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Thomas Boston 1676-1732

Thomas Boston (17 March 1676 – 20 May 1732) was a Scottish church leader.

He was born at Duns. His father, John Boston, and his mother, Alison Trotter, were both Covenanters. He was educated at Edinburgh, and licensed in 1697 by the presbytery of Chirnside. In 1699 he became minister of the small parish of Simprin, where there were only 90 examinable persons; previously, he was a schoolmaster in Glencairn. In 1704 he found, while visiting a member of his flock, a book brought into Scotland by a commonwealth soldier, the Marrow of Modern Divinity, by Edward Fisher, a compendium of the opinions of leading Reformation divines on the doctrine of grace and the offer of the Gospel, which set off the Marrow Controversy.
Its object was to demonstrate the unconditional freeness of the Gospel. It cleared away such conditions as repentance, or some degree of outward or inward reformation, and argued that where Christ is heartily received, full repentance and a new life follow. On Boston's recommendation, James Hog of Carnock reprinted The Marrow in 1718; and Boston also published an edition with notes of his own. The book, attacked from the standpoint of high Calvinism, became the standard of a far-reaching movement in Scottish Presbyterianism.
The Marrow men were marked by the zeal of their service and the effect of their preaching. As they remained Calvinists they could not preach a universal atonement; rather they were particular redemptionists.
In 1707 Boston was translated to Ettrick, Scotland. He was the only member of the assembly who entered a protest against the lightness of the sentence passed on John Simson, Professor of Divinity at Glasgow, who was accused of heterodox teaching on the Incarnation.

Works:
Boston's autobiography is a record of Scottish life.
His other books include
    The Fourfold State, one of the religious classics of Scotland;
    The Crook in the Lot, a short book noted for its originality;
    and his Body of Divinity and Miscellanies.
These works had a major influence over the Scottish peasantry. Among his works is a learned treatise on Hebrew points. His Memoirs were published in 1776 (ed. George D. Low, 1908). An edition of his works in 12 volumes appeared in 1849.

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The whole works of the late Reverend Thomas Boston, of Ettrick : now first collected and reprinted without abridgement; including his memoirs, written by himself (Volume v.1) - 1848 - Boston, Thomas, 1677-1732
An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion, with Respect to Faith and Practice,
     Upon the Plan of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism;
     Comprehending a Complete Body of Divinity -
     Without Abridgement in Two Volumes: Volume I

The whole works of the late Reverend Thomas Boston, of Ettrick : now first collected and reprinted without abridgement; including his memoirs, written by himself (Volume v.2) - 1848 - Boston, Thomas, 1677-1732
An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion, with Respect to Faith and Practice,
     Upon the Plan of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism;
     Comprehending a Complete Body of Divinity -
     Without Abridgement in Two Volumes: Volume II

The whole works of the late Reverend Thomas Boston, of Ettrick : now first collected and reprinted without abridgement; including his memoirs, written by himself (Volume v.3) - 1848 - Boston, Thomas, 1677-1732
Sermons and Discourses on Several Important Subjects,
     Delivered Chiefly on Communion Occasions
To Which is Appended Sermons on Church Communion,
and The Crook in the Lot
     In Two Volumes: Volume I

The whole works of the late Reverend Thomas Boston, of Ettrick : now first collected and reprinted without abridgement; including his memoirs, written by himself (Volume v.4) - 1848 - Boston, Thomas, 1677-1732
Sermons on the Most Important and Interesting Subjects
     Delivered Chiefly on Communion Occasions
To Which is Appended The Distinguishing Characters of Real Christians
     In Two Volumes: Volume II

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