Not only are affections the essence of true spirituality, they are also the spring or source of virtually all our actions. There is hardly any activity or pursuit of man that is not, to some degree, driven or influenced by love, hatred, desire, hope, fear, etc. If we were to eliminate from the world all love, hatred, hope, fear, anger, zeal, and desire, that is to say, all affections of the soul, the world would lie motionless and dead. Whether it be covetousness or greed or ambition or sensuality or any such worldly experience, apart from such affections energizing this activity mankind would be passive and uninvolved.
Sam Storms, Signs of the Spirit: An Interpretation of Jonathan Edwards Religious Affections, p.48
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