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The Sermon On The Mount: Translated, with a short introduction, by F.M. Capes from the 'Meditations on the Gospels.
1900, Longmans, Green, and Co.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction v
Translator's Note ix
Bossuet's Preface to the 'Meditations' xi
The sermon on the mount 1
1st Day. Summary of the Sermon : eternal happiness set forth under divers names in the Eight Beatitudes 1
2nd Day. First Beatitude : to be poor in spirit 6
3rd Day. Second Beatitude : to be meek 8
4th Day. Third Beatitude : to be a mourner 13
5th Day. Fourth Beatitude : to hunger and thirst after Justice 16
6th Day. Fifth Beatitude : to be merciful 20
7th Day. Sixth Beatitude : to be clean of heart 22
8th Day. Seventh Beatitude : to be Peace-makers 25
9th Day. Eighth and last Beatitude : to suffer for Justice 29
10th Day. The true Christian character, as shown in the Eight Beatitudes, and its opposite characteristics 31
11th Day. Four marks of a Christian 34
12th Day. How Christian Justice excels that of the Heathen and the Jews 41
13th Day. Hate, anger, insulting words : what is their punishment? 48
14th Day. Reconciliation 53
15th Day. Delicacy of Chastity : the plucking out of one's eye, the cutting off of one's hand : the indissolubility of marriage 56
16th Day. We are not to swear : Christian simplicity 59
17th Day. Brotherly love : extent of Christian Perfection 64
18th Day. Extent of Christian Perfection (continued) 67
19th Day. Relapses 71
20th Day. Vain-glory in good works 74
21st Day. Prayer ; and the presence of God in secret 78
22nd Day. The Lord's Prayer : Our Father 81
23rd Day. Who art in Heaven 85
24th Day. Hallowed be Thy Home 87
25th Day. Give us this day our daily bread 90
26th Day. Forgive us our trespasses 93
27th Day. Lead us not into temptation , but deliver us from evil 95
28th Day. Of Fasting 98
29th Day. The treasure in heaven : The single eye : The impossibility of serving two masters 100
30th Day. On having no anxiety about this life, but trusting in Providence 104
31st Day. We are not to be like the heathen 107
32nd Day. Of seeking God and His justice, and in what manner 108
33rd Day. Of avarice and riches again : we are not to put confidence in possessions 111
34th Day. What God does for the generality of plants and animals : We are to count ourselves as His favourite flock 114
35th Day. The same subject : of shunning all avarice 117
36th Day. 'Judge not' 119
37th Day. On seeing the smallest faults of others, and being blind to our own greatest ones 123
38th Day. The Holy Thing : Due discernment in preaching the Gospel 124
39th Day. Of praying with faith ; and of 'asking,' 'seeking' and 'knocking' 126
40th Day. Perseverance and humility in prayer 128
41st Day. 'Pray without ceasing' 130
42nd Day. We are to call upon God with repeated and importunate cries 132
43rd Day. Grounds of hope in prayer 133
44th Day. Asking through Jesus Christ : The qualities of a perfect prayer 135
45th Day. Summary of Christian morality : What is its true end? 138
46th Day. What true virtue consists in 140
47th Day. The wonderful effects and invincible strength of Jesus Christ's doctrine 143
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