The Whole Works of Thomas Boston (12 vols.)

by Thomas Boston

Publisher:

George and Robert King

, 1848–1852

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.

The massive Whole Works of Thomas Boston contains 12 volumes of Boston’s writings—theological treatises, book-length works, discourses and sermons, memoirs and autobiographical material, and more. You’ll find the 1,300-page Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion, hundreds of sermons, a lengthy explication of the Westminster Shorter Catechism, and the works for which Boston is best known, including The Crook in the Lot, Human Nature in Its Fourfold State, and much more. It also contains a volume on the theology of prayer. The final volume contains Boston’s biographical material. One biographer, writing of Boston’s memoirs, said that with the possible exception of Augustine’s Confessions, “it would be difficult to name any autobiography, in any language, which bears so unmistakably throughout the marks of simplicity and truth.”

Key Features

• 12 volumes of Thomas Boston’s writings
• Includes famous works such as The Crook in the Lot and Human Nature in Its Fourfold State
• Hundreds of sermons
• Includes Boston’s 1,300-page Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion
• All Scripture references linked to the Bibles in your library

Praise for the Print Edition

May God raise up servants in this third millennium of the Christian era motivated by that which made Boston such an effective ambassador of Christ: a humble spirituality, a high view of the Christian ministry, a compassionate zeal for souls, and unwearied preaching of Christ.

—Joel Beeke, president and professor of systematic theology, Church history, and homiletics, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary

Product Details

• Title: The Whole Works of Thomas Boston (12 vols.)
• Author: Thomas Boston
• Publisher: Aberdeen: George and Robert King
• Volumes: 12
• Pages: 7,278

The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 1: An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion, Part 1

• Author: Thomas Boston
• Publisher: Aberdeen: George and Robert King
• Publication Date: 1848
• Pages: 661

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Contents Include:

• Revelation
• Doctrine of God
• Creation and Providence
• Covenant
• Doctrine of Sin
• Covenant of Grace
• Doctrine of Christ
• Justification and Sanctification

The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 2: An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion, Part 2

• Author: Thomas Boston
• Publisher: Aberdeen: George and Robert King
• Publication Date: 1848
• Pages: 674

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Contents Include:

• Union with Christ
• Benefits of Justification, Adoption, and Sanctification
• Moral Law and the Ten Commandments
• Repentance and Faith
• The Nature of the Sacraments
• The Lord’s Prayer
• Knowledge of God

The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 3: Sermons, Part 1

• Author: Thomas Boston
• Publisher: Aberdeen: George and Robert King
• Publication Date: 1852
• Pages: 655

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Contents Include:

• 38 sermons
• Crook in the Lot
• On Church Communion

The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 4: Sermons, Part 2

• Author: Thomas Boston
• Publisher: Aberdeen: George and Robert King
• Publication Date: 1852
• Pages: 550

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Contents Include:

• 40 sermons
• Farewell Sermon at Simprin
• The Distinguishing Character of Real Christians

The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 5

• Author: Thomas Boston
• Publisher: Aberdeen: George and Robert King
• Publication Date: 1849
• Pages: 632

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Contents Include:

• A Soliloquy on the Art of Man-Fishing
• The Distinguishing Characters of True Believers
• The State and Character of Believers

The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 6: Sermons and Discourses on Several Important Subjects in Divinity

• Author: Thomas Boston
• Publisher: Aberdeen: George and Robert King
• Publication Date: 1849
• Pages: 682

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Contents Include:

• Miscellaneous Questions
• Miscellaneous Tracts
• Practical Discourses

The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 7: An Explication of the Assembly’s Shorter Catechism

• Author: Thomas Boston
• Publisher: Aberdeen: George and Robert King
• Publication Date: 1850
• Pages: 650

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Contents Include:

• A Brief Explication of the First Part of the Assembly’s Shorter Catechism
• The Marrow of Modern Divinity, in Two Parts

The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 8: Human Nature in Its Fourfold State and A View of the Covenant of Grace

• Author: Thomas Boston
• Publisher: Aberdeen: George and Robert King
• Publication Date: 1850
• Pages: 604

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Contents Include:

• Man’s Fourfold State
• A View of the Covenant of Grace from the Sacred Records

The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 9: Sixty-Six Sermons

• Author: Thomas Boston
• Publisher: Aberdeen: George and Robert King
• Publication Date: 1851
• Pages: 620

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Contents Include:

• 66 sermons

The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 10: A Series of Sermons and The Christian Life Delineated

• Author: Thomas Boston
• Publisher: Aberdeen: George and Robert King
• Publication Date: 1851
• Pages: 636

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Contents Include:

• 28 sermons
• The Christian Life Delineated

The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 11: Discourses on Prayer

• Author: Thomas Boston
• Publisher: Aberdeen: George and Robert King
• Publication Date: 1852
• Pages: 411

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Contents Include:

• Discourses on Prayer
  • On the Nature of Prayer in General
  • Of the Spirit’s Help in Prayer
  • Of Praying in the Name of Jesus Christ
  • Of God’s Hearing of Prayer
  • Jesus Christ the Beloved One, and Sinners Accepted of God Freely in Him
• A View of the Covenant of Works from the Sacred Records
• A Memorial Concerning Personal and Family Fasting and Humiliation

The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 12: Memoirs

• Author: Thomas Boston
• Publisher: Aberdeen: George and Robert King
• Publication Date: 1852
• Pages: 503

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Contents Include:

• The Author’s Address to His Children
• Complete Memoirs

About Thomas Boston

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.