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¹Fifthly, the Word also meditated upon, when a man hath heard it, and searched it, and believed it, read and conferred about it, or say none of these for the present, but whether these have gone before or no, for the present the very meditation of Gods Word, which a man now takes into his mind as he is riding, or working; there is a mighty power in the Word, pondering upon it, and chewing of it, to make a man more rooted in it, more fruitful, and more comfortable in believing. This truth you see in Psal. 1.1, 2, 3. when a man meditates upon the Law of God day and night, he grows to more delight in it; one of these helps another, and what will be the fruit of it? He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of waters, planted and rooted, and well watered there, and he brings forth his fruit in due season, and whatsoever he doth shall prosper; not as planted in a dry Wilderness, but by the rivers of water, and that makes him not only well rooted, and grown tall, but it enables him to bring forth fruit in due season, and as for his leaf it withers not, neither Summers heat, nor Winters Frosts makes it to fall, but he still holds his greenness, and his fruitfulness, and he grows in all the graces of God which tend to the praise, and glory of his grace, and this is by reason of his delighting, and meditating in the Word of God, and thus you see the point opened.

¹Fifthly, the Word also meditated upon, when a man hath heard it, and searched it, and beleeved it, read and conferred about it, or say none of these for the present, but whether these have gone before or no, for the present the very meditation of Gods Word, which a man now takes into his minde as he is riding, or working; there is a mighty power in the Word, pondering upon it, and chewing of it, to make a man more rooted in it, more fruitfull, and more comfortable in beleeving. This truth you see in Psal. 1.1, 2, 3. when a man meditates upon the Law of God day and night, he growes to more delight in it; one of these helps another, and what will be the fruit of it? He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of waters, planted and rooted, and well watered there, and he brings forth his fruit in due season, and whatsoever he doth shall prosper; not as planted in a dry Wildernesse, but by the rivers of water, and that makes him not only well rooted, and growne tall, but it inables him to bring forth fruit in due season, and as for his leafe it withers not, neither Summers heat, nor Winters Frosts makes it to fall, but he still holds his greennesse, and his fruitfulnesse, and he growes in all the graces of God which tend to the praise, and glory of his grace, and this is by reason of his delighting, and meditating in the Word of God, and thus you see the point opened.