Category: Thomas Boston

  • Cur Deus Homo? Further Response to Horne

    Gene Bridges provided the following comments (link) which I have reproduced in part below: As you noted, stating that the Covenant of Grace is in some way “conditional” or “conditioned” on faith does not lead to it being (a) meritorious or (b) pactum merit. Indeed that’s a non sequitur. Turretin (the real one) went over…

  • Response to Objections Regarding Merit and the Covenant of Works

    In Paul’s epistles to the Romans and Galatians, Paul drives home a message of the futility of works to provide merit, and the need for grace. This message is an important aspect of the gospel, for those who seek salvation through works will perish: Romans 9:31-3331But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath…

  • Works of Thomas Boston

    The Works of Thomas Boston, which are worth reading, have been scanned by Google Books: Vol. 1Vol. 2Vol. 3Vol. 4Vol. 5Vol. 6Vol. 7Vol. 8Vol. 9Vol. 10Vol. 11 Discovered over at the PuritanBoard (link); I haven’t gone through to check that the information is associating correctly to the correct volume. Remember that these are downloadable as…