[Jonathan] Edwards bases this distinction on the difference between two ways of knowing. On the one hand, there is knowledge that is merely speculative, notional, a mere cognitive awareness of some truth. On the other hand, there is what Edwards calls “the sense of the heart” in which one recognizes the beauty or amiableness or sweetness of that truth and feels pleasure and delight in it. It is the difference between knowing or believing that God is holy and having a “sense” of or enjoying His holiness. “There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness.” Thus “when the heart is sensible of the beauty and amiableness of a thing, it necessarily feels pleasure in the apprehension.”

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Cookies	36	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Unsalted butter
1/2	c	Dark brown sugar
2	c	Flour
1/2	ts	Baking powder
1/4	ts	Salt
1	c	Finely chopped walnuts or pecans

INSTRUCTIONS

Sift the flour, salt, and baking powder together and set aside. Cream the
butter until soft and gradually add the sugar. Add the flour mixture a
little at a time and mix well. Refrigerate for one hour. Divide the dough
in half and keep one portion in the refrigerator while rolling out the
other to approximately 1/4" thickness. (The dough gets soft quickly.)
Sprinkle the dough with the nuts and gently press them in with the rolling
pin. Cut into 1-1/2" squares.   Pix uses a paper pattern as she is hopeless
at estimating things like this, unlike Faith. Prick with a fork and place
the squares on an ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with the rest of the
dough. Bake until golden brown, approximately 15 minutes in a preheated
350F oven. Makes 6 dozen squares. This is a devostatingly rich, crumbly
cookie.
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #191
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 08:34:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: PatH <phannema@wizard.ucr.edu>
NOTES : Body in the Basement: A Faith Fairchild Mystery. Pix Miller,
Faith's=
Neighbor. They live in Maine.

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