Thomas Boston, Works, 2:426:
Think not that because ye hear the preaching, therefore ye may neglect reading the Bible; nor to sit at home without necessity on the Lord’s day, thinking to do as well with your Bibles as attending the dispensation of the word. For as the preaching sends you to your Bible, your Bible would send you to the preaching, if ye would hearken to it, 1 Cor. 1:21. And the Bible is read in vain, if it do not inspire you with a sincere love to the preaching of the word.
Think not that because ye hear the preaching, therefore ye may neglect reading the Bible; nor to sit at home without necessity on the Lord’s day, thinking to do as well with your Bibles as attending the dispensation of the word. For as the preaching sends you to your Bible, your Bible would send you to the preaching, if ye would hearken to it, 1 Cor. 1:21. And the Bible is read in vain, if it do not inspire you with a sincere love to the preaching of the word.
