into sin? If so, show that we may rise again, and do works acceptable to God. What do you mean by the terms Predestination and Election? What is meant by a Church? What authority has the Church? and from whence does it derive that authority? Give an account of the general Councils, with dates. Confute the Romish doctrine of Purgatory. What is meant by pardons? Show that this doctrine is repugnant to the word of God. What do you understand by a person being "lawfully called" to the ministry? What do you mean by the word Sacrament? How many Sacraments are there in the Church of Rome? Show that there can only possibly be two Sacra ments. What do you understand by Confirmation? Is it an apostolic institution? Had the Hebrews a rite analogous to confirmation? Describe it. Show the points of difference and coincidence. Did Christ die for all men, or only for a chosen few? What is the absolute effect upon man in consequence of the fall of Adam? If Christ died to take away sin, how is it that sin still remains? Has man any share in his own salvation? What is meant by "justified by faith only?" Does the Eleventh Article exclude or include the necessity of good works? What is meant by the Christian Covenant? Prove by reason and Scripture that there is a future state. What is your opinion of the millennium? Show from Hebrew and Greek passages, whether the term of "a thousand years" must be definitely accepted? What other numeral is used in the same way? Before whom did our Saviour ascend? What promise did He make before his ascension, and when was that promise fulfilled? ECCLESIASTICA L. In what parts of the world was the Gospel introduced during the first century? When was it introduced into England? And by whom? Give an account of the persecutions of the Christians by the Pagan Emperors of Rome, previous to the conversion of Constantine. Under what Emperor did St. Paul and St. Peter suffer martyrdom? In what year? By whom was Jerusalem destroyed? In what year? and by whom? In what way did its destruction fulfil the prophecy of our Saviour? When did the second general persecution take place? in whose reign? What befel St. John at this time? Give an account of this Apostle after this persecution. What interesting anecdote is recorded of him at Ephesus? Who was the first bishop of Rome? By whom was he appointed? Give an account of the heretics that appeared during the lives of the Apostles, the names of each sect, and their particular doctrines. Who were Ignatius, Polycarp, Justin Martyr, Irenæus, Melito? Give a short sketch of their lives. Give an account of the five great persecutions in the third century. What sects prevailed at this time? Give an account of the persecution that took place in the reign of the emperors Diocletian and Galerius. What is meant by the term "Traditors ?" What councils were held during the fourth century? What was the doctrine of Pelagius? Who was St. Augustine? When did he live? When was the grant of supremacy to the Bishop of Rome made? When did Mohammedanism arise? When did the worship of images creep into the Church? By whose order were they removed? Who was Charlemagne? For what was he famous ? Who was the author of the doctrine of Transubstantiation? Who opposed it? When was clerical marriage prohibited? and by whom? Give an account of the Crusades. What was their object? What was the belief of Peter Bruis respecting the Pope? What became of him? When were the five additional Sacraments held in the Romish Church first mentioned? By whom? Give an account of the Inquisition. Who introduced the adoration of the Host? Give an account of the Flagellantes and Whip pers. Give an account of the persecutions during the fifteenth century. In what state was the Christian Church during the sixteenth century? Give an account of the Reformation. Who chiefly brought it about? What became of them? What king forwarded the Reformation? Why was the title of "Defender of the Faith" given to Henry VIII. ? What did "the Bloody Act" contain? and why was it so called? Who succeeded Henry VIII.? Did the cause of the Reformation increase or diminish in the reign of Mary? Give an account of the persecutions in Mary's reign. What were the "twelve points of doctrine," published by Pius IV.? By whom was the order of Jesuits founded? and for what purpose? What particularly favourable to the Reformation happened in the reign of James I. ? When was the present authorized version of the Scriptures published? What events affecting the Christian Church took place during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? What is contained in the Bull in Coenâ Domini? GEOGRAPHICAL. Draw a map of Palestine, with the divisions, into tribes. Mark especially the following places: Jerusalem, Bethphage, Bethany, the Mount of Olives, Jericho, Gibeon, Gaza, Bethlehem, Ascalon, Ashdod, Ekron, Heshbon, Jazer, Ramoth-Gilead, Samaria, |