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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 pharisees accuse the disciples? Matt. xv.

97. Of what did our Lord accuse the scribes and pha

risees?

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?

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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

ing instruction most used?

128. Why did the Eastern nations use parables?
129. Of what kind are our Lord's parables?

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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 prin
cipal 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?

158. How did the king treat those who rejected his invi.
tation to the feast?

159. To what does the behaviour of the king allude? 160 After the king's invitation was rejected by those who first received it, what method did he take to procure guests?

161. What part of the parable alluded to the calling of the gentiles?

162. What is meant by the wedding garment?

163. Why was the king's indignation excited against him who came to the feast without this garment?

LETTER XXII.

164. On what occasion did our Lord deliver the parable of the pharisee and publican?

165. What were the general characteristics of the Pharisees?

166. What of the publicans?

167. What was the prayer of the pharisee?

168. What that of the publican?

169. What was the result of their prayers?

170. What is the lesson taught by this parable?

LETTER XXIII.

171. To what historical facts does the parable of the nobleman, in Luke xix. allude?

172. When, and on what occasion, was it delivered? 173. What sum did he leave his servants to trade upon during his absence?

174. How did they improve the trust committed to them? 175. How did the nobleman behave to his servants on

his return?

176. What is taught by this parable?

LETTER XXIV.

177. How did the Jews treat the body after death?

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