The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick, Volume 8 |
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Thomas Boston. 04-8-36 36 gen CONTENTS OF VOL . VIII . MAN'S FOURFOLD STATE . STATE I. - THE STATE OF INNOCENCE . ECCLES . vii . 29. - Lo , this only have I found , that God hath made man up- right ; but they have sought out many ...
Thomas Boston. 04-8-36 36 gen CONTENTS OF VOL . VIII . MAN'S FOURFOLD STATE . STATE I. - THE STATE OF INNOCENCE . ECCLES . vii . 29. - Lo , this only have I found , that God hath made man up- right ; but they have sought out many ...
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... " God hath made man upright . " By " man " here we are to understand our first parents ; the archetypal pair , the root of mankind , the com- VOL . VIII . A pendized world , and the fountain from whence all generations.
... " God hath made man upright . " By " man " here we are to understand our first parents ; the archetypal pair , the root of mankind , the com- VOL . VIII . A pendized world , and the fountain from whence all generations.
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... viii . 10. So that as the will , when we consider it as renewed by grace , is by that grace naturally inclined to the same holiness , in all its parts , which the law requires ; so was the will of man , when we consider him as God made ...
... viii . 10. So that as the will , when we consider it as renewed by grace , is by that grace naturally inclined to the same holiness , in all its parts , which the law requires ; so was the will of man , when we consider him as God made ...
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... viii . 6-8 . He gave him a power , soberly to use and dispose of the creatures in the earth , sea , and air . Thus man was God's deputy governor in the lower world , and this his dominion was an image of God's severeign- ty . This was ...
... viii . 6-8 . He gave him a power , soberly to use and dispose of the creatures in the earth , sea , and air . Thus man was God's deputy governor in the lower world , and this his dominion was an image of God's severeign- ty . This was ...
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... viii . 44 . Thus have I shown you the holiness and happiness of men in this state . If any should say , What is all this to us , who never tasted of that holy and happy state ? -they must know , it nearly concerns us , as Adam was the ...
... viii . 44 . Thus have I shown you the holiness and happiness of men in this state . If any should say , What is all this to us , who never tasted of that holy and happy state ? -they must know , it nearly concerns us , as Adam was the ...
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Page 155 - Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Page 155 - The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
Page 188 - Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God,, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Page 460 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts : and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people...
Page 64 - Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Page 64 - Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 290 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool : his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him : thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him : the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
Page 308 - Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was an hungered and ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink ; I was a stranger and ye took me not in ; naked and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 349 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Page 364 - These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself : But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. " Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.