Thomas Boston

Reverend Thomas Boston
from A general account of my life
Born	17 March 1676 (1676-03-17) Duns, Berwickshire
Died	20 May 1732 (1732-05-21) (aged 56) Ettrick, Scottish Borders
Nationality	Scottish
Occupation(s)	Schoolmaster, church leader, philosopher
Notable work	Human Nature in Its Fourfold State
Theological work
Tradition or movement	Marrow Brethren
Notable ideas	Free offer of the gospel, Assurance, Republication of the Covenant of Works

Thomas Boston (17 March 1676 – 20 May 1732) was a Scottish Presbyterian church leader, theologian and philosopher. Boston was successively schoolmaster at Glencairn, and minister of Simprin in Berwickshire, and Ettrick in Selkirkshire. In addition to his best-known work, Human Nature in Its Fourfold State, one of the religious classics of Scotland, he wrote an original little book, The Crook in the Lot, and a learned treatise on the Hebrew points. He also took a leading part in the Courts of the Church in what was known as the "Marrow Controversy," regarding the merits of an English work, The Marrow of Modern Divinity, which he defended against the attacks of the "Moderate" party in the Church. Boston, if unduly introspective, was a man of singular piety and amiability. His autobiography is an interesting record of Scottish life, full of sincerity and tenderness, and not devoid of humorous touches, intentional and otherwise.^[1]