GRACE
AND NATURE

Grace does not abolish nature but perfects it.

Thomas Aquinas

Simply to will comes from man’s nature; to will wickedly comes from corrupt nature; to will well, from supernatural grace.

Bernard of Clairvaux

Grace is sometimes so weak and feeble that it looks like nature. Nature is sometimes so plausible and well-dressed, that it looks like grace.

J.C. Ryle