Christ's teachings affect and impress the heart

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Thomas Boston, Works, 1:435:

The teachings of Christ deeply affect and impress the heart. They fully reach the soul of a sinner; Hos. 2:14, “I will speak comfortably unto her;” or, as in the original, “I will speak to her heart.” When Christ showeth unto men the great evil and danger of sin, he so convinceth and toucheth the soul, that no creature-comforts can yield any pleasure or sweetness, but prove all tasteless and insipid, and have no more pleasure than the white of an egg. And when he speaks peace to the soul, and intimates the pardon of sin, he so comforts and refreshes it, that no afflictions or pressures, however heavy and uneasy, have any weight or bitterness in them at all. One drop of consolation from heaven sweetens a whole sea of trouble upon earth, and fills the soul with joy unspeakable and full of glory. Says the Psalmist, Ps. 94:19, “In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my soul.”
 
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