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Originally Posted by FenderPriest  That is interesting. In the collection of his letters, he talks very sweetly of his wife's pain, subsequent death, and passing to be with the Lord Jesus. This adds a richer, Gospel flavor to that part of his life in my mind. Thanks for posting this! | Amen, and you're welcome. That quote from Rutherford, btw, also comes from his letters.
This is from Beeke & Pederson's Meet the Puritans: Quote: |
In 1623, Rutherford was chosen to serve as Professor of Humanity at Edinburgh, with responsibilities as a Latin tutor. Two years later, he was forced to resign after behaving inappropriately with a young woman named Euphame Hamilton, whom he subsequently married. God apparently used this incident to initiate or further his conversion. In a letter to Robert Stuart (1637), Rutherford wrote, “Ye have gotten a great advantage in the way of heaven, that ye have started to the gate in the morning. Like a fool, as I was, I suffered my sun to be high in the heaven, and near afternoon, before I ever took the gate by the end.”
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