Q. How is the word of God to be read?
A. The holy scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of them;¹ with a firm persuasion that they are the very word of God,² and that he only can enable us to understand them;³ with desire to know, believe, and obey the will of God revealed in them;⁴ with diligence,⁵ and attention to the matter and scope of them;⁶ with meditation,⁷ application,⁸ self-denial,⁹ and prayer.¹⁰