官方藏书 / Religion_Spirituality / Letters of Samuel Rutherford / (Third Edition)

Letters of Samuel Rutherford / (Third Edition)

Samuel Rutherford · Religion_Spirituality · 50 章

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CONTENTS.Chapter 2 SKETCH OF SAMUEL RUTHERFORD.(ACQUIESCENCE IN GOD'S PURPOSE—FAITH IN EXERCISE—ENCOURAGEMENT IN VIEW OF SICKNESS AND DEATH—PUBLIC AFFAIRS.)(GOD MIXETH THE CUP—THE WICKED HAVE THEIR REWARD—FAITHFULNESS—FORBEARANCE—TRIALS.)(SELF-DENIAL—HOPE OF CHRIST'S COMING—LOVING GOD FOR HIMSELF.)(RANK AND PROSPERITY HINDER PROGRESS—WATCHFULNESS—CASE OF RELATIVES.)(THE WORLD PASSETH AWAY—SPECIAL PORTIONS OF THE WORD FOR THE AFFLICTED—CALL TO KIRKCUDBRIGHT.)(ENCOURAGEMENT UNDER TRIAL BY PROSPECT OF BRIGHTER DAYS.)(HIS FEELINGS UPON LEAVING ANWOTH.)(LONGING AFTER CLEARER VIEWS OF CHRIST—HIS LONG-SUFFERING—TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES.)(THE JOYS OF THIS LIFE EMBITTERED BY SIN—HEAVEN AN OBJECT OF DESIRE—TRIAL A BLESSED THING.)(THE IDOLATRY OF KNEELING AT THE COMMUNION.)(CHRIST'S SUFFICIENCY—STEDFASTNESS IN THE TRUTH.)(THE ROD UPON GOD'S CHILDREN—PAIN FROM A SENSE OF CHRIST'S LOVE—HIS PRESENCE A SUPPORT UNDER TRIALS—CONTENTEDNESS WITH HIM ALONE.)(DILIGENCE IN SECURING SALVATION.)(THE CROSS NO BURDEN—NEED OF SURE FOUNDATION.)(PRESSING INTO HEAVEN—A CHRISTIAN NO EASY ATTAINMENT—SINS TO BE AVOIDED.)(HUNGERING AFTER CHRIST HIMSELF RATHER THAN HIS LOVE.)(CHRIST'S INFINITE FULNESS.)(CHRIST SUFFERING IN HIS CHURCH—HIS COMING—OUTPOURINGS OF LOVE FROM HIM.)(JOY IN GOD—TRIALS WORK OUT GLORY TO CHRIST.)(HOPE FOR SCOTLAND—SELF-SUBMISSION—CHRIST HIMSELF IS SOUGHT FOR BY FAITH—STABILITY OF SALVATION—HIS WAYS.)(SPIRITUAL SLOTH—DANGER OF COMPROMISE—SELF, THE ROOT OF ALL SIN—SELF-RENUNCIATION.)(PRACTICAL HINTS.)(FREE GRACE FINDING ITS MATERIALS IN US.)(THE INTERESTS OF THE SOUL MOST URGENT—FOLLY OF THE WORLD—CHRIST ALTOGETHER LOVELY—HIS PEN FAILS TO SET FORTH CHRIST'S UNSPEAKABLE BEAUTY.)(FRIENDS IN IRELAND—DIFFICULTIES IN PROVIDENCE—UNFAITHFULNESS TO LIGHT—CONSTANT NEED OF CHRIST.)(PROCEEDINGS OF PARLIAMENT—PRIVATE MATTERS—HER DAUGHTER'S MARRIAGE.)(PERSONAL UNWORTHINESS—GOD'S GRACE—PRAYER FOR OTHERS.)(CHRIST'S LOVE IN AFFLICTION—THE SAINT'S SUPPORT AND FINAL VICTORY.)(SWEETNESS OF TRIAL—SWIFTNESS OF TIME—PREVALENCE OF SIN.)(NOT OUR CROSS, BUT CHRIST, THE OBJECT OF ATTRACTION—TOO LITTLE EXPECTED FROM HIM—SPIRITUAL DEADNESS.)(PUBLIC BLESSINGS ALLEVIATE PRIVATE SUFFERINGS—TRIALS LIGHT WHEN VIEWED IN THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN—CHRIST WORTHY OF SUFFERING FOR.)(CHRIST THE FOUNTAIN—FREENESS OF GOD'S LOVE—FAITH TO BE EXERCISED UNDER FROWNS—GRACE FOR TRIALS—CHRIST YET TO BE EXALTED ON THE EARTH.)(SIN OF THE LAND—READ PRAYERS—BROWNISM.)(GOD DOES ALL THINGS WELL, AND WITH DESIGN.)CCCXXV.—To Sir James Stewart, Lord Provost of Edinburgh.[467](COMFORT UNDER THE CLOUD HANGING OVER SCOTLAND—DISSUASION FROM LEAVING SCOTLAND.)(EXCUSE FOR ABSENCE FROM DUTY.)CCCLIX.—To a Brother Minister.[THE REFERENCES TO SPECIAL WORDS MAY SERVE THE PURPOSE OF A VERBAL INDEX.] (The Figures refer to the Letters.)Chapter 43 CONTENTS.FOOTNOTES:Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE Chapter 50