Meditation

“When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.”

Ps. 63:6

“But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”

Ps. 1:2

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Subsection

Puritan Meditation

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Order of Contents

Bible Verses
Articles

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Bible Verses

‘Bible Verses on Meditation’  31 Bible verses, collected by Amy Gant

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Articles

1600’s

Puritan Meditation

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1700’s

Pike, Samuel – ‘How to Perform Serious Meditation’  (1755)  19 paragraphs, from his Religious Cases of Conscience, co-authored with Samuel Hayward, both being ministers in London, England

This very valuable book is a collection of pastoral answers to written questions from letters of Christians about practical questions.  The particular question addressed is, ‘How may a Christian attain to perform the duty of serious meditation in a right manner?’

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1800’s

Spurgeon, Charles – ‘Meditation on God’  a sermon on Ps. 104:34  (1858)  32 paragraphs

Ps. 104:34 – “My meditation of Him shall be sweet.”

Cunningham, William – ‘Prayer, Meditation & Temptation’  Buy  (1878), p. 63 ff.  26 pages, being chs. 5-6  of his Theological Lectures

Buchanan, James – ‘Thoughts & Reflecting on the New Year’  no source info, 4 paragraphs

Kennedy, John – ‘Things to be Pondered: a Course of Twelve Lessons, which I have begun to Learn, & Should Not Cease to Remember’  no date, 12 lessons, from The Life of John Kennedy, D.D. by Rev. Alexander Auld

Here is Biblical meditation and self-examination at its best.  Read this five minute piece, and then do the same.

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“My meditation of Him shall be sweet.”

Ps. 104:34

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Related Pages

Self-Examination

Personal Godliness

Christian Living

Prayer