some thoughts

“…certainly, unless we will be atheists, we must allow that true virtue does primarily and most essentially consist in a supreme love to God; and that where this is wanting, there can be no true virtue. … But this being a matter of the highest importance, I shall say something further to make it plain, that love to God is most essential to true virtue; and that no benevolence whatsoever to other beings can be of the nature of true virtue without it.”

- Jonathan Edwards, Dissertation Concerning the Nature of Virtue, Works I.125. (link)

“…virtue is the beauty of those qualities and acts of the mind, that are of a moral nature…”

- Ibid, p 123. (link)

I wonder how this line of thinking squares with Calvin’s thoughts on Common Grace? Thoughts welcome…