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magnificence of the Great Geometrician or God. Edwards’ double identities reflected in his works He was the first modern American trying to reconciling Puritan ideas with the new rationalism of John Lock (knowledge is empirical, its sources being the sense) and Newton’s mechanical view of the universe. He was Also the Last Medieval Man ? (1) “I have had a… constant sense of the absolute sovereignty of God” He insists on the doctrine of inward munication of soul with God ? (2) belief in the regeneration of man。 urging his people to enjoy “conversion” with the help of God (“sinners were always exposed to sudden unexpected destruction”) ? (3) doctrine of the immanence of God in nature (Images or Shadows of Divine Things) Major Works ? The Freedom of the Will(1754)《 自由意志論 》 ? The Great Doctrine of original Sin Defended(1758)《 發(fā)怒上帝手中的罪人 》 ? The Nature of True Virtue (1765)《 真美德的性質(zhì) 》 ? Per