
In his famous book, Human Nature in Its Fourfold State, the Scottish Puritan, Thomas Boston (1676–1732) teaches us that the four states of human nature are: (a) Primitive Integrity; (b) Entire Depravity; (c) Begun Recovery; and (d) Consummate Happiness or Misery. These four states, which are derived from the Scripture, correlate to the four states of man in relation to sin, brought to light by by Augustine of Hippo: (a) able to sin, able not to ... show more