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“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.”

Thomas Boston (1830). “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”, p.144

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Basics

Excellent exposition of Genesis 6:5 and man in his “Natural State,

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STUDY

Born into relative obscurity in 1676 in Duns, Berwickshire, Thomas Boston died in 1732 in the small parish of Ettrick in the Scottish Borders. But his 56 years of life, 45 of them spent in conscious Christian discipleship, lend credibility to the spiritual principle that it is not where a Christian serves, but what quality of service he renders, that really counts. One of his most noted writings on Human Nature is found below.

Here are the links to the remaining three “States of Man.”
State 1. The State of INNOCENCE

State 3. The State of GRACE

   Part 1. Regeneration

   Part 2. Mystical Union Between Christ and Believers

State 4. The ETERNAL State

   Part 1. Death

   Part 2. Difference Between the Righteous and the Wicked in Death

   Part 3. The Resurrection

   Part 4. The General Judgment

   Part 5. Heaven

   Part 6. Hell

Here is a Link to a free download of the entire book.

Human Nature in its Fourfold State – Monergism