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Is an ordinance of divine appointment, Rom_10:17. Pro_8:4-5. Mar_4:24. Public reading of the Scriptures was a part of synagogue worship, Act_13:15. Act_15:21. and was the practice of the Christians in primitive times. Under the former dispensation there was a public hearing of the law at stated seasons, Deu_31:10; Deu_31:13. Neh_8:2-3. It seems, therefore, that it is a duty incumbent on us to hear, and , if sensible of our ignorance, we shall also consider it our privilege. As to the manner of hearing, it should be constantly, Pro_8:34. Jam_1:24-25. Attentively, Luk_21:38. Act_10:33. Luk_4:20; Luk_4:22. With reverence, Psa_89:7. With faith, Heb_4:2. With an endeavour to retain what we hear, Heb_2:1. Psa_119:11. With an humble docile disposition, Luk_10:42. With prayer, Luk_18:1-43 : the advantages of hearing are, information, 2Ti_3:16. Conviction, 1Co_14:24-25. Act_2:1-47 : Conversion, Psa_11:7. Act_4:4. Confirmation, Act_14:22. Act_16:5. Consolation, Php_1:25. Is. 40: 1, 2. Is. 35: 3, 4. Stennet's Parable of the Sower; Massilon's Ser. vol. 2: p. 131. Eng. trans. Gill's Body of Div. vol. 3: p. 340. oct. ed.