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.

1. ¹Prov 8:34; ²1 Pet 2:1–2; Lk 8:18; ³Ps 119:18; Eph 6:18–19; ⁴Acts 17:11; ⁵Heb 4:2; ⁶2 Th 2:10; ⁷Jas 1:21; ⁸Acts 17:11; ⁹1 Th 2:13; ¹⁰Lk 9:44; Heb 2:1; ¹¹Lk 24:14; Dt 6:6–7; ¹²Prov 2:1; Ps 119:11; ¹³Lk 8:15; Jas 1:25