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Samuel Rutherford, An Examination of Arminianism, trans. By Guy Richards


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 Description
 Examen Arminianismi is the Systematic Theology text of one of Scotland’s leading Second Reformation theologians, Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661). It was published in 1668 in Utrecht after Rutherford’s death under the supervision of Robert MacWard, his amanuensis at the Westminster Assembly, and Matthias Nethenus, a professor of divinity in the University of Utrecht. The Examen is based on Rutherford’s own notes composed for his theology lectures at the University of St. Andrews and are a polemic against the perceived evils of Arminianism.


About the Translator
Rev. Guy M. Richard received his Ph.D. from New College, University of Edinburgh and can be contacted via email at guymrichard@aol.com
Table of Contents

Epistle Dedicatory, by Matthias Nethenus
Letter to Nethenus from Robert MacWard
Preface to the Reader, by Matthias Nethenus
A Judgment, by Gisbertus Voetius and Andreas Essenius

Chapter 1, Of the Holy Scriptures and Fundamental Articles.

Chapter 2, Of God.
Chapter 3, Of Election.
Chapter 4, Of Reprobation.

Chapter 5, Of the State of the First Human.
Chapter 6, Of Original Sin.
Chapter 7, Of the State of the Fall of Humankind.
Chapter 8, Of the State of Grace.

Chapter 9, Of Universal Redemption.

Chapter 10, Of the Covenant of Grace.
Chapter 11, Of the Manner of Conversion.
Chapter 12, Of the Justification of the Sinner.
Chapter 13, Of the Perseverance of the Saints.
Chapter 14, Of the Certainty of Salvation.

Chapter 15, Of the Church and its Marks.
Chapter 16, Of the Ministry of the Word.
Chapter 17, Of Synods.
Chapter 18, Of the Sacraments and Ecclesiastical Discipline.
Chapter 19, Of the Magistrate.

Chapter 20, Of the Soul and the Resurrection of the Body.