Holiness: For the Will of God Is Your Sanctification – 1 Thessalonians 4:3 [Annotated, Updated]

by J.C. Ryle

Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661) was a Scottish Presbyterian pastor and author and was one of the members of the Westminster Assembly. A collection of his letters has been published (Letters of Samuel Rutherford) and has become a Christian classic. Charles Spurgeon said that Rutherford’s Letters were “the nearest thing to inspiration which can be found in all the writings of mere men.” Richard Baxter said of them that except for the Bible, “such a book as Mr. Rutherford’s Letters the world never saw the like.”