"And then, in the next place, as love to God prevails, it tends to set persons above human injuries, in this sense, that the more they love God, the more they will place all their happiness in him. They will look to God as their all, and seek their happiness and portion in his favour, and that not in the allotments of his providence alone; the more they love God, the less they set their hearts on worldly interests, which are all that their enemies can touch. Men can injure God's people only with respect to worldly good...And so it often is the case, that the friends of God hardly think the injuries they receive from men are worthy of the name of injuries; and the calm and quietness of their minds are scarcely disturbed by them. And as long as they have the favour and friendship of God, they are not much concerned about the evil work and injuries of men."
- Jonathan Edwards, Charity and Its Fruits (1852), on 1 Corinthians 13:4
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