Rutherford and Resistance

Mr. John Clarke is an Ulster Presbyterian, a son of the Scottish Covenanters. He and his family are members of the Reformed Covenant Fellowship of Larne, Northern Ireland, which is requesting a missionary from the PRC. Samuel Rutherford was the leading theologian in Scotland during the first half of the 17th century. To most of us he is probably best known by his letters, said by Spurgeon to be "the nearest thing to inspiration which can be found in all the writings of mere men." But this is...