delighting in God's glory

"as it is desirable in itself that God's glory should be known, so when known it seems equally reasonable it should be esteemed and delighted in, answerably to its dignity. there is no more reason to esteem it a suitable thing, that there should be an idea in the understanding corresponding unto the glorious object, than that there should be a corresponding affection in the will. if the perfection itself be excellent, the knowledge of it is excellent, and so is the esteem and love of it excellent. and as it is fit that God should love and esteem his own excellence, it is also fit that he should value and esteem the love of his excellency. and if it becomes a being highly to value himself, it is fit that he should love to have himself valued and esteemed. if the idea of God's perfection in the understanding be valuable, then the love of the heart seems to be more especially valuable, as moral beauty especially consists in the disposition and affection of the heart."

jonathan edwards, the end for which God created the world