Q. On what should we meditate before reading or hearing the word of God? — A. On the greatness and goodness of God its author; on its own excellency, stability, and fulness; on the excellency of Christ, the matter and confirmer of it; and on our vileness, etc. Psalm 45:1.

John Brown of Haddington, Questions and Answers on the Shorter Catechism, 305.