Jonathan Edwards on James 2:19

What did Edwards mean when he penned the subject line of a sermon he preached in 1752: "No such experiences as the devils in hell are the subjects of are any sure sign of grace." I'm trying to unravel the point he was making in this sentence. ------ (Research added by @GratefulDisciple; many thanks to @depperm [who helped us discover](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/a/102722/10672) the Yale WJE Online archive) According to [WJE Vol. 25 Appendix pages](http://edwards.yale.edu/archive?path=aHR0cDovL2Vkd2FyZHMueWFsZS5lZHUvY2dpLWJpbi9uZXdwaGlsby9nZXRvYmplY3QucGw/Yy4yNDozOS53amVv) listing dated and undated sermons: > *James 2:19(b)*. "No such experiences as the devils in hell are the subjects of are any sure sign of grace." Dec. 1746. Repreached Sept. 28, 1752. New York. Published as *True Grace Distinguished from the Experience of Devils* (New York, 1753). The sermon manuscript's facsimile [can be viewed here](https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/10695957) (the entry from the collection itself is [here](https://findit-uat.library.yale.edu/catalog/digcoll:3888407)) , which is transcribed in WJE Vol. 25 as [*"True Grace Distinguished From the Experience of Devils"*](http://edwards.yale.edu/archive?path=aHR0cDovL2Vkd2FyZHMueWFsZS5lZHUvY2dpLWJpbi9uZXdwaGlsby9nZXRvYmplY3QucGw/Yy4yNDozMDoxLndqZW8=) . The volume also provides a [sermon background](http://edwards.yale.edu/archive?path=aHR0cDovL2Vkd2FyZHMueWFsZS5lZHUvY2dpLWJpbi9uZXdwaGlsby9nZXRvYmplY3QucGw/Yy4yNDozMC53amVv) .