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Samuel Rutherford

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Also known as Samuel Rutherfoord

Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian

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Born
1600?
Died
1661
Works
139

Top works

  • Christ and the doves heavenly salutations, with their pleasant conference together
  • Disputatio scholastica de divina providentia, variis prælectionibus, quod attinet ad summa rerum capita, tradita s. theologiæ adolescentibus candidatis in inclytâ Academiâ andreapolitanâ, in quâ adversus Jesuitas, Arminianos, Socinianos, de dominio Dei ...
  • Influences of the life of grace. Or, A practical treatise concerning the way, manner, and means of having and improving of spiritual dispositions, and quickning influences from Christ the resurrection and the life
  • Lex, rex
  • De brieven van Samül Rhetorfort ...

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Quotes

  • Last words: "I bless the Lord that he gave me counsel."
  • I had but one joy, the apple of the eye of my delights , to preach Christ my Lord
  • The good Husbandman may pluck His rose & gather in His lily.
  • Grace will ever speak for itself and be fruitful in well-doing; the sanctified cross is a fruitful tree.
  • Ye have lost a child — nay, she is not lost to you, who is found to Christ; she is not sent away, but only sent before; like unto a star, which going out of our sight, doth not die and vanish, but shineth in another hemisphere.
  • Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them.

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date of death
1661-03-29
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Samuel Rutherford
date of birth
1600-00-00
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