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ME MOIR S

OF THE

LIFE, TIME, and WRITINGS,

O F

The REVEREND and LEARNED
THOMAS BOSTON, A. M.
Sometime Minister at SIMPRIN, afterwards at ETTERICK.

Divided into Twelve Periods.

Written by HIMSELF, and addreffed to his CHILDREN.
Now first publifhed from his own Manufcripts.

To which are added,

Some ORIGINAL PAPERS, and LETTERS to
and from the AUTHOR.

Thou which haft fhewed me great and fore troubles, fhalt quicken
me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the
earth. Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on
every fide. PSAL. Ixxi. 20. 21.

Come and bear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what
be hath done for my foul. PSAL. lxvi. 16.
The righteous fhall be in everlasting remembrance.
By it he being dead, yet speaketh. HEB. xi. 4.

PSAL. cxii. 6.

EDINBURGH:

Printed by A. MURRAY and J. COCHRAN,
For W. ANDERSON, Bookfeller, Stirling.
Sold alfo by J. BELL, and W. GRAY, Edinburgh; J. BRYCE,
and P. TAIT, Glasgow; and G. KEITH, J. BUCKLAND,
and J. DONALDSON, London

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4. From his being licenfed till he removed into the

bounds of the prefbytery of Stirling [1698],

5. From his removal into the bounds of the prefbytery
of Stirling to his return unto the Merfe [1699],
6. From his return unto the Merfe to his ordination to
the holy ministry at Simprin, Sept. 21. 1699,

7. From his ordination to his marriage, July 1700,

8. From his marriage to his removal to Etterick [1707], 162

9. From his removal to Etterick to the oath of abjura-
tion refufed by him [1712],

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