{"number":160,"question":"What is required of those that hear the word preached?","answer":"It is required of those that hear the word preached, that they attend upon it with diligence, preparation, and prayer; examine what they hear by the scriptures; receive the truth with faith, love, meekness, and readiness of mind, as the word of God; meditate, and confer of it; hide it in their hearts, and bring forth the fruit of it in their lives.","segments":[{"text":"It is required of those that hear the word preached, that they attend upon it with diligence,","proofs":["Proverbs 8:34"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 8:34","osis":["Prov.8.34"]}],"note":null},{"text":"preparation,","proofs":["1 Peter 2:1–2"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Peter 2:1–2","osis":["1Pet.2.1-1Pet.2.2"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and prayer;","proofs":["Psalm 119:18","Ephesians 6:18–19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 119:18","osis":["Ps.119.18"]},{"printed":"Ephesians 6:18–19","osis":["Eph.6.18-Eph.6.19"]}],"note":null},{"text":"examine what they hear by the scriptures;","proofs":["Acts 17:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 17:11","osis":["Acts.17.11"]}],"note":null},{"text":"receive the truth with faith,","proofs":["Hebrews 4:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 4:2","osis":["Heb.4.2"]}],"note":null},{"text":"love,","proofs":["2 Thessalonians 2:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Thessalonians 2:10","osis":["2Thess.2.10"]}],"note":null},{"text":"meekness,","proofs":["James 1:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"James 1:21","osis":["Jas.1.21"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and readiness of mind,","proofs":["Acts 17:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 17:11","osis":["Acts.17.11"]}],"note":null},{"text":"as the word of God;","proofs":["1 Thessalonians 2:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Thessalonians 2:13","osis":["1Thess.2.13"]}],"note":null},{"text":"meditate,","proofs":["Luke 9:44","Hebrews 2:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 9:44","osis":["Luke.9.44"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 2:1","osis":["Heb.2.1"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and confer of it;","proofs":["Luke 24:14","Deuteronomy 6:6–7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 24:14","osis":["Luke.24.14"]},{"printed":"Deuteronomy 6:6–7","osis":["Deut.6.6-Deut.6.7"]}],"note":null},{"text":"hide it in their hearts,","proofs":["Proverbs 2:1","Psalm 119:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 2:1","osis":["Prov.2.1"]},{"printed":"Psalm 119:11","osis":["Ps.119.11"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and bring forth the fruit of it in their lives.","proofs":["Luke 8:15","James 1:25"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 8:15","osis":["Luke.8.15"]},{"printed":"James 1:25","osis":["Jas.1.25"]}],"note":null}],"section":null,"relations":{"bc1695":["95"],"wlc-modernized":["160"],"wsc":["90"]},"diffs":[{"source":"bc1695","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"It is required of those","position":null},{"text":"hear","position":1},{"text":"preached, that they","position":null},{"text":"upon it","position":null},{"text":"examine what they hear by the scriptures;","position":null},{"text":"the truth","position":null},{"text":"love, meekness,","position":null},{"text":"readiness of mind, as the word of God; meditate, and confer of","position":null},{"text":"hide it","position":null},{"text":"their","position":1},{"text":"bring forth the fruit of","position":null},{"text":"their","position":2}]}],"page":"131","leaf":67}