“The glorious excellencies and beauty of God will be what will for ever entertain the minds of the saints, and the love of God will be their everlasting feast. The redeemed will indeed enjoy other things; they will enjoy the angels, and will enjoy one another; but that which they shall enjoy in the angels, or each other, or in any thing else whatsoever that will yield them delight and happiness, will be what shall be seen of God in them. (Works, 17, 208)”

“For Edwards, life is not about one's selfish interests and heaven is not about one's prefabricated paradise. Earthly life and heavenly life alike revolve around the greatness of God.”

From The Essential Edwards Collection: Lover of God, Owen Strachan and Doug Sweeney, Moody Press, p. 63-64.