The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven.
Jonathan EdwardsResolved, to confess frankly to myself all that which I find in myself, either infirmity or sin; and, if it be what concerns religion, also to confess the whole case to God, and implore needed help.
Jonathan EdwardsSpiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
Jonathan EdwardsBut yet it is evident that religion consists so much in affection, as that without holy affection there is no true religion; and no light in the understanding is good which does not produce holy affection in the heart: no habit or principle in the heart is good which has no such exercise; and no external fruit is good which does not proceed from such exercises.
Jonathan Edwards