{"product_id":"the-works-of-samuel-rutherford-volume-1-arminianism-a-systematic-and-theological-response","title":"The Works of Samuel Rutherford, Volume 1 - Arminianism: A Systematic and Theological Response","description":"\u003ch6\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Works of Samuel Rutherford\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe are thrilled to announce the first volume in a landmark 21-volume edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Works of Samuel Rutherford \u003c\/em\u003eis now available for preorder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Rutherford is Reformation Scotland’s best known figure after John Knox. With the publication of his \u003cem\u003eWorks\u003c\/em\u003e he is finally receiving the attention he deserves. Loved for his \u003cem\u003eLetters\u003c\/em\u003e, the complete Rutherford emerges here, in his own voice, as a theologian, pastor, devotional writer, and a man of his times. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis ambitious project is the fruit of years spent transcribing handwritten notes, translating dense seventeenth-century Latin, tracing marginalia and textual variants, constructing a thorough textual apparatus, indexing, proofing, and even last-minute transatlantic flights to examine newly discovered manuscripts firsthand. What was once scattered and accessible only in Latin to a narrow circle of specialists is now being carefully restored for the church and academy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis opening volume of the \u003cem\u003eWorks\u003c\/em\u003e will be released June 22, 2026. Presented in English for the first time, \u003cem\u003eArminianism: A Systematic and Theological Response,\u003c\/em\u003e offers a comprehensive examination of the theological roots of what Rutherford argues is one of the most consequential errors in the Christian church.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eArminianism\u003c\/em\u003e is not a work only for those with an interest in debating modern Arminians. Quite the contrary!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRutherford does not confine himself to a handful of theses about salvation. Beginning with Scripture and the knowledge of God, he advances through the divine decrees, the fall, original sin, the accomplishment and application of redemption, covenant theology, justification, perseverance, the church, the sacraments, the magistrate, and the resurrection. The result is a vast theological architecture. Arminianism is exposed not as an isolated doctrinal misstep but as a rival account of God, grace, and the moral order.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout, Rutherford writes as a convinced Augustinian. For him, the debate is nothing less than the perennial contest between divine grace and Pelagian self-reliance. His arguments are exegetical, scholastic, and rigorously ordered, yet never detached from pastoral consequence. Assurance, perseverance, the honor of Christ’s merit, and the immutability of God stand at the center of the controversy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis volume inaugurates the first complete edition of Rutherford’s works. Based on seventeenth-century manuscripts and early printed editions, and supported by substantial introductions and full scholarly apparatus, it restores to scholars and pastors a major voice of Reformed orthodoxy whose theology has long remained inaccessible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor pastors seeking to shepherd well, for anyone wanting to understand the doctrinal foundations of the Reformed tradition, for theologians of grace, and for historians of the post-Reformation period, this release is a significant event.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeneral Preface\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEditorial Conventions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslator's Preface\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduction: The Cause of God Against the Arminians\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eArminianism: A Systematic and Theological Response\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDedicatory Epistle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEpistle to Matthias Nethen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePreface to the Reader\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEndorsement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sacred Scriptures and Their Content\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGod\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReprobation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe State of the First Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginal Sin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe State of Fallen Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe State of Grace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniversal Redemption\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Covenant of Grace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Process of Conversion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sinner’s Justification\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Perseverance of the Saints\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCertainty of Salvation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Church and Her Marks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMinisters of the Word\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSynods\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSacraments and Church Discipline\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Magistrate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Soul and the Resurrection of the Body\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAppendix 1: Original Index of Chapters and Questions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAppendix 2: Manuscript Comparison\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAppendix 3: Manuscript Supplement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiographical Register of Persons and Names\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScripture Index\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubject Index\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamuel Rutherford\u003c\/strong\u003e was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian who wrote prolifically and served as a ministerial commissioner to the Westminster Assembly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEditors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid C. Noe\u003c\/strong\u003e is a scholar in residence at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and pastor of Reformation Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the translator of numerous works from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including writings by Franciscus Junius, Theodore Beza, William Perkins, John Calvin, and many others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChad Van Dixhoorn\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of church history and theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, North Carolina. His published works include \u003cem\u003eGod’s Ambassadors: The Westminster Assembly and the Reformation of the English Pulpit, 1643–1653\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdditional Information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCover: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Pages: 875\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Reformation Heritage Books\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rutherford, Samuel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48384115409137,"sku":"9798886862379","price":74.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/8731\/8425\/files\/9798886862379.png?v=1783456801","url":"https:\/\/reformedbookservices.com\/products\/the-works-of-samuel-rutherford-volume-1-arminianism-a-systematic-and-theological-response","provider":"Reformed Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}