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The Larger Catechiſm. 63 m Neh. viii. 8. Acts xxvi. 18. Pſal. xix. 8. n I Cor: xiv. 24. 25. 2 Chro. xxiv. 18, 19, 26, 27, 28. o Acts ii. 37, 41. & viii. 2, to 39. p 2 Cor. iii. 18. q 2 Cor. x. 4,5,6 Rom. vi. 17. r Mat. iv. 4, 7, 10. Eph. vi. 16, 17. PſaL xix. 11. 1 Cor. x. II ſ Actſ xx. 2. 2 Tim. iii. 15, 16, 17 t Rom. xvi. 25. t Theſſ. iii 2, 10, 11, 13. Rom. xv. 4. & x. 13, to 18. & i. 16. Q. Iſ the Word of God to be read by all? 4. Altho' all are not to be permitted to read the Word pablickly to the Congregation, yet all Sorts of people are bound to read it apart by them- ſelve, and with their Families x; to which End the holy Seriptures are to be tranſlated out of the Original into Vulgar Languages y. v Deut. xxxi. 9, 11, 12, 13. Neh. viii. 2, 3. & ix. 3. 4. 5. w Deut xvii. 19. Rev. 1.3. John v. 39. Iſa. xxxiv. 16. Deut. vi. 6, 7, 8, 9. Gen. viii. 17, 19. Pſal. lxxviii. 5, 6, 7 y 1 Cor. xiv. 6, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 24, 27, 28. Q. How is the Word of God to be read? A. The holy Scriptures are to be read with an high and reverend Eſteem of them z. with a firm Per- ſuaſion that they are the very Word of God a, and that he only can enable us to underſtand them b; with Deſire to know, believe and obey the Will of God revealed in them c; with Diligence d, and Attention to the Matter and Scope of them e; with Meditation f; Application g, Self-denial h, and Pray- er i. z Pſal. xix. 10. Neh. vil. 3. to 10. Exodus xiv. 7. 2 Chr. xxxiv. 27. Iſa. lxvi. 2. a 2 Peter i. 19, 20, 21. b Luke xxiv. 45, 2 Cor. iii. 13, to 17. c Deut. xvii. 19, 20. d Actſ vii. II. e. Actſ viii. 30, 34. Luke x 26, 27, 28. ſ Pſal. i 2. & cxix. 97. g 2 Chr. xxxiv