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LŧǵǵŧǡǪ
OF
SĵƽǼŧƯ RǼǵƒŧǡżLjǡŠ
RUTHERFORD'S WALK.
RUTHERFORD'S WALK.
Letters
of
Samuel Rutherford
With a Sketch of his Life
AND
Biographical Notices of His Correspondents
BY THE
REV. ANDREW A. BONAR, D.D.
AUTHOR OF "MEMOIR AND REMAINS OF ROBERT MURRAY
M'CHEYNE"
TƒƗǡŠ EŠƗǵƗLjƿ
LONDON
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY
56 PĵǵŧǡƿLjǪǵŧǡ RLj΅ ĵƿŠ 65 Sǵ. PĵǼƯ'Ǫ CƒǼǡŕƒΏĵǡŠ
PREFACE.
Most justly does the old Preface to the earlier Editions begin by telling the Reader that "These Letters have no need of any man's epistle commendatory, the great Master having given them one, written by
His own hand on the hearts of all who favour the things of God."
Every one who knows these "Letters" at all, is aware of their most peculiar characteristic, namely, the discovery they present of the marvellous intercourse carried on between the writer's soul and his
God.
This Edition will be found to be the most complete that has hitherto appeared. It is the same as that of 1863, in two vols., with two slight alterations, viz. the footnotes are for the most part removed to the
Glossary, and a few of the notices are condensed, but nothing omitted of any importance. On the other hand, one or two slight additions have been made.
Attending
carefully
to
the
chronological
arrangement, the Editor has sought, by biographical, topographical, and historical notices, to put the Reader in possession of all that was needed to enable him to enter into the circumstances in which each
Letter was written, so far as that could be done. The appended
Glossary of Scottish words and expressions (many of them in reality old English), the Index of Places and Persons, the Index of Special
Subjects, and the prefixed Contents of Each Letter, will, it is confidently believed, be found both interesting and useful. The Sketch of Rutherford's Life may be thought too brief; but the limits within which such a Sketch must necessarily be confined, when occupying
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