Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early ... and the University of North Carolina Press)

by Douglas L. Winiarski

Determining whether one had been infused by the Holy Spirit proved to be no easy matter. Despite his technical writings on the subject, Edwards concluded that the principle of the indwelling Spirit was “ineffable,” “inconceivable,” and “infinitely above all our conceptions.”