Use 3. For you that do believe, be frequent in reading the Word, for to you it was written, that you might believe. Meditate there on day and night. The blessed will find a time to meditate on Gods Word every day, and every night, and this you shall •••le very effectual to the increase of your faith. The King himself, whose employments were greatest, the Lord •aid a charge on him to read in the Book of the Law all the days of his life. Deut. 17.14. And much more is every private man bound to it. If these God hath sanctified, to help us in our belief, then as ever you would believe, •e diligent in hearing, reading, conferring, examining, and meditating on the Word, all these are notable means to increase and enlarge our saith; therefore if thou •e wanting in faith, consider whether thou hast not been wanting in this practise, take away the Word, and take away the fuel of your faith. And for you that believe not, though this Scripture was not so much written for you, yet because hearing is the only way of faith […]. 10.17. be diligent in hearing the Word preached, Prov. 8.3• •5. Blessed it be that heareth ••, for whose findeth me, findeth life. And when you have heard, be careful to search and ••amine whether the things preached be agreeable to Gods Word. By this means many that believed not before, have been taught to believe, and be careful to confer on the Word. The Lord hath sanctified the Word preached, and the Word examined, and the Word confer•ed above, to the begetting of faith, and the Word read to the increasing of faith; •herefore be ste•u•• in these, and withal join hearty prayer to God, 1 Tim. 4.4, •. that he would open thine eyes, and cause thee to understand, and bow thine heart to embrace every truth, that so every ordinance may be effectual to thee, to the […] and increasing of faith in thee.
Ʋse 3. For you that do believe, be frequent in reading the Word, for to you it was written, that you might believe. Meditate there on day and night. The blessed will finde a time to meditate on Gods Word every day, and every night, and this you shall •••le very effectuall to the increase of your faith. The King himselfe, whose employments were greatest, the Lord •aid a charge on him to read in the Book of the Law all the dayes of his life. Deut. 17.14. And much more is every private man bound to it. If these God hath sanctified, to help us in our belief, then as ever you would believe, •e diligent in hearing, reading, conferring, examining, and meditating on the Word, all these are notable means to increase and inlarge our saith; therefore if thou •e wanting in faith, consider whether thou hast not been wanting in this practise, take away the Word, and take away the fuel of your faith. And for you that believe not, though this Scripture was not so much written for you, yet because hearing is the only way of faith 〈…〉. 10.17. be diligent in hearing the Word preached, Prov. 8.3• •5. Blessed it be that heareth ••, for whose findeth me, findeth life. And when you have heard, be careful to search and ••amine whether the things preached be agreeable to Gods Word. By this means many that believed not before, have been taught to believe, and be careful to conferre on the Word. The Lord hath sanctified the Word preached, and the Word examined, and the Word confer•ed aboue, to the begetting of faith, and the Word read to the increasing of faith; •herefore be ste•u•• in these, and withall joyn hearty prayer to God, 1 Tim. 4.4, •. that he would open thine eyes, and cause thee to understand, and bow thine heart to imbrace every truth, that so every ordinance may be effectual to thee, to the 〈…〉 and increasing of faith in thee.
