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of good works, when we arc admitted into covenant with
nod, become thenceforth a bounden duty ?
2. Do all men, who have been admitted into covenant with
God, perform that bounden duty ?
3. Does not then experience shew, that the Faith, which
ad been sufficient for our admission to the Christian Cove-
nt, is not always productive of that fruit, which is wanted,
ardor to remain there ?
4. Though the twelfth Article declares, that good works
spring out necessarily of a lively Faith, are they a necessary
consequence of Faith in general ?
5. Is there nut a dead Faith, as well as a lively Faith ?
And doss not St. James give the former appellation to the
Faith which remains unproductive of good works?
6. Though good works then are the natural fruits of Faith,
are they the necessary fruits of Faith, or fruits which follow
of necessity ?
7. If our Faith should not be productive of good works,
will our admission to the Christian Covenant ensure our ar-
rival at the completion of it ? In other words, will the Justi-
fication, which takes place in the present life, ensure our
everlasting Salvation, or happiness in the life to come ?
a. Does not the sixteenth Article declare,
that we may
depart front grace, and fall into sin ?
9. Does the same Article say more, than that we " may
arise again, and amend our lives:" And does it not thus im-
ply that we may not arise again, and amend our lives?
to. Does it not then follow from the sixteenth Atticle,
hat Justification leads not of necessity to everlasting Salva
on ?

.. Is not then the performance of good works a condition
of everlasting Salvation, though not of Justification ? (a)
12. Are conditions of Salvation incompatible with the doc-
trine, that Salvation is the free gift of God ? Or must we not
a rather enclude from the very circumstance, that on the part
of God the gift is free, he may annex to the offer whatever
conditions he thinks proper to prescribe (h) ?
13. Are not those conditions repeatedly declared in Holy
Scripture?
14. Has not Christ himself declared that he shall 'r reward
every man according to his works (c) ;" and that they only,
who have done good, shall come to the resurrection of life (d)?
15. Has not St. Paul also declared, that God " will render
.to every man, according to his deeds (e) ?"
16. Does not St. James ask the question, Can Faith save
us ? And does be not himself answer the question by saying
that " Faith, if it bath not works, is dead (f) ?"
(a) Namely as the terns Justification is used in St. Paul's
Epistles, and in our Articles ? St. James uses it in a different
sense: and therefore does not contradict tit. Paul.
(b) Xccpto-.1„%, the word used by St. Paul, clearly shows
that it is the giver, not the receiver, who is free from oh'
gation. See Rom. v. 15, 16.
(c) Matth. xvi. 27.
(e) Rom. ii. 6.
CHAPTER P _ REDESTINATION•
I. Does not the seventeenth Article enumerate various qua.
lities, as belonging to those persons, who are predestined to
eternal life?
2. Is it not one of those qualities, that " they walk reli-
giously in good works ?"
8. Is not therefore the walking religiously in good works a
criterion, by which they who are predestined to eternal life
may be distinguished from those who are not so predestined ?
4. Does not our Saviour declare, that we shall be known by
our works, as a tree is known by its fruit (a) ?
5. Does not St. Peter declare, that we are elect, according
to the foreknowledge of God, unto obedience (b) ?
6. Is it not therefore a contradiction both to Scripture, and
to the seventeenth Article, to assert, that the Decrees of God
are absolute; or that election, on the part of God, has no re-
ference to foreseen good conduct on the part of Man ?
7. If we believe, that in respect to 4 future state, neither
our good conduct can excite any reasonable hope, nor our bad
conduct any reasonable fear, is there any thing beyond the
dread of temporal punishment, to deter us from the commis-
sion of crimes?
8. Is not the Law of God, which, when rightly under-
stood, affords an additional sanction to the Law of Man, 60
perverted by such a belief, as to become the means of coon-
ttracting the Law of Man
9. Is not such a belief injurious also to the individual, as
well as to
h Society at laige by exciting ungrounded hopes in
te confident hypocrite, and driving modest virtue to despair ?
10. Though the Creator is not accountable to the Creature,
and his will alone determines who shall be elected to eternal
life, is it credible that a Being of infinite wisdom, justice, and
goodness should elect on any other principles, than such as
are consistent with those attributes ?
11. And does not absolute or indiscriminate election au-
nul the distinctions of good and evil, of virtue and vice ?-
12. Is therefore such election possible, on the part of a
Being, who is infinitely wise, just, and good ?
(a) Matti): vii. 16-21. xii. 33-35. Luke. vi. 43-45.
rb) 1 Peter i. 2.

(d) John v. 29.
(f) James ii. 14. 17.

CHAP. VII.—OF REGENERATION Olt THE NEW
BinTu.3. •
is not our New Birth distinguished from our First, or
Natural Birth, by being a Spiritual Birth ?
v. Are we not spiritually born, whe❑ wo enter into Cove-
nant with God ?
3. Do we not enter into Covenant with God, through Christ,

at our Baptism ?
4. When the outward sign is a►ily accompanied with the
inward grace, are we not then born (in the words of our Sa
viour, John iii. 5.) of " Water and the Spirit ?"
5. Does not our baptismal service accordingly declare
.tbat
we are regenerated at our Baptism
6. Does it make any exception or reservation on that head?
7. Is not our New or Spiritual Birth, as well as our First
or Natural Birth, au event, which happens only once in our

lives ?
8. If then we believe in the doctrine of our Church, that
the New Birth takes place at Baptism, can we believe that
they, who have been baptized according tothe rites of that
Church, will he regenerated at auy other period ?

CHAP. VIII.-OF RENOVATION.
1. Though at our Baptism we became regenerate, and were
made the children of God by adoption and grace, does not
the infirmity of our nature still require, that we should " daily
be renewed" by the same Spirit (a) ?
1. Does the assistance, which we thus receive from the
Hol Spirit, display itself by sensible impulses, or do we
covey r this assistance only front thc, effects, which it pro-
duces ?
3. Does not St. Paul describe the fruits of the 1-loly Spirit ?
And do not those fruits consist in " goodness, and righteous-
lieu, and truth (b) ?" .
4. If we wish then to know, whether we are assisted by the
Holy Spirit, must we not examine, whether we have attained
to " goodness, and righteousness, and truth ?"
5. And if we have nut these fruits opf the Spirit, is
it not
presumptuous to imagine, that the Spirit of God ellen'
in us ? '
6. Do not even the best of men require, during the whole
course of their lives, the aid of the Holy Spirit, to secure them
from the danger of sin ?
7. Is it not then presumptuous to suppose, that at any pe-
riod of our lives, we can have become, either so perfect, or
so secure, as to have no longer need 'of Renovation
(a) See the Collect for Christmas Day. (b) Eph. v• 9.
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CHAP. IX.—OF THE HOLY TRINITY (a.)
1. Are not the three Persons in the Holy Trinity equal in
power, though different in office ?
2. What is the office of God the Father ?
3. What is the office of God the Son ?
4. What is the office of God the Holy Ghost?
(a) See the Articles I—V, and the Church Catechism•
*,,*- In the original form of these QU EsT toNs, blank leaves
were left for the ANewEits of the respective Candidates.

CORN-EXCHANGE,
,N No v. 10.—We had a good
supply of Wheat from Suffolk this morning, as
well as a considerable quantity from Essex, which
remained over from Monday's arrival, but the
demand continuing exceedingly heavy, in conse-
quence of the reduction in the price of Fiqur,
very few sales were made, although the finest
qualities are 2s. per quarter cheaper than on
Monday ; Barley is Is. per quarter lower, having
a tolerably large arrival to-day from Suffolk.
The arrivals of Oats from the Baltic this week
have been very abundant, which article met
heavy sale at a decline of full is. per quarter; in
Beans and Peas Ito alteration. •
SMITHFIELD MARKET, Nov. 10.—T his Market
was well supplied with all kinds of Cattle this morning., but
there were but few Purchasers, consequently thu sales were
dull, and Monday's prices were obtained with ditliculty.—The
Hay Market remains ID price as on Monday ; Straw and Clo-
ver no alteration.