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First, You must labour to acquaint your selves with the Scripture betimes, you must study the Word betimes, David studied the Word in the morning of ⟨p. 208⟩his days in the primrose of his youth, ¹and this made him wiser than his enemies, yea, than his teachers, this made him as much excel the Ancients, as the Sun excels the Moon, or as the Moon excels the twinkling stars. Timothy was good betimes, and no wonder, for in the prime-rose of his days, ²he was acquainted with the Scripture, he was inured to the Word from his child-hood, yea from his infancy, as the word properly signifies, so in that 119 Psalm the 9. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed according to thy Word; there is no way to a holy heart, and a clean life, but by acquainting of your selves with the Word betimes; one hath long since observed, ³that God hath bowed down the Scriptures to the capacity even of babes and sucklings, that all excuse may be taken away; and that young men may be encouraged to study the ⟨p. 209⟩Scripture betimes. Ah! ⁴Young men, no Histories are comparable to the Histories of the Scriptures, 1 for Antiquity. 2 Rarity. 3 Variety. 4 Brevity. 5 Perspicuity. 6 Harmony. 7 Verity. All other books cannot equal Gods, either in age, or authority, in dignity, or excellency, in sufficiency, or glory.

First, You must labour to acquaint your selves with the Scripture betimes, you must study the Word betimes, David studied the Word in the morning of ⟨p. 208⟩his dayes in the primrose of his youth, ¹and this made him wiser than his enemies, yea, than his teachers, this made him as much excel the Ancients, as the Sunne excels the Moon, or as the Moon excels the twinkling stars. Timothy was good betimes, and no wonder, for in the prime-rose of his dayes,