,___a_n_d-=-p_er_p_._et_ua_l_t_q_u_icl_e•__ l 185 - ' Thirdly; this.will great!yencreafeour comfort in theWord, and. caufe·us to feele much more fweetnelfe in it;· even as the chev\1\ingofour meat makes us t& tafte much more fiveetneifa in..it. Pfol~ II9· 15, 16. he faith; I will mrdftate on thy Precepu,and have refPeH unto thy n~ayes, I will delight my felfe in thy Statutes.: Meditation ever brings with itdelighto. . 1 Fourth-ly, this will' greatly encreafe our knovv·– ledge:· Pfal. 119. 99• 1 have more underffanding than my teacher!:· Why ? becaufe thy teflimoniu . are .my meditation. · · · Now, ifthis be required after hearing; how is it poffible that they fhould profit by the Word, that never fcarcely thinkc of it afterwards ? · It is · noted of the Di.fciples, that though they had feefle Chri£bti1ightie·power in the miraclcofrhe LoaveJ; yet becaufe they conGdered not thenli– racle,theirhearts·werehardened: i; beeaufc they did not medicare upon.it, they were never the better forir. And thus it ufitally fpeedes with thofe that are c~rele!fe in taeperformingof this dtnie-. " 3 vVec mufl: conf~rre oft:hat weeliaveHeard; rand repeat it amongfl: our fclves, and.examine the The third duty · S · b l h f l h . d 1. after hearing 3 , cnptmes a out t 1etrm o tJat t at ts e 1ve- ·conference: · red. Ljeyne thell]: all together; for fotb€y may a.nd Repetk--· 1 weH-be,inthepraeticeofthem. Forcanference" non. I J?'s_vid fairh,Pfal.II9 .. I72· MytonguefhaU [pe,J'ke :. Dfthy word, (or all thy CommandementJ ttre r~~hteouF nejJe. T:his was ordinarily pracrifed by the Dif. ciples of our Saviour Chrifi,when he l1a~aught how -~' --------------------------------~--------- -
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