B00150:328
A short treatise
A short treatise: containing all the principal grounds of Christian religion. By way of questions and answers: very profitable for all sorts of men, but especially for householders..A short treatise: containing all the principall grounds of Christian religion. By way of questions and answers: very profitable for all sorts of men, but especially for housholders..
London: printed for William Welby, 1617
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Expos. 14. Meditation is the very life of reading and hearing, 1. Tim. 4. 15. and it is a separation of our selves purposely from other matters, that we may seriously think of what hath been taught, Gen. 24. 63. that it may be settled in the mind, and work upon the affections, Jer. 8. 6. for which end we must join examination and prayer, Luk. 18. 1.
Expos. 14. Meditation is the very life of reading and hearing, 1. Tim. 4. 15. and it is a separation of our selues purposely from other matters, that we may seriously think of what hath been taught, Gen. 24. 63. that it may be setled in the mind, and worke vpon the affections, Ier. 8. 6. for which end we must ioyne examination and prayer, Luk. 18. 1.
15. To apply the word to our selves, is to lay it to our heart as concerning us, 1. Cor. 11. 28. 2. Cor. 13. 5. that the commandments may guide us, the threatenings may humble us for sins past, 2. Sam. 12. 12, 13. and 24. 10