Glasgow, June 4th, 1782
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For Printing by Subscription,
In One large Octavo Volume.
An Elegant Edition of
Three Hundred and Fifty-Two
LETTERS,
By the Eminently Pious
Mr. SAMUEL RUTHERFORD,
Professor of Divinity at St. Andrews.
To which is added,
The Author's Testimony to the covenanted work of Reformation, as it was carried on between 1638 and 1649.—And also his Dying Words, containing several Advices to some ministers and near relations. As also,
A large Preface and Postscript, wrote by the Reverend Mr. M'Ward.
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Transcriber's Notes
Where a word differs from modern spelling, but is consistent within the text, e.g. atchievement, the original spelling is retained. Other typographical errors have been corrected, particularly where there is inconsistency within the text. The following list details these changes (including those described in the Errata):
Preface:
p vii: Duch --> Dutch
p viii: ths --> this
p x: renegado --> renegade
p xvi: A footnote anchor follows Oedipus, but there is no corresponding footnote
Introduction:
p xxxi: opportuuity --> opportunity
Lives and Characters:
p 45: duplicated word "and" removed
p 46: defore --> before
p 47: duplicated word "gives" removed
p 49: oftner --> oftener
p 54: Thar --> That
p 55: judgement --> judgment
p 58: forgivenness --> forgiveness
p 66: ehey --> they
p 82: Thet --> That
p 85: exhprted --> exhorted
p 88: band --> hand
p 95: commited --> committed
p 97: weerein --> wherein
p 112: Aarran --> Arran
p 112: handwritten text added: "doctrine, and therefore remitted him to ward in the castle of"
p 115: weakned --> weakened
p 117: year --> ear
p 117: Hampton-cout --> Hampton-court
p 125: duplicated word "shall" removed
p 133: theif --> thief
p 147: Scotish --> Scottish
p 154: patnet --> patent
p 166: duplicated prefix "re-" removed
p 167: duplicated letter "e" in "even" across line break removed
p 180: exepcted --> expected
p 181: Cuningham --> Cunningham for consistency
p 187: canot --> cannot
p 190: proclamaon --> proclamation
p 195: judicarories --> judicatories
p 196: remonstrancs --> remonstrance
p 196: changed univerty --> university
p 201: endevoured --> endeavoured
p 208: changed petitition --> petition
p 208: changed ot --> at
p 214: succeded --> succeeded
p 218: duplicated word "a" removed
p 218: changed cootinue --> continue
p 226: yon --> you
p 232: unparalelled --> unparalleled
p 245: "is is well known" --> "it is well known"
p 249: duplicated word "the" removed
p 253: clossest --> closest
p 253: tolboth --> tolbooth
p 258: tu --> to
p 262: Extra text added (from Errata)
p 264: baronses --> baroness
p 264: promotter --> promoter
p 270: Loudoun --> Loudon
p 271: Loudoun --> Loudon
p 271: lef --> left
p 292: 1657 --> 1651 (from Errata)
p 293: duplicated letter "E" in "Edinburgh" across line break removed
p 316: conant --> covenant
p 319: ocurred --> occurred
p 321: conditition --> condition
p 324: contsary --> contrary
p 348: he --> the
p 350: wich --> with
p 354: redeem --> redeemed
p 358: must --> most
p 365: at --> as
p 375: duplicated word "on" removed
p 381: chuch --> church
p 402: sollicitations --> solicitations
p 405: in --> from (from Errata)
p 426: stoped --> stopped
p 432: droping --> dropping
p 435: it --> its
p 435: Edingburgh --> Edinburgh
p 448: Fanguirs --> Tanguirs (from Errata and for consistency)
p 448: priseners --> prisoners
p 449: chearfulness --> cheerfulness
p 452: Learmoril --> Learmond (from Errata)
p 452: duplicated word "in" removed
p 462: Lermonnt --> Lermont
p 464: Penland --> Pentland
p 464: unparalelled --> unparalleled
p 468: interrred --> interred
p 475: rery --> very
p 479: destribute --> distribute
p 479: (6.) --> (9.)
p 494: thir --> their
p 499: Fulliallan --> Tullialen (from Errata)
p 499: druken --> drunken
p 501: disswading --> dissuading for consistency
p 502: first --> farther (from Errata)
p 504: duplicated word "time" removed
p 510: duplicated word "and" removed
p 514: ect --> etc
p 536: disswaded --> dissuaded
p 556: entring --> entering
p 560: word "He" inserted before answered
p 602: duplicated letter "a" in "about" across line break removed
p 606: wheu --> when
p 607: inventored --> inventoried
p 607: duplicated word "who" removed
p 616: Warristoun --> Warriston
Errata:
P. 291 --> P. 292
P. 505 --> P. 405
Judgment and Justice:
p 9: Aaran --> Arran
p 15: Added word "of" after "footsteps"
p 16: errected --> erected
p 28: disolve --> dissolve
p 29: Duplicated word "from" removed
p 29: Duplicated word "a" removed
p 30: recissory --> rescissory
p 31: Fanquirs --> Tanguirs (for consistency)
p 31: Miln --> Milne
p 33: assasinate --> assassinate
p 33: Added word "body" after "heart from his"
p 33: Added word "assembly" after "1638"
p 34: outragious --> outrageous
p 35: laueration --> laureation
p 38: drunkeness --> drunkenness
p 43: Dumfermline --> Dunfermline
p 45: Duplicated word "the" removed
p 45: Duplicated word "of" removed
p 46: roted --> rotted
p 56: frome --> from
p 56: patridges --> partridges
p 65: steped --> stepped
Proposals:
p 84: RUTHERFOORD --> RUTHERFORD
Footnotes:
fn 15: duplicated word "that" removed
fn 68: 2634 --> 1634
fn 103: melignants --> malignants
fn 150: location of footnote anchor unclear
fn 156: location of footnote anchor unclear
fn 200: footnote truncated in original
fn 227: Stirleg --> Stirling (from Errata)
fn 229: meerly --> merely
fn 246: counsellours --> counsellors
fn 246: iucurable --> incurable
fn 246: hetrodox --> heterodox
fn 246: accessary --> accessory
fn 246: strengthned --> strengthened
fn 251: scribler --> scribbler
fn 253: most --> must
fn 263: they --> the king (from Errata)
fn 277: Cambusnethan --> Cambusnethen (for consistency)
Changes to the following words (or variations on them) were made on several pages, primarily for consistency within the text:
threatning(s)--> threatening(s),
threatned--> threatened
untill-->until
couragious --> courageous
accomodate-->accommodate
sherriff-->sheriff
diocess-->diocese
acknowledgement --> acknowledgment
Naphthali --> Naphtali