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Letters of Samuel Rutherford (Third Edition)
Rutherford, Samuel, 1600?-1661 · 345,819 words · 915 reading sections
EDITIONS OF RUTHERFORD'S LETTERS.
Row, in his "History of the Kirk of Scotland" (p. 396), wrote in 1650 regarding these Letters:--"Sundry have whole books full of them, whilk, if they were printed, I am confident, through the Lord's rich mercy and blessing, would not fail to do much good." This was written fourteen years before any attempt had been mad…
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_Mr. Rutherford's Letters_, Divided in two Parts. _The First_, Containing those which were written from Aberdeen, where he was confined by a sentence of the High Commission; drawn forth against him, partly upon the account of his declining them, partly upon the account of his Non-Conformity. _The Second_, Containi…
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16. Another, 1824. Glasgow. With brief notice of the author. 17. The Edition of 1825. One of "Collins' Select Christian Authors." It passed through three editions. It has a doctrinal Preface by Thomas Erskine, Esq., and gives about one half of the Letters. It has not retained all the peculiar phraseology of the origin…
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(Letter CCCLI.) Sir I would ere now have writtin to you had I not knowin yo^r health weaker and weaker could scairclie permitt you to hear. I neid not speak. The way you know and have preached to others the skill off the Gŭijd and the glorie of the hom beyond death And qn he sayes com and sie it will be yo^r gaine to …
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[_From a MS. vol. belonging to Mr. Lamb, Dundee._]…
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Mrs. A. R. Cousin, wife of Rev. W. Cousin, Free Church minister of Melrose, has woven into a delightful poem many of Samuel Rutherford's most remarkable utterances. This piece has become almost a household hymn, known over all our country, and in America no less. It is entitled sometimes by its first line, "The sands o…
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I have borne scorn and hatred, I have borne wrong and shame, Earth's proud ones have reproach'd me, For Christ's thrice blessed name:-- Where God His seal set fairest They've stamp'd their foulest brand; But judgment shines like noonday In Immanuel's land. They've summoned me before them, But there I may not come,-- M…
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Rev. ROBERT MURRAY M'CHEYNE,…
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New Edition, demy 8vo, cloth extra, with numerous Illustrations, and facsimile of original Title and Frontispiece, price 5s., =A Cloud of Witnesses=: For the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ; being the Last Speeches and Testimonies of those who have suffered for the Truth in Scotland since the year 1680. Reprinted f…
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_And all Booksellers_. =The Scots Worthies.= By JOHN HOWIE of Lochgoin. Revised from the Author's Original Edition by the Rev. W. H. CARSLAW, M.A. The Landscapes and Ornaments by various artists, engraved under the superintendence of Mr. Williamson; the Historical Portraits by Mr. Hector Chalmers, engraved by Messrs S…
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I. INTRODUCTORY. II. EVANGELIST. III. OBSTINATE. IV. PLIABLE. V. HELP. VI. MR. WORLDLY-WISEMAN. VII. GOODWILL. VIII. THE INTERPRETER. IX. PASSION. X. PATIENCE. XI. SIMPLE, SLOTH, AND PRESUMPTION. XII. THE THREE SHINING ONES AT THE CROSS. XIII. FORMALIST AND HYPOCRISY. XIV. TIMOROUS AND MISTRUST. XV. PRUDENCE. XVI. CHAR…
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Public domain in the USA; original historical text digitized by Project Gutenberg.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.