A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Rutherford, Samuel, 1600?-1661 • SECTION 8

Part 8

← Letters of Samuel Rutherford (Third Edition)

76. To _Robert Gordon of Knockbreck_.--Benefit of Affliction, 161

77. To _Lady Boyd_.--Aberdeen--Experience of himself Sad-- Taking Pains to win Grace, 163

78. To _Lord Boyd_.--Encouragement to Exertion for Christ's Cause, 164

79. To _Margaret Ballantine_.--Value of the Soul, and Urgency of Salvation, 166

80. To _Marion M'Naught_.--His Comfort under Tribulations, and the Prison a Palace, 168

81. To _Mr. John Meine (jun.)_.--Experience--Patient Waiting--Sanctification, 169

82. To _John Gordon of Cardoness, Elder_.--Win Christ at all Hazards--Christ's Beauty--A Word to Children, 170

83. To _the Earl of Lothian_.--Advice as to Public Conduct--Everything to be endured for Christ, 174

84. To _Jean Brown_.--The Joys of this Life embittered by Sin--Heaven an Object of Desire--Trial a Blessed Thing, 177

85. To _John Kennedy, Bailie of Ayr_.--The Reasonableness of Believing under all Affliction--Obligations to Free Grace, 179

86. To _Lord Craighall_.--Episcopalian Ceremonies--How to Abide in the Truth--Desire for Liberty to preach Christ, 181

87. To _Elizabeth Kennedy_.--Danger of Formality--Christ wholly to be Loved--Other Objects of Love, 183

88. To _Janet Kennedy_.--Christ to be kept at every sacrifice--His incomparable Loveliness, 185

89. To _the Rev. Robert Blair_.--God's Arrangements sometimes Mysterious, 187

90. To _the Rev. John Livingstone_.--Resignation--Enjoyment-- State of the Church, 190

91. To _Mr. Ephraim Melvin_.--Kneeling at the Lord's Supper a species of Idolatry, 192

92. To _Mr. Robert Gordon of Knockbreck_.--Visits of Christ--The Things which Affliction Teaches, 195

93. To _Lady Kenmure_.--God's Dealings with Scotland--The Eye to be directed Heavenward, 197

94. To _Lady Kenmure_.--The Times--Christ's Sweetness in Trouble--Longing after Him, 198

95. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Christ's Cross Sweet--His Coming to be Desired--Jealous of any Rival, 200

96. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Christ all Worthy--Anwoth, 201

97. To _Alexander Gordon of Earlston_.--Christ Endeared by Bitter Experiences--Searchings of Heart--Fears for the Church, 202

98. To _Mr. Alexander Colville of Blair_.--Increasing Experience of Christ's Love--God with His Saints, 204

99. To _Earlston, Younger_.--Christ's Ways Misunderstood--His increasing Kindness--Spiritual Delicacy--Hard to be Dead to the World, 205

100. To _Lady Cardoness_.--The One Thing Needful--Conscientious Acting in the World--Advice under Dejecting Trials, 208

101. To _Jonet Macculloch_.--Christ's Sufficiency--Stedfastness in the Truth, 210

102. To _Alexander Gordon of Knockgray_.--Grounds of Praise-- Affliction tends to misrepresent Christ--Idols, 211

103. To _Lady Cardoness, Elder_.--Christ and His Cause Recommended--Heavenly-mindedness--Caution against Compliances--Anxiety about his Parish, 213

104. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Painstaking in the Knowledge of Christ--Unusual enjoyment of His Love--Not Easy to be a Christian--Friends must not mislead, 215

105. To _a Gentlewoman, upon the death of her Husband_.-- Resignation under Bereavement--His own Enjoyment of Christ's Love, 217

106. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Weak Assurance--Grace different from Learning--Self-accusations, 218

107. To _Lady Boyd_.--Consciousness of Defects no argument of Christ being unknown--His Experience in Exile, 220

108. To _Lady Kaskiberry_.--Gratitude for Kindness--Christ's Presence felt, 222

109. To _Lady Earlston_.--Following Christ not Easy--Children not to be over-loved--Joy in the Lord, 223

110. To _Mr. David Dickson_.--God's Dealings--The Bitter Sweetened--Notes on Scripture, 224

111. To _Jean Brown_.--Christ's Untold Preciousness--A Word to her Boy, 226

112. To _Mr. John Fergushill_.--The Rod upon God's Children-- Pain from a sense of Christ's Love--His Presence a Support under Trials--Contentedness with Him alone, 227

113. To _Mr. Robert Douglas_.--Greatness of Christ's Love revealed to those who suffer for Him, 229

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