ABERDEEN, _Jan. 4, 1638_.
CCLXXXIII.--_To his Reverent and Respected Friend, THOMAS MACCULLOCH of Nether Ardwell._ [See "Ardwell" in notice at Letter CI.]
[This letter is given from the "Christian Instructor" for January 1839, furnished by one who had the MS. Why Rutherford calls his correspondent "reverent," we do not know. It seems to mean "REVERED," as in the address of Letter CCLXXXIV.][394]
[394] The contributor who furnishes this letter to the "Christian Instructor" says: "The _paper_ is small and dingy, and the mode of _folding_ is not exactly in modern style. But the _wax_ and the _impression_ on it are entire."