In recognizing Christ as King over the individual, church and state, this covenant openly bound these nations under Christ's mediatorial rule to obey all of God's Word and law and to testify to and uphold all the Reformation attainments up to that day. It also bound the covenanters, English, Irish and Scottish to continue on in Reformation. A Letter of Comfort by Samuel Rutherford A Selection from his Letters by Samuel Rutherford Back to the top of the page. These are deep waters and this title is recommended for those who have already developed some fair strength in swimming the strong theological currents of the second Reformation. Containing some of Rutherford's most mature thought, this book was published six years before Rutherford passed on to glory.
Rutherford is beyond all praise of men.
Like a strong-winged eagle he soars into the highest heaven and with unblenched eye he looks into the mystery of love divine. Whenever we think of him we compare him to Milton's Uriel, the angel that stood in the sun itself. Were truth the beam, I have no doubt that if Homer, and Virgil, and Horace, and all that the world has agreed to idolize, were weighed against that book, they would be lighter than vanity. This is the Banner of Truth reprint and has been made 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.