Maybe it was intended for the Augustinian Community of Santa Maria Annunziata in Cremona. A sixth sermon was part of a projected trilogy on moral and spiritual lukewarmness. The sermons are addressed to noble laymen, married, with children, active members of the Amicizia oratory, in the years 1529-1530, when Anthony Mary was a priest. However, their content is applicable to everyone. The above-mentioned appendix to Sermon 1 proves it.
All sermons have the same structure.
They are divided in two parts. The first one treats of a specific theme. The second part is an extensive exposition of each commandment and its practice, Sermons 1 - 5 . The sermons exhibit a more elaborate style than that of the letters. The language, though direct, reveals greater care and elegance.