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...the first effect of the power of God in the heart in regeneration is to give the heart a Divine taste or sense; to cause it to have a relish of the loveliness and sweetness of the supreme excellency of the Divine nature.
Jonathan Edwards

I say that man, before he is renewed into the new creation of the Spirit's kingdom, does and endeavours nothing to prepare himself for that new creation and kingdom, and when he is re-created has does and endeavors nothing towards his perseverance in that kingdom; but the Spirit alone works both blessings in us, regenerating us, and preserving us when regenerate, without ourselves..."
Martin Luther fromThe Bondage of the Will (pg. 268)

Indeed the Word of God is like the sun, shining upon all those to whom it is proclaimed, but with no effect among the blind. Now, all of us are blind by nature in this respect... Accordingly, it cannot penetrate into our minds unless the Spirit, as the inner teacher, through his illumination makes entry for it.
John Calvin from The Institutes of the Christian Religion (3.2.34)

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Title	Notes
But Spiritual Discernment is Wholly Lost Until we are Regenerated	John Calvin
Regeneration	William G. T. Shedd
The New Birth (.pdf)	William Plumer, Octavius Winslow, Arthur W. Pink, John Gil, James Buchanan, J. C. Ryle, John Owen, Charles H. Spurgeon
Regeneration	A.A. Hodge (Revised by B.B. Warfield) - from Johnson's Cyclopaedia (1896)
Regeneration	Abraham Kuyper
Regeneration Necessary to Perceive the Beauty and Excellency of Christ	Charles Hodge
Regeneration	A.A. Hodge - from Outlines of Theology
Effectual Calling and Regeneration	D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
The Doctrine of the New Birth (.pdf)	A.W. Pink
A Practical View of Regeneration	Archibald Alexander
Of Regeneration	John Gill - A Body of Doctrinal Divinity (6.11)
Regeneration	J.C. Ryle
1 John 5:1 - Faith and Regeneration	C.H. Spurgeon (pdf)
The Evidences of Regeneration	C.R. Vaughan
Regeneration	Asahel Nettleton
The Wind of the Holy Ghost Blowing upon the Dry Bones	Ebenezer Erskine (1715) - Ezekiel 37:9
Calling and Repentance	Abraham Kuyper
From Grace to Glory or Born Again	Octavius Winslow
Regeneration	Charles Spurgeon - "Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3).
Why Salvation Must Be Supernatural	Stephen Charnock
Effectual Callaing; Union with Christ; Regeneration	Francis R. Beattie - The Presbyterian Standards
The Nature of Regeneration	Thomas Boston (1676-1732)
Regeneration	Asahel Nettleton
The Spirit Quickening	A. W. Pink
The General Nature of Effectual Application Stated	John Flavel
Calvin on Regeneration from His Commentary on John	John Calvin