| Preface | | xi | |
| Acknowledgments | | xv | |
| PART ONE A Personal Encounter with Jonathan Edwards by John Piper | |
| CHAPTER ONE: The End for Which God Created the World Why Publish an Old Book? A Personal and Public Concern |
| | 21 | (28) |
| CHAPTER TWO: Jonathan Edwards, The Man and His Life Learning from an Unmodern Evangelical |
| | 49 | (28) |
| CHAPTER THREE: Jonathan Edwards, A Mind in Love with God The Private Life of a Modern Evangelical |
| | 77 | (22) |
| CHAPTER FOUR: Jonathan Edwards, Enjoying God and the Transformation of Culture The Public Life of a Modern Evangelical |
| | 99 | (18) |
| PART TW0 The End for Which God Created the World by Jonathan Edwards | |
| A Note on How to Read The End for Which God Created the World |
| | 117 | (4) |
| Concerning the Text Used in This Edition of The End for Which God Created the World |
| | 121 | (4) |
| INTRODUCTION: Containing Explanations of Terms and General Positions |
| | 125 | (12) |
| CHAPTER ONE: Wherein Is Considered What Reason Teaches Concerning This Affair |
| | 137 | (46) |
| SECTION ONE: Some things observed in general which reason dictates |
| | 137 | (9) |
| SECTION TWO: Some further observations concerning those things which reason leads us to suppose God aimed at in the creation of the world |
| | 146 | (6) |
| SECTION THREE: Wherein it is considered how, on the supposition of God's making the aforementioned things his last end, he manifests a supreme and ultimate regard to himself in all his works |
| | 152 | (10) |
| SECTION FOUR: Some objections considered, which may be made against the reasonableness of what has been said of God making himself his last end |
| | 162 | (21) |
| CHAPTER TWO: Wherein It Is Inquired What Is to Be Learned from Holy Scriptures Concerning God's Last End in the Creation of the World |
| | 183 | (70) |
| SECTION ONE: The Scriptures represent God as making himself his own last end in the creation of the world |
| | 183 | (2) |
| SECTION TWO: Wherein some positions are advanced concerning a just method of arguing in this affair from what we find in the Holy Scriptures |
| | 185 | (6) |
| SECTION THREE: Particular texts of Scripture which show that God's glory is an ultimate end of the creation |
| | 191 | (19) |
| SECTION FOUR: Places of Scripture that lead us to suppose that God created the world for his name, to make his perfections known; and that he made it for his praise |
| | 210 | (10) |
| SECTION FIVE: Places of Scripture from whence it may be argued that communication of good to the creature was one thing which God hrd in view as an ultimate end of the creation of the world |
| | 220 | (9) |
| SECTION SIX: Wherein is considered what is meant by the glory of God and the name of God in Scripture, when spoken of as God's end in his works |
| | 229 | (12) |
| SECTION SEVEN: Showing that the ultimate end of the creation of the world is but one, and what that :me end is |
| | 241 | (12) |
| A Note on Resources: Desiring God Ministries? | | 253 | (2) |
| Scripture index | | 255 | (6) |
| Person Index | | 261 | (2) |
| Subject index | | 263 | |
