Man's fallen condition.

COLLECT, EPISTLE, GOSPEL, ARTICLE IX.

1. As by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. ROM. V. 12.

2. The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. PSALM XIV. 2, 3.

3. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Rom. iii. 23.

4. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1 JOHN i. 8.

5. The heart is deceitful above all things, aud desperately wicked: who can know it? JER. Xvii. 9.

6. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God. 2 COR. iii. 5.

Who created man, and in whose image was he created? (Gen. i. 27.)

Where did God place our first parents? ii. 8.)

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What express command did he give them, and what was his threatening in case they broke it? (Gen. ii. 16-17.)

Did Adam and Eve keep the command of God? (Gen. iii. 6.)

Who tempted them to sin?

(Gen. iii. 4-5.) How did death and sin come to reign in the world? (Rom. v. 12.)

What is the just desert of sin? (Gal. iii. 10.)
Have all mankind sinned against God?
iii. 23. Psalm xiv. 2-3.)

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Read the ninth Article.-How does the Church, in that Article, describe man's fallen state? What does the Catechism say of our state by nature?

What is said in the Scripture of the human heart? (Jer. xvii. 9.)

Has man power of himself to help himself? (2 Cor. iii. 5.)

Why do we pray, in the Collect, for the help of God?

Who has redeemed us from the curse of the law? (Gal. iii. 13. 2 Cor. v. 21.)

Does the death of Christ teach us to die to sin? (Rom. vi. 11.)

In the Epistle for the day, in what does St. Paul say he would glory, and what would lead him to renounce the world? (Gal. vi. 14.)

Shew, from the Gospel for the day, that we cannot serve God and the world. (Matt.

The family of God.

COLLECT, EPISTLE.

1. I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. ЕPH. iii. 14-15.

2. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ. viii. 17.

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3. Now, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God: EPH. ii. 19.

4. And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone. Ерн.

ii. 20.

5. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told yon: I go to prepare a place for you. ST.

JOHN xiv. 2.

6. After this I beheld, and, lo! a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands. REV. vii. 9.

As Christians, who is said to be our Father? (John xx. 17.)

To whom did St. Paul "bow his knees?" (Eph. ii. 14.)

To whom did our Lord instruct us to pray? (Matt. vi. 9.)

As members of the family of God, what is said to be our relation to Christ? (Matt. xxviii. 10.) As children of the family of God, with whom are we said to be joint-heirs? (Rom. viii. 17.) Do we naturally belong to this family? (Eph. ii. 3.)

By what power do we become the sons of God? (John i. 12-13.)

Since we by nature do not belong to the family of God, what kind of sons are Christians? (Gal. iv. 5.)

In the third Collect for Good Friday, what blessings do we ask for Jews, Turks, infidels and heretics?

Where is the home of the family of God? (John xiv. 2.)

From what parts of the earth will the family of God be collected? (Rev. vii. 9.)

Shew the unity of this family. (1 Cor. xii. 13.) What Article of the Creed refers to Christians as a family?

As members of this family, may we pray for each other? (1 Thess. v. 25. Eph. iii. 14-15.)

May we ask the prayers of departed saints on our behalf? (1 Tim. ii. 5.)

What is said in the twenty-second Article respecting the invocation of saints?

Peace and Unity.

COLLECT, EPISTLE, GOspel.

1. Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. EPH. iv. 3.

2. There is one body, and one spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. ЕPH. iv. 4, 5, 6.

3. Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. I COR. i. 10.

4. Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. ROM. xvi. 17. 5. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. MATT. V. 9.

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6. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Ps. cxxxiii. 1.