iv. 32. (2.) Its fruits. Rom. xii. 10, 15. 1 John iii. 16, 17.

7. Humility. (1.) Its nature. Matt. v. 3. Rom. xii. 3. (2.) Its manifestations.

Lam. iii. 28.

Job xlii. 5, 6.

Matt. xxv. 36-38. Acts xx. 19.

Rom. xii. 10, 1. C. 16. Phil. ii. 3. 1 Pet. v. 5.

(3.) How regarded of the Lord. Prov. xvi. 19. (4.) Its reward.

Ps. cxxxviii. 6. Job xxii. 29. Ps.

ix. 12. Prov. xv. 33. Isa. lvii. 15. Matt. xviii. 4. (5.) Effects of humility. Gen. xviii. 27, 1. c.; xxxii. 10. Job xlii. 1-6. Ps. xxxii. 5; li. 5. Isa. li. 1; lxiv. 6.

8. Patience. (1.) What is patience. Rom. viii. 25. James v. 7. 1 Pet. ii. 20. (2.) How patience is cultivated. Rom. ii. 7; v. 3. James i. 3. (3.) Apply this to the every-day concerns of life. (4.) The need we have of patience. Job xiv. 1, 2. Eccl. ii. 23. Heb. x. 36; xii. 1. (5.) Motives to patience. Luke viii. 15. Rom. v. 4. Heb. vi. 12.

9. Long-Suffering. (1.) What is long-suffering. Eph. iv. 2. (2.) Consider the long-suffering and forbearance of God towards us, as a motive to its exercise. Lam. iii. 22.

10. A Forgiving Temper. (1.) Motives to its exercise. Ps. ciii. 3. Eph. iv. 32. Gal. vi. 1. (2.) Danger of the contrary spirit. Mark xi. 26.

11. Meekness. (1.) Its nature.

1 Cor. xiii. 5.

Col. iii. 12, 13. (2.) How the Lord regards, and

how he will bless the meek.

lxxvi. 9; cxlvii. 6; cxlix. 4.

Ps. xxii. 26; xxv. 9;

Isa. xxix. 19. Matt.

v. 5. (3.) How it becomes the Christian.

1 Pet

iii. 4. (4.) Its manifestations. Gal. vi. 1. Eph. iv. 2. 2 Tim. ii. 25. James iii. 13. 1 Pet. iii. 15.

12. Gentleness. (1.) Twin sister of meekness. (2.) Its manifestations. 1 Thess. ii. 7. 2 Tim. ii. 24. James iii. 17. (3.) The pattern of gentleness. 2 Cor. x. 1. (4.) How it adorns the Christian character.

13. Temperance. (1.) What is temperance. [1.] Moderation in all our desires, affections, appetites, and conduct. [2.] Abstinence from injurious indulgences. (2.) Advantages of temperance. 1 Cor. ix. 25. 2 Pet. i. 6.

14. Virtue, or Moral Courage. How this grace affects the Christian character. Prov. xxviii. 1. (See history of Moses, Elijah, Elisha, Jeremiah, Daniel, Jesus, and the apostles.)

VI. BEFORE COMMUNION.

1 Cor. xi. 26.

(1.) Design of the Lord's supper. (2.) Obligation to partake of it. 1 Cor. xi. 23-25. (3.) Qualifications for worthily partaking. 1 Cor. xi. 29, l. c. (4.) Danger of partaking unworthily. 1 Cor. xi. 29, f. c. (5.) Preparation necessary. 1 Cor. xi. 28. (6.) What is necessary in order to perceive the design of the Lord's death, and discern his body in this feast. (7.) The state of feeling necessary to communion with God. Isa. lvii. 15; lxvi. 2. Gal. iv. 6. (8.) The nature of the sufferings Christ endured for us. [1.] He was a man of sorrows. Isa. lii. 14; liii.

Gal. ii. 16; iii. 10—24.

3. [2.] He suffered from the temptations of Satan.
Matt. iv. 11. Heb. iv. 15. [3.] He suffered from
fasting, hunger, and weariness. Matt. iv. 2; xxi.
18. John iv. 6. [4.] He suffered from poverty
and reproach. Matt. viii. 20; xiii. 55, 57. Mark
vi. 3. John i. 46; vii. 52. [5.] He suffered from
the perverseness, hardheartedness, and unbelief of
those he came to save. Mark iii. 5. John i. 11.
Matt. xxvii. 23, 25. Luke xxiii. 18. John xviii. 40.
[6.] He suffered from the hatred, slander, and per-
secution of his enemies. Luke xix. 14. John vii.
7; ix. 24. Matt. ix. 3; xi. 19; xxvii. 63. John
x. 20; v. 16, 18; xv. 20. [7.] He suffered from
the scorn, derision, and revilings of his ene-
mies. Luke xvi. 14;• xxiii. 35. Matt. xxvii. 29.
Heb. xii. 3. 1 Pet. ii. 23. [8.] He suffered in
sympathy with the afflicted, the wretched, and the
lost. Heb. iv. 15. John xi. 35. Luke xix. 41,
42. [9.] He suffered from the weight of our sins.
Isa. liii. 4. Matt. xxvi. 37. Luke xxii. 44. 1 Pet.
ii. 24; iii. 18. [10.] He suffered from treachery and
unfaithfulness. Matt. xxvi. 15, 16, 69–75. John
xvi. 32. [11] He suffered from ignominy and
stripes. Matt. xxvii. 26–34. [12.] He suffered an
ignominious and painful death, apparently forsaken
of God. Matt. xxvii. 35-50. (9.) Christ's feel-
ings and conduct under his sufferings. Matt. xxvi.
37-39. Luke xxii. 44. Isa. liii. 7. Matt. xxvii.
12. 1 Pet. ii. 23. (10.) His feelings towards his
people. Heb. iv. 15. (11.) The motives which
led him to suffer for us. 1 John iii. 16. Heb.

xii. 2. (12.) The effect his love should have on us. Rom. ii. 4, l. c. 2 Cor. v. 14, 15. (13.) The effects of his death, as to those who believe in him. Rom. v. 1; viii. 1; xv. 13. 2 Cor. v. 18-21. 1 John ii. 2.

VII. AFTER COMMUNION.

(2.) The

for whom he

died and

(1.) Connection of Christ's resurrection with our salvation. Rom. iv. 25. Heb. vii. 25. obligation imposed on those rose again. 2 Cor. v. 15. 1 Pet. ii. 24. (3.) Obligations imposed by his example. Phil. ii. 4-8. 1 Pet. ii. 21-23. 1 John iii. 16, I. c. (4.) State of feeling suitable for leaving the communion table. Phil. iii. 7-14, 20, 21.

C.

QUESTIONS FOR SELF-EXAMINATION.

FOR SATURDAY EVENING.

How was my heart improved by the last Sabbath? How have I since improved the impressions I then received? What vows did I then make? How have I performed them? What progress have I made in the divine life? What conquests have I made, by the grace of God, over sin? What temptations have I encountered? What victories

have I gained? What falls have I suffered? What lessons have I learned by them? What improvement have I made in divine knowledge? What good have I done? What was my frame of mind on Monday, Tuesday, &c.? (specifying and considering each day by itself.) What meetings have I attended? How has my heart been affected by them? What business have I done? Has it all been performed to the glory of God? Do I now hail the approach of the Sabbath with delight? Or do I indulge a secret regret that my worldly schemes should be interrupted by this hallowed season of rest?

FOR SABBATH EVENING.

Did I yesterday make all needful preparations for the holy Sabbath? What was my frame of mind, on retiring to rest at the close of the week? When I awoke on this holy morning, towards what were my first thoughts directed? How did I begin the day? What public or private duties have I neglected? What has been my general frame of mind this day? With what preparation did I go to the sanctuary? How were my thoughts occupied on the way? What were my feelings on entering the house of God? What was my general frame of mind while there? What my manner? Have I felt any sensible delight in the exercises of public worship? With what feelings did I join in the devotional exercises of singing and prayer? In what character did I view the preacher? As whose message did I receive the word? For whom