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    How do you read through volumes of works?

    For example, I have the 3 volume set of John Bunyan's works from SGP and the 6 volume works of Flavel. How would you read through them? In your library are they more for reference, or do you actually read them straight through?
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    Very slowly....

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    One page at a time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by armourbearer View Post
    One page at a time.
    Exactly my thinking...however, I have reference books that I do not read through.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LeeD View Post
    For example, I have the 3 volume set of John Bunyan's works from SGP and the 6 volume works of Flavel. How would you read through them? In your library are they more for reference, or do you actually read them straight through?
    Just pace yourself. Read 20 pages a day (a chapter or two). After a year you'll have made it through 7,300 pages. That's more than enough to get you through Bunyan's works and then some.
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    Not all series are intended for beginning-to-end reading. Reference works are important and shouldn't intimidate us into reading them.
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