Thomas Boston

Thomas Boston (1676-1732) was a Scottish divine, born at Duns, educated at Edinburgh, became minister of Ettrick. He was author of the "Fourfold State," a popular exposition of Calvinism, and "The Crook in the Lot," both at one time much read and studied by the pious Presbyterian burghers and peasantry of Scotland. The former an account of the state of man, first in innocence, second as fallen, third as redeemed, and fourth as in glory. He was a shrewd man and a quaint writer. He exercised a great influence on the religious views of the most pious-minded of his countrymen.

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