43. What alterations did the emperor Constantine make in Jerusalem?

44. Who built the church of the Holy Sepulchre?

45. How were the Jews treated by Constantine and his sons?

46. Who attempted to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem ?

LETTER VII.

47. Whither did our Lord go, on seeing the multitude? 48. What was the primary design of his discourse on the mount?

49. What blessing did our Saviour pronounce upon the poor in spirit?

50. What upon those that mourn?

51. What upon the meek?

52. What upon those who hunger and thirst after right

eousness?

53. What upon the merciful?

54. What upon the pure in heart?

55. What upon peace-makers?

56. What upon those persecuted for righteousness' sake? 57. To what did our Lord compare his disciples? 58. Why were they to let their light shine?

LETTER VIII.

59. What were the prevailing opinions among the Jews of the alterations that should take place during the government of the Messiah?

60. What did our Lord say of the Scribes and Pharisees? 61. How did the Jewish teachers interpret the sixth commandment?

62. How did our Saviour interpret it?

63. What was meant by the judgment? 64. What by the council?

65. What does our Lord say was the last punishment? 66. What does our Saviour enjoin respecting bringing our gift to the altar?

67. What does our Lord say with respect to swearing? 68. What did Jesus say in relation to the passage in Deut. xix. "An eye for an eye," &c.

69. How are we to treat our enemies, and those who hate and curse us?

70. How perfect are we commanded to be!

LETTER IX.

71. What caution did our Lord give respecting doing ou alms, or other acts of kindness and charity?

72. How and for what purpose did the hypocrites do

their alms?

73. How are we directed to do our alms?

74. Where did the Pharisees love to pray?

75. How did our Lord direct his disciples to pray? 76. How did the Pharisees fast?

77. How ought we to fast?

LETTER X.

78. Where did our Saviour exhort us not to lay up treas. sures?

79. What does he say we cannot serve?

80. To what objects did he direct our view, to preserve us from anxiety concerning our subsistence? 81. What are we first to seek?

LETTER XI.

82. What are we commanded in respect to judging? 83. What are we to understand by the precept," Give not that which is holy to dogs," &c.

84. What encouragement have we to pray for divine assistance?

85. To what does our Lord allude in mentioning the strait gate?

86. To what animal are false teachers compared ?

87. How are we to know false teachers?

88. To what does our Saviour compare those who hear his sayings and do them?

89. To what does he liken those who hear his sayings and do them not?

90. Why were the people astonished at hearing our Lord's instructions?

LETTER XII.

91. When Jesus entered into Capernaum, for whom was application made to him for his healing aid?

92. What message did the centurion send to our Lord

when he was coming?

93. To what did the centurion compare the power which he believed Jesus had over diseases?

94. What did Jesus say to the people concerning the faith of the centurion?

95. What were the virtues by which the centurion was distinguished?

LETTER XIII.

96. Of what did the Scribes and Fharisees accuse the disciples Matt. xv.

97. Of what did our Lord accuse the Scribes and Pharisees?

98. What did the Scribes and Pharisees teach respecting our duty to our parents?

99. Were not the Pharisees very strict in observing their traditions?

100. Why did the Pharisees and Sadducees desire a sign from heaven?

101. What kind of miracles did they demand?

102. What answer did our Lord give the Pharisees and Sadducees when they demanded a sign from heaven? 103. How was Jonah a sign of the Messiah?

LETTER XIV.

104. What was the character and condition in life of those whom Jesus chose for his twelve apostles ? 105. What were they to do when they entered a town or city?

106. What were they to do to those cities which would not receive them?

107. What did our Lord compare his disciples to, when he sent them forth to preach?

108. What did he command them to be?

109. How did he inform them they should be treated? 110. What did he caution them against?

111. How did our Saviour encourage them to trust in his providence?

112. What does he foretel would be the consequence of his coming into Judea ?

LETTER XV.

113. What did our Lord say of his indigent condition while on earth?

114. How did our Saviour answer the ruler who applied to him to know what he should do to obtain eternal life?

115. How did the young man regard what Jesus told him? 116. What did Jesus then say to his disciples? 117. What are the allusions to natural history in our Lord's reproof to the Scribes and Pharisees?

118. Does our Lord reprove the Scribes and Pharisees in the character of a judge, or of a prophet?

LETTER XVI.

119. What metaphor does Isaiah make use of to describe the gentleness of our Saviour's administration? 120. What virtues does our Lord earnestly enforce upon his followers ?

121. What did Jesus teach his disciples by setting a child in the midst of them?

122. Which of the disciples desired our Lord "to send fire from heaven upon the Samaritans?"!

123. What was our Lord's reply to their request?

124. What was the design of our Lord in washing his disciples' feet?

125. How did our Lord, while on the cross, pray for his enemies ?

LETTER XVII.

126. What is a parable in its strictest sense?

127. By what nations was this figurative way of convey. ing instruction most used?

128. Why did the Eastern nations use parables?

129. Of what kind are our Lord's parables?

130. What are the advantages of teaching by parables?

LETTER XVIII.

131. What is the narrative contained in the parable of the good Samaritan?

132. How did the priest and Levite regard the wounded

man?

133. What did the Samaritan do?

134. Who was neighbour to the unfortunate man? 135. Where was the scene of the parable laid?

136. Where, and on what occasion, was it delivered?

LETTER XIX.

137. On what occasion did our Lord deliver the parable of the prodigal son?

138. What is the story related in this parable?

139. What did the youngest son of a certain man do? 140. What did he say to his father when he returned to him?

141. How was he received by his father?

142. How did his elder brother behave at his return? 143. What does our Lord inculcate by this parable?

LETTER XX.

144. To whom was the parable of Dives and Lazarus particularly addressed?

145. What description does our Lord give of the princi pal characters mentioned in the narrative? 146. What was the situation of Dives after death?

147. What that of Lazarus?/

148. Whom did the rich man see from his place of torment?

149. What did he say to Abraham ?

150. What was Abraham's answer?

151. Why did the rich man wish to send Lazarus to his father's house?

152. Why did Abraham refuse his request?

153. What lessons are taught by this parable?

LETTER XXI.

154. To what does our Lord compare the kingdom of heaven in Matt. xxiii.?

155. What was the principal object of this parable? 156. Under what similitudes are the Jewish and Christian covenants frequently represented in Scripture? 157. How were the gracious invitations of the Gospel treated by the Jews?