"What an honourable thing is it to be……" — Thomas Boston
"What an honourable thing is it to be fishers of men! How great an honour shouldst thou esteem it, to be a catcher of souls! We are workers together with God, says the apostle. If God has ever so honoured thee, O that thou knewest it, that thou mightst bless his holy name, that ever made such a poor fool as thee to be a co-worker with him. God has owned thee to do good to those who were before caught. O my soul, bless thou the Lord. Lord, what am I, or what is my father's house, that thou hast brought me to this?"
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33 Quotes by Thomas Boston
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Let the mantle of worldly enjoyments hang loose about you, that it may be easily dropped when death comes to…
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Go where thou wilt, thou canst not go out of thy Father's ground.
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Faith is the soul going out of itself for all its wants.
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O what hardness of heart mayst thou see in every corner whither thou goest, and where thou preachest, most part…
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Good education is not regeneration. Education may chain up men's lusts, but cannot change their hearts.
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The regenerate man's desires are rectified; they are set on God himself, and the things above... Before, he saw no…
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If a man be new-born, he will desire the sincere milk of the word.
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In regeneration, the mind is enlightened in the knowledge of spiritual things... The will is renewed... The will is cured…
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It is our duty to look to God's commands, and not to His decrees; to our own duty, and not…
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Has God decreed all things that come to pass? Then there is nothing that falls out by chance, nor are…
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Again, the glory of one attribute is more seen in one work than in another: in some things there is…
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Affliction doth not rise out of the dust or come to men by chance; but it is the Lord that…
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