Jonathan Edwards on the Excellency of Christ

The inquiry of the soul is after that which is most excellent.

The excellency of Christ is such, that the discovery of it is exceedingly contenting and satisfying to the soul.

The excellency of Christ is an object adequate to the natural cravings of the soul, and is sufficient to fill the capacity. It is an infinite excellency, such a one as the mind desires, in which it can find no bounds; and the more the mind is used to it, the more excellent it appears.

Every new discovery of Jesus makes His beauty appear more ravishing, and the mind sees no end- here is room enough for the mind to go deeper and deeper, and never come to the bottom.

The soul is exceedingly ravished when it first looks on His beauty, and it is never weary of it!