To maintain family prayer-to set a holy example-and to govern and direct their children, and servants, in the fear and admonition of the Lord.

Gen. xviii, 19. For I know him, that he will command his children, and his household after him; and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. Psalm cxviii, 15. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. Jer. X, 25. Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate. Eph. vi, 4. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath; but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the LORD.

262. What is the duty of church members as citizens?

They should live peaceful, holy, and unblamable lives, in all honesty and fidelity; adorning the doctrines of God our Saviour; and as far as lieth in them, securing a good report of them that are without.

263. What is the duty of members of the church as it regards property?

They should remember, that in the possession of whatever amount of property they have, they are stewards for God, and must render an account to him, of the manner in which it has been used, for the furtherance of his glory.

264. Is the term protestant properly applicable to the presbyterian church?

It is properly applicable to it, in common with all the other reformed churches.

265. Why are they denominated protestant?

Because they still adhere to that solemn protest, which was made by the reformers of the sixteenth century, against the errors and corruptions of the church of Rome.

266. Can you name some of those errors?

First, the church of Rome does not allow that the scriptures alone are a sufficient rule of faith and practice.

Isaiah viii, 20. To the law and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Acts xvii, 11. These were more noble than those

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in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 2 Tim. iii, 16, 17. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. John v, 39. Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life and they are they which testify of

me.

Secondly, it receives oral traditions, as of equal authority in religious matters, with the scriptures.

Matt. xv, 3, 6. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Gal. i, 8. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Col. ii, 8. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. Prov. xxx, 5, 6. Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. Rev. xxii, 18. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book.

Thirdly, it makes the apostle Peter the foundation of the church.

1 Cor. iii, 11. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Acts iv, 12. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.

Fourthly, it teaches that the pope of Rome is the visible, and supreme head of the universal church.

Eph. i, 22. And hath put all thing's under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church. Col. i, 18. And He is the head of the body, the church: Who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; that in all things He might have the pre-eminence.

Fifthly, it conducts the prayers of the church in an unknown tongue.

1 Cor. xiv, 9, 11, 14, 16. So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. Therefore, if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. Else, when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?

Sixthly, it pays divine worship to the Virgin Mary.

Matt. iv, 10. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Phil. ii, 9, 10, 11. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Seventhly, it teaches its members to pray to saints and angels, as mediators or intercessors.

Rev. xix, 10. And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not; I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. 1 John ii, 1. My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 1 Tim. ii, 5. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Cor. viii, 6. But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

Eighthly, it uses images in worship, which is idolatry.

Exodus xx, 4, 5. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the

earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.

Ninthly, it teaches the doctrine of transubstantiation.

1 Cor. xi, 26, 28. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

Tenthly, it teaches the doctrine of purgatory.

1 John 1, 7. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 2 Cor. v, 8. Now he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Phil. i, 23. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better. Rev. xiv, 13. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.

Against these, and many other errors of the church of Rome, the presbyterian church, in common with all the reformed churches, bears its testimony, as being anti-christian, and, in their tendency, destructive to the souls of men.

267. By what title should this church be always spoken of?

Either as the Romish, or the Roman Catholic Church, or the Church of the Pope.

268. Why should you never speak of that church as the Catholic Church?

Because, as has been shewn, the term catholic, both as it means universal, and as it mean s