A PRACTICAL

EXPOSITION

OF OUR

SAVIOUR'S SERMON

ON THE

MOUNT.

By JAMES GARDINER, M. A.

Subdean and Canon Residentiary of the Church of Lincoln.

The FOURTH EDITION.

LONDON: Printed for BERNARD LINTOT, at the

Cross-Keys, between the two Temple Gates in Fleetstreet. M.DCC.XX.

MATT. V. I, 2.

ND seeing the multitudes be went up into a

mountain ; and when he was set, his disci-

ples came unto him And he open'd bis

mouth, and taught. Them, faring, &c. Page i.

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CH A P. I.

Of POVERTY of SPIRIT.

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MATT. v. 4.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the king-

dom of heaven.

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MATT. V. I.

Bleffed are they that mourn, fór they shall be com-

forted.

CH A P. III.

Of M E EK N E S S.

MATT. V. S. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

CHAP. IV.

Of hungering and thirsting after Right E

O U S N E S S.

MATT. v. 6. Bleffed are they which do hunger and thirst after

righteousness, for they shall be filled.

p. 69.

CHA P. V.

Of MERCY.

MATT.V. 7. Blessed are the merciful, for they fall obtain mercy.

p.

82.

C H A P. VI.

Of PURITY of HEART.
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MATT. V. 8. Blesed are the pure in heart, for tbey Mall see God.

CHAP. VII.
Of PEACE.

MATT. v. 9. Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be called the children of God.

p. 123

CH'A P. VIII. Of PERSECUTION for Righteoufnefs sake.

MATT. V. 10, 11, 12, Blessed are they which are perfecuted for righteous

ness fake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when men Mall revile you and per sea

cute you, and soall say all manner of evil against

you falsly for my fake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your re

ward in heaven; for so perfecuted they the Prophets which were before you.

p. 145.

CH A P. IX.
Of EXEMPLARINES S.

Matt. v. 13, 14, 15, 16, Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have

loft his favour, wherewith fall it be salted ? It is thenceforth good for nothing but to be caft out,

and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world, A city that is set on

an hill cannot be bid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a . busbel: but on a candlestick, and it giveth Light ụnto all that are in the house...

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