Wesley Corpus

(4.) That it is bondage to do a thing because it is com manded, or forbear it because it is forbidden. (5.) That a believer is not obliged to use the ordinances of God, or to do good works. (6.) That a Preacher ought not to exhort to good works; not unbelievers, because it is hurtful; not believers, because it is needless. Q. 21. What was the occasion of St. Paul's writing his Epistle to the Galatians? A. The coming of certain men amongst the Galatians, who taught, “Except ye be circumcised, and keep the law of Moses, ye cannot be saved.” Q. 22. What is his main design therein? A. To prove, (1.) That no man can be justified or saved by the works of the law, either moral or ritual. (2.) That every believer is justified by faith in Christ, without the works of the law. Q. 23. What does he mean by “the works of the law?” (Galatians ii. 16, &c.) A. All works which do not spring from faith in Christ. Q. 24. What, by being “under the law?” (Gal. iii. 23.) A. Under the Mosaic dispensation. Q. 25. What law has Christ abolished? A. The ritual law of Moses. Q. 26. What is meant by liberty? (Gal. v. 1.) A. Liberty, (l.) From that law. (2.) From sin. ON TUESDAY MoRNING, June 26th, wAs considERED THE WITH regard to which, the questions asked, and the sub stance of the answers given, were as follows: Q. 1. What is it to be sanctified? A. To be renewed in the image of God, in righteousness and true holiness. Q. 2. Is faith the condition, or the instrument, of sanctifi cation? A. It is both the condition and instrument of it. When we begin to believe, then sanctification begins. And as faith increases, holiness increases, till we are created anew. Q. 3. What is implied in being a perfect Christian? A. The loving the Lord our God with all our heart, and with all our mind, and soul, and strength. (Deut. vi. 5, xxx. 6; Ezek. xxxvi. 25-29.) Q. 4. Does this imply that all inward sin is taken away? A. Without doubt; or how could we be said to be saved “from all our uncleannesses?” (Ver. 29.) Q. 5. Can we know one who is thus saved? What is a rea sonable proof of it? A.