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440 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT me and all the elect people of God Give Scripture proofs of both the truths here set forth Quote the words with which the Lord's Prayer is intro- duced and compare it with the teaching of Scripture Against what errors is it protest What erroneous doctrines have prevailed from time to time as to the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper Show that the teaching of the Catechism is sufficient safeguard against them Give short history of the practice of Catechetical instruc- tion What rules were laid down respecting it at the time of the Reformation IV -JJacon's Stobancrmcnt of Eearntng Give brief account of the leading events in Lord Bacon's life Mention his chief writings and at what periods of his life they were severally composed What reasons does he give for writing the Advancement of Learning What were the defects under which learning laboured in his days What remedies does he propose for those defects How far were those defects caused or increased by the character of James and the events of his reign Is there any reason for inferring from this or others of Bacon's writings that the last age had been unfavourable to learning Is there anything in the events of his life to coun- tenance that supposition State what classes of men he considered most inimical to learning what were their objections to it and how does Bacon meet them Give brief synopsis of the subjects of the Second Book 10 AVhat are the objections to Bacon's distribution of Human Learning according to the three faculties in man What is the ounder and more popular division