Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
Read sober books. Those that are given to reading, are as much under the influence of the books they read, as of the persons they converse with, and therefore in the choice of them you need to be very cautious, and take advice. ...
Let us therefore take the same method to make us sober, more sober; converse with those books which are substantial and judicious, out of which we may learn wisdom. The Book of God is given us on purpose to make us wise to salvation; make it familiar to you, and let it dwell in you richly. Let it lead you, let it talk with you; and do you follow it, and talk with it, Prov. vi. 22. And many other good books we have to help us to understand and apply the scripture, which we should be conversant with. ...
For more, see Matthew Henry on sober reading habits.
Let us therefore take the same method to make us sober, more sober; converse with those books which are substantial and judicious, out of which we may learn wisdom. The Book of God is given us on purpose to make us wise to salvation; make it familiar to you, and let it dwell in you richly. Let it lead you, let it talk with you; and do you follow it, and talk with it, Prov. vi. 22. And many other good books we have to help us to understand and apply the scripture, which we should be conversant with. ...
For more, see Matthew Henry on sober reading habits.
