Regeneration: What is it?

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“In a word, then, regeneration is God’s own work, from first to last. God is the Operator; man is the happy, privileged subject. His co-operation is not sought in a work which must ever bear the impress of one almighty hand. God was alone in creation, alone in redemption, and He must be alone in the mysterious and glorious work of regeneration.” (Page 9)

“They that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts” (Page 7)

“I. And, first, What is regeneration? Very many look upon it as a change of the old nature, produced, no doubt, by the influence of the Spirit of God. This change is gradual in its operation, and proceeds, from stage to stage, until the old nature is completely brought under.” (Page 4)

“If a man begins to reason about the new birth, he must be confounded; but if he believes in Jesus, he is born again. Man’s reason can never understand the new birth; but the word of God produces it.” (Page 18)

“namely, first, an error as to the real condition of our old nature; and, secondly, as to the distinct” (Page 4)