See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• BOSTON
• THOMAS BOSTON (1676-1732)

BOSTON (1676-1732)  , Scottish divine, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DUNS

Duns on the 17th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1676 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, and his See also:

• MOTHER

mother, See also:

• ALISON, ARCHIBALD (1757-1839)

Alison Trotter, were both See also:

• COVENANTERS

Covenanters . He was educated at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, and licensed in 1697 by the See also:

• PRESBYTERY

presbytery of Chirnside . In 1699 he became See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of the small See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of Simprin, where there were in all " not more than 90 examinable persons." In 1704 he found, while visiting a member of his See also:

• FLOCK

flock, a See also:

• BOOK

book which had been brought into See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland by a See also:

• COMMON

common-See also:

• WEALTH

wealth soldier . This was the famous Marrow of See also:

• MODERN

Modern Divinity, by See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• FISHER
• FISHER, ALVAN (1792–1863)
• FISHER, GEORGE PARK (1827-1909)
• FISHER, JOHN (c. 1469-1535)
• FISHER, JOHN ARBUTHNOT FISHER, 1ST BARON

Fisher, a compendium of the opinions of leading See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation divines on the See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace and the offer of the See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

Gospel . Its See also:

• OBJECT

object was to demonstrate the unconditional freeness of the Gospel . It cleared away such conditions as repentance, or some degree of outward or inward reformation, and argued that where See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ is heartily received, full repentance and a new See also:

• LIFE

life follow . On Boston's recommendation, Hog of Carnock reprinted The Marrow in 1718; and Boston also published an edition with notes of his own . The book, being attacked from the standpoint of high Calvinism, became the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard of a far-reaching See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement in Scottish See also:

• PRESBYTERIANISM

Presbyterianism . The " Marrow men " were marked by the zeal of their service and the effect of their See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching . As they remained Calvinists they could not preach a universal See also:

• ATONEMENT

atonement; they were in fact extreme particular redemptionists . In 1707 Boston was translated to See also:

• ETTRICK

Ettrick .

He distinguished himself by being the only member of the See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly who entered a protest against what he deemed the inadequate See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence passed on John See also:

• SIMSON, MARTIN EDUARD VON (1810-1899)
• SIMSON, ROBERT (1687-1768)

Simson, See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of divinity at See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, who was accused of heterodox teaching on the Incarnation . He died on the 20th of May 1732 . His books, The Fourfold See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State, The Crook in the See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

Lot, and his See also:

• BODY

Body of Divinity and Miscellanies, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long exercised a powerful See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence over the Scottish peasantry . His See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs were published in 1776 (ed . G . D . See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low, 1908) . An edition of his See also:

• WORKS

works in 12 volumes appeared in 1849 . (D .