The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards in the Theology of Andrew Fuller -- Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chronology of Jonathan Edwards 1703-1758 -- Chronology of Andrew Fuller 1754-1815 -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Overview of the Intended Course of the Investigation, Its Method and Scope -- History of Edwardsean Scholarship to Date -- History of Fullerite Scholarship to Date -- 1. Edwards on the Will -- 1.1 Historical Background -- 1.1.1 Theological Climate of Enlightenment -- 1.1.2 Historical Setting for Freedom of the Will -- 1.2 Thematic Textual Exposition19 of Freedom of the Will -- Preface: Danger of Using Labels -- Part 1: Definition of the 'Will,' 'Motives' and 'Action' -- Part 2: Absurdity of 'Self-determination,' 'Indifference' and 'Contingency' -- Part 3: 'Natural, Moral Inability' and 'Command, Responsibility' -- Part 4: 'Use of Means' Response to the Arminian Theologians' Argument -- 1.3 Recap of Freedom of the Will -- 2. Fuller's Theological Indebtedness to Freedom of the Will -- 2.1 Historical Analysis -- 2.1.1 Modern Question -- 2.1.2 Northamptonshire Association -- 2.2 Possible Sources Other than Freedom of the Will -- 2.3 Thematic Textual Exposition -- 2.3.1 Fuller's Polemical Approach -- 2.3.2 Fuller's Metaphysics of Causality and Volitional Freedom -- 2.3.3 Fuller on Natural and Moral Inability -- 2.3.4 Philosophical Basis for Universal Offer of the Gospel -- 2.3.5 'Use of Means' in Gospel Worthy -- 2.4 Andrew Fuller as the 'Theological Father' of the Modern Missions -- 3. Fuller's Missiological Optimism and Humble Attempt -- 3.1 Historical Analysis -- 3.1.1 Providence of Humble Attempt -- 3.1.2 'Prayer Call of 1784' and the Humble Attempt (1789) -- 3.2 Eschatological Basis for Fuller's Apocalyptic Speculation -- 3.2.1 Comparing Edwards's and Fuller's use of Moses Lowman -- 3.2.2 The Seven Seals.

3.2.3 Edwards on the 'Slaying of the Witnesses' -- 3.2.4 Edwards's Influence on Fuller's Exegesis of Revelation 11 -- 3.3 Missiological Implications of the Optimism in Humble Attempt -- 3.4 Jonathan Edwards's Missiological Legacy -- 4. Edwards on the Affections -- 4.1 Historical Background -- 4.2 Philosophical Background of the 'Sense of the Heart' -- 4.3 Thematic Textual Exposition of Edwards's Pneumatological Epistemology -- 4.3.1 Content: Theological Aesthetics in Religious Affections -- 4.3.2 Content: Edwards's Usage of Beauty in Religious Affections -- 4.3.3 Mode: Beauty, Sweetness, Sensible Knowledge, and Understanding in Religious Affections -- 4.3.4 Mode: A Divine Supernatural Light (1743) -- 4.3.5 Sensibility: The Role of Holy Spirit in the 'Sense of the Heart' of Religious Affections -- 4.3.6 Sensibility: Personal Narrative (1722) -- 4.4 The 'Sense of the Heart,' Changeable Inclination, and Connection to Holy Actions -- 5. Fuller's Theological Indebtedness to Religious Affections -- 5.1 Historical Background of Sandemanians -- 5.1.1 Sandemanianism in Scotland -- 5.1.2 Fuller's Disputes with Archibald Mclean -- 5.2 Thematic Textual Analysis of Influence of Religious Affections on Fuller -- 5.2.1 "Appendix" to the Second Edition of Gospel Worthy -- 5.2.2 Strictures on Sandemanianism -- 5.3 Effects of Religious Affections and Nature of True Virtue in Fuller's Thoughts -- 5.4 Jonathan Edwards's Legacy in Fuller's Conception of 'Sense of the Heart,' Changeable Inclination, Holy Actions and their Connection to Moral Inability -- 6. Fuller's View of Atonement and the New England Theologians -- 6.1 The Controversy Between Fuller and Abraham Booth -- 6.2 Recent Scholarship on Fuller's Atonement and New England Theology -- 6.3 Edwards's Outlook on Grotianism and New England Theology -- 6.4 Fuller and Joseph Bellamy -- 6.5 Fuller and Samuel Hopkins.

6.6 Fuller, Edwards and Jonathan Edwards Jr. -- 6.6.1 Edwards Jr. The Necessity of the Atonement and the Consistency between that and Free Grace in Forgiveness: Three Sermons -- 6.6.2 Was Fuller's approach to the Atonement nearer to that of Edwards or Edwards Jr.? -- 6.7 The Nature of Atonement -- 6.7.1 Edwards on the Nature of Atonement -- 6.7.2 Fuller on the Nature of Atonement -- 6.8 The Extent of Atonement -- 6.8.1 Edwards on the Extent of Atonement -- 6.8.2 Fuller on the Extent of Atonement -- 7. Edwards's Influence on Fuller's Conception of 'Justification by Faith' -- 7.1 The Influence of Edwards's "Interested Union" in Fuller's Doctrine of Justification -- 7.2 The Influence on Fuller of Edwards's Forensic Justification and Figurative Imputation -- 7.2.1 Edwards's Forensic Justification but Figurative Imputation -- 7.2.2 Fuller's Forensic Justification but Figurative Imputation -- 7.3 Textual Analysis of Fuller's Utilization of Edwards's Sermon on Justification -- 7.3.1 Edwards's Quotation 1 -- 7.3.2 Edwards's Quotation 2 -- 7.3.3 Fuller's Utilization of Quotations 1 and 2 -- 7.3.4 Edwards's Quotation 3 -- 7.3.5 Fuller's Utilization of Quotation 3 -- 7.3.6 Edwards's Quotation 4 -- 7.3.7 Fuller's Utilization of Quotation 4 -- 7.4 Conclusion -- 7.5 Metaphorical Realism: Hermeneutics of Reading Edwards's and Fuller's Figurative Language -- Conclusion: The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards in the Theology of Andrew Fuller -- Appendix: Fuller's Access to Published Literature of Edwards in Britain -- Bibliography -- I. Primary Sources -- a. The Writings of Jonathan Edwards -- b. The Writings of Andrew Fuller -- c. Manuscripts and Pamphlets -- d. Other Sources Prior to the Twentieth Century -- II. Secondary Sources -- a. Monograph, Books and Booklets -- b. Journal Articles, Encyclopedia, Chapters in Collected Works.

c. Unpublished Theses, Dissertations, Papers -- Index of Names -- Index of terms.