Propositions

12 If you desire to hear the word with profit, observe these things; before you go to the Church humble your self in prayer to God, that he may prepare your understanding, affection, and memory, to receive; and that the Preacher may speak to your conscience.

12 If you desire to heare the worde with profit, obserue these things; before you go to the Church humble your selfe in praier to God, that hee may prepare your vnderstanding, affection, and memorie, to receiue; and that the Preacher may speake to your conscience.

13 After in hearing with some short prayer, apply the several threatenings, promises, and instructions, to your own estate: when you are come home from hearing, change all that you remember into a prayer, and desire God that you may remember it most, when you should ⟨image 5⟩practise it, and use to teach others, and to confer of all things remembered: It is a good thing, to remember a thing diligently and the reason of it.

13 After in hearing with some short praier, apply the severall thretnings, promises, and instructions, to your owne estate: when you are come home from hearing, change all that you remember into a praier, and desire God that you may remember it most, when you shuld ⟨image 5⟩practise it, and vse to teach others, and to conferre of all things remembred: It is a good thing, to remember a thing diligently and the reason of it.

14 Let us not complain of the want of Discipline, but be thankful for the discipline we have: it is the Lords will, even in this want of Discipline to advance his own glory, in taking that to himself, which otherwise we would attribute to Discipline: for besides that, he doth that by his word and prayer, which may be done by Discipline: it may be discipline would hide many hypocrites which now are discovered, and cover many christian true hearts which now are known: for they that are godly now are godly of a conscience, being a discipline to themselves; but many may seem godly in discipline, which do it of fear and not of love.