HOW THE PURITANS GOT SO SWEET | 2007-09-16
The whole history of America has been shaped by Puritan thought, which led to white self-hatred before Jews got here in numbers.
Jonathan Edwards was born in 1703, so he wrote a century after the original Puritans got here, but he is considered the greatest of ALL American theologians by many historians, if not most.
Here Edwards says what causes the most joy in a Puritan's heart:
The Eternity of Hell Torments
by Jonathan Edwards
Fourth, the sight of hell torments will exalt the happiness of the saints forever. It will not only make them more sensible of the greatness and freeness of the grace of God in their happiness, but it will really make their happiness the greater, as it will make them more sensible of their own happiness. It will give them a more lively relish of it: it will make them prize it more. When they see others, who were of the same nature and born under the same circumstances, plunged in such misery, and they so distinguished, O it will make them sensible how happy they are. A SENSE OF THE OPPOSITE MISERY, IN ALL CASES, GREATLY INCREASES THE RELISH OF ANY JOY OR PLEASURE.