II. QUESTIONS. 587 endeavour to subdue them early, that I may be fitter to teach others to do it ? Do I ever take any proper occasion, in my discourse, to make some essay towards the conversion or edification of souls, as preparatories for my future ministry ? II. Questions in the Doctrinesof Divinity, proper to be proposed to Students, in their Examination, in Order to preach. WHAT argumentshave you to prove theexistence of God ? and the creation of the world by him ? How are his various perfections to he demonstrated, viz. his eternity, his unity, his immutability, his power, wisdom, good- ness, truth, &c. ? How is the light of nature proved insufficient to give solid hope to sinful creatures, and the light of grace or divine revela- tionnecessary How are the scriptures evidenced to be the word of God, both the Old Testament and the New ? How can you prove the faithful conveyance of them to our age? Was man at first created righteous and holy, and what are the proofs of it ? What was the covenant of works, under which man was created at first ? how is the fall of Adam, the first man, proved to reach his posterity ? Or what are the evidences of original sin imputed, and original sin inherent ? What is the covenant of grace ? or what way of salvation has God appointed for fallenman ? Who, or what is Jesus Christ our Saviour? Howdoth it appear that Christ is both God and man ; or that he is true man in ineffable union with the true and eternal God ? What are the transactions assigned to God the Father in the covenant of grace ? What is the doctrine of predestination, or of election of per- sons to salvation ? And how may it be proved ? How do you prove the Messiah is come ; and that Jesus Christ is the true Messiah ? What are the characters and offices assigned toChrist, in this covenant of grace ; or what are the ways, whereby he saves sinners ? In what sense are Adam and Christ the general heads of death and life ? rp
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