and other Duties, recommended. ì7 i ligon, purfuant to the eflablithed methods of S E R nz. inftruEtion which God hath appointed, fuch XI. as fearching the holy books, the ftanding record of the divine doarine and laws, which God himfelf often enjoineth, and it hath been fuccefsfully praElifed by the heft pro- ficients in wifdom ; the attending opportu- nities of public inftruélion, not forfaking the afembling ourfelves together, as the apoftle direaeth, Heb. x. 25. and affiduity in prayer for that illumination, which God hath pro - mifed by giving his fpirit for them that afk. But I (hall not purfue the detail of thefe particulars, which are obvious to every one who knoweth the method God hath taken in revealing his will, and the forms of fervice he hath prefcribed. I will endeavour in this difcourfe to Phew you, h The reafonablenefs of attending all the inftituted means of our inftruélion. II. The refpea of wifdom, which is im- ported in hearing. III. The proper difpofitions of mind, and the manner of hearing and Ming all means, fignified by watching daily at the gates of wifdom, and waiting at the pis of her doors. Firf,
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