Meditation on the word of God is of very great use and advantage for the attainment and practice of holiness through faith in Christ. It is a duty whereby the soul doth feed and ruminate upon the word as its spiritual food, and disgesteth it, and turned it into nourishment, whereby we are strengthened for every good work...(However) We must not rely upon the performance of a daily task of meditation, as a work of righteousness for the procurement of the favour of God, instead of relying on the righteousness of Christ; as indeed we are prone to do; to catch at any straw, rather than to trust only on the free grace of God in Christ for our salvation.
Walter Marshall, The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification
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