by Samuel Rutherford
in ePub, .mobi & .pdf formats
WITH A PREFACE AND NOTES BY REV. ANDREW A. BONAR, D.D.
“Many have light, as sick men have meat at their bedside, but cannot use it.”
According to Rutherford, many converts have light in their souls but cannot discern it for their own comfort and consolation. These sermons help believers toward this comfort and consolation.
ALL who relish "Samuel Rutherford's Letters" will welcome the reprint of this volume, entitled, when first printed, "Collection of Valuable Sermons Preached by him at Sacramental Occasions, in the years 1630, 1634, and 1637." I have added two discourses to the collection, one preached in 1630, and another in 1633, and also what is commonly called a Communion Address, delivered in London.
All breathe the same spirit as the famous "Letters," and are full of racy remark and illustration, bearing on scriptural doctrine and Christian experience.
The Sermons were not published by himself, but from the notes of hearers, and so there are some awkward sentences and clauses. But still they are exceedingly valuable. The first nine sermons were originally printed at Glasgow, "from an old manuscript." The rest have frequently appeared in various forms. A Sermon, which bears the title, "The Cruel Watchman," and a fragment, "Christ's Voice from Heaven," are not genuine, and so are not included in this collection. His only other Sermons are that on Luke 8:22, preached before the House of Commons, 1644, and that on Daniel 6:26, preached before the House of Lords, 1645.
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Table of Contents
PREFACE
SERMON I.—Revelation 19:11, 12, 13, 14
SERMON II.—Zechariah 13:7, 8, 9
SERMON III.—Zechariah 13:7, 8, 9
SERMON IV.—Luke 14:16, 17, &c.
SERMON V.—Hebrews 12:1, 2, 3, 4, 5
SERMON VI.—Isaiah 49:1, 2, 3, 4
SERMON VII.—Zechariah 11:9, 10, 11, 12, 13
SERMON VIII.—John 20:13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
SERMON IX.—Song of Solomon 5:1, 2, &c.
SERMON X.—Revelation 21:4, 5, 6, 7
SERMON XI.—Canticles 2:14, 17
ADDRESS XII.—Christ's Love and Loveliness
SERMON XIII.—Revelation 14:7, 8, 9, 10, 11, &c.