The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 8: Human Nature in Its Fourfold State and a View of the Covenant of Grace
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Overview
Thomas Boston was a gifted preacher, a master of the biblical languages, an astute theologian, and an enormously influential Presbyterian minister. Jonathan Edwards called him “a truly great divine,” and Joel Beeke writes that “Boston’s sermons are models of sound exegesis combined with experiential piety and admonition.” Boston’s theologically rich and deeply pastoral writings make him essential for thinking Christians today.
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- Provides a discourse on “Man’s Fourfold State”
- Provides a view of the covenant of grace
- Written by an influential Presbyterian minister
- Man’s Fourfold State
- A View of the Covenant of Grace from the Sacred Records
Top Highlights
“There are four things very necessary to be known by all that would see heaven: 1. What man was in the state of innocence, as God made him. 2. What he is in the state of corrupt nature, as he hath unmade himself. 3. What he must be in the state of grace, as created in Christ Jesus unto good works, if ever he be made a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light. 4. What he will be in his eternal state, as made by the Judge of all, either perfectly happy, or completely miserable, and that for ever.” (Page 9)
“1. That not God, but man himself was the cause of his ruin.” (Page 22)
“3. God made him Lord of the world, prince of the inferior creatures, universal Lord and emperor of the whole earth.” (Page 19)
“2. His will in all things was agreeable with the will of God, Eph. 6:6.” (Page 12)
“3. It was mutable; it was a righteousness that might be lost, as is manifested by the doleful event.” (Page 15)
Thomas Boston (1676–1732) was born in Duns, Berwickshire to a devout Presbyterian family. Boston attended the University of Edinburgh and graduated in 1697. He was ordained in 1699 and became a minister in the Presbyterian Church at Simprin. In 1707, he moved from Simprin to Ettrick, Scotland, where he grew in popularity and became well-known for his preaching. Boston served for many years in Ettrick, and became enormously influential in Scottish Presbyterianism. Boston was a prolific author throughout this life, and by the end of the eighteenth century, his works had becoming standard reading for Presbyterian ministers. He is best-known for The Crook in the Lot and Human Nature in Its Fourfold State, based on a series of sermons preached at Simprin.