The other night I was awakened by a nightmare and found comfort in the words of Samuel Rutherford. Subsequent to that event, someone sends me more of the same. GOD is speaking in the Furnace and my prison is made sweet. Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.–JOB 13:15Behold, I have refined … Continue reading
“When Rutherford was in prison he dated his letter from ‘Christ’s Palace in Aberdeen.’ He made the remark to some friend, ‘Do you know I thought of Jesus till every stone in the wall of my cell glowed like a ruby.’”
“A doubting soul is ready to find many faults with God and with Christ.” Samuel Rutherford, Quaint Sermons, Fear Not, Thou Jacob, 15.
“When God says “‘Fear not,” albeit thou wert compassed about with enemies on all sides, and there were as many devils round about you as there are piles of grass upon the earth, or as there have fallen of drops of rain since the world began, thou needst not to fear ; thou may go … Continue reading
“Well’s them who know their crosses are not their own, but they are Christ’s crosses, and then their crosses are well winded (wound) up in a web of His love, for then it shall neither hurt you nor kill you, but thou shalt bear it patiently and handsomely. That is a happy affliction that is … Continue reading
Our hunger is His fulness. Samuel Rutherford
Our shame it is a glorious shame. Samuel Rutherford
“O! there is such a trim ^ lustre on all the crosses of the children of God, that whatever befall them it is well watered over with the love and favour of God, Rev. xiv. 13 : ”Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, for they rest from their labours and their works … Continue reading
there is such a moderation of the troubles of the Kirk of God and of His children that there is not one ounce, of sorrow or trouble that comes upon them but it is all weighed in heaven before it come upon you, and thou shalt get no more of it nor ^ the Lord … Continue reading
“When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord’s choicest wines.” Samuel Rutherford
