The next affection, after hope, is love and its opposite - hate. Obviously true religion also consists of obeying the two greatest commandments: 1) Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind and 2) Love your neighbor as yourself. The Scriptures that speak of love are too innumerable to recount. However, he does offer some citations that speak of hate, even hate that is pleasing to the Lord: Prov. 8:13; Ps. 97:10; Ps. 101:2-3; Ps. 119:104, 128; Ps. 139:2. (239)
Desire, or "longings, hungerings, and thirstings after God and holiness," comes next. (239) Edwards cites Isa. 26:8; Ps. 27:4; Ps. 42:1-2; Ps. 63:1,2; Ps. 84:1,2; Ps. 119:20. This calls to mind, for Edwards, a verse from the Beatitudes - Matt. 5:6. Eternal life, naturally, is connected to this type of thirst - Rev. 21:6.
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