THE

POSTHUMOUS WORKS

OF

THE LATE REVEREND AND LEARNED

THOMAS BOSTON,

MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AT ETTRICK ; AUTHOR OF THE

FOUR FOLD 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 RECOMMENDATORY PREFACE by the Clergymen who

Lor

OF

THE SUBJECTS DISCOURSED UPON

IN

VOLUME 'SECOND.

Pag.

38

Ser. XXV. The evil and danger of halting

betwixt two opinions,

s

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

betwixt two opinions ?"

XXVI. Creation's groans considered and im-

proved,

21

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

creation groaneth, and travaileth in pain toge-

ther until now.”

XXVII. The same subject continued,

XXVIII. Creation's travail and delivery, 57

Same text.

XXIX. Faithfulness towards God exempli.

fied and rewarded,

79

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

he had another spirit with him, and hath followed

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

unto he went, and his feed shall possess it."

XXX. The same subject continued,

XXXI. The Christian described, the hypo-

crite detected,

134

Rom. ii. 28. 29,-“ For he is not a Jew which is
one outw

;" &c.

XXXII. The same subject continued,

IOI

158

Pag.

XXXIIJ. The statute-law of discipleship, 189

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

not his father and mother," &c.

XXXIV. The same subject continued, 202

XXXV. A rich reward to diligence in reli-

gion,

216

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

to know the Lord."

XXXVI. The same subject 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 assurance of faith," 82C.

XXXVIII. The same subject continued, 255

XXXIX. The same subject continued, 280

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

perty,

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

night the angel of the Lord, whose I am, and

whom I serve."

XLI. The same subject continued,

324

XLII. The same subject continued,

347

XLIJI. God's gracious call and precious

promise considered,

Pfal. lxxxi. 10.-

.“ Open thy mouth : wide, and I

will fill it."

306

376

XLIV. The nature and source of the spiri.. v

tual life,

390

John, vi. 575

- He that eateth me, even he shall

live by me."