musitasse: Eucharistiam in omnibus templis et altaribus collocasse ; eamque ante se, quocunque incederet, in asturcone gradario cun hominibus et tintinabulis, circumtulisse ;-Annatas, pallia, usum palliorum, bullas, indulgentias, diplomata vendidisse ;—in alienas Ecclesias jus et auctoritatem sibi usurpasse. -Aut nisi hoc malint fortassè dicere, Papam ea nunc facere omnia, quæ olim scimus fecisse Petrum: discurrere in omnes terras; docere Evangelium, non tantùm publicè, sed etiam privatim per singulas domos; instare opportunè, importunè, tempestivè, intempestive; opus facere Evangelista; implere ministerium Christi; esse speculatorem domûs Israel; accipere oracula et voces Dei, easque, ut acceperit, ita populo reddere; esse sal terræ ; esse lucem mundi; non seipsum pascere, sed gregem; non implicare se civilibus negotiis hujus vitæ non exercere dominium in populum Domini; non quærere ut id sibi ab aliis ministretur, sed ipsum potiùs aliis ministrare; omnes Episcopos putare socios esse suos et pares; subjectum esse principibus tanquam a Deo missis; reddere quod Cæsaris est Cæsari:-Нӕс nisi nunc Papæ faciant, et nisi ea, quæ diximus, Petrus fecerit, nihil est quod de nomine Petri, et de istâ successione, tantoperè glorientur." On St. Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians. I. State the internal evidence for the genuineness and authenticity of this Epistle; also for the time when, and the place where, it was written. II. ? τριτον τουτο ἔρχομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς. What is the difficulty in this passage Shew how it may be removed by a reference to some other expressions in St. Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians. III. Give the various senses in which χαρις, δικαιοσυνη, νομος, are used in the New Testament. IV. ωστε ει τις εν Χριστω, καινη κτισις τα αρχαια παρηλθεν, ιδου, γεγονε καινα τα παντα Translate and explain the above. V. Χρη μεν τοιγε τον απαξ παραδεξάμενον του κτίσαντος τον κοσμον είναι ταυτας τας γραρας πεπεισθαι, οτι οσα περι της κτίσεως απαντα τοις ζητουσι τον περι αυτης λογον, TAVṬA KAI TEPI TWY Ypapwv. Philocal. Translate the above passage of Origen, and state what eminent writer on the truth of Christianity probably received from it the plan of his work. VI. Translate the following passages :— τι ουν εστι; προσευξομαι τῷ πνευματι, προσευξομαι δε και τῳ νοϊ. ψαλω τῷ πνευματι, ψαλω δε και τῳ νοι. επει, εαν ευλογήσῃς τῳ πνευματι, ο αναπληρων τον τόπον του ιδιωτου πως ερει το αμην. επι τη σῃ ευχαριστιαι επειδη, τι λεγεις, ουκ οίδε. ωστε αι γλώσσαι εις σημειον εισιν, ου τοις πιστευουσιν, αλλα τοις απιστοις.η δε προφητεια ου τοις απίστοις, αλλα τοις πιστευουσιν. These papers do not profess to give a correct list of questions, &c., but merely a specimen, that the Candidate for Deacon's Orders may know the nature of that examination which he has to undergo. "That a certain portion of learning is necessary to a minister of the Gospel, will be denied by few; nor do I think I shall be charged with fixing too high a standard of qualification, when I say that the Candidate ought to be thoroughly conversant with the Greek Testament; with the chronology of Scripture, and the connexion of profane with sacred History; with Jewish Antiquities; with Natural Theology, or the argument in proof of the existence and attributes of the Deity, derived from the phenomena of the physical world; with the Evidences of Christianity, and with the doctrines of the Established Church, as propounded in the Articles and Liturgy. Unless he is furnished with theological learning, at least to this extent, he must ever be liable to be assailed by objections to which he can return no satisfactory answer, and thus bring discredit by his ignorance, not only on himself, but on the Church of which he is a minister." * Having passed his examination, the Candidate must attend at the time and place of Ordination, fixed by the Bishop, habited in black, and taking his gown and bands with him. Subscriptions and Oaths, previous to Ordination, to be made and taken in the presence of the Bishop. "I, Walter Shirley, do willingly, and ex animo, subscribe to the thirty-nine Articles of religion of the United Church of England and Ireland; and to the three Articles in the thirty-sixth Canon, and to all things therein contained.† Walter Shirley. Bishop of Lincoln's Charge, 1831, p. 23. + Cannon xxxvi.—Subscription required of such as are to be ordained Ministers. No person shall hereafter be received into the ministry, nor either by institution or collation admitted to any ecclesiastical living, nor suffered to preach, to catechize, or to be a lecturer or reader of divinity, in either University, or in any cathedral, or collegiate church, city, or market town, or parish church, chapel, or in any other place within this realm, except he be licensed either by the Archbishop, or by the Bishop of the diocese where he is to be placed, under their hands and seals, or by one of the Universities under their seal likewise; and except he shall first subscribe to these three articles following, in such manner and sort as we have here appointed. 1. That the Queen's Majesty, under God, is the only supreme Governor of this realm, and of all others her Highness's dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual and ecclesiastical things or causes, as temporal: and that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate, hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual within her Majesty's said realms, dominions, or countries. 2. That the Book of Common Prayer, and of ordering of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, containeth in it nothing contrary to the Word of God, and that it may lawfully so be used; and that he himself will use the form in the said book prescribed in public prayer and administration of the sacraments, and none other. 3. That he alloweth the Book of Articles of Religion, agreed upon by the Archbishops and Bishops of both Provinces, and the whole clergy, in the Convocation holden at London, in the year of our Lord God one thousand five hundred and sixty and two; and that he acknowledgeth all and every of the Articles therein Oaths to be taken at the time of Ordination. I, Joseph Cook, do sincerely promise and swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to her Majesty Queen Victoria. So help me God. Oath of Abjuration, or Supremacy. I, Joseph Cook, do swear, that I do from my heart abhor, detest and abjure, as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate, hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm. So help me God. The Oath of Supremacy having been taken, then shall the Bishop examine every one of them that are to be ordered, in the presence of the people, after this manner following. The Bishop. Do you trust that you are inwardly moved by the HOLY GHOST to take upon you this office of ministration, to serve GOD for the promotion of his glory, and the edifying of his people? Answer. I trust so. The Bishop. Do you think that you are truly called, according to the will of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, and the due order of this realm, to the ministry of the Church? contained, being in number nine and thirty, besides the ratification, to be agreeable to the Word of God. To these three Articles whosoever will subscribe, he shall for the avoiding of all ambiguities, subscribe in this order and form of words, setting down both his Christian and surname, viz. "I, Joseph Smith, do willingly and ex animo subscribe to these three Articles above mentioned, and to all things that are contained in them." And if any Bishop shall ordain, admit, or license any, as is aforesaid, except he first have subscribed in manner and form as here we have appointed, he shall be suspended from giving of orders and licenses to preach, for the space of twelve months. But if either of the Universities shall offend therein, we leave them to the danger of the law, and her Majesty's censure. Canon xxxvii.-Subscription before the Diocesan. None licensed, as is aforesaid, to preach, read, lecture, or catechize, coming to reside in any diocese, shall be permitted there to preach, read, lecture, catechize, or minister the sacraments, or to execute any other ecclesiastical function, by what authority soever he be thereunto admitted, unless he first consent and subscribe to the three Articles before mentioned, in the presence of the Bishop of the diocese, wherein he is to preach, read lectures, catechize, or administer the sacraments, as aforesaid. Canon xxxviii.-Revolters after Subscription. If any minister, after he hath once subscribed to the three said Articles, shall omit to use the Form of Prayer, or any of the Orders or Ceremonies prescribed in the Communion Union Book, let him be suspended, and if after a month he do not reform and submit himself, let him be excommunicated; and then, if he shall not submit himself within the space of another month, let him be deposed from the ministry. Answer. I think so. The Bishop. Do you unfeignedly believe all the Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testament? Answer. I do believe them. The Bishop. Will you diligently read the same unto the people assembled in the church where you shall be appointed to serve ? Answer. I will. The Bishop. It appertaineth to the office of a Deacon, in the church where he shall be appointed to serve, to assist the Priest in Divine Service, and specially when he ministereth the Holy Communion, and to help him in the distribution thereof, and to read Holy Scriptures and Homilies in the church; and to instruct the youth in the Catechism; in the absence of the Priest to baptize infants, and to preach, if he be thereto admitted by the Bishop. And furthermore, it is his office where provision is so made, to search for the sick, poor, and impotent people of the parish, to intimate their estates, names, and places where they dwell, unto the Curate, that by his exhortation they may be relieved with the alms of the parishioners, or others. Will you do this gladly and willingly? Answer. I will do so, by the help of GOD. The Bishop. Will you apply all your diligence to frame and fashion your own lives and the lives of your families, according to the doctrine of CHRIST; and to make both yourselves and them, as much as in you lieth, wholesome examples of the flock of CHRIST? Answer. I will do so, the LORD being my helper. The Bishop. Will you reverently obey your Ordinary, and other chief minister of the church, and them to whom the charge and government over you is committed, following with a glad mind and will their godly admonitions? Answer. I will endeavour myself, the LORD being my helper. The following admirable remarks on this subject, deserve the serious and prayerful attention of the Candidate for Holy Orders :"Do you trust that you are inwardly moved by the HOLY GHOST, &c. : "An awful question, which no one, who duly weighs its import, and is conscious of the deceitfulness of his own heart, can hear unmoved. A question so awful, that it has doubtless had the effect of excluding from the ministry some who possessed every qualification requisite to the effectual discharge of its duties. Fearful lest they should deceive themselves respecting their own motives, and mistake for the suggestions of the HOLY SPIRIT feelings which originated in a source less pure, they have, through excess of scrupulousness, hesitated when there was no real ground for hesitation. This, however, is not the error against which it is most necessary to put the Candidate on his guard. He is in greater danger of under-rating the importance of the question; of forming a low and inadequate notion of its meaning, of interpreting it in accommodation to his own views and feelings, instead of raising them to the level To search.] This rule was made in England, while the poor subsisted wholly by voluntary charities, and before the settlement of rates or other fixt and certain provisions; pursuant to which settlements, our laws have devolved this care upon the Churchwardens and Overseers; which last office was created on purpose, for that end.-Gibson, 172. of its serious and solemn import. No fact is more distinctly affirmed in Scripture, than that the HOLY SPIRIT does influence the heart of man, prompting him at once to do that which is right, and giving him strength to do it. Respecting the mode in which this influence is imparted, Scripture is silent; we know only that it does not supersede the exercise of the natural powers of man; that though under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, he is still a voluntary agent, and co-operates both in will and deed. But however ignorant the Candidate may be of the mode in which the HOLY SPIRIT moves his heart, he cannot be at a loss for a criterion by which to determine whether the feelings which animate him flow from that heavenly source. He has only to turn to the writings of the Apostle of the Gentiles, and to weigh the language which that devoted servant of Christ uses, when his call to the Apostolic office is the theme. St. Paul speaks of himself as placed under an obligation to preach the Gospel-an obligation so strong, that he could not fail in the fulfilment of it without incurring the deepest guilt. Yea, woe is unto me,' he says, 'if I preach not the gospel,' (1 Cor. ix. 16.) So deeply was he impressed with the imperative character of the call, that he deemed himself a debtor to every people among whom he had not personally exercised his ministry, among whom he had not with his own voice proclairaed the glad tidings of salvation. Will it be said that his was a peculiar case? That he was specially called by GOD to be the instrument of converting the Gentiles? and that he possessed in the miraculous powers, with which, in common with the other Apostles, he was endowed, certain assurance that he was 'moved by the Holy Ghost- -an assurance which we, at the present day, cannot possess ? We admit the fact: we admit also that the Candidate would give way to unnecessary scruples, who should doubt his own fitness, because he felt not the warmth and ardour in the cause of the Gospel-the perfect self-devotion which is implied in St. Paul's language. But the actuating principle must be the same, though it may not operate with equal intensity. He cannot truly say that he is 'moved by the HOLY GHOST' to take upon himself the Ministerial office, who does not feel, to use the Apostle's language, that a necessity is laid' upon him; who does not feel that deep sense of the love displayed by GoD, in the plan of man's redemption, which, as it were, constrains him to become the instrument ef bringing others to a practical knowledge of its gracious provisions. It were to think unworthily of the HOLY SPIRIT, to ascribe to his suggestions a motive less exalted than zeal for the glory of GoD, and the eternal happiness of man. "Will it be said that we are opening a door to all the extravagances of enthusiasm, by teaching the Candidates for admission to the ministry, to judge of their fitness by a reference, not to any fixed standard, but to the testimony of their feelings,-a testimony in which they can at no time place implicit confidence, and which may vary from day to day? Have not fanatics in every age alleged, with all the sincerity of conviction, the suggestions of the HOLY SPIRIT, in justification of the grossest absurdities, nay, even of the most horrible crimes? We know and lament the fact. It must to every pious mind be a source of the most painful reflection, that the name of the COMFORTER, who is promised to man, to lead him into all truth,' should have been employed in D |