| To Jonet Macculloch.—Christ's Sufficiency—Stedfastness in the Truth, | 210 |
| 102. | To Alexander Gordon of Knockgray.—Grounds of Praise—Affliction tends to misrepresent Christ—Idols, | 211 |
| 103. | To Lady Cardoness, Elder.—Christ and His Cause Recommended—Heavenly-mindedness—Caution against Compliances—Anxiety about his Parish, | 213 |
| 104. | To Lady Kenmure.—Painstaking in the Knowledge of Christ—Unusual enjoyment of His Love—Not Easy to be a Christian—Friends must not mislead, | 215 |
| 105. | To a Gentlewoman, upon the death of her Husband.—Resignation under Bereavement—His own Enjoyment of Christ's Love, | 217 |
| 106. | To Lady Kenmure.—Weak Assurance—Grace different from Learning—Self-accusations, | 218 |
| 107. | To Lady Boyd.—Consciousness of Defects no argument of Christ being unknown—His Experience in Exile, | 220 |
| 108. | To Lady Kaskiberry.—Gratitude for Kindness—Christ's Presence felt, | 222 |
| 109. | To Lady Earlston.—Following Christ not Easy—Children not to be over-loved—Joy in the Lord, | 223 |
| 110. | To Mr. David Dickson.—God's Dealings—The Bitter Sweetened—Notes on Scripture, | 224 |
| 111. | To Jean Brown.—Christ's Untold Preciousness—A Word to her Boy, | 226 |
| 112. | To Mr. John Fergushill.—The Rod upon God's Children—Pain from a sense of Christ's Love—His Presence a Support under Trials—Contentedness with Him alone, | 227 |
| 113. | To Mr. Robert Douglas.—Greatness of Christ's Love revealed to those who suffer for Him, | 229 |
| 114. | To William Rigg of Athernie.—Sustaining Power of Christ's Love—Satan's Opposition—Yearnings for Christ Himself—Fears for the Church, | 230 |
| 115. | To Mr. Alexander Henderson.—Sadness because of Christ's Headship not set forth—His Cause attended with Crosses—The Believer seen of all, | 232 |
| 116. | To Lord Loudon.—Blessedness of Acting for Christ—His Love to His Prisoner, | 234 |
| 117. | To Mr. William Dalgleish, Minister of Kirkdale and Kirkmabreck.—Christ's Kindness—Dependence on Providence—Controversies, | 237 |
| 118. | To Mr. Hugh M'Kail, Minister at Irvine.—Christ's Bountiful Dealings—Joy in Christ through the Cross, | 239 |
| 119. | To Mr. David Dickson.—Joyful Experience—Cup Overflowing in Exile, | 240 |
| 120. | To Mr. Matthew Mowat, Minister at Kilmarnock.—Plenitude of Christ's Love—Need to use Grace aright—Christ the Ransomer—Desire to proclaim His Gospel—Shortcomings and Sufferings, | 242 |
| 121. | To William Halliday.—Diligence in securing Salvation, | 245 |
| 122. | To a Gentlewoman after the death of her Husband.—Vanity of Earthly Possessions—Christ a sufficient Portion—Design of Affliction, | 245 |
| 123. | To John Gordon of Cardoness, Younger.—Reasons for being earnest about the Soul, and for Resignation, | 247 |
| 124. | To John Gordon of Cardoness, Elder.—Call to Earnestness about Salvation—Intrusion of Ministers, | 248 |
| 125. | To Lady Forret.—Sickness a Kindness—Christ's Glooms better than the World's Joys, | 249 |
| 126. | To Marion M'Naught.—Adherence to Duty amidst Opposition—Power of Christ's Love, | 250 |
| 127. | To John Carsen.—Nothing worth the Finding but Christ, | 251 |
| 128. | To the Earl of Cassillis.—Honour of testifying for Christ, | 401 |
| 205. | To Lady Kenmure.—Difficulties in the way to the Kingdom—Christ's Love, | 402 |
| 206. | To Lady Kenmure.—The Use of Sufferings—Fears under them—Desire that Christ be Glorified, | 404 |
| 207. | To John Henderson of Rusco.—Practical Hints, | 407 |
| 208. | To Alexander Colville of Blair.—Regrets for not being able to Preach—Longings for Christ, | 408 |
| 209. | To Mr. John Nevay.—Christ's Surpassing Excellency—His Cause in Scotland, | 409 |
| 210. | To Lady Boyd.—His Soul Fainting for Christ's Matchless Beauty—Prayer for a Revival, | 410 |
| 211. | To a Christian Gentlewoman.—God's Skill to bless by Affliction—Unkindness of Men—Near the Day of Meeting the Lord, | 412 |
| 212. | To William Glendinning.—Search into Christ's Loveliness—What he would Suffer to see it—His Coming to Deliver, | 414 |
| 213. | To Robert Lennox of Disdove.—Men's Folly in Undervaluing Christ—It is He that satisfieth—Admiration of Him, | 416 |
| 214. | To Mr. James Hamilton, Minister of the Gospel.—Suffering for Christ's Headship—How Christ visited him in Preaching, | 418 |
| 215. | To Mistress Stuart.—Personal Unworthiness—Longing after Holiness—Winnowing Time, | 421 |
| 216. | To Mr. Hugh M'Kail, Minister of Irvine.—Advantages of our Wants and Distempers—Christ Unspeakable, | 423 |
| 217. | To Alexander Gordon of Garloch.—Free Grace finding its Materials in us, | 425 |
| 218. | To John Bell, Elder.—Danger of Trusting to a Name to Live—Conversion no Superficial Work—Exhortation to Make Sure, | 427 |
| 219. | To Mr. John Row, Minister of the Gospel.—Christ's Crosses better than the World's Joys—Christ Extolled, | 429 |
| 220. | To Lord Craighall.—Duty of being disentangled from Christ-dishonouring Compliances, | 430 |
| 221. | To Marion M'Naught.—Her Prayers for Scotland not Forgotten, | 430 |
| 222. | To Lady Culross.—Christ's Way of Showing Himself the Best—What Fits for Him—Yearning after Him insatiably—Domestic Matters, | 431 |
| 223. | To Alexander Gordon of Knockgray.—State of the Church—Believers purified by Affliction—Folly of seeking Joy in a Doomed World, | 434 |
| 224. | To Fulwood, the Younger.—Vanity of the World in the light of Death and Christ—The Present Truth—Christ's Coming, | 436 |
| 225. | To his Parishioners.—Protestation of Care for their Souls, and for the Glory of God—Delight in his ministry, and in his Lord—Efforts for their Souls—Warnings against Errors of the Day—Awful words to the Backslider—Intense Admiration of Christ—A Loud Call to All, | 438 |
| 226. | To Lady Kilconquhar.—The Interests of the Soul and Urgent—Folly of the World—Christ altogether Lovely—His Pen fails to set forth Christ's Unspeakable Beauty, | 445 |
| 227. | To Lord Craighall.—Standing for Christ—Danger from Fear, or Promises of Men—Christ's Requitals—Sin against the Holy Ghost, | 449 |
| 228. | To Mr. James Fleming, Minister of the Gospel.—Glory Gained to Christ—Spiritual Deadness—Help to Praise Him—The Ministry, | 451 |
| 229. | To Mr. Hugh M'Kail, Minister of Irvine.—The Law—This World under Christ's Control for the Believer, | 454 |
| 230. | To Lady Kenmure.—Believer Safe though Tried—Delight in Christ's Truth, | 455 |
| 231. | To Lord Lindsay of Byres.—The Church's Desolations—The End of APPENDIX. | Editions of Rutherford's Letters, | 736 | | Sample of the old Orthography, | 740 | | Last Words; Poem by Mrs. Cousin, | 741 |
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