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Q. 5. And how is it that we are in danger from the devices of the devil?

A. Because he is always trying to lead us into sin. "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." 1st Pet. 5. 8.

Q. 6. Are we all of us exposed to his temptation?

A.-Yes, all men, from the highest to the lowest; good men, as well as bad, and that t all times. Thus he tempted Adam, in Paradise; David to number the people; Ahab's prophets; and Ananias.

Q. 7.-When may God be said to lead us into temptation?

A. When by his Providence he suffers us to come into situations where we are particularly expossed to temptation.

Q. 8. But can we expect to be preserved entirely from temptation?

A. We cannot; but the more we pray to God to keep us out of temptation, the less danger we shall be in from it.

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Q 13. What else does this petition teach

A. It teaches us the necessity of feeling our own weakness.

Q. 14,-How does it teach us this?

A. By directing us to ask help of God and to trust in his all-sufficient Grace.

Q. 1-Cannot we expect to be preserved from sin, unless we have an humble sense of our own weakness?

A.-No; for Pride cometh before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Prov. 16, 18. And he that trusteth in his own heart is a fool." Prov. 28, 26.

Q. 16.—What, if we know our duty, and mean well, and strive to avoid sin, cannot we keep ourselves?

A.-No; all this will not do without the preserving Grace of God, for which therefore we should earnestly pray. Note. Peter's case,

Q. 17-Cannot even very good men stand by their own strength?

A.-No; the best of men, if left to themselves, cannot stand in the hour of temptation,

Note. Here the case of Hezekiah must be consi dered. Sec 2d Kings 20. 12, 18. 2d Chron. 32, 31.

FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, FOR EVER. AMEN.

QUESTION. 1.-What do you learn from these words?

ANSWER. We learn the great encouragement which we have to expect an answer to

our prayers.

Q. 2. From whence does our encourage,

ment arise?

A. From the character and perfections of God, as he has made himself known to us in Scripture; we no encouragement from

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any other quarter ?

A. None at all; for though our own weakness and misery make it necessary that we should pray, our encouragement to expect an answer comes from God.

Q. 4.-How do we learn this from the text?

A. The text says, FOR thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory; which teaches us that we ask of God the blessings mentioned in the

prayer, because we believe that he is able to give them, and that he will be glorified in so doing、

Q. 5-What do you mean when you say that the kingdom is God's?

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A.-That God is above all, and ruleth over all. Ps. 103. 19.

Q. 6. What do you mean when you say that the power is God's?

A.-That God has all power, and can do whatsoever pleaseth him in heaven and in earth. Ps. 135. 5, 6.

Q. 7.-What do you mean when you say, that the Glory is God's?

A. That all things proclaim the Glory of God, and that his Glory should be our end and aim in all things. Ps. 145. 10, 13.

Q. 8.-Will God be glorified in hearing our prayers?

A. Yes; if we ask what is agreeable to his will, and come to him in the right way. "Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son," Jo. 14. 13.

Q. 9. Is it necessary that we should take encouragement in prayer from the Divine Character?

A.-It is absolutely necessary; for otherwise we shall be full of doubts and fears, and shall lose the blessings for which we pray, by our unbelief. See James 1, 6, 7.

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