Affliction doth not rise out of the dust or come to men by chance; but it is the Lord that sends it, and we should own and reverence His hand in it.

Topics: Suffering & the Question of God, Faith & Trust

Thomas Boston

Thomas Boston (1676–1732) war ein schottischer presbyterianischer Pfarrer und Theologe, der vor allem in der Gemeinde Ettrick wirkte. Bekanntheit erlangte er durch geistliche Schriften wie „Human Nature in Its Fourfold State“ sowie seinen Einsatz im Marrow-Streit für das unbedingte, freie Gnadenangebot des Evangeliums. Für heutige Bibelleser steht sein Werk für eine reformierte Bundestheologie und Seelsorge, die den Umgang mit persönlichen Lebensprüfungen eng mit dem Trost der göttlichen Gnade verknüpft.

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