Thomas Boston, Works, 3:144:
I would recommend to you particularly, the duty of Christian conference. See how much the disciples’ going to Emmaus gained by this exercise, Luke 24:17-32. It is a notable mean to cherish good motions both in ourselves and others. It is the way to increase what we have, as well as to retain it. As air will make the coal blaze that was lying hid under the ashes, so the very speaking of God and religion is apt to inflame the heart, that otherwise is very dead. And surely the decay of this exercise is one cause of the decay of religion in our day.
I would recommend to you particularly, the duty of Christian conference. See how much the disciples’ going to Emmaus gained by this exercise, Luke 24:17-32. It is a notable mean to cherish good motions both in ourselves and others. It is the way to increase what we have, as well as to retain it. As air will make the coal blaze that was lying hid under the ashes, so the very speaking of God and religion is apt to inflame the heart, that otherwise is very dead. And surely the decay of this exercise is one cause of the decay of religion in our day.