Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…

2 To cause the Scriptures to be frequently read in the Family. We read that under the Law the people of Israel were commanded to cause the words of the Lord to be written upon the Posts of their Houses,¹ to the end they might be frequently read by every one in the House. And saith the Apostle Paul, Let the Word of Christ dwell in you. By the Word of Christ, the Apostle meaneth the Doctrine of the Gospel,² which was published by Christ, and is contained in the Old and New Testament.³ Let this word, saith the Apostle, dwell in you, i. e. be ye much employed in the reading thereof, as in your Closets, so in your Families; or as Calvin interprets it, Make the Word familiar to you, by giving it household entertainment. But oh! what a stranger is the Word to most Families? how seldom is it read amongst them? If that ⟨p. 151⟩house be an Hell where the Scriptures are not read, as Luther said, Oh how many houses are there as so many hells, for want of reading the Scriptures?

2 To cause the Scriptures to bee frequently read in the Family. We read that under the Law the people of Israel were commanded to cause the words of the Lord to be written upon the Posts of their Houses,¹ to the end they might be frequently read by every one in the House. And saith the Apostle Paul, Let the Word of Christ dwell in you. By the Word of Christ, the Apostle meaneth the Doctrin of the Gospel,² which was published by Christ, and is contained in the Old and New Testament.³ Let this word, saith the Apostle, dwell in you, i. e. be yee much imployed in the reading thereof, as in your Closets, so in your Families; or as Calvin interprets it, Make the Word familiar to you, by giving it household entertainment. But oh! what a stranger is the Word to most Families? how seldome is it read amongst them? If that