Directions for Profitable Hearing and Reading

by Richard Baxter

Another quality eBook from Chapel Library. In Directions for Profitable Hearing and Reading Puritan pastor and author Richard Baxter exhorts readers to take seriously the disciplines of hearing the Word preached, reading the Scriptures, and reading Christian books. It seems that some view hearing a sermon as a passive exercise and therefore miss out on the profit they could gain from it. Baxter highlights the importance of this means of grace and how our approach should reflect a keen appreciation of it. He urges us to come prayerfully, heartily, attentively, and with purpose. He then stirs the reader to a right approach to reading the Scriptures, the attitude with which to approach them, and thoughts on methods of study. He closes with an exhortation on reading Christian books: why to read, what not to read, and what to read.

95 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 17, 2016

About the author

Richard Baxter (1615-1691) was an English Puritan church leader, poet, hymn-writer, theologian, and controversialist. Dean Stanley called him "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen". After some false starts, he made his reputation by his ministry at Kidderminster, and at around the same time began a long and prolific career as theological writer. After the Restoration he refused preferment, while retaining a non-separatist presbyterian approach, and became one of the most influential leaders of the nonconformists, spending time in prison.

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Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful and convicting. Baxter gives practical advice for the average Christian on how to best listen to sermons and read to the Word of God in such a way as to remember and apply it.

[ᴏʙᴀɪᴅ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Baxter, speaks about some very good helpful application methods they are good.

[it’s been four months since I read this, but I wanted to say be careful of Baxter he isn’t Orthodox and he is no friend of the gospel. (Listen to this for more information on Baxter https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...)].