...Stein (New Haven and London, 1977), which includes his Notes on the Apocalypse; his highly influential An Humble Attempt to promote Explicit Agreement and...Religion and the Advancement of Christ's Kingdom on Earth (1747); and the sermons appearing posthumously as History of the Work of Redemption (1774). noting...

...community a step closer to the evasive goal: a transatlantic concert of prayer. In 1747 Edwards published An Humble Attempt to Promote Explicit Agreement and...and the Advancement of Christ's Kingdom on Earth, which supported the concert and considered its possible role in redemptive history. 5 The 1748 American...

...denomination in the United States, [a call] to unite in their endeavors to carry into execution the humble attempt to promote explicit agreement and visible...and the advancement of Christ's Kingdom on earth. In execution of this plan, it is proposed that the ministers and churches of every Christian denomination...

...stressed (see Barker, Milton and the Puritan Dilemma, 193-214, 260-90, and 293-330). 50. Jonathan Edwards, "An Humble Attempt to Promote Explicit Agreement and...Advancement of Christ's Kingdom on Earth Pursuant to Scripture Promises and Prophecies concerning the Last Time," Apocalyptic Writings (vol. 5 of The Works...

...funeral sermon, published as True Saints, When Absent From the Body, Are Present With the Lord October: An Humble Attempt to Promote Explicit Agreement and...Visible Union of God's People in Extraordinary Prayer published Autumn: begins work on Brainerd's Life 1748 February 14: daughter Jerusha dies June 26: preaches...

...the Coming of the American Revolution (Waltham, Mass.: Ginn-Baisdell, 1970), pp. 2-9. 31. Edwards, An Humble Attempt to Promote Explicit Agreement and...Visible Union of God's People, in Extraordinary Prayer [1746] in Carroll, ed., Religion and the Coming of the American Revolution, p. 14. 32. Ezra Stiles,...

...promote a concert of prayer for the advancement of God's kingdom, and in 1747 he contributed to the cause An Humble Attempt to Promote Explicit Agreement and...Visible Union of God's People in Extraordinary Prayer. There he speculated that it might be plausible to expect 250 years of "commotions, tumults, and calamities"...

...Tenth child, Elizabeth, is born David Brainerd visits (May 28) and later dies (Oct. 9) 1747 (Oct.) An Humble Attempt to promote Explicit Agreement and...Religion and the Advancement of Christ's Kingdom on Earth published 1748 Daughter Jerusha dies (Feb. 14) [1748 Edwards' uncle, John Stoddard — his greatest...

...Millennium (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2004), 35. 8. See ibid. Chapter 2: Vision Epigraph. Jonathan Edwards, "An Humble Attempt to Promote Explicit Agreement and...and the Advancement of Christ's Kingdom on Earth," in The Works of Jonathan Edwards, ed. Sereno E. Dwight (1834; repr., Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust,...

...of his famous works, An Humble Attempt to Promote Explicit Agreement and Visible Union among God' s People, in Extraordinary Prayer for the Revival of...Advancement of Christ's Kingdom on Earth, Pursuant to Scripture Promises and Prophecies Concerning the Last Time, Jonathan Edwards' close friendship with...