XIV. What is the Tenth Commandment, as delivered in the Law, and fulfilled in the Gospel? To be content with my portion in this life, looking forward to a better and more perfect state in the life to come. XV. What are the duties more especially contained under this Tenth Commandment? 1. Not to covet (πOvμɛiv) what is another's. Luke 3. To be thankful to God for all his gifts. Col. iii. 15. 66 XVI. What is the response to be repeated after every Commandment in the Communion Service; and how is it to be understood, as explained in the preceding rubric? CHAPTER VIII. MEANS OF GRACE-PRAYER. I. THE object in Confirmation being two-fold, and your part, i. e. that of confirming your Baptismal vow, being now explained, what is the part that remains to be considered? II. What need have you to be confirmed by God, if you yourself are sincerely resolved to perform what you undertake? See 2 Cor. iii. 5. Rom. vii. 18. John vi. 44. xv. 5. Jer. x. 23. Phil. ii. 13. 1 Cor. xv. 10. James i. 17. Prov. iii. 5. Comp. "By God's help, so I will.” III. What reasons have you to hope and trust that God will "most surely keep and perform" his part in Confirmation; and that, not only in the rite itself, but ever after, according as you continue to perform your part truly and faithfully, He also will continue to confirm you more and more? 1. His promises, general and particular, to that effect. General Promises. See, especially, 1 Cor. i. 8, 9. x. 13. 1 Thess. v. 24. Phil. i. 6. Matt. xiii. 12. xxv. 29. James iv. 8. Ps. xxxiv. 22. cxxxiv. 12, 13. 2 Chron. xv. 2. Rom. x. 13. Jer. xxix. 13. Prov. viii. 7. Ps. cxlv. 19. Is. xxiv. 3. Ps. v. 13. Rom. viii. 28. On Renouncing the Devil. James iv. 7. 1 John iii. 8. Eph. vi. 10-18. the World. Gal. i. 4. the Flesh. Gal. v. 16. 2 Pet. ii. 9, 10. On Believing. Heb. xi. 6. Acts xvi. 31. 1 John ii. 23, 24. Eph. i. 13, 14. Heb. x. 23. On Obeying. Matt. xxv. 31. 34, 35. 2. His ordinances to that end. IV. What assurance have you that "God's help" will be all-sufficient for your need? See 2 Cor. xii. 9. Phil. iv. 13. V. Besides the especial ordinance of Confirmation (already considered), what are the ordinances which God has appointed to be the continual and constant means of confirming, i. e. of conveying strength and grace to his people? 1. Prayer-public and private. 2. Holy Communion. 3. Reading the written word of God. 4. Hearing the preaching of God's ministers. VI. Show that these several ordinances have been appointed by God as means for conveying his grace, and, therefore, are generally necessary to be used by all who desire to receive the same. PRAYER. See Matt. vii. 7, 8. xxi. 22. Mark xi. 24. Luke xi. 1-13. 14, 15. James i. 15. And first, show this of John xiv. 13. xvi. 23. xviii. 1-8. 1 John v. VII. What is required of all who desire to use Prayer as a means of grace ? 1. Repentance. See the Daily Absolution. 2. Faith. Matt. xxi. 22. Mark xi. 24. James i. 5, 6. 1 Tim. i. 8. John ix. 31. (Obedience.) VIII. What further rules have been given and prescribed by God to teach us how and when to pray? How-1. Without ostentation. Matt. vi. 5. 2. In spirit and truth. John iv. 24. 3. In all humility of body and soul. Ps. xcv. 6. 4. In the name of Jesus Christ. John xv. 16. xvi. 23. Eph. v. 20. When-1. In heart, at all times. Eph. vi. 18. 1 Thess. v. 17. 2. By mouth, daily. See Lord's Prayer.Twice a day, i. e. morning and evening. See Prayer-Book.-Three times a day, i. e. morning, noon, and evening. See Ps. lv. 17. Dan. vi. 10.-Five times a day, i. e. morning, IX. What is the form of words which Christ has given us to use always when we pray? See Matt. vi. 8-13. Luke xi. 1-4. omits doxology. X. What do we chiefly learn to pray for in this Prayer? Two things-1. God's glory. 2. Our own happiness. XI. What are the petitions which relate more immediately to God's glory? 1. Hallowed be thy name; i. e. that we and all men may "worship Him" as we ought to do. 2. Thy kingdom come; i. e. that we and all men may 66 serve Him " as we ought to do. 3. Thy will be done, &c.; i. e. that we and all men may "obey Him" as we ought to do. XII. What are the petitions that relate to our own happiness? 1. Give us this day our daily bread; i. e. "all things needful both for our souls and bodies." 2. Forgive us our trespasses, &c.; i. e. "Be merciful unto us, and forgive us our sins." See Matt. vi. 15. 5 3. Lead us not into temptation; i. e. "Save and defend us in all dangers ghostly (i. e. spiritual) and bodily." 4. Deliver us from evil (TOυ Tovпpoυ); i. e. "Keep us from all sin and wickedness, and from our ghostly Enemy, and from everlasting death." XIII. What is the meaning of the doxology, which, in St. Matthew, is added to the prayer; and how does the Catechism explain the word Amen, which is also added in St. Matthew? XIV. In what respects is public Prayer holier, and more effectual as a means of grace, than private? 1. Because performed in God's house. 2. Because offered up by God's minister. 3. Because it has an additional promise. Matt. xviii. 19. Observe συμφωνήσωσιν. XV. What are the rules which our Church has ordered to be observed by "the people," i. e. by all her members not officiating, in public Prayer? 1. To say the Confession after the Minister with a humble voice, kneeling. See Exhortation, and Rubric before Confession (in Morning and Evening Prayer, and in the Communion), and Canon xviii. 2. To answer Amen at the end of the Absolution, and of all the prayers. See Rubric after Absolution, and Canon xviii. 3. To repeat the Lord's Prayer audibly with the Minister (all kneeling), wheresoever it is used in Divine Service. See Rubric before the Lord's Prayer (twice in Morning and Evening Prayer, in the Litany, and in the Post Communion) and Canon xviii. |