What is required in the Fifth Commandment? What is forbidden? What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of His obedience? Wherein is the moral law summarily comprehended? 11. How did they explain away this law? 12, 13. What was the great sin which they encouraged? 13. What sin is here charged against them? What would become of the world if children cared nothing for their parents? How is the Word to be read and heard that it may become effectual to salvation? 14. What is it that "defiles a man?" What does this mean? Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell? 16. What command is here given? What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption? What doth God require of us that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us for sin? 17. Who asked for an explanation of this saying in vs. 15? What is a parable, and how is this such? that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. 12. And ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother; 13. Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. 14. And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: 15. There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. 16. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 17. And when he was entered into the house from the people, his dis eiples asked him concerning the parable. 18. What did Christ answer, and how did He explain? 19. Why is it not what a man cats, but what comes from his heart, that defiles him? 20-22. Mention some things that prove this doctrine. 23. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind? Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell? LESSON XVII. 22 68, 69. The daughter of a Syrophenician woman healed. MARK VII. 24-37. 24. Where was Christ at this time? To what region did he go? What is here meant by "the borders of?" What did He wish in regard to His arrival? 25. Repeat. Who succeeded in finding Him out? What is here meant by a "Greek?" 18. And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; 19. Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? 20. And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22. Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: % 23. All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. 24. And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. 25. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 26. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. What did she beg of Him? What is Prayer? How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ? 27. What was our Lord's reply? Whom did He mean by "the children?" and whom by the "dogs?" and what by the "bread?” What then did He mean by this saying? 28. What did she answer to this? What was her meaning? 29. What did our Lord reply to this? How had she shown her faith by her answer? What is faith in Jesus Christ? What is Effectual Calling? 30. How did she find her daughter when she returned home? What doth the preface to the Lord's prayer teach us? 269. The Deaf Mute healed, &c. 31. Where did Christ now come? and by what route? 32. Whom did they bring to Him? What did this show of their faith in His Divine power? How doth Christ execute the office of a King? 33, 34. What did He do and say? Why did He use these outward signs? What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption? 27. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. 28. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. 29. And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. 31. And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 32. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. 33. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit and touched his tongue; 34. And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 35. What was the immediate effect upon the man? What is God? How many persons are there in the Godhead? 36. What charge did He now give? and to whom? Was this obeyed? 37. What effect had this miracle upon them? What doth the conclusion of the Lord's Prayer teach us? LESSON XVIII. 269 Continued. Four Thousand are Fed. 2, 3. What did He say to His disciples? What are God's works of Providence? 4. What did they reply? What did they thus openly confess? 5. How much bread had they in all? 35. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. 36. And he charged them that they should tell no man; but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; 37. And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done ali things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. CHAPTER VIII. 1. In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jésus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 2. I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: 3. And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. 4. And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? 5. And he asked them, How many loaves have je? And they said, Seven. 6. What did He now command the people to do? What did He now do with the loaves? What do we pray for in the fourth petition? In what did the miracle consist? Was there more or less left than there was at first? What are the decrees of God? 9. How many had eaten? 870. A Sign. required. 10-13. Whither did Christ now go? how, and with whom? What is meant by "the parts of?". Where was this? What does Matthew call it? 11. Who came to Him? What was their demand? What did they do? What was their real object? What is the sinfulness of that estate whereto man fell? 12. How was He affected? What did He say? What is here to be understood by "a sign? What doth God require of us that we may escape His wrath and curse due to us for sin ? How is the Word to be read and heard that it may become effectual to salvation? What is required in the First Commandment? 6. And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. 7. And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. 8. So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left, seven baskets. 9. And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. 10. And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. 11. And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign bo given unto this generation. |