God will hold sinners with one hand over the pit of hell, while He torments them with the other. Thomas Boston More Quotes by Thomas Boston More Quotes From Thomas Boston O what hardness of heart mayst thou see in every corner whither thou goest, and where thou preachest, most part being as unconcerned as the very stones of the wall; and say what thou wilt, either by setting before them alluring promises or dreadful threatenings, yet people are hardened against both, none relenting for what they have done, or concerned about it. Thomas Boston wallheartpeople There is no true believing or trusting to the report of the gospel, but what is the effect of the working of a divine power on the soul for that end. Thomas Boston divine-powersoulbelieve A fatal recovery from a promising illness Thomas Boston recoveryillness The gospel casts out a rope to hale sinners to land; but the sinner has no hands to lay hold on it; his very faith must be wrought in him by the Spirit. Thomas Boston ropelandhands 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. Thomas Boston offeringgracemen In regeneration, the mind is enlightened in the knowledge of spiritual things... The will is renewed... The will is cured of its utter inability to will what is good. While the opening of the prison to them that are bound is proclaimed in the gospel , the Spirit of God comes to the prison-door; opens it; goes to the prisoner, and, by the power of his grace, makes his chains fall off; breaks the bond of iniquity, wherewith he was held in sin so as he could neither will nor do anything truly good; brings him forth into a large place. Thomas Boston spiritualdoorsfall Again, the glory of one attribute is more seen in one work than in another: in some things there is more of His goodness, in other things more of His wisdom is seen, and in others more of His power. But in the work of redemption all His perfections and excellencies shine forth in their greatest glory. Thomas Boston redemptionshiningperfection For the turning away of the simple, shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. Thomas Boston prosperityfoolsimple 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? Thomas Boston menneedsfirsts God will not pity them, but “laugh at their calamity.” The blessed company in heaven shall rejoice in the execution of God's righteous judgment, and sing while the smoke riseth up for ever. Thomas Boston executionlaughingheaven Many a lash in the dark doth con science give the wicked. Thomas Boston wickeddarkgiving None can comprehend eternity but the eternal God. Eternity is an ocean, whereof we shall never see the shore; it is a deep, where we can find no bottom; a labyrinth from whence we cannot extricate ourselves and where we shall never lose the door. Thomas Boston labyrinthoceandoors It is our duty to look to God's commands, and not to His decrees; to our own duty, and not to His purposes. The decrees of God are a vast ocean, into which many possibly have curiously pried to their own horror and despair; but few or none have ever pried into them to their own profit and satisfaction. Thomas Boston despairoceanlooks Go where thou wilt, thou canst not go out of thy Father's ground. Thomas Boston father
