bring about many things, but not that. He wrote this when endeavoring to show whether a person’s affections have been truly set on God and that these feelings were motivated by the Holy Spirit and not the flesh. So, said Edwards, a love for the glory of God is one thing that Satan cannot produce in a person. Only God can make that happen. So too when it comes to the Holy Spirit, there are four things by which you may know you have not been deceived. For some of us there may always be a lingering doubt.