Christian Theology - Media Sabda Org

Consider how great the blessing is which you enjoy! What would a
damned soul give for the privilege of sitting five minutes in your place,
to hear Jesus preached, with the same possibility of being saved?
Do not divide the word with your neighbour; hear for yourself. Share
your clothes, money, bread, &c., with him, but do not divide the word
preached.
Consider, this may be the last sermon you shall ever be permitted to
hear.
That your being blessed does not consist in your remembering heads,
divisions, &c., but in feeling the divine influence.
After the sermon is over, get as speedily home as you can, and spend
a few moments on your knees in private prayer. Meditate on what you
have heard.
Pray for your preachers, that God may fill them with the unction of his
Spirit.
And, when you read the Holy Scriptures, consider that it is God's word
which you read, and that his faithfulness is pledged to fulfil both its
promises and threatenings.
Read the whole Bible, and read it in order; two chapters in the Old
Testament, and one in the New, daily, if you can possibly spare time.
Think that the eye of God is upon you while you are reading; and
remember that the word is not sent to particular persons, as if by name;
and do not think you have no part in it, because you are not named there.
It is not thus sent: it is addressed to particular characters; to saints,
sinners, the worldly minded, the proud, &c. Therefore, examine your own
state, and see to which of these characters you belong, and then apply the
word spoken to the character in question to yourself; for it is as surely