different sects, (2) that they were attacked by opponents, as containing the accounts on which the religion was founded.

5. Notice the references which Paley makes to the works of Justin Martyr in support of his argument. 6. What circumstances does Paley consider to invalidate the proof of alleged miracles?

7. Show how the candour of the New Testament writers is exhibited in their account of (1) The Institution of the Eucharist, (2) Our Lord's resurrection.

8. What is meant by the " Identity of Christ's character ?" The nature and value of the evidence which it supplies.

9. Distinguish the causes which effected the spread of Mahometanism and Christianity.

VII.
BUTLER

1. State briefly what Butler's three sermons are intended to explain. Show their relation to each

other.

2. What are the general characteristics of the method adopted by Butler ?

3. Prove that benevolence is not self-love.

4. The question of benevolence "is to be judged of and determined in the same way as other facts or matters of natural history are." Explain this. 5. Explain the terms--Emulation-Envy-Final eause -Moral government-Moral sense.

6. Give an analysis of the moral facts of human nature, with an account of that principle which is psychologically supreme.

7. "Let every one then quietly follow his nature." What objections are to be made to this? What is Butler's answer to it?

8. What is the design of Chapter III. of the Analogy? Give your answer, as far as possible, in Butler's own words.

VIII.

EUCLID I., II.

N.B.-Candidates must satisfy the Examiners in both Books.

1. To draw a straight line perpendicular to a given. straight line of unlimited length, from a given pcint without it.

2. The greater angle of every triangle is subtended by the greater side.

3. To make a triangle of which the sides shall be equal to three given straight lines, but any two of these must be greator than the third.

4. If a straight line falling upon two other straight lines, make the alternate angles equal to each other; the two straight lines shall be parallel.

5. Equal triangles upon the same base and upon the same side of it, are between the same parallels.

6. If the square described upon one of the sides of a triangle, be equal to the squares described upon the other two sides of it; the angle contained by these two sides is a right angle.

7. If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, is equal to the rectangle contained by the two parts, together with the square on the aforesaid part.

8. If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the squares on the whole line, and on one of the parts, are equal to twice the rectangle contained by the whole and that part, together with the square on the other part.

9. In obtuse-angled triangles, if a perpendicular be drawn from either of the acute angles to the opposite side produced, the square on the side subtending the obtuse angle is greater than the squares on the sides containing the obtuse angle, by twice the rectangle contained by the side upon which, when produced, the perpendicular falls, and the straight line intercepted without the triangle between the perpendicular and the obtuse angle.

10. To describe a square that shall be equal to a given rectilineal figure.

11. Define a rectilineal figure, obtuse angle, parallel straight lines, line, rhomboid, trapezium, polygon.

12. State the postulates.

IX.

THE EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS.

1. Translate :-Ch. ii., vv. 11-14.

2. Translate and explain fully with reference to the context:

(α) ἐποικοδομηθέντες ἐπὶ τῷ θέμελίῳ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ προφητῶν, ὄντος ἀκρογωναίου αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.

(β) Τὸ μυστήριον τοῦτο μέγα ἐστίν. ἐγὼ δὲ λεγω εἰς Χριστὸν, καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν.

(γ) ὑποδησάμενοι τοὺς πόδας ἐν ἑτοιμασίᾳ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου τῆς εἰρήνης.

3. State the evidence, external and internal, in favour of the opinion that this Epistle was addressed to the Church at Ephesus. What other hypothesis has been maintained, and on what grounds ?

4. Draw out clearly the teaching of this Epistle concerning (1) The Person and work of Christ, (2) The origin and design of the Church.

5. Translate and explain:—ἀσωτία, ἐσφραγίσθητε, ἀρραβὼν τῆς κληρονομίας ἡμῶν, ἡ πολυποίκιλος σοφία τοῦ θεοῦ, διὰ πάσης ἀφῆς τῆς ἐπιχορηγίας, ἐκληρώθημεν, τόν ἄρχοντα τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος.

6. Mention some peculiarities of style and language in this Epistle. How may they be accounted for?

FINAL EXAMINATION IN THEOLOGY.

I.

GOSPELS OF ST. MATTHEW, ST. LUKE,
AND THE ACTS.

1. Mention such circumstances in the lives of St. Matthew and St. Luke as may shed light on the peculiar character of their several Gospels.

2. At what points do the two Evangelists respectively open their historical narrative?

3. Give a brief analysis of the Sermon on the Mount, as we have it in S. Matthew, and of the discourse on the plain in S. Luke. Give reasons for regarding them as identical, and reconcile any apparent discrepancy in the manner of the delivery or in the matters contained in them.

Translate ch. v. 17-20.—Μὴ νομίσητε

οὐρανῶν.

Distinguish between the force of καταλῦσαι in V. 17 and Avon in v. 19. Show that the teaching of Moses and oi åpɣáɩɩ in respect to the matters referred to throughout this chapter was the same in principle as that which our Lord enforces, but accommodated to the state of ruder times.

4. What is ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν which forms the subject illustrated in the majority of parables in S. Matthew's Gospel?

5. With what event in view did our Lord deliver the parables of the faithful and evil servant, the ten virgins, and the five talents? What several lessons appropriate to that event do they teach?

6. Describe the Transfiguratiou of our Lord, and the circumstances which immediately preceded and followed it. What parallel can you find to the incident in Old Testament history? How are the appearances of Moses and Elias appropriate to the occasion? What formed the subject of communication between them and our Lord? What is the Greek word which expresses it?

7. Translate St. Luke xiv. 7, 8—*Eλeye dé

δέ

and 12-16Ἔλεγε δὲ ἐκάλεσε πολλούς.

ὑπ' αὐτοῦ ;

Trace the various circumstances which, on the occasion of this visit to the Pharisee's house, suggested to our Lord his topics of conversation.

8. Who was "Zacharias, which perished between the Altar and the Temple"? Relate the circumstances of his death.

9. What arguments and illustrations does S. Luke's Gospel furnish to the Christian against covetousness and for enforcing importunate and humble prayer? 10. State the points of connection and of difference between the parables of the Lost Sheep, the Lost Piece of Money, and the Prodigal Son.

11. Where do we see the favourable impression which the righteousness of Jesus's life had made upon heathens, prior to the occurrence of those prodigies at the moment of his death, which extorted conviction from them?

12. Which of the sayings of our Lord upon the Cross does St. Luke alone record?

13. What acts of the Apostle Peter are recorded in the Acts of the Apostles ?

14. Give some account of the following persons:- -Simon the Sorcerer, Gamaliel, John whose surname was Mark, Sergius Paulus, Gallio, Felix.

15. In what city did Saul and Barnabas first exercise their ministry together? Describe its geographical and political position. What circumstances give the place importance in the early history of the Christian Church?

16. Translate Acts, ch. xxii. 37.-Εγώ μέν είμιτί με διώκέως.

Explain—ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ : ταύτην τὴν ὁδὸν :—πᾶν τὸ πρεσβυτήριον : τοὺς εκεισι ὄντας.

17. Translate ch. xv. 15-21.-Kai Tovтy σvμ&wvoûσivἀναγινωσκόμενος.

Who is the speaker? On what occasion, and on what principle, is the decision of the question at issue given?