GEORGE AND ROBERT KING, ST. NICHOLAS STREET.

M.DCCC.L.

HUMAN NATURE

IN ITS

FOUR FOLD STATE,

OF

PRIMITIVE INTEGRITY; ENTIRE DEPRAVITY;

BEGUN RECOVERY;
AND CONSUMMATE HAPPINESS OR MISERY :

AND

A VIEW OF THE COVENANT OF GRACE

FROM TUE SACRED RECORDS.

BY THE

REV. THOMAS BOSTON,

OF ETTRICK.

ABERDEEN:
GEORGE AND ROBERT KING, ST. NICHOLAS STREET.

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STATE I.-THE STATE OF INNOCE CE.

Eccles. vii. 29.-Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man up-

right ; but they have sought out many inventions,

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II. THE STATE OF NATURE.

Part 1.—THE SINFULNESS OF Man's NATURAL STATE.

Gen. vi. 5.- God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and

that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually,

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Part 2. .-TUE MISERY OF MAN'S NATURAL STATE..

Eph. ii. 3.- We were by nature the chidren of wrath, even as others,

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Part 3.-MAN'S UTTER INABILITY TO RECOVER HIMSELF.

Rom. v. 6.-For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died

for the ungodly.

John v. 44.-No man can come to me, except the Father wbich hath sent me

draw him,

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III. THE STATE OF GRACE.

Part 1.-ON REGENERATION.

1 Pet. i. 23.-Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,

by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever,

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Part 2.-MYSTICAL UNION BETWEEN CHRIST AND BELIEVERS.

John xv. 5.-I am the vine, ye are the branches,

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IV. THE ETERNAL STATE.

Part 1.-DEATH.

JOB XXX, 23.–For I know that thou wilt bring ne to death, and to the house

appointed for all living,

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PART 2.- DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE

RIGHTEOUS

AND THE WICKED IN

THEIR DEATH.

Prov. xiv. 32.— The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righte-

ous bath hope in his death,

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