Augustine of Hippo · 354 – 430

Sermon on the Mount; Harmony of the Gospels; Sermons on NT lessons

c. 394–400 · NPNF 1st series vol. 6 (1888) · translated from the Latin

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Book I.1
Chapter I.1
Chapter II.1
Chapter III.1
Chapter IV.1
Chapter V.1
Chapter VI.1
Chapter VII.1
Chapter VIII.2
Chapter IX.2
Chapter X.2
Chapter XI.2
Chapter XII.2
Chapter XIII.3
Chapter XIV.3
Chapter XV.3
Chapter XVI.3
Chapter XVII.3
Chapter XVIII.4
Chapter XIX.4
Chapter XX.4
Chapter XXI.4
Chapter XXII.5
Chapter XXIII.5
Book II.6
Chapter I.6
Chapter II.6
Chapter III.6
Chapter IV.6
Chapter V.6
Chapter VI.7
Chapter VII.7
Chapter VIII.7
Chapter IX.7
Chapter X.7
Chapter XI.7
Chapter XII.8
Chapter XIII.8
Chapter XIV.8
Chapter XV.8
Chapter XVI.8
Chapter XVII.8
Chapter XVIII.9
Chapter XIX.9
Chapter XX.9
Chapter XXI.9
Chapter XXII.9
Chapter XXIII.10
Chapter XXIV.10
Chapter XXV.10
Book I.11
Chapter I.—On the Authority of the Gospels.11
Chapter II.—On the Order of the Evangelists, and the Principles on Which They Wrote.11
Chapter III.—Of the Fact that Matthew, Together with Mark, Had Specially in View the Kingly Character of Christ, Wherea11
Chapter IV.—Of the Fact that John Undertook the Exposition of Christ's Divinity.11
Chapter V.—Concerning the Two Virtues, of Which John is Conversant with the Contemplative, the Other Evangelists with t11
Chapter VI.—Of the Four Living Creatures in the Apocalypse, Which Have Been Taken by Some in One Application, and by Ot11
Chapter VII.—A Statement of Augustin's Reason for Undertaking This Work on the Harmony of the Evangelists, and an Examp11
Chapter VIII.—Of the Question Why, If Christ is Believed to Have Been the Wisest of Men on the Testimony of Common Narr11
Chapter IX.—Of Certain Persons Who Pretend that Christ Wrote Books on the Arts of Magic.11
Chapter X.—Of Some Who are Mad Enough to Suppose that the Books Were Inscribed with the Names of Peter and Paul.11
Chapter XI.—In Opposition to Those Who Foolishly Imagine that Christ Converted the People to Himself by Magical Arts.12
Chapter XII.—Of the Fact that the God of the Jews, After the Subjugation of that People, Was Still Not Accepted by the12
Chapter XIII.—Of the Question Why God Suffered the Jews to Be Reduced to Subjection.12
Chapter XIV.—Of the Fact that the God of the Hebrews, Although the People Were Conquered, Proved Himself to Be Unconque12
Chapter XV.—Of the Fact that the Pagans, When Constrained to Laud Christ, Have Launched Their Insults Against His Disci12
Chapter XVI.—Of the Fact That, on the Subject of the Destruction of Idols, the Apostles Taught Nothing Different from W12
Chapter XVII.—In Opposition to the Romans Who Rejected the God of Israel Alone.12
Chapter XVIII.—Of the Fact that the God of the Hebrews is Not Received by the Romans, Because His Will is that He Alone12
Chapter XIX.—The Proof that This God is the True God.12
Chapter XX.—Of the Fact that Nothing is Discovered to Have Been Predicted by the Prophets of the Pagans in Opposition t12
Chapter XXI.—An Argument for the Exclusive Worship of This God, Who, While He Prohibits Other Deities from Being Worshi12
Chapter XXII.—Of the Opinion Entertained by the Gentiles Regarding Our God.12
Chapter XXIII.—Of the Follies Which the Pagans Have Indulged in Regarding Jupiter and Saturn.12
Chapter XXIV.—Of the Fact that Those Persons Who Reject the God of Israel, in Consequence Fail to Worship All the Gods;13
Chapter XXV.—Of the Fact that the False Gods Do Not Forbid Others to Be Worshipped Along with Themselves. That the God13
Chapter XXVI.—Of the Fact that Idolatry Has Been Subverted by the Name of Christ, and by the Faith of Christians Accord13
Chapter XXVII.—An Argument Urging It Upon the Remnant of Idolaters that They Should at Length Become Servants of This T13
Chapter XXVIII.—Of the Predicted Rejection of Idols.13
Chapter XXIX.—Of the Question Why the Heathen Should Refuse to Worship the God of Israel; Even Although They Deem Him t13
Chapter XXX.—Of the Fact That, as the Prophecies Have Been Fulfilled, the God of Israel Has Now Been Made Known Everywh13
Chapter XXXI.—The Fulfilment of the Prophecies Concerning Christ.13
Chapter XXXII.—A Statement in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Apostles as Opposed to Idolatry, in the Words of the P14
Chapter XXXIII.—A Statement in Opposition to Those Who Make the Complaint that the Bliss of Human Life Has Been Impaire14
Chapter XXXIV.—Epilogue to the Preceding.14
Chapter XXXV.—Of the Fact that the Mystery of a Mediator Was Made Known to Those Who Lived in Ancient Times by the Agen14
Book II.15
The Prologue.15
Chapter I.—A Statement of the Reason Why the Enumeration of the Ancestors of Christ is Carried Down to Joseph, While Ch15
Chapter II.—An Explanation of the Sense in Which Christ is the Son of David, Although He Was Not Begotten in the Way of15
Chapter III.—A Statement of the Reason Why Matthew Enumerates One Succession of Ancestors for Christ, and Luke Another.15
Chapter IV.—Of the Reason Why Forty Generations (Not Including Christ Himself) are Found in Matthew, Although He Divide15
Chapter V.—A Statement of the Manner in Which Luke's Procedure is Proved to Be in Harmony with Matthew's in Those Matte15
Chapter VI.—On the Position Given to the Preaching of John the Baptist in All the Four Evangelists.16
Chapter VII.—Of the Two Herods.16
Chapter VIII.—An Explanation of the Statement Made by Matthew, to the Effect that Joseph Was Afraid to Go with the Infa16
Chapter IX.—An Explanation of the Circumstance that Matthew States that Joseph's Reason for Going into Galilee with the16
Chapter X.—A Statement of the Reason Why Luke Tells Us that "His Parents Went to Jerusalem Every Year at the Feast of t16
Chapter XI.—An Examination of the Question as to How It Was Possible for Them to Go Up, According to Luke's Statement,16
Chapter XII.—Concerning the Words Ascribed to John by All the Four Evangelists Respectively.16
Chapter XIII.—Of the Baptism of Jesus.17
Chapter XIV.—Of the Words or the Voice that Came from Heaven Upon Him When He Had Been Baptized.17
Chapter XV.—An Explanation of the Circumstance That, According to the Evangelist John, John the Baptist Says, "I Knew H17
Chapter XVI.—Of the Temptation of Jesus.17
Chapter XVII.—Of the Calling of the Apostles as They Were Fishing.17
Chapter XVIII.—Of the Date of His Departure into Galilee.17
Chapter XIX.—Of the Lengthened Sermon Which, According to Matthew, He Delivered on the Mount.17
Chapter XX.—An Explanation of the Circumstance that Matthew Tells Us How the Centurion Came to Jesus on Behalf of His S18
Chapter XXI.—Of the Order in Which the Narrative Concerning Peter's Mother-In-Law is Introduced.18
Chapter XXII.—Of the Order of the Incidents Which are Recorded After This Section and of the Question Whether Matthew,18
Chapter XXIII.—Of the Person Who Said to the Lord, "I Will Follow Thee Whithersoever Thou Goest;" And of the Other Thin18
Chapter XXIV.—Of the Lord's Crossing the Lake on that Occasion on Which He Slept in the Vessel, and of the Casting Out18
Chapter XXV.—Of the Man Sick of the Palsy to Whom the Lord Said, "Thy Sins are Forgiven Thee," And "Take Up Thy Bed;" A18
Chapter XXVI.—Of the Calling of Matthew, and of the Question Whether Matthew's Own Account is in Harmony with Those of18
Chapter XXVII.—Of the Feast at Which It Was Objected at Once that Christ Ate with Sinners, and that His Disciples Did N18
Chapter XXVIII.—Of the Raising of the Daughter of the Ruler of the Synagogue, and of the Woman Who Touched the Hem of H19
Chapter XXIX.—Of the Two Blind Men and the Dumb Demoniac Whose Stories are Related Only by Matthew.19
Chapter XXX.—Of the Section Where It is Recorded, that Being Moved with Compassion for the Multitudes, He Sent His Disc19
Chapter XXXI.—Of the Account Given by Matthew and Luke of the Occasion When John the Baptist Was in Prison, and Despatc19
Chapter XXXII.—Of the Occasion on Which He Upbraided the Cities Because They Repented Not, Which Incident is Recorded b19
Chapter XXXIII.—Of the Occasion on Which He Calls Them to Take His Yoke and Burden Upon Them, and of the Question as to20
Chapter XXXIV.—Of the Passage in Which It is Said that the Disciples Plucked the Ears of Corn and Ate Them; And of the20
Chapter XXXV.—Of the Man with the Withered Hand, Who Was Restored on the Sabbath-Day; And of the Question as to How Mat20
Chapter XXXVI.—Of Another Question Which Demands Our Consideration, Namely, Whether, in Passing from the Account of the20
Chapter XXXVII.—Of the Consistency of the Accounts Given by Matthew and Luke Regarding the Dumb and Blind Man Who Was P20
Chapter XXXVIII.—Of the Occasion on Which It Was Said to Him that He Cast Out Devils in the Power of Beelzebub, and of20
Chapter XXXIX.—Of the Question as to the Manner of Matthew's Agreement with Luke in the Accounts Which are Given of the20
Chapter XL.—Of the Question as to Whether There is Any Discrepancy Between Matthew on the One Hand, and Mark and Luke o20
Chapter XLI.—Of the Words Which Were Spoken Out of the Ship on the Subject of the Sower, Whose Seed, as He Sowed It, Fe20
Chapter XLII.—Of His Coming into His Own Country, and of the Astonishment of the People at His Doctrine, as They Looked20
Chapter XLIII.—Of the Mutual Consistency of the Accounts Which are Given by Matthew, Mark, and Luke of What Was Said by20
Chapter XLIV.—Of the Order in Which the Accounts of John's Imprisonment and Death are Given by These Three Evangelists.20
Chapter XLV.—Of the Order and the Method in Which All the Four Evangelists Come to the Narration of the Miracle of the21
Chapter XLVI.—Of the Question as to How the Four Evangelists Harmonize with Each Other on This Same Subject of the Mira21
Chapter XLVII.—Of His Walking Upon the Water, and of the Questions Regarding the Harmony of the Evangelists Who Have Na21
Chapter XLVIII.—Of the Absence of Any Discrepancy Between Matthew and Mark on the One Hand, and John on the Other, in t21
Chapter XLIX.—Of the Woman of Canaan Who Said, "Yet the Dogs Eat of the Crumbs Which Fall from Their Masters' Tables,"21
Chapter L.—Of the Occasion on Which He Fed the Multitudes with the Seven Loaves, and of the Question as to the Harmony21
Chapter LI.—Of Matthew's Declaration That, on Leaving These Parts, He Came into the Coasts of Magedan; And of the Quest22
Chapter LII.—Of Matthew's Agreement with Mark in the Statement About the Leaven of the Pharisees, as Regards Both the S22
Chapter LIII.—Of the Occasion on Which He Asked the Disciples Whom Men Said that He Was; And of the Question Whether, w22
Chapter LIV.—Of the Occasion on Which He Announced His Coming Passion to the Disciples, and of the Measure of Concord B22
Chapter LV.—Of the Harmony Between the Three Evangelists in the Notices Which They Subjoin of the Manner in Which the L22
Chapter LVI.—Of the Manifestation Which the Lord Made of Himself, in Company with Moses and Elias, to His Disciples on22
Chapter LVII.—Of the Harmony Between Matthew and Mark in the Accounts Given of the Occasion on Which He Spoke to the Di22
Chapter LVIII.—Of the Man Who Brought Before Him His Son, Whom the Disciples Were Unable to Heal; And of the Question C22
Chapter LIX.—Of the Occasion on Which the Disciples Were Exceeding Sorry When He Spoke to Them of His Passion, as It is22
Chapter LX.—Of His Paying the Tribute Money Out of the Mouth of the Fish, an Incident Which Matthew Alone Mentions.22
Chapter LXI.—Of the Little Child Whom He Set Before Them for Their Imitation, and of the Offences of the World; Of the22
Chapter LXII.—Of the Harmony Subsisting Between Matthew and Mark in the Accounts Which They Offer of the Time When He W22
Chapter LXIII.—Of the Little Children on Whom He Laid His Hands; Of the Rich Man to Whom He Said, "Sell All that Thou H22
Chapter LXIV.—Of the Occasions on Which He Foretold His Passion in Private to His Disciples; And of the Time When the M22
Chapter LXV.—Of the Absence of Any Antagonism Between Matthew and Mark, or Between Matthew and Luke, in the Account Off22
Chapter LXVI.—Of the Colt of the Ass Which is Mentioned by Matthew, and of the Consistency of His Account with that of22
Chapter LXVII.—Of the Expulsion of the Sellers and Buyers from the Temple, and of the Question as to the Harmony Betwee23
Chapter LXVIII.—Of the Withering of the Fig-Tree, and of the Question as to the Absence of Any Contradiction Between Ma23
Chapter LXIX.—Of the Harmony Between the First Three Evangelists in Their Accounts of the Occasion on Which the Jews As23
Chapter LXX.—Of the Two Sons Who Were Commanded by Their Father to Go into His Vineyard, and of the Vineyard Which Was23
Chapter LXXI.—Of the Marriage of the King's Son, to Which the Multitudes Were Invited; And of the Order in Which Matthe23
Chapter LXXII.—Of the Harmony Characterizing the Narratives Given by These Three Evangelists Regarding the Duty of Rend23
Chapter LXXIII.—Of the Person to Whom the Two Precepts Concerning the Love of God and the Love of Our Neighbour Were Co23
Chapter LXXIV.—Of the Passage in Which the Jews are Asked to Say Whose Son They Suppose Christ to Be; And of the Questi24
Chapter LXXV.—Of the Pharisees Who Sit in the Seat of Moses, and Enjoin Things Which They Do Not, and of the Other Word24
Chapter LXXVI.—Of the Harmony in Respect of the Order of Narration Subsisting Between Matthew and the Other Two Evangel24
Chapter LXXVII.—Of the Harmony Subsisting Between the Three Evangelists in Their Narratives of the Discourse Which He D24
Chapter LXXVIII.—Of the Question Whether There is Any Contradiction Between Matthew and Mark on the One Hand, and John24
Chapter LXXIX.—Of the Concord Between Matthew, Mark, and John in Their Notices of the Supper at Bethany, at Which the W25
Chapter LXXX.—Of the Harmony Characterizing the Accounts Which are Given by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, of the Occasion on25
Book III.26
Prologue.26
Chapter I.—Of the Method in Which the Four Evangelists are Shown to Be at One in the Accounts Given of the Lord's Suppe26
Chapter II.—Of the Proof of Their Freedom from Any Discrepancies in the Notices Given of the Predictions of Peter's Den26
Chapter III.—Of the Manner in Which It Can Be Shown that No Discrepancies Exist Between Them in the Accounts Which They26
Chapter IV.—Of What Took Place in the Piece of Ground or Garden to Which They Came on Leaving the House After the Suppe26
Chapter V.—Of the Accounts Which are Given by All the Four Evangelists in Regard to What Was Done and Said on the Occas27
Chapter VI.—Of the Harmony Characterizing the Accounts Which These Evangelists Give of What Happened When the Lord Was27
Chapter VII.—Of the Thorough Harmony of the Evangelists in the Different Accounts of What Took Place in the Early Morni27
Chapter VIII.—Of the Absence of Any Discrepancies in the Accounts Which the Evangelists Give of What Took Place in Pila28
Chapter IX.—Of the Mockery Which He Sustained at the Hands of Pilate's Cohort, and of the Harmony Subsisting Among the28
Chapter X.—Of the Method in Which We Can Reconcile the Statement Which is Made by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, to the Effec28
Chapter XI.—Of the Consistency of Matthew's Version with that of Mark in the Account of the Potion Offered Him to Drink28
Chapter XII.—Of the Concord Preserved Among All the Four Evangelists on the Subject of the Parting of His Raiment.28
Chapter XIII.—Of the Hour of the Lord's Passion, and of the Question Concerning the Absence of Any Discrepancy Between28
Chapter XIV.—Of the Harmony Preserved Among All the Evangelists on the Subject of the Two Robbers Who Were Crucified Al29
Chapter XV.—Of the Consistency of the Accounts Given by Matthew, Mark, and Luke on the Subject of the Parties Who Insul29
Chapter XVI.—Of the Derision Ascribed to the Robbers, and of the Question Regarding the Absence of Any Discrepancy Betw29
Chapter XVII.—Of the Harmony of the Four Evangelists in Their Notices of the Draught of Vinegar.29
Chapter XVIII.—Of the Lord's Successive Utterances When He Was About to Die; And of the Question Whether Matthew and Ma29
Chapter XIX.—Of the Rending of the Veil of the Temple, and of the Question Whether Matthew and Mark Really Harmonize wi29
Chapter XX.—Of the Question as to the Consistency of the Several Notices Given by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, on the Subje29
Chapter XXI.—Of the Women Who Were Standing There, and of the Question Whether Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Who Have Stated29
Chapter XXII.—Of the Question Whether the Evangelists are All at One on the Subject of the Narrative Regarding Joseph,29
Chapter XXIII.—Of the Question Whether the First Three Evangelists are Quite in Harmony with John in the Accounts Given29
Chapter XXIV.—Of the Absence of All Discrepancies in the Narratives Constructed by the Four Evangelists on the Subject29
Chapter XXV.—Of Christ's Subsequent Manifestations of Himself to the Disciples, and of the Question Whether a Thorough30
Book IV.31
Prologue.31
Chapter I.—Of the Question Regarding the Proof that Mark's Gospel is in Harmony with the Rest in What is Narrated (Thos31
Chapter II.—Of the Man Out of Whom the Unclean Spirit that Was Tormenting Him Was Cast, and of the Question Whether Mar31
Chapter III.—Of the Question Whether Mark's Reports of the Repeated Occasions on Which the Name of Peter Was Brought in31
Chapter IV.—Of the Words, "The More He Charged Them to Tell No One, So Much the More a Great Deal They Published It;" A31
Chapter V.—Of the Statement Which John Made Concerning the Man Who Cast Out Devils Although He Did Not Belong to the Ci31
Chapter VI.—Of the Circumstance that Mark Has Recorded More Than Luke as Spoken by the Lord in Connection with the Case31
Chapter VII.—Of the Fact that from This Point on to the Lord's Supper, with Which Act the Discussion of All the Narrati31
Chapter VIII.—Of Luke's Gospel, and Specially of the Harmony Between Its Commencement and the Beginning of the Book of31
Chapter IX.—Of the Question How It Can Be Shown that the Narrative of the Haul of Fishes Which Luke Has Given Us is Not31
Chapter X.—Of the Evangelist John, and the Distinction Between Him and the Other Three.31
Sermon I.32
LI. Benedictine Edition.32
Sermon II.33
LII. Ben.33
Sermon III.34
LIII. Ben.34
Sermon IV.35
LIV. Ben.35
Sermon V.35
LV. Ben.35
Sermon VI.36
LVI. Ben.36
Sermon VII.37
LVII. Ben.37
Sermon VIII.38
LVIII. Ben.38
Sermon IX.39
LIX. Ben.39
Sermon X.39
LX. Ben.39
Sermon XI.40
LXI. Ben.40
Sermon XII.41
LXII. Ben.41
Sermon XIII.42
LXIII. Ben.42
Sermon XIV.42
LXIV. Ben.42
Sermon XV.42
LXV. Ben.42
Sermon XVI.43
LXVI. Ben.43
Sermon XVII.43
LXVII. Ben.43
Sermon XVIII.44
LXVIII. Ben.44
Sermon XIX.44
LXIX. Ben.44
Sermon XX.45
LXX. Ben.45
Sermon XXI.45
LXXI. Ben.45
Sermon XXII.46
LXXII. Ben.46
Sermon XXIII.46
LXXIII. Ben.46
Sermon XXIV.47
LXXIV. Ben.47
Sermon XXV.47
LXXV. Ben.47
Sermon XXVI.48
LXXVI. Ben.48
Sermon XXVII.49
LXXVII. Ben.49
Sermon XXVIII.50
LXXVIII. Ben.50
Sermon XXIX.50
LXXIX. Ben.50
Sermon XXX.50
LXXX. Ben.50
Sermon XXXI.51
LXXXI. Ben.51
Sermon XXXII.52
LXXXII. Ben.52
Sermon XXXIII.53
LXXXIII. Ben.53
Sermon XXXIV.54
LXXXIV. Ben.54
Sermon XXXV.54
LXXXV. Ben.54
Sermon XXXVI.55
LXXXVI. Ben.55
Sermon XXXVII.56
LXXXVII. Ben.56
Sermon XXXVIII.57
LXXXVIII. Ben.57
Sermon XXXIX.58
LXXXIX. Ben.58
Sermon XL.59
XC. Ben.59
Sermon XLI.60
XCI. Ben.60
Sermon XLII.61
XCII. Ben.61
Sermon XLIII.61
XCIII. Ben.61
Sermon XLIV.62
XCIV. Ben.62
Sermon XLV.62
XCV. Ben.62
Sermon XLVI.63
XCVI. Ben.63
Sermon XLVII.64
XCVII. Ben.64
Sermon XLVIII.64
XCVIII. Ben.64
Sermon XLIX.65
XCIX. Ben.65
Sermon L.66
C. Ben.66
Sermon LI.66
CI. Ben.66
Sermon LII.67
CII. Ben.67
Sermon LIII.67
CIII. Ben.67
Sermon LIV.68
CIV. Ben.68
Sermon LV.68
CV. Ben.68
Sermon LVI.69
CVI. Ben.69
Sermon LVII.69
CVII. Ben.69
Sermon LVIII.70
CVIII. Ben.70
Sermon LIX.70
CIX. Ben.70
Sermon LX.71
CX. Ben.71
Sermon LXI.71
CXI. Ben.71
Sermon LXII.72
XCII. Ben.72
Sermon LXIII.73
CXIII. Ben.73
Sermon LXIV.74
CXIV. Ben.74
Sermon LXV.74
CXV. Ben.74
Sermon LXVI.75
CXVI. Ben.75
Sermon LXVII.76
CXVII. Ben.76
Sermon LXVIII.77
CXVIII. Ben.77
Sermon LXIX.77
CXIX. Ben.77
Sermon LXX.78
CXX. Ben.78
Sermon LXXI.78
CXXI. Ben.78
Sermon LXXII.79
CXXII. Ben.79
Sermon LXXIII.80
CXXIII. Ben.80
Sermon LXXIV.80
CXXIV. Ben.80
Sermon LXXV.81
CXXV. Ben.81
Sermon LXXVI.82
CXXVI. Ben.82
Sermon LXXVII.83
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Sermon LXXVIII.84
CXXVIII. Ben.84
Sermon LXXIX.85
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Sermon LXXX.86
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Sermon LXXXI.86
CXXXI. Ben.86
Sermon LXXXII.87
CXXXII. Ben.87
Sermon LXXXIII.87
CXXXIII. Ben.87
Sermon LXXXIV.88
CXXXIV. Ben.88
Sermon LXXXV.88
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Sermon LXXXVI.89
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Sermon LXXXVII.90
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Sermon LXXXVIII.91
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Sermon LXXXIX.92
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Sermon XC.92
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Sermon XCI.93
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Sermon XCII.93
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Sermon XCIII.94
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Sermon XCIV.94
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Sermon XCVI.96
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Sermon XCVII.96
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Sermon on the Mount; Harmony of the Gospels; Sermons on NT lessons

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