Excerpt from Human Nature in Its Four-Fold State, of Primitive Integrity, Entire Depravity, Begun Recovery, and Consummate Happiness or Misery: Subsisting in the Parents of Mankind in Paradise, the Unregenerate, the Regenerate, and All Mankind in the Future State; In Several Practical Discourses The modefi, and therefore hitherto anonymous Author of the following difcourfes. Mr. Thomas Boston, having handled this fubjeet, in preaching to his own obfcure parochial congregation of Ettrick, in the sheriedom of Selkirk, had a particular view to their benefit, in printing and publifhing them; and therefore the ftile and method is plain and fimple, and the firft edition printed on coarfe paper; but the fubj eft is lo eomprehenfive and important, fo well managed, and thej book has been fo well received, that it now appears 111 the world more embellilhed, as well as better correeled, than formerly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.