An Edwards Systematic Theology: Prolegommena

Prolegomenna

Below is Jonathan Edwards Prolegomenna to his Systematic Theology as presented from his Miscellany Notebooks. A Prolegomenna in a systematic theology is more or less the introductory material to a systematic. It’s everything to bring the reader from someone who knows nothing about God at all, to someone who accepts his existence and his revelation through Scripture. So in it, for example, you’ll find chapters on God’s existence, revelation in general, and scripture in particular. The numbered Miscellany entry links provided will redirect you to Yale’s Jonathan Edwards Center where you can read all of the content.

Enjoy!

• Theology as a Science: 83. See also Works 22:80.
• God as Man’s Highest Good: f, x, ff, 1208.
• God’s Existence: pp, 27a, 91, 124, 125a, 134, 199, 200, [267, 268, 269], 587, 650, 749, 880.
• General Revelation: 473, 732, 782, 821, 1183, 1229.
• How Much Knowledge of God the Heathen World Had: 953, 959, 962, 965, 969, 973, 977, 979, 1181, 1236, 1351; and from the Jews, 983, 1012, 1014, [1350]; Heathen philosophers: their inspiration, 1162; their vices, see Watts’ ‘Strength and Weakness of Human Reason,’ [Works], 2, 291e ff.; Heathen world, things that happened therein that were attestations to Christ’s divine mission, 981. (Edwards has much more extensive notes on this, which I’ll include in my last post in this series.)
• Man’s Need of Special Revelation: 837, 986, 1170, 1206, 1226, 1230, 1239, 1298, 1301, 1302, 1304, 1313, 1337, 1338, 1340, 1350 (can’t find on website), see notes on 1 Cor. 2:11–12, see also Watts’ Works, 2, 209, ‘Strength and weakness.’
• Canon: of the New Testament, 1060; Scriptures Complete, see sermon on 1Cor. 13:8-13. 
• Scripture: dd, 6, 61, 126, 195, [229], 333, 351, 426, 760; Inspiration of, 352, 358, 359, 810, 1144, see note on 1 Chron. 28:19; In place of miracles, 1223; Interpretation of, 840b, 851, 1172, 1291, see note on Dan. 5:25, Edwards’ also recommends Matthaeus Pfaff’s Dogmatics in the Prologema the section on interpretation of Scripture. 
• Church Fathers & Synods: How much authority, rr, 72, 166, 535, 828, see notes on Neh. 8:17.