“As the corruption of our nature shews the absolute necessity of regeneration, so the absolute necessity of regeneration plainly proves the corruption of our nature; for why should a man need a second birth, if his nature were not quite marred in the first birth?”
“For the turning away of the simple, shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.”
Source: Complete Works of Thomas Boston, Volume 06 of 12
“Call it no more free-will, but slavish lust; free to evil, but free from good, till regenerating grace loosens the bands of wickedness.”
“Saving faith is the faith of God's elect; the special gift of God to them, wrought in them by his Spirit.”
Source: Human Nature in Its Fourfold State: Of Primitive Integrity, Entire Depravation, Begun Recovery, and Consummate Happiness Or Misery, in the Parents of Mankind in Paradise, the Unregenerate, the Regenerate, All Mankind in the Future State, in Several Practical Discourses
“Believing, repenting, and the like, are the product of the new nature; and can never be produced by the old corrupt nature... as the child cannot be active in his own generation, so a man cannot be active in his own regeneration. The heart is shut against Christ: man cannot open it, only God can do it by his grace.”
Source: Human Nature in Its Fourfold State: Of Primitive Integrity, Entire Depravation, Begun Recovery, and Consummate Happiness Or Misery, in the Parents of Mankind in Paradise, the Unregenerate, the Regenerate, All Mankind in the Future State, in Several Practical Discourses
“The natural man cannot but resist the Lord's offering to help him; yet that resistance is infallibly overcome in the elect, by converting grace.”
Source: Human Nature in Its Four-fold State of Primitive Integrity: Subsisting in the Parents of Mankind in Paradise : Entire Depravation, in the Irregenerate; Begun Recovery in the Regenerate; Consummate Happiness Or Misery, in All Mankind in the Future State : in Several Practical Discourses
“The believer is sensible of his infirmities, for it is supposed that he is wrestling under them. He sees, he feels, that he is not man enough for his work; that his own hands are not sufficient for him, nor his own back for his burden; this is what drives him out of himself to the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And thus he lies open to the help of the Spirit, while proud nature in unbelievers is left helpless.”
Source: Select Works of Thomas Boston: With a Memoir of His Life and Writings
“The law discovers the disease, and the gospel the physician.”
Source: The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick
“The Tube is a vehicle for selling things, not for exploring ideas.”
Source: My own story, Donahue
“Ye are God's building. All hands of the glorious Trinity are at work in this building. The Father chose the objects of mercy, and gave them to the Son to be redeemed: the Son purchased redemption for them; and the Holy Ghost applies the purchased redemption unto them.”