TRINITY.

In the Collect, for what purpose do we pray for grace?

How does St. Paul, in the Epistle for the day, beseech Christians to walk? (Eph. iv. 1.)

How does he urge them to peace and unity? (Eph. iv. 3.)

By what argument does he enforce this? (Eph. iv. 4-6.)

Shew that pride leads to contentions and divisions. (Prov. xxviii. 25. 1 Tim. vi. 3-4.)

How does St. Paul, in the Epistle, exhort us to humility, and how does our Lord teach it to us in the Gospel for the day? (Eph. iv. 2. Luke xiv. 7-11.)

Shew that divisions amongst Christians are forbidden and condemned in the Scriptures. (1 Cor. i. 10. Rom. xvi. 17.)

Point out the prayers for peace and unity in the daily service, the Litany, and the service for the twentieth day of June.

How did our Lord pray that Christians might be blessed with peace and unity? (John xiv. 27; xvii. 20-1.)

How does the Psalmist describe the blessings of peace and unity? (Ps. cxxxiii. 1.)

What does our Lord say of the peacemakers? (Matt. v. 9.)

Why did St. Paul pray that the Christians at Rome might be like-minded one towards another? (Rom. xv. 5-6.)

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The Christian's Enemies.

COLLECT, EPISTLE.

1. Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. JAMES iv. 4.

2. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1 JOHN ii. 15.

3. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. ROM. vii. 22-23.

4. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. ST. MATT. Xxvi. 41.

5. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist steadfast in the faith. 1 PET. v. 8-9.

6. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not.

xxii. 31-2.

ST. LUKE

In the Collect, from whence are our temptations said to proceed?

What vow did we make in baptism respect

ing these enemies of our souls? (Catechism.) In the Epistle, what does St. Paul say should be our state at the coming of Christ? (1 Cor. i. 8.) What is said of the friendship of the world? (James iv. 4.)

What is our state if we love the world? (1 John ii. 15.)

By what means are we to overcome the world? (1 John v. 4.)

Why should we watch and pray against the temptations of the flesh? (Rom. vii. 23. Matt. xxiv. 41.)

How are we tempted by the flesh?

14-15.)

(James i.

In the Collect for the first Sunday in Lent, for what purpose do we pray for grace ?

To what does St. Peter compare Satan, and how are we to resist the assaults of this enemy? (1 Pet. v. 9.)

May we hope, by God's grace, to overcome this enemy? (Rom. xvi. 20.)

May the Christian hope for the help of God in resisting all the temptations of his spiritual enemies? (1 Cor. x. 13.)

What petitions in the Lord's prayer refer to this subject?

The Forgiveness of Sins.

EPISTLE, GOSPEL.

1. For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.

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PSALM XXV.

2. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against him. DAN. ix. 9.

3. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 JOHN i. 9.

4. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. EPH. i. 7.

5. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. ACTS v. 31.

6. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is recovered. PSALM

xxxii. 1.

What is sin? (1 John iii. 4.)

To what punishment do we become liable by sin? (Rom. vi. 23.)

Who has redeemed us from sin? (1 Cor. xv. 3. Eph. i. 7.)

Will God pardon sin? (Dan. ix. 9.)

What Article in the Apostles' Creed refers to this subject?

To whom is forgiveness of sins promised? (1 John i. 9.)

What is said on this subject in the absolution read in the daily prayers?

Through whose name is repentance and remission of sins to be preached? (Luke xxiv. 46-7.) Who can forgive sins? (Isaiah xliii. 25.)

In the Gospel for the day, how does our Lord shew his power to forgive sins? (St. Matt. ix. 2, 5-6.)

What does the Psalmist say of the man whose sins are forgiven? (Psalm xxxii. 1.)

Is any person free from sin? (1 John i. 8.)

If we sin, who is our advocate with the Father? (1 John ii. 1.)

In the parable of the prodigal son, how does our Lord shew us the willingness of God to forgive the sins of the penitent? (Luke xv. 17-24.) In the Epistle for the day, by what motive does St. Paul excite Christians to be tender-hearted and forgiving to one another? (Eph. iv. 32.)