And hearing from the great God, was an Exercise ⟨p. 19⟩of like satisfaction unto the Soul of this good man, with speaking either to him, or of him. He was a mighty Student of the sacred Bible; and it was unto him as his necessary food. He made the Bible his Companion, and his Councillor, and the holy lines of Scripture more Enamoured him than the profane Ones of •ul•ly, ever did the famous Italian Cardinal. He would not upon easy terms, have gone one day together, without using a portion of the Bible as an antidote against the infection of Temptation. And he would prescribe it unto others, with his pro•a•um est upon it; as once particularly a pious Woman, vexed with a wicked Husband, complaining to him, That bad Company was all the day still infesting of her House, and what should she an? He advised her, Take the Holy Bible into your Hand, when the bad Company comes, and you'll soon drive them out of the House; the woman made the experiment, and thereby cleared her House from the Haunts that had molested it. By the like was 'twas that he cleared his Heart of what he was loth to have Nesting there. Moreover, if ever any man could, he might, pretend unto that evidence of Uprightness, Lord, I have loved the Habitation of thine House; for he not only gave something more than his presence there twice on the Lords Days, and once a Fortnight besides on the Lectures, in his own Congregation, but he made his weekly visits unto the Lectures in the ⟨p. 20⟩Neighbouring Towns; how often was he seem at Boston, Charlestown, Cambridge, Dorchester, waiting upon the Word of God, in the Recurring Opportunities, and counting a Day in the Courts of the Lord better than a thousand? It is hardly conceivable how in the midst of so many Studies and Labours as he was at home engaged in, he could possibly repair to so many Lectures abroad; and herein •e aimed not only at his own Edification, but at the […] and Encouraging of the Lectures which he went unto. Thus he took heed, that he might Hear, and he took as much heed how he […]; he set himself as in the presence of the Eternal God, as the great Constantine used of old, in the Assemblies where he came, and said, […] hear what God the Lord will speak; he expressed a diligent attention, by a watchful and wakeful posture, and by turning to the Texts quoted by the Preacher;
And hearing from the great God, was an Excercise ⟨p. 19⟩of like satisfaction unto the Soul of this good man, with speaking either to him, or of him. He was a mighty Student of the sacred Bible; and it was unto him as his necessary food. He made the Bible his Companion, and his Councellor, and the holy lines of Scripture more Enamoured him than the profane Ones of •ul•ly, ever did the famous Italian Cardinal. He would not upon easy terms, have gone one day together, without using a portion of the Bible as an antidote against the infection of Temptation. And he would prescribe it unto others, with his pro•a•um est upon it; as once particularly a pious Woman, vexed with a wicked Husband, complaining to him, That bad Company was all the day still infesting of her House, and what should she an? He advised her, Take the Holy Bible into your Hand, when the bad Company comes, and you'l soon drive them out of the House; the woman made the experiment, and thereby cleared her House from the Haunts that had molested it. By the like was 'twas that he cleared his Heart of what he was loth to have Nesting there. Moreover, if ever any man could, he might, pretend unto that evidence of Uprightness, Lord, I have loved the Habitation of thine House; for he not only gave something more than his presence there twice on the Lords Dayes, and once a Fortnight besides on the Lectures, in his own Congregation, but he made his weekly visits unto the Lectures in the ⟨p. 20⟩Neighbouring Towns; how often was he seem at Boston, Charlstown, Cambridge, Dorchester, waiting upon the Word of God, in the Recurring Opportunities, and counting a Day in the Courts of the Lord better than a thousand? It is hardly conceivable how in the midst of so many Studies and Labours as he was at home engaged in, he could possibly repair to so many Lectures abroad; and herein •e aimed not only at his own Edification, but at the 〈…〉 and Encouraging of the Lectures which he went unto. Thus he took heed, that he might Hear, and he took as much heed how he 〈…〉; he set himself as in the presence of the Eternal God, as the great Constantine used of old, in the Assemblies where he came, and said, 〈…〉 hear what God the Lord will speak; he expressed a diligent attention, by a watchful and wakeful posture, and by turning to the Texts quoted by the Preacher;
