A75287:2434
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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SECT. 5. Of Duties after reading the Scriptures.
The end of studying the Scriptures, is not only knowledge, but practice; wherefore after we have read any part of the Scriptures, our special care must be—
THe end of studying the Scriptures, is not onely knowledge, but practice; wherefore after we have read any part of the Scriptures, our special care must be—
1. To recount and revolve in our minds those things we have read, and seriously to meditate on them.
1. To recount and revolve in our mindes those things we have read, and seriously to meditate on them.
2. To search out the true sense and meaning of the words, together with the scope unto which they are directed, and if our own understanding be too weak, we may do well to make use of other mens Writings or Conference.