Look upon the Word as a spiritual glass to dress yourselves by: It is a looking glass for the blind. In other glasses you may see your face, in this glass you may see your heart. "Through thy precepts I get understanding." This looking-glass of the word clearly displays Christ; it sets him forth in his person, nature, and offices, as most precious and eligible. He is altogether lovely; he is a wonder of beauty, a paradise of delight. Christ who was veiled over in types, is clearly revealed in the glass of the Scriptures.
As the glass shows what the face is, whether it be fair or foul; so the words show what the heart is. Vain speeches discover a light feathery heart; gracious speeches are the birth of a gracious heart. The water, of the conduit shows what the spring is.
Read it as a book by which you must be judged. The word I have spoken shall judge him at the last day. They who live according to the rules of the book shall be acquitted: they who live contrary to them, shall be condemned. ... They who fly from the Word as a guide, shall be forced to submit to it as a judge. - Rev Thomas Watson, c. 1620 - 1686
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