Reformation CD#6 Thomas Boston & Andrew Clarkson
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Thomas Boston's Works, Andrew Clarkson's Plain Reasons, Ralph Erskine, Ebenezer Erskine, James Hog, the Westminster Divines, James Willson, John Calvin, the Westminster Divines, the Covenanted Church of Scotland (General Assembly), the famous Synod of Dort (1618-1619), Thomas Manton, George Gillespie, Samuel Rutherford, Matthew Henry, C.H. Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards,John Owen, John Brown (of Wamphray),John Brown (of Haddington), Francis Turretin,James Durham, John Howie, William Hetherington,David Steele,Samuel Miller, John Girardeau, Edward Fisher, Robert Shaw, A.W. Pink, Loraine Boettner, Augustus Toplady, Andrew Symington, Patrick Fairbairn, William Roberts, Richard Baxter, James Willson, William Cunningham,John Anderson,Andrew Clarkson, David Scott, John Cunningham, George Smeaton, Larry Birger, Francis Rouse,Dr. F. Nigel Lee,Bill Mencarow, the Reformed Presbytery (RPNA), J.A. Wylie, James Douglas, Michael Wagner, the Puritan Reformed Church of Edmonton (Session),Greg Price, Lyndon Dohms (on PRCE session), Greg Barrow, Reg Barrow, et al.

In Brown's Gospel Truth(pages 107-110) we find a very useful sketch of the character and capabilities of Thomas Boston, as drawn by some of his closest friends (the three ministers, Colden, Wilson and Davidson). These pages are an edifying read in themselves; and we will supply you with a few short comments from this section,

Finally, of Boston, David Lachman writes,

Two large volumes of over 1300 pages! Boston's work is the most comprehensive reference set ever penned on theWestminster Shorter Catechism. Concerning the Shorter Catechism, A.F. Mitchell states,

The Shorter Catechism is the "king of the catechisms" for shear power of expression, combining logical cogency with succinctness.Boston's exposition is unrivalled; there is nothing else like it. Here you have the cream of Puritan catechisms married to the cream of clear Puritan exposition!This is likely Boston's most important work.A set that will meet numerous needs, ranging from use in family worship, Christian education and personal study, to sermon preparation -- and for help in settling debated questions on the Presbytery floor.A one-of-a-kind set of books that will serve your family for generations to come!

Includes several sermons on the sovereignty and wisdom of God as it is displayed in the afflictions of men, together with instruction on maintaining a strong Christian testimony under hardship, pain and trouble.

A faithful soul-winners' guide to Calvinistic evangelism.

Seventeen sermons (254 pages) relating to nine major areas pinpointing the marks of salvation. Includes loving your enemies, conduct in times of general declension, keeping Christ's commandments, the use of the tongue, friendship with Christ, meekness, etc.

On Boston's notes in the Marrow of Modern Divinity,James Henry (author ofTheron and Aspasio) comments, "I never read the Marrow, with Mr. Boston's Notes, until this present time (1755) and I find, by not having read it, I have sustained considerable loss.It is a most valuable book; the doctrines it contains are the life of my soul, and the joy of my heart.Might my tongue or my pen be made instrumental to recommend and illustrate, to support and propagate such precious truths, I should bless the day wherein I was born.Mr. Boston's Notes on the Marroware, in my opinion, some of the most judicious and valuable that ever were penned" (cited in Brown'sGospel Truth Accurately Stated and Illustrated, by... James Hog, Thomas Boston, Ebenezer and Ralph Erskine, and Others; Occasioned by the Republication of the Marrow of Modern Divinity, p. 7).

Jeremiah Burroughs states, "If thou wilt pursue this little book, thou shalt find great worth in it." First printed in 1645, this controversial book was read in 1700 by Thomas Boston and had a profound influence on his ministry. Boston added copious notes to this edition, which was reprinted in 1718. His notes, which are often longer than the text by Fisher, are an invaluable addition to this work.Its contents are largely taken from the works of the Reformers and English Puritans. Three members of the Westminster Assembly wrote recommendations to the Marrow.Part one of the book, "The Covenant of Grace and the Covenant of Works," is one of the best explanations of covenant theology in the English language.Part two is "An Exposition of the Ten Commandments.""The marrow of the second bone (part)," said Caryl, "is like that of the first, sweet and good. The commandments of God are marrow to the saints, as well as the promises; and they shall never taste the marrow of the promise who distaste the commandments. This little treatise breaketh the bone, the hard part of commandments, by plain exposition, so that all, even babes in Christ, yea, such as are yet out of Christ, may suck out and feed upon the marrow by profitable meditation." This edition contains the appendix by John Brown of Haddington.

See Andrew Clarkson's Plain Reasons, also on this CD, for a sound refutation of Boston's errors in this section of his works.

The title continues: "Of Primitive Integrity, Entire Depravity, Begun Recovery, and Consummate Happiness or Misery; Subsisting in the Parents of Mankind, the Unregenerate, the Regenerate, and All Mankind in the Future State. In Several Practical Discourses."

"By common consent Boston takes rank in the highest class of our practical religious writers;and in respect of spiritual usefulness his works have largely followed him. Except the Shorter Catechismand thePilgrim's Progress, no book, perhaps, has contributed so much to mould the religious character of Scotland as hisFourfold State"(F.C. Magazine, VI, p. 256 as cited in Johnston,Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 479).

"His first published book originated in a course of sermons preached in Simprin and again in Ettrick. After a series of mishaps,Human Nature in its Fourfold State(E, 1720) was published anonymously. His most influential work, it has been reprinted perhaps 100 times and translated into a variety of languages.The Bible aside, it had an influence second to none in the religious life of Scotland for well over 100 years" (David Lachman,Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology, pp. 88-89).

Macleod writes, "If there is one book that more than any other stands out as representative of the best of our Scottish religious classics it isHuman Nature in its Fourfold State" (Some Favorite Books).

"He had a peculiar talent for going deep into the mysteries of the gospel, and at the same time making them plain, particularly in making intelligible their connection with, and influence upon, gospel-holiness; notable instances of which may be seen in his most valuable treatise, 'Of the Covenant of Grace.'" (from Brown'sGospel Truth (page 108).

Five sermons (147 pages) dealing with Christ in His ordinances, the sin of unbelief, obtaining the favour of the Lord, and ultimately reaching heaven etc.

"Considered to be the best account in a small compass of the Marrow controversy," stated Cairns (cf. Johnston, Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 486). Gives a history, from original documents, of the Marrow controversy (which centered around the bookThe Marrow of Modern Divinity), along with biographical notices of the main disputants. John Brown of Whitburn (the son of John Brown of Haddington) has compiled pertinent extracts "from the works of the Representers (i.e. the defenders of the Marrow--RB), in illustration and defence of those views of evangelical truth which they had espoused.This forms perhaps the most valuable portion of the book, and will probably be equally new with the other divisions, to most of its readers, as many of the extracts are taken from books which are now in the hands of very few" (p. iv). One interesting appendix gives a very helpful side-by-side table illustrating the "Contrast between the Doctrines of the Marrowmen and Anti-Marrowmen."Topics which were disputed during this controversy include God's sovereignty and human responsibility in salvation and sanctification, the nature of the Gospel, the free offer of the Gospel, covenant theology, assurance, the atonement, the place of the law in the life of the believer and much more."The theological divisions in the Marrow controversy reflected similar divisions in Reformed thought, with the Marrow and its defenders being more in harmony with the Reformed orthodoxy of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries and, on balance, with the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms. Their opponents, though representative of the great majority of ministers in the early eighteenth-century Church of Scotland, reflected the legalizing tendencies of late seventeenth-century developments in Reformed theology, rather than Reformed thought as a whole," writes David Lachman (Cameron, ed.,Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology, p. 547) -- in summary of the historical and theological context surrounding the issues dealt with in this book. 375 pages.

The Contending Witness magazine (May, 1841) describedPlain Reasons "as the single best volume penned defending the principles of the second Reformation."

Also freeon this CD are the following audio (MP3) tracks:

This CD contains approximately 13,600 pages of material.