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The Marrow of Certainty - Thomas Boston's Theology of Assurance
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The Marrow of Certainty - Thomas Boston's Theology of Assurance
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Assurance was a central issue for the eminent Scottish
theologian-pastor Thomas Boston long before it emerged as a focal
point of the theological debate in the Marrow Controversy. In The
Marrow of Certainty, Chun Tse presents the first full-length study
of Boston's theology of assurance in six dimensions: trinitarian,
covenantal, Christological, soteriological, ecclesiastical, and
sacramental. This work not only furnishes the first-ever
intellectual biography of Boston in his Scottish context and
controversies, but it also cross-studies the theology of the Marrow
of Modern Divinity with Boston's notes. This research argues that
Boston's doctrine of assurance centres on union and communion with
Christ, the architectonic principle of his theology. The book
challenges the common conception that Boston's theology merely
follows Calvin, the Scots Confession, the Marrow, the Westminster
Standards, and Scottish federalism. Boston, most strikingly, holds
in tension assurance as intrinsic to faith-itself a gift from God's
sovereignty in election-while insisting on self-examination as a
human responsibility. This salient mark of his doctrine of
assurance originates from his assertion that Christ died for the
elect alone but all-elect or not-have the warrant to receive
Christ. As such, assurance is, theologically, a divine gift and,
pastorally, a human endeavour. Certainty is thus both extra nos and
intra nos. Boston, this study reveals, has a potent and enduring
power to speak on the perennial issue of assurance, rooted in the
person of Christ, whom he considers as being the covenant itself.
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Imprint: |
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co Kg
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Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
Editors: |
Chun Tse
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Dimensions: |
231 x 155mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
302 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-525-56090-7 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
3-525-56090-7 |
Barcode: |
9783525560907 |
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