Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 6): Uncertain Sign Two: Great Bodily Effects

Religious Affections

The high and intense affections of the Great Awakening often came with an assortment of bodily effects, including fainting, shaking, sweating, crying, and exhaustion (among others). Some found the displays unsettling and refused to accept any of them as works of God. Others welcomed them all as evidence of God’s work. Here again, Edwards took […]

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