Q. 157. How is the Word of God to be read?
Question. How is the Word of God to be read?
Answer. The holy Scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of them; with a firm persuasion that they are the very Word of God, and that he only can enable us to understand them; with desire to know, believe, and obey the will of God revealed in them; with diligence, and attention to the matter and scope of them; with meditation, application, self_denial, and prayer.
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Citation: Westminster Larger Catechism Q. 157, Wikisource digital text.
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