A PRACTICAL

EXPOSITION

OF OUR

SAVIOUR'S SERMON

ΟΝ ΤΗ Ε

MOUNT.

By JAMES GARDINER, M. A. Subdean and Canon Refidentiary

of the Church of Lincoln.

The FOURTH EDITION.

LONDON:

Printed for BERNARD LINTOT, at the Crofs-Keys, between the two Temple Gates in Fleetftreet. M.DCC.XX.

THE

CONTENTS.

The INTRODUCTION.

MATT. V. I, 2.

ND feeing the maltitudes be went up into a

mountain, and when he was fet, his difci-

ples came unto him And he open'd his

mouth, and taught them, faying, &c.

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CHAP. I.

Of POVERTY of SPIRIT.

MATT. V. 4.

Page i.

Bleffed are the poor in fpirit, for theirs is the king-

dom of heaven..

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T CHAP. ITO

Of MOURNING.

Ti

MATT. V. f.

Page 1.

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

forted.

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P. 15.

CHAP.

CHA P. III.

Of MEEKNE S S.

MATT. V. 5.

Bleffed are the meek, for they fhall inherit the earth.

CHAP. IV.

P. 36.

Of hungering and thirsting after RIGHTE

OUSNESS.

MATT. V. 6.

Bleffed are they which do hunger and thirst after

righteousness, for they shall be filled.

p. 69.

Bleffed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

P. 82.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall fee God.

p. 100.

CHAP.

CHAP. VII.

Of PEACE.

MATT. V. 9.

Bleffed are the peace-makers, for they fhall be called

the children of God.

CHAP. VIII.

P. 123.

Of PERSECUTION for Righteousness fake.

MATT. V. 10, 11, 12,

Blessed are they which are perfecuted for righteous-

nefs fake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Bleed are ye when men fhall revile you and perfe-

cute you, and fball fay all manner of evil against

you falfly for my fake.

Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for
for great is your re-

ward in heaven; for fo perfecuted they the Pro-

phets which were before you.

CHAP. IX.

Of EXEMPLARINESS.

MATT. V. 13, 14, 15, 16,

P. 145.

Ye are the falt of the earth; but if the falt have

loft his favour, wherewith fhall it be falted? It

is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out,

and to be trodden under foot of men.

Te are the light of the world. A city that is fet on

an hill cannot be hid.

Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a

bufhel: but on a candlestick, and it giveth light

unto all that are in the house..

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Let