This book begins the publication of Jonathan Edwards' personal theological tebooks, called collectively the Miscellanies. The entries in Volume 13 span the early years of Edwards' ministry (1722-31) and range widely in subject matter. They record Edwards' initial thoughts on some of his most characteristic ideas, for example, original sin, free will, the Trinity, and God's end in creation. Many entries, however, relate to doctrinal and polemical subjects t included in the corpus of Edwards' published writings. The volume also contains Edwards' alphabetical index to the entire Miscellanies ; this Table is a theological document in its own right and reveals the interrelationship among the various components of Edwards' theological system.
