : 205–06. See also Goen, ''Introduction,'' Works, 4: 46. 35. Faithful Narrative, Works, 4: 206. 36. Sermon, Ephesians 5:25–27 (May 1735). Cf. similar themes in sermon on Ezekiel 47:11 (May 1735),. 37. Sermon, I Thessalonians 2:16 (May 1735). This sermon, which is quoted here from the Works of Edwards' transcription, was published as When the Wicked Shall Have Filled up Themselves in Their Sin, Wrath Will Come upon Them to the Uttermost, in some early editions of Edwards' sermons or works. See, Works, 19: 802, for references.
38. Edwards may have learned something from the disaster of the Hawley case. Later in response to an inquiry from the Reverend Thomas Gillespie of Scotland on how to deal with ''a person incessantly harassed by Satan . . . with those strange, horrid injections, that melancholic persons are often subject to'' Edwards wrote, ''I should by no means advise a person to resist the devil by entering the lists with him, and vehemently engaging their mind in an earnest dispute and violent struggle with the grand adversary; but rather by diverting the mind from his frightful suggestions, by going on steadfastly and diligently in the ordinary course of duty, without allowing themselves time and leisure to attend to the devil's sophistry, or view his frightful representations, committing themselves to God by prayer in this way, without anxiety about what had been suggested. That is the best way of resisting the devil, that crosses his design most; and he more e√ectually disappoints him in such cases, that treats him with neglect, than he that attends so much to him, as to engage in a direct conflict, and goes about to try his strength and skill with him, in a violent dispute or combat. The latter course rather gives him advantage, than anything else. 'Tis what he would; if he can get persons thus engaged in a violent struggle, he gains a great point. He knows that melancholic persons are not fit for it. By this he gains that point, of diverting and taking o√ the person from the ordinary course of duty, which is one great thing he aims at.'' Edwards to Thomas Gillespie, September 4, 1747, Works, 16: 228–29. Edwards had su√ered his own mild melancholy, or depressions, over the state of his soul and seemed characteristically to work his way out of them through a rational program of keeping to his religious and working routine. Cf. Gail Thain Parker, ''Jonathan Edwards and Melancholy,'' New England Quarterly 41 (June 1968): 193–212.
39. Sermon, I Thessalonians 2:16. The comment re Hawley is from Faithful Narrative, Works, 4: 206.
40. Sermon, Romans 5:6, ''prepared for the fast appointed on occasion of uncle Hawley's death'' (June 1735), Works, 19: 385, 383.
41. Faithful Narrative, Works, 4: 205–7. Stephen Williams quoted in Goen, ''Introduction,'' Works, 4: 47n. God's Continuing Presence, sermon, Ezekiel 39:28–29 (July 1735), Works, 19: 392–417, addresses the question of the apparent end of the awakening, alludes to the suicide craze, and dwells on the questions of God forsaking them, possible causes, backsliding, etc.
In a ''lecture'' sermon, Psalm 66:3 (August 1735), apparently preached on a public occasion, Edwards stated, ''If were not for fear of future punishment, men's consciences would be no restraint to them and then there would be no dependence on any natural man