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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.

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Thomas Boston
Age: 56 †
Born: 1676
Born: March 17
Died: 1732
Died: May 20
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Duns
Scottish Borders
Thomas Boston
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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.
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