QUESTIONS 
 
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 QUESTIONS. 
 
 1830. P. H.E.I. 
 
 / Monday Morning, Sept. On the study of those parts 
 of Scripture, which are not directly the truths through 
 which we obtain a knowledge of justification. 
 
 j2, Evening. On the restoration of the Jews, 
 
 including the subject of the covenants. 
 
 J^ Tuesday Morning, Proofs if the 1000 years before 
 x^- the coming of our Lord — w^hat the believer's expecta- 
 «// tion as to death — what as to the coming ? 
 
 ^, Eveniiig, Present and future distinction be- 
 
 V tween Jews and Christians — what (as far as we can 
 see) awaits both for the consummation ? 
 
 0, Wednesday. What are the present position and duties 
 ^. of the children of God? How can they best show 
 their distinction from the world ? 
 
 If time, on Trinity. 
 
1831. P. H. E. I. 
 
 /O. Monday Evening, October 3. The gifts of the Spirit to 
 be considered. 
 
 //. Tuesday. The intention of the end being first in the 
 
 ordering of the Lord's decrees, then the intention 
 
 ^ X. of the means. What has the Lord declared to 
 
 / i/, be the end of creation and redemption? How does 
 
 each dispensation further the means and answer the 
 
 ^ // . end ? In this view, are Christ's people now in their 
 
 / u\ right position? (including. Is it present duty to resist 
 
 or endure corrupt institutions) ? 
 
 /a. Wednesday. Proof if 1260 days mean days or years, 
 connected with which, the sketch of Daniel and Reve- 
 lation, whether it be literal or symbolical ? 
 
 / Y. Thursday. Last great and terrible conflict at the 
 f/S" coming of Christ. Who the power that heads it? 
 / /? . Against whom? Signs by which this power to be 
 ^4^ . known ? Proof whether saints to suflPer in it ? 
 
 ^ ^ . Friday. What to be the state of the world and stat^ 
 2 i>. of the Church at coming of Christ? What cause 
 
 to think from Scripture that these are or are not the 
 ^ ^ * last days ? This to include whether Ezekiel's temple 
 
 is to be before or after the Millennium. 
 
1832. P. H. E. I. 
 
 /'i^.' Monday Evening, Se^t, 24. An examination into the 
 quotations given in the New Testament from the Old 
 Testament, with their connexion and explanation. 
 
 Mat. 1:23 — 
 
 Isa. 7:14 
 
 Job. 10:34 
 
 — Ps. 82: C 
 
 2:15 — 
 
 Hos. 11:1 
 
 19:37 
 
 — Zee. 12: 10 
 
 18 — 
 11:10-14— 
 
 Jer. 31:15 
 Mai. 3:1.&4:5 
 
 Acts 2:17 
 
 _ i Isa. 44 : 3 
 [ Joel 2:28 
 
 ?Heb.2: 6 ) 
 Mat. 21:16 S 
 24:15 — 
 
 Ps. 8- 2,4 
 Dan. 9:27 
 
 15:16 
 Ro. 9:25 
 
 — Amo. 9:11,12 
 ^ Hos. 2:23 
 ( Deu.32:43 
 
 27: 9 — 
 Eph. 4: 8 — 
 
 Zee. 11:12,13 
 Ps. 68:18 
 
 iCo. 9: 9 ) 
 iTi. 5:18 5 
 
 — Deu.25: 4 
 
 Heb. 2:13 — 
 
 Isa. 8:18 
 
 lCo.l5:55 
 
 — Hos.l3:14 
 
 8: 8 — 
 
 Jer. 31:31,34 
 
 Gal. 4:27 
 
 — Isa. 54: 1 
 
 10:16 — 
 Luk. l:73,&c.— 
 
 31:33 
 Gen.22:16 
 
 2Pet.3:13 
 
 J 65:17 
 ( 66:22 
 
 Z^, Tuesday. The prophetical character of each book 
 in the Bible, including the three feasts of the Jews ; 
 the blessings of the Jews ; the blessings pronounced 
 on Jacob's sons ; the Parables in the Gospels; and the 
 Epistles to the seven churches in the Revelations ? 
 
 2 Y' Wednesday. Should we expect a personal Anti- 
 iJ^. christ; if so, to whom will he be revealed? Are 
 there to be one or two great evil powers in the world 
 at that time? Is there any uniform sense for the 
 
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 "saints' in the prophetic New Testament Scripture? 
 U^^. By what covenant did the Jews, and shall the Jews, 
 hold the land ? 
 
 ^-/ Thursday. An inquiry into, and a connexion between, 
 Daniel and the Revelations. 
 
 J^^ Friday. What light does Scripture throw on present 
 i^J". events and their moral character? What is next to 
 i^^. be looked for and expected? Is there a prospect 
 
 of a revival of Apostolic Churches before the 
 ,^ J. coming of Christ? What the duties arising out of 
 J 6> ' present events ? To what time and class of people do 
 
 2 Tim. iii ; 1 Tim. iv ; Jude ; Mat. xxiv. 23, 24 ; and 
 
 2 Peter iii. refer ? 
 
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 1833. P. H. E. I. 
 
 t}y, Monday, Sept. 23. What the nature of the covenant 
 S. of the land and what the everlasting covenant ? Are 
 they identical or diverse ? 
 
 (^^^ Tuesday. Is the visible Church founded on the basis 
 j/c^^ of the Jewish? What the nature of the ministry 
 ^^ f and ordinances of the former? The promises to either 
 or both conditional ? 
 
 ^/ 2. Wednesday. What analogy between the termination 
 ^ J/ . of the present and the last dispensation ? Mystic 
 
<r> /,. Babylon what ? The call out of her a divine call at 
 a set period, or a continuous call ? 
 
 // (> -Thursday. The connexion of the present with the 
 Cf f?- future dispensation ? Do the same Scriptures admit 
 of application to both ? 
 
 /, ■^Friday. What has been the different character of 
 £^ gL Satan's temptations in different ages ? What now ? 
 tf Q, What likely to be ? Is our conduct to be regulated 
 ^ ^. accordingly ? 
 
 1834. E. P. D. I. 
 
 jy, Monday, Sept. 15. Can the Church account for her 
 present state, i. e. that instead of unbelievers being 
 mixed up with the children of God, these last are found 
 as individuals among bodies of professing Christians, 
 and joined in communion not as the people of God, 
 but upon other and different grounds ? 
 
 J;^, Tuesday. Of what future events have we predictions 
 in the Book of Psalms ? 
 
 ^-^ Wednesday. WHien was this world given up to Satan 
 
 j-/^^ the God of this world ? W^here has God's dwelling- 
 
 ^'C^r place been in it since? Was the dispensation of the 
 
 Priesthood of Christ, in its graces, gifts, and hope 
 
 of future glory, as proposed to the early Christian 
 
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 Church, at its foundation among the Jews, identical 
 with that possessed by the Gentile Christian Church 
 after the rejection of Israel ? 
 
 S6^- Thursday. What is the result to which a com- 
 parison of the Snd, 7th, and 8th chapters of Daniel, 
 with the 13th and 17th of Revelations leads, as to the 
 scheme of Satan's working, and his future plans? 
 
 J'y Friday. What does Scripture say will be the first 
 movement of Christ towards the earth — what the 
 apostasy and consequent rejection of the professing 
 3^S. Church ? How far are ministers of the Word respon- 
 sible for not proclaiming His speedy coming, or not 
 warning of the Judgments to precede it ? 
 
 1835. E. P. D. I. 
 
 j^. Monday, Sept. 7. What will be the history of the 
 ^^. remnant after the return of the Jews ? What will be 
 
 the measure of the renovation of the earth in the 
 
 Millennium ? 
 
 ^ f Tuesday. Does the Scripture (Eph. ii. 6) mean 
 
 that our present position is on the Father's throne ? 
 
 6 X • Where and what will be the fulfilment of verse 7 ? If 
 
 ^ ^ " this is our position, what separation from the world, 
 
 and death of the flesh would faithfulness to it involve? 
 
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 ^2^, Is life in the Believer in proportion to death ; or death 
 in proportion to life ? 
 
 (^ J Wednesday. Does each dispensation end in apostasy 
 
 only — or is the dispensation revived in a remnant, 
 
 the rejection of which consummates the apos- 
 
 (? 6' tasy ? What is the distinction intended in 1 Cor. xii. 
 
 ^ Y 4, 5, 6 ? Are these three necessary to manifest 
 
 ^^ Christ's Church ? What place in our subjection to 
 
 Christ's commands, are ministrations ordained of Him 
 
 ^c^7^ to hold? Is the promise of the Comforter included 
 
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 in diversities of gifts, or diversities of operations ? 
 
 '^ /^'.Thursday. What characteristics of the closing scene 
 ' of this dispensation can we discern in the historical 
 
 cc /. parts of Scripture ? What types of the future glory 
 / of Israel in the sacrifices and feasts ? 
 
 y2, Friday. Can we discover Satan's designs in the 
 ^ Church at large, from a study of our own hearts, or 
 
 in our own hearts from his workings in the Church, 
 or both from his attempts against Christ ; the prophe- 
 cies concerning the Antichrist, and the cries of the 
 oppressed under him. 
 Vc^' What is the cause of the Church's sorrow ? Can she 
 /Y^f ' t)e in a right state if not sorrowful ? What will end 
 7<J- her sorrowful days ? 
 
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 1836. S. G.D.I. 
 
 ^"'d' Monday, Evening, Sept. 5. Watchman what of the night? 
 //- Is there any thing going on in the Church which calls 
 ^ ^, for observation ? How far have we advanced into the 
 24th or 23th of Matthew ? Have w^e entered on the 
 
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 perilous times ? Any sign of the morning ? 
 
 ^/. Tuesday. What contrast and what resemblance may 
 
 be observed in design, workings, and end, between 
 1 ' the Dispensations revealed in Scripture ? How many 
 ^ 3 , may there be ? Is there any distinction intended be- 
 ^O/. tween Jacob's and Moses' blessing on Israel ? Any 
 
 between ''Thy Maker is thy Husband" to the Jew, and 
 ? ^' '*the Bride the Lamb's wife?'' Any between the Spirit 
 
 breathed on the Apostles after the resurrection, and the 
 ^^. Spirit sent down after the Ascension ? Any between 
 
 judgment on the world at the coming of Christ, and 
 
 the judgment of the wicked dead ? 
 
 ^y^ Wednesday. Is Scripture ever quoted in the New 
 ' Testament as accommodation rather than fulfilment; 
 y f. or, if fulfilment, is such ever partial ? When is 
 
 Scripture to be taken spiritually, when literally ? 
 $Vr. What is the purport of the Sermon on the Mount ? 
 do. How are we to understand the Lord's Prayer, and such 
 
 passages as, " Resist not evil," " Swear not at all," &c. 
 <^/ f. Did any of the Saints in the New Testament hold 
 ^ X. places forbidden by the spirit of the Gospel? Does 
 ^J, change of circumstance alter commands ? What is the 
 
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 various import of the Lord's titles " Son of God," 
 **Son of Abraham," "Son of David," " Son of Man ?" 
 
 2^ Thursday. What may be the typical history of 
 
 Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, and Darius, in Daniel, 
 [J^^ bearing on the last days ? Has the Church fallen in 
 i/0' wi^^ Satan's designs, and in what way ? Can this be 
 
 traced through the Epistles to the seven Churches or 
 ^ elsewhere in Scripture ? Can we reconcile how the 
 
 time of Christ's coming will be a time of security, and 
 ijf, yet a time of perplexity ? Does the abomination of 
 
 desolation, spoken of by Matthew, refer to the King of 
 (hy^ the North, or to the Antichrist ? Which of these 
 /^, powers perish in the Holy Mountain (Dan. xi) ? What 
 
 is the shaking of the powers of the heavens ? 
 
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 /^Friday. How do the faithful from an Apostasy differ 
 in character and testimony from the opening of a 
 
 fO / , Dispensation ? What difference will there be in the 
 sufferings and relief of the Jewish and Spiritual rem- 
 
 /Ol). nant ? Did Christ experience the sufferings of both ? 
 
 f/!)^. Did Apostasy manifest itself against Him ; did love 
 
 fail in this time of suspicion ? 
 f() j; How is unity to be preserved consistently with faith- 
 fulness towards those whom we esteem as brethren, 
 but believe to be in error ? 
 
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 1838. G. H. C. E. 
 
 ^06. Monday Evening'^ June 4. How may brethren meet for 
 /0 "^^ profit ? The value, to this end, of prayer in the Spirit, 
 / subduedness of mind, brotherly love. Christian for- 
 bearance ? 
 
 /^^TuESDAY Morning. THE HOLY SPIRIT. His 
 
 //V/' person and character ; His several operations, pre- 
 
 ' vious to the coming of Christ, during his presence on 
 
 earth, after the Pentecost, and during the Millennium. 
 /^<^, What the distinction between "being born of the 
 //'A Spirit," and "baptized with the Spirit?" AVhat 
 
 is meant by His convincing " the world of sin, of 
 //^, righteousness, and of judgment ?" What severally by 
 
 the " quickening," " indwelling," " anointing," " seal- 
 //^ ing,'* and "earnest" of the Spirit. Are all these the 
 
 present possession of the Church ? 
 
 /^^Wednesday. THE CHURCH. The distinctive 
 character of the dispensation between the first and 
 /fj^ second coming of Christ. Christian Priesthood ; 
 /^ ^ Christian Ministry ; how and to what extent is it to be 
 // 7 recognized ? The authority of the Church, and where- 
 //f <r, in lodged? Has she any, and what power of legisla- 
 / f^\ ^i^^ ^ What Scripture authority for the distinction 
 / z/o, between the true and professing Church ? What is 
 / t '. the removal of the Candlestick? What is the Scripture 
 testimony as to the state of the Church at the close of 
 ' ^^ the dispensation ? What measure of the original 
 
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 blessing of the dispensation may a faithful remnant 
 // > hope to recover ? Would such be warranted in apply- 
 ^^^ ing to themselves Mai. iii. 6, 7. How may such most 
 
 effectually witness for the Lord ? 
 
 / ;^,5^Thursday. prophecy. What do the Scriptures 
 reveal as to the future prospects of the Jew and 
 
 mjz Gentile in the present dispensation? What is meant 
 by r/ oLKovfjLEpr) ?/ /diWovcra (the world to come) 
 
 / ^ y Heb. ii. 5. ? What do the Scriptures declare concern - 
 / ing the Earth, the Nations, Jerusalem on earth, and 
 
 / ^^^, ^* Jerusalem above,"' during the Millennium? WHiat 
 the extension and duration of Messiah's kingdom 
 (Luke. i. 33. comp. with 1 Cor. xv. 24. and Rev. xx. 
 
 / %Q^* 4, 6)? What is the character of the power ascribed 
 ♦ to the Son (John v. 24 — 29, inclusive), and in what 
 dispensations manifested ? 
 
 f ^ Friday. The means of attaining unto the mind of 
 
 y 3/. God ? What the rule of life before and after the fall, 
 
 i liZ, and under the several dispensations ? What to Be- 
 
 / ^3, lievers now? The constitution of man as in 1 Thes. v. 
 
 / ^/^ 23, body, soul,* and spirit ? What the inward man 
 
 / A 6^ (Rom. vii.) ? What the witness of the Spirit with our 
 
 2^6 ^W^^ (Rom. viii.) ? Christian experience — What its 
 
 / 5 /. P^^ce in the Christian life, its use and abuse ? What 
 
 . ^ y, is the extent of Satan's power, and how limited ? Can 
 
 we discover his working distinct from the working 
 
 ^ ^f • of the flesh ? What is the distinctive character of 
 
 /^^. "heresy?" What our conduct towards those in error, 
 
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 not wilfully, but through confusion of mind or defec- 
 A//. tive teaching? The character and extent of the 
 
 Believer's subjection to the " higher powers" —his duty 
 /uZ^ as to oaths, licenses, &c. ? Is petition a right way of 
 y^ 3. remedy? The source of division among those who 
 /^/ Cr, love the Lord — What do we learn from the word as 
 
 to the means of union ? 
 
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