Answer: The holy Scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of them₁; with a firm persuasion that they are the very Word of God₂, and that he only can enable us to understand them₃; with desire to know, believe, and obey the will of God revealed in them₄; with diligence₅, and attention to the matter and scope of them₆; with meditation₇, application₈, self-denial₉, and prayer.₁₀

1. Ps 19:10; Neh 8:3–10; Ex 24:7; 2 Chr 34:27; Isa 66:2;
2. 2 Pet 1:19–21;
3. Lk 24:45; 2 Cor 3:13–16;
4. Dt 17:19–20;
5. Acts 17:11;
6. Acts 8:30, 34; Lk 10:26–28;
7. Ps 1:2; 119:97;
8. 2 Chr 34:21;
9. Prov 3:5; Dt 33:3; 
10. Prov 2:1–6; Ps 119:18; Neh 8:6, 8