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The Sermon on the Mount.

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 Perf

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