“Begin with reading or hearing. Go on with meditation; end in prayer.” (William Bridge, “The Work and the Way of Meditation”) “The word feedeth meditation, and meditation feedeth prayer. . . . Meditation must follow hearing and precede prayer. . . . What we take in by the word we digest by meditation and let out by prayer.” (Thomas Manton, Complete Works, vol. 17) “The reason we come away so cold from reading the word is, because we do not warm ourselves at the fire of meditation.” (Thomas Watson, “How We May Read the Scriptures with Most Spiritual Profit,” dir. 8) “The great reason why our
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