At What Price Truth - The Letters of Samuel Rutherford Volume 2

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The Letters of Samuel Rutherford - Volume 2

The body of this publication is from the 1891 edition of S. R,’s Letters. It contains Andrew Bonar’s sketch of Rutherford’s life and biographical notices of his correspondence, as well as the full compliment of Rutherford’s letters. Furthermore, to make this the most complete edition of Rutherford’s Letters ever published, we have added:
1. Robert M’Ward’s original (1664) “Preface to the Christian Reader” of 45 pages taken from a 1783 edition of Rutherford’s Letters.
2. Rutherford’s “Testimony to the Covenanted Work of Reformation, between 1638 and 1649.”
3. Rutherford’s dying words, containing several Advices to some Ministers and near Relations”
- which further corroborates the large body of other evidence (cf. George Gillespie’s dying testimony at the end of his Works, volume 2, for example) testifying to those glorious truths (of covenanted faithfulness to Christ and separation from malignants) that were foremost in the minds of the most prominent Covenanters, even moments before they eternally entered the presence of their Almighty Father.
4. A postscript from earlier editions of this work (thought to be written by M’Ward).
All the above sections, which we have added, have been left out of many former editions of Rutherford’s Letters...including the Banner of Truth hardcover that was in print a couple of years ago. This is the first time, to our knowledge, that these valuable additions (which
were at various times published together with these letters) and the full edition of Rutherford’s Letters have all been gathered into one publication.
The importance of M’Ward’s original preface can be seen when we consider who he was and the part he played in Rutherford’s life and the Reformation of his day. M’Ward was a persecuted and exiled Protester (exiled for preaching, in 1661,” against the overturning of
the Covenanted Reformation by Parliament” __ Dictionary of Scottish Church History & Theology, p. 538), who “collected and arranged the papers of his preceptor, Samuel Rutherford, and gave the world his (Rutherford’s—RB) Letters. Note this is Volume 2 of a two volume set. You may wish to order Volume 1 or the combined set. The two volume set is offered at a 10% discount.

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