that we 66 same."

'may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the

9. What are we faithfully to fulfil?-That will of God which His light teaches us to perceive and know.-Heb. xii. 28.

10. Does the Epistle exhort us to this?—Yes.

11. What effect does it teach us the light should have on us?" That we should not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind."

12. To what does it exhort us?-To humility; "not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought to think, but to think soberly."

13. Is this the right frame of mind for receiving the manifested light into our hearts?—Yes. Prov. iii. 34; James, iv. 6.

Second Sunday after Epiphany.

1. What profession do we make the basis of our prayer? "That God governs all things in heaven and earth.'

2. What, therefore, do we pray?—"That He will hear the supplications of His people."

3. And what answer do we ask to our supplications ?"That He will give us peace all the days of our life.”

4. What peace do we ask?-The peace of the soul.— John, xiv. 27; xvi. 33.

5. How is this peace procured?—Through faith in Jesus Christ.--Rom. v. 1.

6. What are we exhorted to on our part?-To apply it in prayer to our soul's comfort.-Phil. iv. 6, 7.

7. What must our assurance be to secure us peace in Jesus Christ? That He is our Saviour and Redeemer.— John, i. 45; vi. 14.

8. How was this proved or manifested to us?-By His miracles.-John, iii. 2; vi. 14 (supra).

9. What striking instance does the Gospel give?—His first miracle at Cana.

10. Is the effect of this on His disciples pointed out? Yes He manifested forth His glory, and His disciples believed on Him."

11. What effect does the Epistle shew that it is to have on us?-According to our different gifts or opportunities we are to make Him known to the world. (See Epistle.)

12. How may we in our own lives make manifestation of God?-By shewing the effect of our belief on our hearts.— Matt. v. 16.

13. Does the Epistle furnish us with rules for this?Yes. See Rom. xii. 9-16; Epistle.

Third Sunday after Epiphany.

1. What is our first prayer?" That God would mercifully look upon our infirmities."

2. What do you understand by looking on them?-Looking on them in pity.-Heb. iv. 15, 16.

3. What does it express here besides our weakness? Our inability to pray to God aright.-Rom. viii. 26.

4. Is a sense of our weakness a necessary condition of prayer?-Yes, our own weakness brings us to Him who is Almighty for aid.-2 Cor. iii. 5; Luke, xi. 1.

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5. What else is required to give value to our prayers? -Faith.-Heb. xi. 6; Matt. xxi. 22; Heb. x. i. 6; v. 15.

6. In a full sense of our weakness, what does the Collect teach us further to pray for?" That in all our dangers and necessities God will stretch forth His right hand to help and defend us."

7. What does the Gospel afford us to confirm the value of the prayer of faith?—The two cases of the leper and of the centurion's servant.

8. Does the Church, during this season, connect her teaching with any great event?—Yes, with the Epiphany of our Lord.

9. Is the history of this carried forward in the Gospel? - Yes, in both these miracles.

10. Did our Lord make open manifestation of His divine character in them?—Yes; He declared Himself God in His authoritative words, "I will, be thou clean."

11. Do you recollect any other occasion on which He

used this very power to convince the Jews?—Yes; Matt. ix. 5-7.

12. How did He make further manifestations of Himself in this miracle?-By sending the healed leper to shew himself to the priests.

13. Of what nation was the centurion ?-A Roman.

14. To whom, then, did He in this miracle manifest Himself? To the Gentiles.

15. How did He intimate His further and more general manifestation to the Gentiles ?" Many shall come from the east and the west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven."

16. What practical lesson should this manifestation of our Lord teach us who are Gentiles?-To walk worthy of our calling. Eph. iv. 1-3; 1 John, i. 7.

17. Does not the Epistle exhort us to this?—Yes.

18. What are its general exhortations ?" To live peaceably with all men, and to overcome evil with good."

19. In what does it exhort us to entertain a sense of our own infirmities?" Be not wise in your own conceits."

20. Should not this be the pervading effect on our hearts of the consideration of the Epiphany?—Yes.-Luke, ii. 34 ; Isa. xlii. 6, 7; Ps. xl. 5, 11; xxxvii. 39, 40.

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany.

1. What do we plead with God in this Collect?-His knowledge of the frailty of our nature amid the many and great dangers of our Christian path.

2. What do these prevent our doing?-Standing upright, successfully resisting them.-Gal. v. 17; Rom. vii. 15, 18, 19, 20.

3. Does the Gospel afford us any instance of this?Yes; "And His disciples came to Him, and awoke Him, saying, Lord, save us, we perish. And He said unto them, Why are ye so fearful, O ye of little faith ?"

4. Do you call to mind any other signal instance ?—Yes; that of Peter's denial of our Lord.-Mark, xiv. 66–72.

5. For what do we pray in the Collect?"That God

would grant us such strength and protection as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations.'

6. Whence do these dangers and temptations arise? From the world, the flesh, and the devil (Catechism).1 John, ii. 15, 16; v. 19; John, vii. 7.

7. On what are our thoughts and affections to be set?— On heaven and heavenly things.-Col. iii. 1, 2.

8. How does the Epistle teach us to pass through the world?" Rendering to all their dues."

9. Shall not this save us from many of the dangers and temptations of the world?—Yes, and enable us to devote ourselves to God.-Matt. vi. 33; 1 Cor. x. 13.

10. We pray for strength; in whom is our strength ?In our Lord Jesus Christ.-John, xv. 5.

11. What proofs of His power are given us in the Gospel? -His commanding the elements, and His control over the spiritual world in the cure of those possessed of devils.

12. Did He not in these again manifest himself as the Son of God to the world?--Yes.

13. How did His disciples acknowledge Him?-In their exclamation, "What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him!"

14. How does this give us the confidence the prayer of the Collect requires ?-We know in whom we believe, and whose strength it is on which we trust.. -2 Cor. xii. 9; Ps. xxxiv. 17-19.

15. What was the effect of this power on those witnessing the cure of the demoniacs?- Frightened at His presence, "they besought Him to depart out of their coasts."

16. Do you observe anything in their case that would tend to give their conscience greater alarm?—Yes, they were living in open breach of the command of the lawgiver by herding swine.-John, iii. 19.

17. But how does the Collect teach us to receive Him? As our strength and protection.-Isa. xl. 29, 31; 2 Tim. iv. 17, 18.

Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany.

1. What is the prayer of the Collect?" That God would keep His Church and household continually in His true religion."

2. What blessed result does it teach us to expect from this?"That they who do lean only upon the hope of God's heavenly grace, may evermore be defended by His mighty

power.

3. What is meant by God's Church? "The whole congregation of Christian people dispersed throughout the world" (Canon 55).—Eph. v. 25; Rev. v. 9; xiv. 6; vii. 9. 4. How do the Articles define the Church ?" As a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments are duly administered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same" (Article 19).

5. Does the prayer of the Collect appear to refer more especially to any part of the Church? Yes; it speaks of

God's household as well as His Church.

6. What, then, would this appear to refer to?—The Church of which we are ourselves members-the Church of England.

7. Are smaller divisions of the Church, Catholic or Universal, spoken of as churches ?—Yes.-1 Cor. i. 2; Col. i. 2; 1 Cor. xvi. 19.

8. How do we pray God to keep His Church and household?—"Continually in His true religion."

9. What, then, is the nature of the Church that such a prayer is necessary ?-It is a body of professing Christians, some of whom may be unworthy of their holy calling, and forgetful of their professions.

10. Do the Scriptures so describe the Church ?—Yes; the passage selected for the Gospel teaches us that this is its

nature.

11. How is the Church spoken of in the Gospel?-As the kingdom of Heaven.

12. Does this kingdom, then, comprise both bad and good? Yes; as exemplified in the tares and the wheat.