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The Sermon on the Mount

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Table of Contents nIntroduction v nTranslator’s Note ix nBossuet’s Preface to the ‘Meditations’ xi nThe sermon on the mount 1 n 1st Day. Summary of the Sermon : eternal happiness set forth under divers names in the Eight Beatitudes 1 n 2nd Day. First Beatitude : to be poor in spirit 6 n 3rd Day. Second Beatitude : to be meek 8 n 4th Day. Third Beatitude : to be a mourner 13 n 5th Day. Fourth Beatitude : to hunger and thirst after Justice 16 n 6th Day. Fifth Beatitude : to be merciful 20 n 7th Day. Sixth Beatitude : to be clean of heart 22 n 8th Day. Seventh Beatitude : to be Peace-makers 25 n 9th Day. Eighth and last Beatitude : to suffer for Justice 29 n10th Day. The true Christian character, as shown in the Eight Beatitudes, and its opposite characteristics 31 n11th Day.

Four marks of a Christian 34 n12th Day. How Christian Justice excels that of the Heathen and the Jews 41 n13th Day. Hate, anger, insulting words : what is their punishment? 48 n14th Day. Reconciliation 53 n15th Day. Delicacy of Chastity : the plucking out of one’s eye, the cutting off of one’s hand : the indissolubility of marriage 56 n16th Day. We are not to swear : Christian simplicity 59 n17th Day. Brotherly love : extent of Christian Perfection 64 n18th Day. Extent of Christian Perfection (continued) 67 n19th Day. Relapses 71 n20th Day. Vain-glory in good works 74 n21st Day. Prayer ; and the presence of God in secret 78 n22nd Day. The Lord’s Prayer : Our Father 81 n23rd Day. Who art in Heaven 85 n24th Day. Hallowed be Thy Home 87 n25th Day. Give us this day our daily bread 90 n26th Day. Forgive us our trespasses 93 n27th Day.

Lead us not into temptation , but deliver us from evil 95 n28th Day. Of Fasting 98 n29th Day. The treasure in heaven : The single eye : The impossibility of serving two masters 100 n30th Day. On having no anxiety about this life, but trusting in Providence 104 n31st Day. We are not to be like the heathen 107 n32nd Day. Of seeking God and His justice, and in what manner 108 n33rd Day. Of avarice and riches again : we are not to put confidence in possessions 111 n34th Day. What God does for the generality of plants and animals : We are to count ourselves as His favourite flock 114 n35th Day. The same subject : of shunning all avarice 117 n36th Day. ‘Judge not’ 119 n37th Day. On seeing the smallest faults of others, and being blind to our own greatest ones 123 n38th Day. The Holy Thing : Due discernment in preaching the Gospel 124 n39th Day.

Of praying with faith ; and of ‘asking,’ ‘seeking’ and ‘knocking’ 126 n40th Day. Perseverance and humility in prayer 128 n41st Day. ‘Pray without ceasing’ 130 n42nd Day. We are to call upon God with repeated and importunate cries 132 n43rd Day. Grounds of hope in prayer 133 n44th Day. Asking through Jesus Christ : The qualities of a perfect prayer 135 n45th Day. Summary of Christian morality : What is its true end? 138 n46th Day. What true virtue consists in 140 n47th Day. The wonderful effects and invincible strength of Jesus Christ’s doctrine 143 nnDigitized by Google.”, “Translation of a portion of Méditations sur l’Évangile”, ‘Description based on print version record’, ‘Electronic reproduction’, ‘Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002’, ‘digitized

• Creator/s: Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne, 1627-1704
• Date: 1900
• Year: 1900
• Book Topics/Themes: Sermon on the mount, Meditations

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