A75287:2002
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The…
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and public, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
London: printed by John Field for Nathanael Webb and William Grantham, 1649London: printed by John Field for Nathanaell Webb and William Grantham, 1649
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2. That we diligently attend to that we hear,1 thus all the people were very attentive to hear Christ; or (as it is in the Original) They hanged upon him to hear him; they so carried themselves, as if their ears and minds had been tied to his very tongue: Look as a Prisoner will hearken to the sentence of a Prince, every word he speaks being life or death; or as the servants of Benhadad, when they were in their enemies power, observed diligently if any word of comfort would come from the King of Israel, and they did hastily catch at it; so should we with all diligence and attention hearken to the good word of God.
2. That we diligently attend to that we hear,1 thus all the people were very attentive to hear Christ; or (as it is in the Original) They hanged upon him to hear him; they so carried themselves, as if their ears and mindes had been tyed to his very tongue: Look as a Prisoner will hearken to the sentence of a Prince, every word he speaks being life or death; or as the servants of Benhadad, when they were in their enemies power, observed diligently if any word of comfort would come from the King of Israel, and they did hastily catch at it; so should we with all diligence and attention hearken to the good word of God.
3. That we labour to understand what we hear; to this purpose, Christ called to the multitude and said, 1Hear and understand: Now the means to understand the Word are these: 1. Come ⟨p. 270⟩