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Letters of Samuel Rutherford, Whith Biogr. Notices of His Correspondents, by J. Anderson, and a Sketch of His Life,
Letters of Samuel Rutherford Whith Biogr Notices of His Correspondents by J Anderson and a Sketch of His Life Author:Samuel Rutherford General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1848 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: My faith hath no bed to sleep upon but omnipotency. The good will of the Lord, and his sweetest presence, be with you and that child. Grace and peace be yours. Your ladyship's, in all duty in his sweet Lord Jesus, Arerdern, 1637. S. R. XCVI. -- To the Right Honourable and Christian lady, the Viscountess Of Kenmure. Christ's cross sweet -- His coming longed to be desired -- Jealous of any rival. Madam, -- Grace, mercy, and peace be to your ladyship. I would not omit to write a line with this Christian bearer, -- one in your ladyship's own case, driven near to Christ, in and by her affliction. I wish that my friends in Galloway forget me not. However it be, Christ is so good I will have no othtT tutor, suppose I could have wale and choice1 of ten thousand beside. I think now five hundred heavy hearts for him too little. I wish that Christ, now weeping, suffering, and contemned of men, were more dear and desirable to many souls than he is. I am sure that if the saints wanted Christ's cross, so profitable, and so sweet, they might, for the gain and glory of it, wish it were lawful either to buy or borrow his cross. But it is a mercy that the saints have it laid to their hand for nothing; for I know no sweeter way to heaven than through free grace and hard trials together; and one of these cannot well want another. Oh, that time would post faster, and hasten our looked-for communion with that fairest, fairest among the sons of men! Oh, that the day would favour us and come, and put Christ and us into each other's arms! I am sure that a few years will do our turn, and the soldier's hour-glass will soon ...« less