Here, then, I am, far from the busy ways of men. I sit down alone: only God is here. In His presence I open, I read His book; for this end, to find the way to heaven. Is there a doubt concerning the meaning of what I read? Does anything appear dark or intricate? I lift up my heart to the Father of Lights: “Lord, is it not thy word? ‘If any man lacks wisdom, let him ask of God’? Thou hast said, If any be willing to do Thy will, he shall know. I am willing to do, let me know Thy will.” I then search after and consider parallel passages of Scripture, with all the attention and earnestness of which my mind is capable. If any doubt still remains, I consult those who are experienced in the things of God; and then the writings whereby being dead, they yet speak. And what I thus learn, that I teach.