Bolton's publication called, The Sinfulness of Sin, was originally delivered as a sermon to the House of Commons of England on a solemn day of humiliation on 25 March 1646.
Quotes
The law sends us to the gospel that we may be justified; and the gospel sends us to the law again to inquire what is our duty as those who are justified....The law sends us to the gospel for our justification; the gospel sends us to the law to frame our way of life.[5]
Works
His books include:
A Tossed Ship making for a Safe Harbour; or a Word in Season to a Sinking Kingdom (1644)
The True Bounds of Christian Freedom (1645)
A Vindication of the Rights of the Law and the Liberties of Grace (1646)
The Arraignment of Error (1646)
The Sinfulnesse of Sin (1646)
The Guard of the Tree of Life (1647)
The Wedding Garment
Posthumously, The Dead Saint speaking to Saints and Sinners, (with a portrait prefixed).[3]
Family
He has been incorrectly identified both as a son and a brother of Robert Bolton (1572–1631);[3] Robert Bolton's son Samuel was a clergyman who died in 1668.[6]