Reading the Word in a Puritan Way

It is well-known that Puritans were lovers of the Word of God. They were not content with the bare affirmation of the infallibility, inerrancy, and authority of Scripture. They read, searched, sang, and heard the Word with delight, al­ways seeking for and relishing the applying power of the Holy Spirit accompanying the Word. They re­garded the sixty-six books of Holy Scripture as the library of the Holy Spirit graciously given to them. For the Puritan, Scripture is God speak­ing to us as a father speaks to his children.