CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

His Descent. Family of Edwards. Family of Stoddard. His Fa-

ther's Family.

His Birth and Education. Earliest Productions of his Pen.

Habits of Study. Early Productions. Notes on the Mind.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

Early Productions continued.

Notes on Natural Science.

CHAPTER V.

"Notes on the

His Personal Nar-

rative.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

Early Religious Productions. "Miscellanies."

Scriptures." Early Religious Impressions.

Licensure. Residence in New-York. Personal Narrative continued.

His Seventy Resolutions.

His Diary.

His Tutorship. Sickness. Invitation to Northampton. Personal

Narrative continued. Diary concluded.

CHAPTER IX.

Settlement in the ministry at Northampton. Situation of things at

the time of his settlement. Attention to Religion in the Parish.

Course of Study. Habits of Life. Marriage. Death and Cha-

racter of Mr. Stoddard. Sickness of Mr. Edwards. Death and

Character of his Sister Jerusha. His first Publication.

CHAPTER X.

Remarkable Revival of Religion, in 1734, and '35.

Power. Manner of treating Awakened Sinners.

Decline. Religious Controversy in Hampshire.

Sister Lucy. Characteristics of Mrs. Edwards.

Personal Narrative.

"Five Dis-

Narrative of Surprising Conversions. His views of Revivals of Re-

ligion. Remarkable Providence at Northampton.

courses." Mr. Bellamy a resident of his family. History of Re-

demption. Extra-Parochial labours of Mr. Edwards.

Enfield. Funeral Sermon on the Rev. W. Williams.

CHAPTER XII.

Sermon at

Commencement of a second Great Revival of Religion, in the Spring

and Summer of 1740. Visit of Mr. Whitefield at Northampton.

Impulses. Judging of the Religious Character of others. Letter

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