Like John Bunyan in Bedford gaol, Samuel Rutherford did his best work while imprisoned for the gospel. His opponents had meant to silence him but instead they perpetuated his ministry through the centuries, for it was out of this period that most of his famous Letters came. From this, 'the most remarkable series of devotional letters that the literature of the Reformed churches can show', the greatest church leaders as well as the humblest Christians have drawn strength. Richard Baxter's view was that, apart from the Bible, 'such a book as Mr Rutherford's Letters the world never saw the like', while to C.H. Spurgeon they were 'the nearest thing to inspiration which can be found in all the writings of mere men.' This classic edition contains 365 letters and a biographical introduction by Andrew Bonar.