Samuel Rutherford
Samuel Rutherford
Rev Prof Samuel Rutherfordwas a Scottish Presbyterian pastor, theologian and author, and one of the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster Assembly...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionTheologian
night sick soul
If ye never had a sick night and a pained soul for sin, ye have not yet lighted upon Christ.
wind heaven soul
The hope of heaven under troubles is like wind and sails to the soul.
love soul thrones
I see Christ's love is so kingly, that it will not abide a marrow it must have a throne all alone in the soul.
christian patience soul
Show yourself a Christian by suffering without murmuring. In patience possess your soul - they lose nothing who gain Christ.
god soul weight
There is nothing left to us but to see how we may be approved of Him, and how we may roll the weight of our weak souls in well-doing upon Him, who is God omnipotent.
soul lord should
Why should I tremble at the plough of my Lord, that maketh deep furrows on my soul? I know He is no idle husbandman, He purposeth a crop.
When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.
debt far lend oh others run teach
Oh my debt of praise, how weighty is it, and how far run up! Oh that others would lend me to pay, and teach me to praise!
nature night open winter
After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. After every storm, there comes clear, open slies.
glory grace tried
Grace tried is better than grace, and it is more than grace, it is glory in its infancy.
full heart lord
Come all crosses, welcome, welcome! so I may get my heart full of my Lord Jesus.
kings men judging
Every man by nature is a freeman born; by nature no man cometh out of the womb under any civil subjection to king, prince, or judge.
wind roots zion
Grow as a palm-tree on God's Mount Zion; howbeit shaken with winds, yet the root is fast.
jesus portraiture essentials
It is in some respect greater love in Jesus to sanctify than to justify, for He maketh us most like Himself, in His own essential portraiture and image in sanctifying us.