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Boston, Thomas-Beauties of Boston

The Beauties of Boston
This is a list of selections by Thomas Boston appearing in Fire and Ice. They are
taken from M’Millan’s book, Beauties of Boston, and appear here modern
language.
The Scriptures
The Nature of that Faith and Obedience which the Scriptures Teach
The Manner of Discovering the True Sense of Holy Scripture
Reason not the Supreme Judge in Controversies of Religion
To Search and study the Scriptures is the Duty of All Classes of Men.
Search from the Book of the Lord
Useful Directions For Reading and Searching the Scriptures.
Creation
God Alone Created the World And you thought Carl Sagan was such a
clever guy!
Prayer
Praying in the Name of Christ
How the Spirit Enables Us to Pray
God’s Decrees
The Purpose of God’s Decrees
The Properties Of God’s Decrees Explained
Important Lessons Drawn from the Decrees of God
Providence
How We Ought to Think about God’s Providence
Sermon
Christ’s Name Wonderful
About “The Beauties of Boston”
A note about Thomas Boston, how his “Beauties” came to be collected,
and a suggestion about their significance for today.
About “The Beauties of Boston”
by William Carson

Boston, Thomas-Christ’s Invitation to the Labouring and Heavy Laden

Table of Contents

Sermon 1: Come unto me, all ye that labour

Sermon 2: Come unto me, all ye that labour

Sermon 3: Come unto me, all ye that labour

Sermon 4 Come unto me, all ye that labour

Boston, Thomas The Crook in the Lot

The Crook in the Lot Or The Sovereignty and Wisdom of God Displayed in the Afflictions of Men

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Crook in the Lot

The Sovereignty and Wisdom of God Displayed in the Afflictions of Men

by Thomas Boston

Table of Contents

Introductory Remarks

PROPOSITION I. Whatsoever Crook there is in one’s Lot, it is of God’s making.

I. As to the Crook itself.

II. The Crook is of God’s making. How it is of his making. Why he makes it.

PROPOSITION II: What God sees meet to mar, we shall not be able to mend in our Lot. What Crook God makes in our Lot, we shall not be able to even.

I. God’s marring and making a Crook in one’s Lot, as he sees meet.

II. Men’s attempting to mend or even the Crook in their Lot.

III. In what sense it is to be understood, that we shall not be able to mend, or even the Crook in our Lot.

IV. Some reasons of the point. Directions for rightly managing the application for removing the Crook in our Lot.

PROPOSITION III: Considering the Crook in the Lot, as the work of God, is a proper means to bring one to behave rightly un der it.

I. What it is to consider the Crook as the work of God.

II. How it is to be understood to be a proper means to bring one to behave rightly under the Crook.

III. That it is a proper means to bring one to behave rightly under it.

A comparison between the Lowly and Proud.

DocT. — There is a generation of lowly, afflicted ones, having their spirit lowered and brought down to their lot ; whose case, in that respect, is better than that of the proud getting their will, and carrying all to their mind.

I. The generation of the lowly afflicted ones.

II. The generation of the proud getting their will and carrying all to their mind.

III. It is better to be in a low afflicted condition, with the spirit humble and brought down to the lot, than to be of a proud and high spirit, getting the lot brought up to it, and matters go according to one’s mind. Humility the great means to bring all to their respective duties.

Doctrine. I. The bent of one’s heart, in humbling circumstances, should be towards a suitable humbling of the spirit, as under God’s mighty hand placing us in them.

II. What are those humbling circumstances the mighty hand of God brings men into.

III. What it is in humbling circumstances, to humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God.

Directions for reaching humiliation.

Doctrine. II. In due time, those that humble themselves under the mighty hand of God will certainly be lifted up.

Boston, Thomas The Art of Man-Fishing

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. How does Jesus Christ make men into fishers of men?

II. How are the unregenerate like fish in water?

III. How are ministers like fishers by reason of their office?

IV. To become a fisher of men is have the Spirit and to follow Christ.

V. what ways do we follow Christ?

Boston, Thomas Human Nature in its Four-Fold State

Table of Contents

I. THE STATE OF INNOCENCE

II. THE STATE OF NATURE
1. The Sinfulness of Man’s Natural State
2. Of the Corruption of the Will
3. The Misery of Man’s Natural State
4. The Inability of Man’s Natural State

III. THE STATE OF GRACE
1. Regeneration
2. Mystical Union

IV. THE ETERNAL STATE
1. Death
2. Difference Between the Righteous and the Wicked in their Death
3. Resurrection
4. Judgment
5. The Kingdom of Heaven
Hell

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