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