Therefore, “the law entered,” [Rom 5:20] that Adam’s offence and their own actual transgression might abound, so that now the Lord saw it needful, that there should be a new edition and publication of the covenant of works, the sooner to compel . . . Continue reading →
Thomas Boston
The Marrow And Boston Correct The Nomists
§ 4. Nomista. But yet, sir, you, see that Christ requires a thirsting, before a man come unto him, the which, I conceive, cannot be without true repentance. Evangelista. In the last chapter of the Revelation, verse 17, Christ makes the same . . . Continue reading →
The Marrow: Seeing Evidence Of Faith Is Not A Return To The Covenant Of Works
Ant. But I pray you, sir, is not this his reflecting upon himself to find out a ground to lay his believing that he hath believed upon, a turning back from the covenant of grace to the covenant of works, and from . . . Continue reading →
Boston: Sanctification Is The Work Of The Trinity
FIRST, I shall consider the kinds of sanctification distinguishable. Sanctification of a soul is twofold. 1. Initial sanctification, which is the implanting of the seeds of grace in the soul at first, and is the same with regeneration, 1 John 3:9 wherein . . . Continue reading →
Boston: What The Covenant Of Works Can And Cannot Do After The Fall
The covenant of works could by no means be renewed by fallen Adam, so as thereby to help himself and his posterity out of this misery, the which is the only thing in question here; otherwise, indeed, it might have been renewed, . . . Continue reading →