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
- Twelve 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
Individual Titles
- The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 1: An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion, Part 1
- The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 2: An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion, Part 2
- The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 3: Sermons, Part 1
- The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 4: Sermons, Part 2
- The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 5
- The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 6: Sermons and Discourses on Several Important Subjects in Divinity
- The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 7: An Explication of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism
- The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 8: Human Nature in Its Fourfold State and A View of the Covenant of Grace
- The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 9: Sixty-Six Sermons
- The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 10: A Series of Sermons and The Christian Life Delineated
- The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 11: Discourses on Prayer
- The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Vol. 12: Memoirs
Contents Include:
- Revelation
- Doctrine of God
- Creation and Providence
- Covenant
- Doctrine of Sin
- Covenant of Grace
- Doctrine of Christ
- Justification and Sanctification
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
Contents Include:
- 38 sermons
- Crook in the Lot
- On Church Communion
Contents Include:
- 40 sermons
- Farewell Sermon at Simprin
- The Distinguishing Character of Real Christians
Contents Include:
- A Soliloquy on the Art of Man-Fishing
- The Distinguishing Characters of True Believers
- The State and Character of Believers
Contents Include:
- Miscellaneous Questions
- Miscellaneous Tracts
- Practical Discourses
Contents Include:
- A Brief Explication of the First Part of the Assembly’s Shorter Catechism
- The Marrow of Modern Divinity, in Two Parts
Contents Include:
- Man’s Fourfold State
- A View of the Covenant of Grace from the Sacred Records
Contents Include:
- 66 sermons
Contents Include:
- 28 sermons
- The Christian Life Delineated
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
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
About Thomas Boston
Thomas Boston was born on Mark 17, 1676 in Duns in 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. His 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. Thomas Boston died in 1732 at the age of 57.