is the name by which those five books are collectively known? They are called, The Pentateuch. What is the meaning of Pentateuch? Five books.* When Moses wrote those words, "Man doth not live by bread alone," how did he say that the life of man can be supported otherwise than by bread? "By every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord." What is meant by " every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord"? Any exercise of divine power that God is pleased to put forth for our sustenance. Why are such extraordinary supports called his word? Because God's word is power.† Did the power of God ever support his people in the absence of ordinary food? Yes; he fed the Israelites with manna, forty years in the wilderness.‡ Has not the same power kept some alive without any food at all? Yes: Moses, Elijah, and the Son of God, were sustained forty days and forty nights without food.

5. Whither did Satan then take our Lord? the holy city."

"Into

What was the holy city? Jerusalem. Where is Jerusalem? In Judea. Why was Jerusalem called "the holy city?" Because the temple

was there.

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What is the meaning of the word The residence of God. How did

God reside in the temple? By a symbol or sign of What was that symbol of the divine

his presence.

presence called? The glory.§

Or five ROLLS.

+ Psalm xxxiii. 9,

What was the ap

Exod. xvi. 14, 15, 35.

2 Chron. vii 1. The Rabbins call it the Shekinah.

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pearance of the glory? As of a bright cloud. Where did it rest? Over the mercy-seat. On what part of the temple did the tempter set our Lord? "On a pinnacle of the temple." What is the pinnacle of the temple? The highest part of the roof.*

What kind of roofs had the houses of the Jews? Flat roofs, with a battlement all round. Why did they construct their houses in that manner? They had an express command from God to build a battlement round the roofs of their houses.t What was the design of this battlement? To prevent any one from falling over. Did the Jews make use of the roofs of their houses? Yes, they walked, performed their devotions,§ and sometimes slept there, in fine weather. Was the temple built with a flat roof

Yes.

"If thou

like the dwelling-houses? 6. What did Satan then say to our Lord? be the Son of God, cast thyself down.” where? To the ground. Down a precipice of 700 feet. used by Satan to tempt our down? "For it is written, he charge concerning thee." Psalm xci. 11, 12.

Down How far might that be?

What argument was Lord to cast himself shall give his angels Where is that written? Who wrote the book of Psalms?

* Josephus tells us, that the roof of the temple was defended by pretty tall golden spikes to hinder birds from alighting thereon, that they might not defile it with their dung. It was not, therefore, on the roof of the temple that Jesus Christ was placed, but on the wall that surrounded the roof."

+ Deut. xxii. 8.

12 Sam. xi. 2.

Zeph. i. 5, and Acts x. 9.

King David wrote most of them.

What is the re

What is the path of And what do we en

maining part of the promise here quoted? "And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time, thou dash thy foot against a stone." How is the care of God's providence set forth in this passage? By an image taken from the kindness of parents to their children. What particular instance is referred to? Their care in lifting up their children, when the way is rough, lest they should fall on the stones and hurt themselves. safety? The path of duty. sure by keeping in the path of duty? The comfort of God's promise, and the experience of his care. But, suppose that we were to expect the protection of God whilst acting in disobedience to him-would that be faith? No; it would be presumption. What is presumption? Vain-confidence. Would it have been right in our Lord to have cast himself down to the ground? No. Why ?-Wherein would have been the evil of his so doing? It would have been presuming on the promise. What do you mean by presuming on the promise? Running into danger, or doing any thing we ought not to do, in the hope that God will keep us from harm. Who quoted this promise of divine protection? Satan. Did Satan quote the Holy Scriptures out of reverence for them? No, he only did it to cloke

his own deceivings.

Do bad people ever quote the Scriptures? Yes, if they can pervert any passage to serve their own wicked purposes. What lesson may we learn from the use that Satan and wicked men

make of the Scriptures? Never to quote the Bible in a light, trifling manner, nor to serve a worldly

purpose.

No.

7. Did our Lord cast himself down? What answer did he make to the tempter? "It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." Where is that written? Deut. vi. 16. What is the book of Deuteronomy? See ver. 4. What does this exhortation, not to tempt the Lord our God, teach us? That we must never despair of God's goodness, while in the path of duty; nor presume upon his goodness, by venturing out of the path of duty.

8. Whither did the devil take our Lord ?

"Into

an exceeding high mountain." What did he show our Lord from thence? "All the kingdoms of the world." And what besides, in connexion with them? "The glory of them." What is meant

by "the glory of them?" The pomp and splendours that attach to worldly dominion.

"The

9. What did the tempter then say to our Lord? "All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.", What were "all these things" which the devil promised to give? kingdoms of the world." Are the kingdoms of the world at the disposal of Satan? No. Το whom does it belong to nations? To the Lord.* false promises? Yes.

dispose of kingdoms and

Does Satan, then, make What does that prove him

* Psalm xxii. 28.

to be? A liar and deceiver.

him.

What did Satan

tempt our Lord to do? To fall down and worship Does that apostate spirit tempt men now to worship him? Yes, as the god of this world,* he is worshipped by multitudes.

Satan."

10. How did our blessed Redeemer resist this temptation? "Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, What is the meaning of the term Satan? An adversary. Whom does our Lord here mean by Satan? The devil. What more did our Lord reply to Satan? "It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." Where is that written? In several passages of the book of Deuteronomy, and elsewhere.†

11. Was Satan baffled in all these attempts to seduce our Lord? Yes. How many efforts had he made? Three. What was the first of those three tempta. tions? To mistrust Providence. The second? To presume upon the promise. The third? To rob Jehovah of his glory. When the tempter found himself completely foiled, what did he do? He left him.

Is there not much encouragement in the

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Yes.

fact of the devil's leaving our Lord? What does it prove? That though Satan is an enemy, he is a conquered enemy. When the devil had left our Saviour, who came to him? Angels came and ministered unto him." What angels were these? Some of the pure and happy spirits that never sinned. What did they do to our Lord?

They