...therefore, O Lord, that I may so hear and receive it, that by patience and comfort of thy holy word,, I may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of...thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. i THE QUESTIONS. Q. What is a parable ? A. It teaches us to understand some things from the nature...

...mark, learn, and " inwardly digest the Holy Scriptures," is, " that by patience and comfort of His holy " word we may embrace and ever hold fast the " blessed hope of everlasting life, which is given " us in our Saviour Jesus Christ." Three important particulars here arrest our attention....

...for our Learning; grant that we may in fuch wife hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digeft them, that by Patience and Comfort of thy Holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold faft _• The Cbriftian School-Mafttr. 149 the blefled Hope of everlafting Life, which Thou haft given...

...minds, and the immensity of the Deity, which prevent our knowing how far his attributes can go."* " Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy scriptures...our learning; grant that we may in such wise hear, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy word, we may...

...hast caused all holy scrip< tures to be written for our learning, — grant that ' we may in suchwise hear them, read, mark, learn, ' and inwardly digest...of everlasting life, which ' thou hast given us in thy Son, our Saviour, Jesus < Christ !' Now to God the Father, &c. MERMON XLIII. PSALM XCV. 6, 7. O...

...which his Son hath taught us, (Our Father, $rc.) concluding with this excellent Collect of our Liturgy. Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures...thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. THE SACRED INTERPRETER. PART I. CHAP. I. OF SOME MATTERS NECESSARY TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE FIRST PLACE....

...house of prayer ; but ye have made it a den of thieves. The second Sunday in Ad-cent. The Collect. BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures...thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen, The Epistle. Rom. xv. 4. WHATSOEVER things were written aforetime, were written for our learning; that...

...Scriptures. learn, and inwardly digest them ; that I may, by Patience and Comfort of thy holy Word, embrace and ever hold fast the blessed Hope of everlasting Life, which thou hast given me in toy Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. IV. VjLORY be to thee, O crucified Love, whoatthyBp. last Supper...

...of salvation. This is what our Church prays for in the Collect for the second Sunday in Advent ; " Blessed Lord, who hast caused all '« holy scriptures...read, •. mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that bj " patience and comfort of thy holy word we may em" brace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of...

...house " of prayer ; but ye have made " it a den of thieves." Second Sunday in Advent. The Collect. BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures...; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, prophecy, Hagg. ii. 7. be considered as fulfilled : " the desire of all nations" (ie the Messiah) "...