THE BEAUTIES OF THOMAS BOSTON

SEVERAL THINGS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
PRE-SUPPOSED IN THESE WORDS,
ISAIAH 34:16. "SEEK YE OUT OF
THE BOOK OF THE LORD, AND READ,"


1. That man has lost his way, and needs direction to find it, Psal.119:176. "I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant." Miserable man is bemisted in a vain world, which is a dark place, and has as much need of the scriptures to direct him, as one has of a light in dark, 2 Peter 1:9. What a miserable case is that part of the world in that wants the Bible? They are vain in their imaginations, and grope in the dark, but cannot find the way of salvation. In no better case are those to whom it has not come in power.

From here.

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Also, look at this, then follow the link after the red text. It talks about how free will exists in man yet it is defined, or bounded, differently depending on man's state.