THE

POSTHUMOUS WORKS

OF

THE LATE REVEREND AND LEARNED

THOMAS BOSTON,

MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AT ETTRICK ;—AUTHOR OF THE
FOURFOLD STATE, AND OTHER VALUABLE WORKS;

NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM HIS MANUSCRIPTS, IN
POSSESSION OF HIS FAMILY,

CONSISTING OF SIXTY-SIX SERMONS ON IMPORTANT
AND INTERESTING SUBJECTS;

With a KECOMMENDATORY PREFACE by the Clergymen who
prepared the WORK for the Prefs.

By it, he being dead, yet speaketh.

Heb. xi. 4.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

Edinburgh :

PRINTED FOR W. CREECH, J. FAIRBAIRN, OGLE & AIKMAN,
MUNDELL & SON, AND C, DICKSON,

By J. Pillans & Sons.

1802.

OF

THE SUBJECTS DISCOURSED UPON

IN

VOLUME SECOND.

SER. XXV. The evil and danger of halting

betwixt two opinions,

1 Kings, xvi. 21.-" Elijah faid, How long halt ye

betwixt two opinions?"

XXVI. Creation's groans confidered and im-

proved,

Rom. viii. 22." For we know that the whole

creation groaneth, and travaileth in pain toge-

- ther until now."

XXVII. The fame subject continued,

Same text.

XXVIII. Creation's travail and delivery,

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XXIX. Faithfulness towards God exempli-

fied and rewarded,

Numb. xiv. 24.-" But my fervant Caleb, because

he had another fpirit with him, and hath followed

me fully, him will I bring into the land where-

- unto he went, and his feed fhall poffefs it."

XXX. The fame fubject continued,

XXXI. The Chriftian defcribed, the hypo-

crite detected,

Rom. ii. 28. 29,-"For he is not a Jew which is

one outwardly," &c.

XXXII. The fame fubject continued,

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134

158

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Pag.

XXXIII. The ftatute-law of difcipleship, 189

Tuke xiv. 26." If any man come to me, and hate

not his father and mother," &c.

XXXIV. The fame fubject continued,

202

XXXV. A rich reward to diligence in reli-

gion,

216

Hof. vi. 3.-" Then fhall ye know, if ye follow on

to know the Lord."

XXXVI. The fame fubject continued,

228

XXXVII. The acceptable manner of draw-

ing near to God,

241

Heb. x. 22." Let us draw near with a true heart,

in the full affurance of faith," &c.

XXXVIII. The fame fubject continued,

255

XXXIX. The fame subject continued,

280

XL. The faints God's fervants, and his pro-

perty,

306

Acts, xxvii. 23.-"For there ftood by me this

night the angel of the Lord, whofe I am,

whom I ferve."

and

Pfal. lxxxi. 10.-" Open thy mouth wide, and I

will fill it."

XLIV. The nature and fource of the fpiri-d

tual life,

John, vi. 57.-" He that eateth me, even he fhall

live by me."

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