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Rutherford, Samuel
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A Scottish divine, born at Nisbet, near Jedburgh; studied at Edinburgh University, became professor of Humanity, but had to resign; studied divinity, and became minister of Anworth in 1627, and was a zealous pastor and a fervid preacher; corresponded far and wide with pious friends by letters afterwards published under his name, and much esteemed by pious people; became at length professor of Divinity at St. Andrews, and represented the Scottish Church in the Westminster Assembly in 1643; wrote several works, for one of which he was called to account, but had to answer a summons on his deathbed before a higher bar (1600-1661).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rutherford, Samuel'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/rutherford-samuel.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rutherford, Samuel'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/rutherford-samuel.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
