A75287:2003
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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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⟩to the Word with a willing mind to learn; though the Eunuch understood not what he read, yet because he had a mind to learn, the Lord provided for him, and we know what a comfortable success Philips sermon had with him: Men love to teach willing Scholars, so doth God when we come with willing and ready minds to be taught of him. 2. Be well acquainted with the Grounds and Principles of Christianity; it is the want of this that makes men dull in understanding; they that are not first well nourished with milk, will not be fit to receive and digest stronger meat; if the foundation be not well laid, it is in vain to build. 3. Walk according to the light revealed; A good understanding have all they that do his Commandments: 2If we employ well the little knowledge we have, there is a promise to give us more.
3. That we labor 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⟩to the Word with a willing minde to learn; though the Eunuch understood not what he read, yet because he had a minde to learn, the Lord provided for him, and we know what a comfortable success Philips sermon had with him: Men love to teach willing Schollars, so doth God when we come with willing and ready mindes to be taught of him. 2. Be well acquainted with the Grounds and Principles of Christianity; it is the want of this that makes men dull in understanding; they that are not first well nourished with milk, will not be fit to receive and digest stronger meat; if the foundation be not well laid, it is in vain to build. 3. Walk according to the light revealed; A good understanding have all they that do his Commandments: 2