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3. Durch-reisen may be used as a separable and as an inseparable verb ? with what differences in meaning, conjugation, accent? Give examples.

4. Give the imperf. I sg. and past ptcple. of these words :-Saufen, saugen, schreien, pflegen, liegen, sieden, schwören, (er-) wägen, bedürfen, bieten, beten, bitten, genesen, geniessen, heben, hauen.

5. Give the comparative of these adjj.:-Blass, karg, stark, nackt, arm, sanft, klar, lang, voll, fromm.

6. Write in German a letter to a friend describing the present season of the year.

SUPPLEMENTAL DIVINITY EXAMINATION.

JUNIOR CLASS.

DR. GWYNN.

1. State the argument for the "First Cause"; and show that it cannot be properly classified either among the a priori or the a posteriori proofs of the Being of God.

2. State, and answer, the objections urged against this argument, and show distinctly within what limits it is valid.

3. Give a brief account of the theories by which Darwin explains the Origin of Species; and show how far they are reconcilable with the belief in a beneficent Creator.

4. Discuss the proofs of the moral attributes of God; and show that they serve to supplement the proof from Final Causes.

5. Show that a belief in the creation of the world is inconsistent with a denial of the credibility of miracles.

6. Discuss the following passage :—

"If God intended that mankind should receive Christianity or any other gift, it would have agreed better with all that we know of His government to have made provision in the scheme of creation for its arising at the appointed time by gradual development.”—J. S. MILL, Theism.

7. What are the theories of the "Tendency" and the "Mythical" School, severally, as to the origin of the Gospel narratives? Show that these theories are contradictory inter se.

8. What are the grounds on which it has been attempted to assign the Fourth Gospel to the second century? How do you account for the peculiarities by which this Gospel is distinguished from the others?

9. Give some account of the evidence on which we hold that the Synoptic Gospels, as we now have them, are the work of the writers whose names they bear.

10. Explain the nature of the Arian heresy; and show that it involves error concerning the first, as well as the second, article of the Creed.

11. Show (a) from the Old Testament, that the Messiah was foretold by the Prophets as God: (b) from the New Testament, that the Lord Jesus was proclaimed by His Apostles to be God.

12. Discuss the following texts with regard to their controversial use :—Rom. ix. 5; 1 Tim. iii. 16; 1 John v. 7. How does the Revised Version deal with them?

1. Give the heads of Locke's proof of the Being and attributes of God. To what class of proofs is it to be referred?

2. How far does the a posteriori argument carry us towards proving the moral attributes of God; and what is the full and proper proof of His moral Nature?

3. State how the facts on which the Argument of Design rests are dealt with by the School of Darwin, illustrating your answer by examples and show that the Darwinian theory does not really weaken the force of that argument.

4. Why is it unsafe to rely on Intuition for our belief in the Being of God? and what is the true place of Intuition in the Theistic argument? 5. What are the grounds on which we believe in—(a) the Incarnation, (b) the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ?

6. State the argument for the truth of the Gospel Revelation derivable from the fact of the existence of the Christian Church.

7. Which are the "unquestioned" Epistles of St. Paul? Show from them that the Gospel Narrative, as we now have it, is the same as that which was taught from the beginning of Christianity.

8. Show, from the same Epistles, that St. Paul taught that Jesus Christ was God.

9. Discuss the text Philipp. ii., in its bearings on the Arian, Apolliarian, and Sabellian heresies.

10. What is meant by the "Religion of Humanity"? What does it propose as the object of worship? and what hope of immortality does it offer?

DIVINITY LECTURES.

SENIOR CLASS.-PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION.

MR. ABBOTT.

Translate :

I.

βούλομαι οὖν προσεύχεσθαι τοὺς ἄνδρας ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, ἐπαίροντας ὁσίους χεῖρας χωρὶς ὀργῆς καὶ διαλογισμοῦ· ὡσαύτως καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας ἐν καταστ τολῇ κοσμίῳ, μετὰ αἰδοῦς καὶ σωφροσύνης κοσμεῖν ἑαυτὰς, μὴ ἐν πλέγ μασιν, ἢ χρυσῷ ἢ μαργαρίταις, ἢ ἱματισμῷ πολυτελεῖ, ἀλλ ̓ ὁ πρέπει γυναιξὶν ἐπαγγελλομέναις θεοσέβειαν, δι ̓ ἔργων ἀγαθῶν. Γυνὴ ἐν ἡσυχία μανθανέτω ἐν πάσῃ ὑποταγῇ. γυναικὶ δὲ διδάσκειν οὐκ ἐπιτρέπω, οὐδὲ αὐτ θεντεῖν ἀνδρὸς, ἀλλ ̓ εἶναι ἐν ἡσυχία.

II.

Τὰς δὲ μωρὰς καὶ ἀπαιδεύτους ζητήσεις παραιτοῦ, εἰδὼς ὅτι γεννῶσι μάχας· δοῦλον δὲ Κυρίου οὐ δεῖ μάχεσθαι, ἀλλ ̓ ἤπιον εἶναι πρὸς πάντας, διδακτικὸν, ἀνεξίκακον, ἐν πραότητι παιδεύοντα τοὺς ἀντιδιατιθεμένους μήποτε δῷ αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεὸς μετάνοιαν εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας, καὶ ἀνανήψω σιν ἐκ τῆς τοῦ διαβόλου παγίδος, ἐζωγρημένοι ὑπ' αὐτοῦ, εἰς τὸ ἐκείνου θέλημα.

III.

Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος, καὶ περὶ τούτων βούλομαί σε διαβεβαιοῦσθαι, ἵνα φροντίζωσι καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι οἱ πεπιστευκότες τῷ Θεῷ· ταῦτά ἐστι τὰ καλὰ καὶ ὠφέλιμα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις. μωρὰς δὲ ζητήσεις καὶ γενεαλογίας καὶ ἔρεις καὶ μάχας νομικὰς περιΐστασο· εἰσὶ γὰρ ἀνωφελεῖς καὶ μάταιοι. Αἱρετικὸν ἄνθρωπον μετὰ μίαν καὶ δευτέραν νουθεσίαν παραιτοῦ, εἰδὼς ὅτι ἐξέστραπται ὁ τοιοῦτος, καὶ ἁμαρτάνει, ὢν αὐτοκατάκριτος.

Give the Greek of

"Who will have all men to be saved."

"The grace of God which bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men." Parse-λογισθείη, παρηκολούθησας, ὑπήνεγκα, ἐπεφάνη.

Explain-ἀναστροφή, νηφάλιος, βαθμός, προπετής, ὀρθοτομεῖν, φαιλόνη, ἐλεγμός, ἀστοχεῖν.

CIVIL LAW CLASS.

THE REGIUS PROFESSOR OF LAWS.

I. In what sense may law be properly defined to be scientia justi ac injusti? This explains a paradox of Hobbes?

2. What was the origin of Jus Gentium? Its recognition was necessitated by the political condition of the communities subject to Rome ? 3. How was it that plebiscita came to be regarded as leges? How is it that no conflict of jurisdiction rose?

4. How far is the Roman Nobility to be regarded as hereditary?

5. What was the Jus Latii, and what was the Latin Name?

6. What was the object of the Lex Aelia Sentia? What are its analogues in English Law?

7. What were the expedients by which the patrician Gentes were recruited?

8. Compare the Roman and English Law on the subject of the Guardianship of Minors.

9. Give the definition of Domicilium from the Digest, and explain its meaning.

10. According to Maine, the Roman Law relating to Women carries the stamp of a double origin?

II. The point of view from which Jurisprudence regards the Slave is of importance to him?

12. State the four postulates which form the foundation of International Law.

FEUDAL AND ENGLISH LAW.

MR. LEECH.

1. Point out traces of the Teutonic Mark System in early English Law.

2. Explain the words 'Folkland,' 'Bookland,' 'alodial,' 'trinoda necessitas,' 'livery of seisin,' 'dower,' 'curtesy.

3. What principles connected with the conception of private property in land were recognized in England before the Conquest ?

4. Write a brief sketch of the Feudal System, noticing the incidents of feudal tenure.

5. Distinguish estates of freehold and estates less than freehold, and state the different rules of devolution which prevail in case of the owner dying intestate.

6. In Bracton's time what was the effect of a gift-(a) to A and his heirs; (b) to A and the heirs of his body? At present how would you convey an estate in fee-simple to A?

INTERNATIONAL LAW CLASS.

MR. LEECH.

1. Define International Law,' and discuss the question whether it is true law.

2. Enumerate and describe the sources of International Law.

3. What are the main attributes of a Sovereign State?

4. Distinguish personal, real, and incorporate Unions, and give instances of each.

5. Write a note upon Exterritoriality, pointing out the general rule to which it is an exception.

6. Discuss the question how far the sea can be appropriated, or brought within the jurisdiction of a State.

EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF LL. B.

THE REGIUS PROFESSOR OF LAWS.

1. To lay down as a principle that all men ought to enjoy a perfect equality of rights would be to render legislation impossible?

2. The Social Contract of Hobbes is a manifest falsehood?

3. How does Bentham justify the proposition that every law is contrary to liberty? The ordinary definition of liberty is absurd?

4. How does Bentham deal with the ideas which have seduced political speculators into Communism?

5. How was it that the Emperor Augustus was originally known as

Cæsar Octavianus

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