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In the Collect, of what is God said to be the author and giver?

What do we pray him to graft in our heartswith what to nourish us—and in what to keep us?

What is meant by the love of God's name being grafted in our hearts?

To what is a Christian to yield his members? (Rom. vi. 19.)

What fruit is he to bear? (Rom. vi. 22.)

What lessons do we learn on this subject from the parable of the barren fig-tree? (St. Luke xiii. 6-10.)

What has God ordained Christians to walk in? (Eph. ii. 10.)

What are they to put off and put on?

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In what are Christians to be renewed?

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iv. 23.) What inducement does the Apostle set before us to lead us to hate sin and to love righteousness? (Rom. vi. 23.)

What promise is made to those who separate themselves from what is sinful? (2 Cor. vi. 18.) What should a Christian be careful to maintain? (Titus iii. 8.)

To whom does St. Paul say a Christian should live? (2 Cor. v. 15.)

How does he shew that love to Christ leads to holy living? (2 Cor. v. 14-15.)

The Christian known by his fruits.

COLLECT, EPISTLE, GOSPEL, LESSON, ARTICLE XII.

1. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. viii. 14.

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2. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. ST. MATT. vii. 20.

3. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. ST. JOHN Xv. 8.

4. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good, and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil; for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. ST. LUKE vi. 45.

5. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

ST. JOHN xiii. 35.

6. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. 1 PET. ii. 9.

By whom are the sons of God said to be led? (Rom. viii. 14.)

What are they to mortify? (Rom. viii. 13.)

How does our Lord say Christians shall be known? (Matt. vii. 20.)

How does he say we are to glorify God, and to shew that we are the disciples of Christ? (John xv. 8; xiii. 35.)

How does St. Peter describe Christians, and what are they to shew forth? (1 Peter ii. 9.)

Read the twelfth Article.-What does that Article say respecting the fruits of faith?

How does our Lord point out the difference between a good man and an evil man? (Luke vi. 45.)

Shew, from this rule, the character of the old prophet of Bethel named in the first lesson for the morning service. (1 Kings xiii. 18.)

What is to be the Christian's conduct before men? (Matt. v. 16.)

What is the result of living after the flesh, and what is the result of living after the spirit? (Rom. viii. 13.)

Shew that a mere professor of religion cannot enter heaven. (Matt. vii. 21.)

The Christian's Strength.

COLLECT, EPISTLE, ARTICLE X.

1. Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 1 COR. X. 12.

2. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God. Ps. cxlvi. 5.

3. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes; and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. EZEK. Xxxvi. 27.

4. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. ST. JOHN XV. 5.

5. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Cor. xii. 9.

6. I can do all things through. Christ which strengtheneth me. PHIL. iv. 13.

What do we pray, in the Collect, for "the spirit to think and do?"

What reason is given in the Collect for asking help from God to live according to his will?

What caution does St. Paul give us against trusting to our own strength? (1 Cor. x. 12.)

How does our Lord shew our natural weakness in spiritual things? (John xv. 4-5.)

What shall we have power to bring forth if we abide in Christ? (John xv. 5.)

What will be the effect of the Holy Spirit dwelling in us? (Ezek. xxxvi. 27.)

What degree of spiritual strength may we derive from Christ? (Phil. iv. 13.)

Read the tenth Article.-What does that Article say respecting our weakness, and the source of our strength?

What special blessing may the Christian hope for in the sacrament of the Lord's supper? (Catechism.)

Why did St. Paul glory in his infirmities, and take pleasure in them? (2 Cor. xii. 9, 10.)

What does the Psalmist say is the condition of him who has God for his help? (Ps. cxlvi. 5.)

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