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The Whole Works of Thomas Boston, Volume 11: Discourses on Prayer is unavailable, but you can change that!

Thomas Boston was a gifted preacher, a master of the biblical languages, an astute theologian, and an enormously influential Presbyterian minister. Jonathan Edwards called him “a truly great divine,” and Joel Beeke writes that “Boston’s sermons are models of sound exegesis combined with experiential piety and admonition.” Boston’s theologically rich and deeply pastoral writings make him essential...

knowledge, &c., thou shalt live; even as in the sixth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill” is plainly implied, Thou shalt preserve thy own life and the life of others. And thus it is explained by Moses; Rom. 10:5, “The man which doth those things shall live by them.” Besides, the license given him to eat of all the other trees, and so of the tree of life, which had a sacramental use, imports this promise. 2. The condition required to entitle him to this benefit; namely, obedience. It is expressed in
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