I am reading through Jonathan Edwards’ Miscellanies. Miscellany is sort of a strange word, meaning odds and ends, a mixture of items, and I think you need a strange word like that to describe what Edwards’ Miscellanies are, because they don’t really fit so well into a specific kind or style of writing. They are almost like a journal, but one of the things that has struck scholars over the years, is their almost absolute absence of references to Edwards’ personal life. He makes basically no references to his public activities, and he makes hardly any references to what’s happening … Continue reading The Sweetest Joys and Delights I have experienced