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An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A. No, God requires that the Word be read and heard in a due manner, and the manner of hearing is of special regard with God, Luke 8.18. Take •eed therefore how ye hear, &c.
Q. 2. How many things belong to the due manner of hearing?
A. Three sorts of Duties belong to it; some antecedent, as, preparation and prayer; some concomitant, as due diligence and retention; and some subsequent, as practise.
Q. 3. What is due preparation •or hearing?
A. It consists in serious consideration of the greatness and holiness of that God, whom we approach in hearing the Word,