Index rerum quae in hoc quinto volumine continentur

INDEX OF THE MATTERS CONTAINED IN THIS FIFTH VOLUME.

Preface to the fifth tome. 9-10

List of the manuscripts against which the sermons of this fifth tome have been revised, and the signs by which the manuscripts are indicated. 21-22

All the sermons to the people of St Aurelius Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, now for the first time gathered into four classes. 23-24

First class. Sermons on the Scriptures. Ibid.

First sermon. On what is written, Gen. I, 1, In the beginning God made heaven and earth; and John I, 1, In the beginning was the Word: against the Manichaeans. — The calumnies of the Manichaeans against the old law. Ibid.

Serm. II. On the testing of Abraham by God. — 1. Abraham's faith and piety. 2. God testing Abraham displeases the Manichaeans without cause. 3. What God's testing aims at. 4. What He has given is not to be put before God. 5. God is said to learn when He makes us learn. 6. Waiting upon God. 7. The figures of the Scriptures cling to things truly done. 8. The history of Isaac is both true and figurative. 9. Justification by faith without works. 26-31

Serm. III. On Hagar and Ishmael. — How heretics and schismatics belong to Hagar and Ishmael. 32

Serm. IV. On Jacob and Esau. — 1. To be spiritually minded is given by the Holy Spirit. 2. Peter, carnally minded, weak. His fortitude and that of all the martyrs is from the Holy Spirit. 3. Esau represents the carnal, Jacob the spiritual. 4. The life of the Angels is blessed from the vision of God. 5. God is not something bodily, nor such as can be formed by our thought. 6. What is to be thought when God is spoken of. He touches on the error of the Manichaeans. 7. Of what kind the Light that God is is to be thought. 8. What kind of happiness is to be hoped for in the world to come. The two Testaments. 9. The difference and harmony of the Old and New Testaments. This world is the desert for the Christian. 10. The things that befell the people of Israel are figures of us. 11. What Isaac and Rebecca figured in the blessing of Jacob. All the saints belong to the Church. 12. The carnal in the Church are in the lot of Esau. 13. The blessing of the younger under the appearance of the elder. 14. The sins of others are to be borne patiently. 15. How Jacob was without guile and with guile. 16-17. What it is to have kids' skins. 18. Two kids, two peoples. 19. Why the kids are peoples. 20. The sins of others are to be borne so that they may be corrected. Charity. 21. Isaac understood a figure in Jacob's guile. 22. A guile that is no guile. 23. What the guile in Jacob was. Jacob is defended from falsehood. 24. The blessing of Jacob. 25. One thing signified in many ways. 26. The Church a field. 27. The blessing of Esau. 28-29. Jacob's supplanting. 30. In the blessing, what was proper to Jacob and what common to Jacob and Esau. 31. The Scriptures and the Sacraments are common to the good and the bad. 32. All nations subjected to the spiritual. 33. Why not subjected to the carnal

nations. 34. Against the schismatics. 35. The blessing wrung out. 36. Epilogue on the fight against the devil to be taken up after the example of the martyrs. The birthday of the martyr Vincent. 37. The martyrs are to be imitated. 33-52

Serm. V. On Jacob's wrestling with the angel. — 1. The good are to be imitated, but the bad tolerated until the separation is made at the last judgement. 2. Debts are to be forgiven to enemies. An enemy is to be loved in such a way that he is nevertheless rebuked. 3. We must wrestle so as to follow Christ's charity and patience by imitation. 4. Jacob and Esau figures of the Christian and the Jewish people. 5. The Jews the servants of the Christians. 6. Jacob's wrestling with the angel. 7. What the angel's unwillingness to be held signifies. 52-58

Serm. VI. On the Lord's appearing to Moses in the bush. — 1. How God appeared to Moses. 2. God appeared to Moses through an angel. 3. Why God's appearing was made in a bush. 4. The name of God. 5. Another name of God. 6. The signs given to Moses. 7. What the rod signifies; what the serpent. 8. What Moses' hand and bosom signify; what the water. 59-62

Serm. VII. On the reading from Exodus, on the bush in which there was a flame, and the bush was not burnt up. — 1. What is to be noticed in the appearing from the bush. 2. What the bush not consumed by the flame clinging to it signifies. 3. The opinion of some, that He Who spoke to Moses was Christ. 4. In that opinion the argument of the Arians is to be guarded against. 5. The view of others, that an angel appeared to Moses, not Christ. 62-66

Serm. VIII. On the ten plagues and the ten commandments. 67

Serm. IX. On the ten strings. 75

Serm. X. On the judgement of Solomon between two harlot women. — 1. Account of the event. 2. The two women contending before Solomon over a son, the Synagogue and the Church. The life of the Sacraments, Christ. 3. The Jews falsely boasting that Christian grace is owed to them. 4. Hypocrisy must be fought in such a way that the danger of schism is avoided. 5. Another meaning of the two women. 6. Pretenders in the Church come after the good workmen. 7. The fraud of pretenders against good workmen. 8. Let one's own honour be despised, so that the unity of the Church may be preserved. ⟨9⟩1-96

Serm. XI. On Elijah and the widow of Zarephath. — 1. Works of piety are to be practised in this present time. 2. Why Elijah is sent to a poor widow to be fed. How God is understood to command. 3. The reward of good works is not to be hoped for in this time. 99

Serm. XII. On what is written in Job, chap. I, 6, And behold, the angels came into the sight of God, and the devil in the midst of them, etc., and on what is said in the Gospel, Matt. V, 8, Blessed are they who are of pure heart, for they shall see God; against the Manichaeans. — 1. The calumny of the Manichaeans against the book of Job. 2. Adimantus's slanderous objection from the Apostle. The princes of this world. The world, sinners. The devil the prince

of sin. 3. How the devil came into the sight of God. 4. God speaks to us in various ways. 5. The devil was able to hear the voice of God. 6. What it means that the devil came into the sight of God. 7. How the devil was in the midst of the angels. 8. The Manichaeans refuted from their own doctrine. 9. The Manichaeans do not deny that Christ was seen by the devil. Angels appear through a true body assumed. 10. How Christ appeared to the devil. 11. The Manichaeans are pressed with the fact that the sun, which they think God, is seen by the wicked. 12. Why Christ was born of a woman. The Son of God was not changed through the incarnation. 100-105

Serm. XIII. On what is written in Psalm II, 10, Be instructed, all you who judge the earth. — 1. What it is to judge the earth. 2. He who presumes on his own strength perishes from the just way. One must trust in the Lord. Humble in a disordered way. 3. A good will is stirred up by God. 4. To judges. On the adulterous woman. 5. She obtains mercy. 6. Paul's words on authority. 7. Let the judge pronounce sentence first upon himself, then upon others. 8. Let him pursue the sins, not the sinner. 9. Discipline and correction are not to be neglected. He who strikes is kind; he who spares, cruel. 107-111

Serm. XIV. On verse 14 of Psalm IX, To Thee the poor man is left; Thou wilt be a helper to the orphan. — 1. Who the true poor man is. 2. The rich must beware of pride. 3. Let the poor not be puffed up over the lot of Lazarus. 4. Poor and rich are in the same lot of happiness, if both are humble. Abraham's bosom. 5. The truly poor man is scarcely found in the crowd of the poor. 6. Riches full of dangers and doomed to perish. 7. A poor man worse than a rich one through his desires. 8. The poor man compared again with the rich. 9. The true poor man. Christ poor and rich. The poverty of Christ. 10. Who the orphan is. 111-116

Serm. XV. On verse 8 of Psalm XXV, Lord, I have loved the beauty of Thy house, and the place of the tabernacle of Thy glory. — 1. The beauty of God's house. The living Church. 2. The number, and beyond the number. Vessels unto honour, vessels unto dishonour. 3. It belongs to the wicked to use good things badly; to God, on the contrary, to use bad things well. Adulterous and fornicating souls. 4. To what end the wicked are in the world. 5. The abundance of the wicked, for the purging of the good. 6. The wicked outside and within are to be tolerated. 7. Constancy in bearing the wicked within. 8. Hard commands, but great promises. 9. The wicked are many for this reason, that the good may be exercised. The dregs, the oil. 116-120

Serm. XVI. On what is written in Psalm XXXIII, 13, Who is the man who wills life, and loves to see good days? — 1. The present life is not even life. 2. A good life is to be pursued here. What it is to redeem the time. 3. What life is set forth in the Psalm. 4. The good days in the Psalm are promised not of this world but of the eternal one. To speak guile. 5. With what ardour peace and eternal life are to be sought. 121-124

Serm. XVII. On what is said in Psalm XLIX, 3, God shall come manifestly, our God, and shall not keep silence, etc. — 1. The last judgement. 2. The office laid upon those set over others. The wish of a devout pastor. 3. Sins grow cheap by habit and are not felt. Drunkenness. Excommunication. 4. God sees and hates sinners, even if He is silent now. 5. God's judgement upon sinners. The time for repentance. 6. The remedy is not to be looked for after sin. 7. The shortness of life. Man more fragile than glass. 124-128

Serm. XVIII. On the same verse of Psalm XLIX, God shall come manifestly, etc. — 1. Christ's one coming hidden, the other manifest. God's commandments are laughed at by some. The perverse judgement of carnal men. 2. Why God judges some things now, not all. 3. The treasure of works, whether good or bad. 4. His own treasure awaits each one. The poor are porters for the rich. 5. Fruitless repentance. 128-131

Serm. XIX. On what is written in Psalm L, 5, For I acknowledge my iniquity; and in Psalm LXXII, 1, How good is the God of Israel to the right of heart! — 1. God is to be asked to turn His face away not from us but from our sins. 2. It belongs to the penitent both to acknowledge and to punish his own sins. 3. God is to be appeased by the sacrifice of a contrite heart. 4. What displeases God ought to displease man, and the reverse. Happiness is not to be sought here. The hearers' acclamation. The scandal of the prosperity of the wicked. 5. What happiness and reward are to be expected from God. 6. We are admonished by daily dangers to live well. 132-136

Serm. XX. On verse 12 of Psalm L, Create a clean heart in me, O God; and on verse 5 of Psalm XL, I said, Lord, have mercy on me, etc. — 1. The sinner cannot rise again from sin by himself without grace. 2. Confession of sin is necessary for pardon to be obtained. Sin must be punished, either by the sinner himself or by God. Excusing sin is wicked and is suggested by the devil.

3. Both despair and hope are a cause of impenitence and perdition. 4. Conversion is not to be put off. A man wants all that is his to be good, except his life. 5. Priests who minister the word of God. 137 141

Serm. XXI. On what is written in Psalm LXIII, 11, The just man shall rejoice in the Lord. — 1. The joy of the devout in God even in this life. 2. We draw near to God now by humility and charity. 3. Sin itself is not loved, but the disordered love of the creature is itself the sin. 4. Against those who put the creature before God. 5. Faithfulness is loved by all, even if perhaps it is not seen. 6. Faithfulness is honoured in a servant. 7. Faithfulness owed to God by the servants bought with His blood. 8. Joy in God and in the eternal goods that He has given. He is right of heart who praises the father's scourge. 9. The delight of the devout in God when earthly things are lost. 10. What use of gold is bad, what good. 142-148

Serm. XXII. On verse 3 of Psalm LXVII, As smoke vanishes, so let them vanish, etc. — 1. The prophet, using the figure of one who wishes, signifies the certainty of his vision. 2. In the figure of the prophet wishing, the approval of the divine decree is to be understood. 3. In what ways God urges to repentance. God's scourge is our admonition. Fruitless and fruitful repentance. 4. Faith in the judgement to come is strengthened by so many other predictions fulfilled. The blood of the martyrs a seed. 5. God both just and merciful. 6. When the accused is changed, the judge is changed. 7. Let the sinner perish, lest the man perish. 8. Those who defend their sins vanish like smoke. 9. How great is God's mercy towards man. 10. Two parents unto life, and two unto death. 148-154

Serm. XXIII. On verse 24 of Psalm LXXII, Thou hast held my right hand; and on the vision of God. — 1. The office of teachers is dangerous, the condition of hearers safer. 2. All are fellow-pupils under Christ the master. The duty of hearers towards teachers. 3. The holy Scriptures adapted to the weakness of little ones. 4. Which hearers are carnal, which spiritual. 5. To understand belongs only to one who perceives what is true. To be deceived about God is dangerous; to lie about Him, ruinous. 6. Carnal thinking about God. 7. The heart of the faithful man a temple not narrow for God. Fear has narrowness, love breadth. 8. The enlarging of the heart from charity, which is called both an earnest and a pledge. How an earnest and a pledge differ. 9. Charity is more truly called an earnest than a pledge. 10. The source of charity the highest good. 11. Goods proper to the devout. 12. How men and the sons of men are distinguished. 13. Charity is loved, and yet not felt. 14. How God appeared here to Moses. 15. God appeared without change of Himself in the form in which He willed. 16. God will be seen by His sons as He is. 17. The peacemakers sons of God. 18. God will be seen only by the peacemakers 153-162

Serm. XXIV. On verse 2 of Psalm LXXXII, O God, who is like Thee? — 1. He congratulates the faithful fired with zeal for God against idols. 2. The kindness of Christians towards Pagans. 3. Not even a man may be compared to the true God, much less the idol of Hercules, whose inscription is refuted. 4. How it is asked that God should not be silent nor grow mild. 5. The zeal of certain of the faithful against idols. 6. He congratulates the citizens that they will not have the Roman gods, thrown down at Rome, stand at Carthage. 7 God mild in being angry. 162-166

Serm. XXV. On the little verse 12 of Psalm XCIII, Blessed is the man whom Thou shalt instruct, O Lord, etc. — 1. The Gospel the law of the New Testament. The promises of the old law are to be understood spiritually. 2. The bondage of the old law, when God is worshipped for earthly things. Lift up the heart. 3. Evil days from the beginning of sin. 4. Whence the evil days come. 5. Evil days help the devout to find good days. 6. On what condition good days are set before us. 7. What kind of peace we are commanded to follow. Lift up the heart. 8. Christ is to be clothed and received in the poor man. 167-170

Serm. XXVI. On the words of Psalm XCIV, Come, let us adore and fall down before Him, let us weep before the Lord Who made us, etc. And on the words of the Apostle to the Galatians, chap. 2: For if justice is through the law, etc., and chap. 3, For if a law had been given that could give life; and to the Romans, chap. 9, O man, who are you, etc., and chap. 11, O the depth! etc. Against the heresy of the Pelagians —1. Man, created by God, is not forsaken by God when he asks Him. 2. The error of the Pelagians, that they were made men by God, but just by themselves. 3. What free will can do without God. 4. What we are as men, we are by God's making. The grace of creation The election of God. 5. If we are faithful, we are so by the grace of God. 6. Grace. 7. The grace of Christ the Mediator. The Mediator. 8. The Pelagian heresy is shuddered at as it arises, and pretends to admit the grace of God. 9. The grace of Christ must be admitted as necessary beyond nature and the law. To what end the law was given. 10. The Manichaeans'

heresy about the author of the old law. 11. The insufficiency of the law given; the necessity of grace figured in Elisha. 12. The grace of Christians. 13. The mass of perdition, out of which we have been chosen. The election out of the mass of perdition unsearchable. 14. Grace excludes all preceding merit. 15. Nothing is to be claimed for ourselves. 171-178

Serm. XXVII. On the title and the first little verses of Psalm XCV; and on the words of the Apostle to the Romans IX, I will have mercy on whom I have had mercy, etc. Against the Pelagians. — 1. The house of God, which is now being built. 2. The captivity from which we are set free through Christ. 3. In God, Who has mercy on whom He wills, there is no iniquity. 4. Why God has mercy on whom He wills, man cannot grasp. 5. How here all things were made known to the Apostles. 6. Let the equity of God, Who has mercy on whom He wills, be believed now, until it is seen hereafter. The sign of the cross. 7. The judgements of God in the mystery of grace are not to be scrutinized by reason, but followed with wonder. 178-181

Serm. XXVIII. On the little verse 3 of Psalm CIV, Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice. — 1. We must rejoice in heart in God. 2. God is light to the heart, and fragrance, and food. 3. Light, the food of the eyes, feeds many without diminution of itself. 4. The sound and the meaning of a voice reach many without being divided. 5. On understanding. 182-184

Serm. XXIX. — On verse 1 of Psalm CXVII, Confess to the Lord, for He is good. — 1. God alone is good of Himself, from Whom are all other good things. 2. Confession is twofold, of one who praises and of one who repents. 3. Confession of sins is necessary for salvation. 4. Both confessions, of praise and of sin, are owed to God. 5. The bad man wants all things good except himself. 6. Sin must be punished either by God or by the penitent man. 185-187

Serm. XXX. On the words of Psalm CXVIII, Direct my steps, etc. And of the Apostle, Rom. VII, The law is spiritual, but I am carnal, etc. Against the Pelagians. — 1. The dominion of iniquity over man before grace. 2. Man's captivity from sin. 3. The adversary of grace is refuted by the experience of his own weakness. 4. The struggle of flesh and spirit. 5. The false defender of nature ungrateful to the physician. 6. What is to be done in the struggle of flesh and spirit. 7. The adversary of grace is under the yoke of iniquity. 8. The prayer of the Church refutes the enemy of grace. 9. Christ the master of humility. 10. Whence Christ's yoke is sweet. The Pelagians' argumentation. 187-192

Serm. XXXI. On the words of Psalm CXXV, 5, 6, Those who sow in tears, etc. — 1. To sow in tears belongs to all Christians. 2. The passion and reward of the martyrs foretold in the Psalm. 3. Certain weaker Christians sowing in tears. 4. How all sow in tears. Every just man weeps the more abundantly here. 5. The prayers of the just with groaning. 6. The tears of the devout are compared with the weeping of the ungodly. 192-195

Serm. XXXII. On Psalm CXLIII. On Goliath and David, and on contempt of the world. — 1. Remedies in the divine Scriptures. 2. The title of the Psalm. 3. Description of Goliath and of David. 4. David's confidence in God. 5. What mystery David's five stones hold. 6. A rule for understanding the allegories of Scripture. 7. What the stones lifted from the river and put in the shepherd's vessel signify. 8. The people of the Jews did not fulfil the law, because it feared, it did not love. 9. Let man not presume on his own strength. 10. Nothing is man's own but sin and falsehood. 11. Two doors for the devil the tempter, desire and fear. 12. Christ found all guilty. 13. What the sign of the cross on the forehead signifies. 14. The temptation of desire. 15. The temptation of fear. 16. A bad man does no real harm to a good one, but profits him. 17. The bad man a sharp razor. 18. Happiness is not to be placed in temporal things. 19. The prosperity of the ungodly a scandal to some. He who asks for superfluous things is not heard, God being merciful. 20. The abuse of riches. 21. How desire for temporal things is unjust towards one's neighbour. 22. The bad think one way, the good another, about earthly happiness. 23. The fruit of the word of God is to be required even of one who does not hear. 24. Worldly happiness, even that which seems lawful, is to be despised. 25. Whoever sets great store by the happiness of the world is a foreigner. 26. Goliath's pride from earthly happiness. 27. Against those who rejoice in earthly happiness. 28. Which people is blessed. 196-206

Serm. XXXIII. On verse 9 of the same Psalm CXLIII, O God, I will sing a new song to Thee; on a psaltery of ten strings I will sing psalms to Thee. — 1 By charity the new song is sung. 2. The law is fulfilled by charity. 3. The three commandments that concern God. The sabbath

spiritual sabbath. The sabbath of sabbaths. 4. The seven commandments that concern one's neighbour. 5. Whose part it is to sing the new song. The Donatists do not sing it. 207-209

Serm. XXXIV. On these words of Psalm CXLIX, 1, 2, Sing to the Lord a new song, His praise in the Church of the saints, etc. On the new song and the new life. — 1. Whose part it is to sing the new song. 2. Charity from God. 3. We love God from God. Idols of the heart. 4. The lowest love. 5. God, when He is loved, is at once possessed. 6. We must sing to the Lord both with our mouths and with our morals. 7. The price at which charity is to be bought. 8. How much our neighbour is to be loved. 9. Prayer after the sermon. 209-213

Serm. XXXV. On what is written in the Proverbs of Solomon, If you are wise, you will be so for yourself and for your neighbours; but if you turn out wicked, you alone will drain the evils Chap. IX, v. 12, according to the Seventy. 213

Serm. XXXVI. On what is written in the same place, chap. XIII, vv. 7, 8, There are those who make themselves out rich, having nothing; and there are those who humble themselves, though they are rich. The ransom of a man's soul is his riches; but the poor man does not bear threats. — 1. Exposition of the words of Scripture. 2. The disease of riches, pride. 3. The rich not of this world. The poverty and the riches of Christ. 4. All good believers are rich within. What our winter and summer are. 5. The rich of this world not despised by Christ. The emptiness and danger of riches. 6. For what riches can be of use. 7. Rich with inward riches. 8. Inward riches, faith, to be preferred to gold. 9. Riches are to be spent on alms for the salvation of the soul. 10. The poverty of a soul that fails for fear of threats. 11. True riches are to be sought from God. 215-219

Serm. XXXVII. On the reading from the Proverbs of Solomon, from the place where it is said, Who shall find a valiant woman? etc., as far as, And let her husband be praised in the gates. Chap. XXXI, vv. 10-31. — 1. What is said of the valiant woman in that chapter of Proverbs refers to the Church. 2. The Church cannot be hidden. 3. The woman described above by Augustine is more precious than precious stones. 4. The heart of her husband trusts in her. 5. For she does her husband good and not evil all the time. 6. Finding wool and flax, she has made something useful with her hands. 7. She rises in the night, and has given food to her household and work to her maids. 8-9. Looking at a field, she has bought it. 10. Strongly girding her loins, she has strengthened her arms. 11. Her lamp shall not be put out all night. 12. She stretches out her hands to useful things. 13. She has also strengthened her arms for use. 14. She has opened her hands to the poor. 15. Her husband is not anxious about the things that are in the house when he stays anywhere. 16. All with her are clothed. 17. She has made double cloaks for her husband. 18. She has made herself garments of fine linen and purple. 19. Her husband becomes conspicuous in the gates. 20. She has made fine linen cloths and sold them. 21. And girdles to the Canaanites. 22. She is clothed with strength and beauty. 23. She has opened her mouth attentively. She has set in order the course of her tongue. 24. The ways of her household strict. 25. Her sons have risen up and been made rich. 26. And her husband has praised her. 27-28. Many daughters have gathered riches. 29. False charms, and vain beauty. 30. The business of the blessed is nothing else but to praise God. 221-233

Serm. XXXVIII. On the words of Ecclesiasticus II, 1-3, Son, when you come to the service of God, etc. And on the words of Psalm XXXVIII, 7, Although man walks in an image, etc. On continence and endurance. — 1. The two virtues of this life. 2. Good and evil things common to the good and the bad. The scandal of the prosperity of the wicked. 3. Faith necessary here. The time of faith and the time of sight. 4. The time of faith is laborious. 5. Faith the first commandment. Man's life decreases by growing. 6. Men labour for their desires; they will not labour for God's promises. 7. Fear of death is a continual tribulation to the rich man. 8. Riches are placed in safety when they are given away. Almsgiving a devout loan to God. 9. Riches are to be sent ahead into heaven. 10. Faith in the heart, like Christ sleeping in the boat, is to be roused. 11. The world abandons its lovers. 233-241

Serm. XXXIX. On what is written in Ecclesiasticus V, 8, 9, Do not delay to be converted to God, and do not put it off from day to day. And on the words of the Apostle, I Tim. VI, 7-19, We brought nothing into this world, etc. — 1. Conversion is not to be put off. 2. Contempt of the world. 3. How dangerous the desire of riches is. 4. Pride the worm of riches. 5. The use of riches in good works. 6. With what measure and

to what end alms are to be given. 241-243

Serm. XL. On the same place of Ecclesiasticus V, 8, Do not delay to be converted to God, etc. Against those who put off conversion from day to day, of whom some perish by hoping wrongly, others by despairing. — 1. What it is to wait for the Lord. 2. Some putting off conversion by hoping, others by despairing. 3. Most put it off by hoping wrongly. 4-5. Repentance is not to be put off until tomorrow. 6. The sick man must be roused even against his will. 7. There is no security except from God. 244-246

Serm. XLI. On what is written in Ecclesiasticus XXII, 28, Keep faith with your neighbour in his poverty, that you may also enjoy his good things. — 1. Faith is to be kept with a friend in his poverty. 2. In what hope faith is to be kept with a poor friend. 3. Not in the hope of temporal happiness to come to him. 4. The very same is shown by the story of Lazarus and the rich man. A rich man who has despised the poor man here is not to hope for fellowship with him in eternal happiness. 5. The rich man who despises the poor, wretched when his life is ended. 6. The friendship of the poor is to be gained by almsgiving. The mammon of iniquity. 7. Faith in Christ Who is poor. 247-251

Serm. XLII. On what is written in Isaiah, chap. I, v. 11, To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me? And in Psalm CXXXIX, 1, Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man. — 1. Alms to the poor is the sacrifice of a Christian. Two kinds of alms. 2. The measure and reward of alms. What a sea loan is. 3. The evil man. 252-253

Serm. XLIII. On what is written in Isaiah, chap. VII, v. 9, Unless you believe, you will not understand. — 1. Faith necessary. 2. Faith a great gift of God. 3. God's benefits towards man. Understanding is one thing and reason another. 4. Whether what is afterwards to be understood must first be believed. 5. The prophetic word more effective for strengthening faith. 6. Why fishermen and unlettered men were chosen as apostles. 7. Faith goes before understanding. 8. Faith grows by understanding. 9. How we must both believe in order to understand, and understand in order to believe. 254-257

Serm. XLIV. On the words of Isaiah, chap. LIII, vv. 2-9. — This passage is understood of Christ. 258

Serm. XLV. On what is written in Isaiah, chap. LVII, v. 13, But those who are devoted to Me shall possess the land, and shall dwell on My holy mountain. And on the Apostle, Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God. II Cor. VII, 1. — 1. What has happened opportunely through no care of men is to be attributed to the divine mercy. 2. Desires are not ended but increased if present things are despised for the sake of earthly promises. 3. Obscure places of Scripture are made clear from other, plain places. 4. The land of the living promised to us. 5. The mountain, Christ and the Church. 6. How Christ and the Church are a mountain 7. What kind of mountain Christ is; against the Donatists. 8. Cleanness of flesh and spirit is commanded. 9. Sanctification is perfected in the fear of God. 10. The future change of the flesh. Man's flesh is to be turned into the body of an angel. 262-269

Serm. XLVI. On the shepherds in Ezekiel, chap. XXXIV, vv. 1-16, from the words, And it came to pass, etc., as far as, And I will feed them with judgement. Against the Donatists. — 1. On the shepherds who feed not the sheep but themselves. 2. Christians, for our own sake; set over others, for the sake of others. 3. Shepherds who feed themselves, not the sheep. 4. The right to receive milk given to shepherds. 5. Let them so take the milk that they may benefit the sheep; let them not, once the milk is taken, neglect the sheep. 6. What it is to cover oneself with the wool. The wool, honour. 7. Paul does not spare the vices of those by whom honour is shown him. 8. Let shepherds not spare vices for the sake of winning over the multitude. 9. On those who slaughter the fat sheep. 10. The weak sheep, whence it is to be strengthened. 11. Those who promise earthly happiness build on sand. 12. How the weak is to be strengthened. 13. In what the weak and the sick are understood to differ. Christian firmness. 14. Shepherds are bound to call back straying sheep. The Donatists' foolish objection. 15. Straying sheep are not neglected without danger to the healthy. 16. The unhappiness of straying sheep. 17. The bad mountains and hills on which the sheep stray. The good mountains. 18. Straying over the whole face of the earth. 19. Whence the sheep are safe under bad shepherds. 20. How the loss of the sheep is imputed to the shepherd. 21. How God brings back the sheep from bad shepherds. The sheep that follows a straying shepherd is not safe. 22. A bad shepherd is to be heard not in what he brings forth of his own, but in what he brings forth of God's. 23. God Himself takes up the care of the sheep. 24. The mountains of Israel, where the good pastures are. 25. The hope of the sheep in God alone. 26. The health

and rest of the sheep from God. 27. To feed with judgement. 28. The partridge that gathers without judgement, the devil. 29. The partridge a quarrelsome bird; against the Donatists. 30. One good shepherd, because all the good are in One. 31. The Donatists drive Catholics from their communion. 32. The voice of the Donatists is not the voice of the shepherd. 33. What they say about the traditors is not the voice of the shepherd; nor that they say the Church is to perish. 34. The voice of the shepherd and his flock is not hidden. 35. A passage from the Song of Songs brought forward in vain by the Donatists. The Song of Songs riddles. 36. The passage from the Song is against the Donatists. 37. Noon, if it is understood in the passage cited, tells against the Donatists. To go out is the mark of heretics. 38. A passage from Habakkuk wrongly appropriated by the Donatists. 39. The testimony of Habakkuk does not fit the Donatists. 40. A truer interpretation of the prophet Habakkuk. 41. The Donatists interpreting the deed of Simon of Cyrene in their own favour. 270-294

Serm. XLVII. On the sheep in Ezekiel, chap. XXXIV, 17-31, from the words, And you, My sheep, etc., as far as, And I am your God, says the Lord God. Against the Donatists. — 1. We are the sheep of God's pasture and of His hands. 2. The voice of the shepherd is to be heard with trembling. 3. The security of God's flock. 4. The voice of the shepherd is to be heard at this present time. 5. Let us not abuse God's patience. 6. The cockle is not to be rooted up before the harvest, nor the kids separated before the judgement. 7. The good await God's judgement secure, the wicked trembling. 8. Conscience is to be cleansed quickly. 10. Envious and bitter teachers. 11. A good conscience is not enough if one's conduct before men is careless. 12. How far one should strive to please men. 13. When conscience suffices. 14. Care for good conduct. 15. To distinguish the sheep and the goats now belongs to God alone. 16. The authors of the Donatists' schism proud. 17. That the Donatists cannot excuse their separation. 18. That the Donatists' schism does not please any prudent man who wishes to profess Christianity. 19. The sheep are saved by hearing the shepherd's voice. 20. A prophecy of Christ the shepherd, teaching that He is one with God. 21. The unity of the Godhead, and the distinction of the Persons. How Christ is Mediator. 22. The covenant of peace. The wills of schismatics made void by the laws of the emperors. The Donatists boast that they have kept the Scriptures from the fire. 23. Dwelling and rest in the desert of conscience. 24. The shower of blessing. 25. The fruitful trees in the field, allegorically. 26. Against the Donatists. 27. Those who hear the shepherd are rescued from the teeth of wolves. 28. The planting of peace. 29. Which are God's sheep. 30. God is the God of all, and is possessed by all His own not divided but whole 295-315

Serm. XLVIII. On the words of the prophet Micah, chap. VI, vv. 6-8, What worthy thing shall I offer to the Lord, etc. And on Psalm LXXII, How good is the God of Israel, etc. — 1. The preacher of the word works in the ears, God in the heart. 2. We ourselves are the sacrifice to God. To do judgement and justice. Perverse judgement is not judgement. 3. They are not right of heart who are scandalized at the prosperity of the wicked. 4. How near they draw to a fall. 5. The governance of things belongs to God. 6. This the psalmist undertook to know. 7. How, or how long, God allows it to be well with the wicked and ill with the good. 8. It is not really well with the wicked, nor ill with the good. It is evil to suffer evil. The goods with which you may do good, and those that make one good. 316-319

Serm. XLIX. On the same place of Micah, on the justice that we are commanded to do; and on Matthew chap. XX, on those hired into the vineyard. — 1. Mention of the preceding sermon. 2. Those hired into the vineyard. The work enjoined. Justice. To believe is the work of God, and that very justice. Faith so called from what is done and said. 3. Now darkness, afterwards light. The faithful are days. 4. Friend and enemy are now scarcely told apart. 5. Holy Scripture a mirror. 6. How the friend of both should behave in a quarrel between two. 7. Justice. Anger a mote; hatred a beam. He who hates his brother is a murderer. 8. The forgiveness of debts. 9. The example of Christ. 10. Stephen's charity towards those who stoned him. 11. On bended knee he prays for his enemies. 320-323

Serm. L. — On what is written in the prophet Haggai, chap. II, v. 9, Mine is the gold, and Mine is the silver. Against the Manichaeans. — 1. The calumny of the Manichaeans against the old Scriptures. 2. Gold and silver are the property not of man but of God. 3. For God not only made it, but at His will dispenses it to some for help and testing, to others for punishment. 4. Gold belongs properly to him who uses it well, and so more truly is God's. 5. Why gold is given to the good and the wicked. 6. That gold cannot rightly be blamed. The mammon of iniquity. Riches, some true, some false.

7. The devout use of riches. It is madness to shift the guilt of those who use things badly onto the things themselves. 8. That gold is accused by the Manichaeans wrongly. The greed for gold is condemned; its right use is commended by the Lord. 9. The Manichaeans slanderers of the prophets. 10. The passage of Haggai is vindicated. 11. Gold and silver allegorically. 12. Peace promised after the resurrection. 13. Contempt of gold commended in the prophetic writings. 326-332

Serm. LI. On the agreement of Matthew and Luke on the generations of the Lord. — 1. The question proposed on the birthday of Christ is to be treated. A day of shows. 2. The shows of Christians. The carnal look upon the death of the martyrs one way, the spiritual another. 3. Why Christ willed to be born of a woman. Through a woman poison, through a woman salvation. 4. Faith in the Gospel received throughout the whole world. 5. It is safely believed that there is no discord among the Gospels, until it is understood. The usefulness of what is hidden. Curtains hung in a house. 6. Devout faith in the Scriptures. Augustine, bringing at one time a mind not devout to the divine Scriptures, is deceived. 7. How Christ is son of Abraham and of David. 8 The generations from Abraham to Christ. 9. The conception of Christ by the Holy Spirit. Joseph's justice sincere, not harsh. 10. The interpretation of the name Jesus. 11. The usefulness of heretics. The usefulness brought through Judas the betrayer. 12. Three times fourteen generations are found in Matthew, Jechoniah being counted twice. 13. Why Jechoniah is counted twice. 14. The passing of the Gospel to the Gentiles figured in the transmigration to Babylon. 15. Christ, the cornerstone between Jews and Gentiles, foreshadowed in Jechoniah. 16. Why the genealogy of Christ is traced through Joseph. Joseph the true husband of Mary. 17. How Joseph was called the father of Christ by Mary. Christ does not deny that He is Joseph's son. 18. The modesty and humility of Mary are to be imitated by women. Mary called both virgin and woman. The Creed. 19 Christ does not deny Joseph as father. The obedience of the boy Jesus is to be imitated by boys. 20. Christ both son and Lord of David. 21. Not carnal union but conjugal charity makes a marriage. Married people abstaining by consent. 22. Carnal union only for the sake of procreation. The marriage tablets. Whence adultery. When sin is venial in the use of marriage. 23. The human race stands on two supports. 24. Towards the necessities of life some are led by lust, others by reason. 25. It was granted to the Fathers to have many wives only for this, that they might beget sons. 26. Virginal dignity began from the mother of the Lord. How Joseph is truly the father of Christ. The adoption of sons. Natural sons and conjugal sons. 27. Two fathers of Joseph are rightly admitted to reconcile Matthew and Luke. 28. Adoption in the sacred Scriptures. How the ancients' lying with handmaids was without adultery. 29. Sons in a certain proper way among the Jews. The generations of the Lord counted variously by the Evangelists without falsehood. 30. Why they are counted through Joseph, not through Mary. 31. Why Matthew counts descending, but Luke ascending. 32. On the number forty in the generations of the Lord. The meaning of the number forty. 33. Why Luke counts seventy-seven generations. 34. The meaning of the number seventy-seven. 35. How the Scriptures are to be read. 332-354

Serm. LII. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chap. III, vv. 13-17, Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him, etc.; on the Trinity. — 1. God the Trinity is set forth in the baptism of Christ. 2. A difficulty about the inseparable Trinity. 3. The need of divine help to untie the knot of the difficulty. 4. The works of the Father and the Son are inseparable. 5. The Father both made and rules all things through the Son. 6. The difficulty whether the birth and passion of the Son are also the Father's. The heresy of the Patripassians. 7. The knot of the difficulty. 8. The birth from the virgin belongs to the Son alone, but it was brought about by the Father and the Son. 9. That the Son's birth was brought about by the Father. Paul a lawyer in divine law. 10. The passage of the Apostle where Christ is said to be born of a woman. 11. That the Son's birth was brought about also by the Son. 12. The passion of the Son also from the Father and the Son. 13. The same is proved of Christ's resurrection. 14. Recapitulation of the doctrine set out. 15. God is not to be thought of after the manner of a body in space. 16. God incomprehensible. 17. The likeness of God is to be sought in ourselves. 18. Our soul made to the image of God. 19. The likeness of the Trinity in man. 20. Memory, understanding and will are both shown separately and work inseparably. 21. From these three the mystery of the Trinity is illustrated. 22. What of these pertains to the Father, what to the Son and the Holy Spirit, is left to be thought over.

23. Hence it is sufficiently understood that the Persons of the Trinity can both be shown separately and work inseparably. 354 364

Serm. LIII. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, Blessed are the poor in spirit, etc.; but above all on what is said, Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God. Chap. V, vv. 3-8. — 1. All want to be happy. Who is poor in spirit. 2. Who is meek. 3. Those who mourn. 4. Those who hunger. 5. The merciful. 6. The clean of heart. 7. What the face and hands and feet of God are. 8. Rewards suited to the works in the sayings of the beatitudes. 9. How the vision of God is promised especially to the clean of heart. 10. By faith the heart is cleansed to see God. 11. The faith of Christians is to be distinguished from the faith of demons. The companions of faith, hope and charity. 12. God is not to be thought of as a body. 13. A passage of Isaiah apparently contrary. 14. The passage brought forward is examined. Heaven, the saints. Earth, the earthly. Lift up the heart. 15. Breadth, length, height and depth. 16. The four dimensions of the cross. 364-371

Serm. LIV. On what is written in the Gospel of Matthew, chap. V, v. 16, So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father Who is in heaven; and on the other side, chap. VI, v. 1, Take heed that you do not do your justice before men, to be seen by them. — 1. Commandments apparently contrary. 2. The Apostle fulfils both commandments. 3. Those two commandments are reconciled. 4. Who truly fulfilled both commandments. 372-374

Serm. LV. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chap. V, v. 22, Whoever says to his brother, You fool, shall be liable to the fire of Gehenna, etc. — 1. Useful fear. 2. The need of divine help to tame the tongue. 3. God the tamer of the tongue. 4. The scourge of God the tamer is to be borne. 5. Towards what hope we are tamed here. 6. God our refuge. 375-377

Serm. LVI. On the Gospel of Matthew, chap. VI, vv. 7-13, on the Lord's Prayer, to the Competents. — 1. The Creed and the Prayer are handed over to Christians. 2. Two things to be avoided by one who calls upon God. 3. Evils are not to be wished on the wicked, but prayer is to be made that they may become good. 4. Much speaking is to be avoided in prayer. To what end our prayer is. The pattern of our desires in the Lord's Prayer. 5. The first petition. 6. The second petition. 7. The third petition. 8. On the same petition. 9. The fourth petition. 10. The daily bread, the word of God. The Eucharist. 11. The fifth petition. 12. The cleansing of daily sins. Small sins are not to be despised, because they are many. 13. The covenant of forgiving debts. 14. He exhorts to the love of enemies. 15. To love enemies belongs to few, yet it is to be done by all 16. Let pardon at least be given to an enemy who asks. 17. Discipline without hatred. He who refuses pardon to an enemy harms him not at all, but himself. 18. The sixth petition. 19. Three petitions look to eternal life, and three to the necessities of this life. 377-386

Serm. LVII. Again on Matthew chapter VI, vv. 9-13, on the Lord's Prayer, to the Competents. — 1. The Creed is to be handed over first, then the Prayer. 2. The Son of God willed us to be His brothers. 3. What is to be asked of the Father. 4. The first petition. 5. The second petition. 6. The third petition. 7. The fourth petition. 8. The fifth petition. 9. The sixth petition. 10. Deliverance from evil. 11. A great temptation, a dreadful temptation, to want to be avenged. 12. Charity towards enemies commended. Daily debts. 13. Exhortation. 386-393

Serm. LVIII. Likewise on Matthew, chap. VI, vv. 9-13, on the Lord's Prayer, to the Competents. — 1. The Creed and the Lord's Prayer. 2. One Father of all. 3. The first and second petitions. 4. The third petition. 5. The fourth petition. 6-7. The fifth petition. 8. Against anger and hatred. 9. Concupiscence must be resisted. 10. Small sins are not to be despised. 11. Deliverance from evil. 12. The difference between the petitions. 13. The Creed is to be held in memory. 393-399

Serm. LIX. Likewise on Matthew, chap. VI, vv. 9-13, on the Lord's Prayer, to the Competents. — 1. The Creed the rule of faith. 2. One Father of all. 3. The first petition. 4. The second petition. 5. The third petition. 6. The fourth petition. 7. The fifth petition. 8. The sixth petition. 400-402

Serm. LX. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chap. VI, vv. 19-21, Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, etc.; an exhortation to give alms. — 1. In the tribulation of this world counsel is to be taken from Christ. 2. Life here laborious. 3. He who lays up treasure is troubled in many ways. He does not know for whom he gathers. 4. Perhaps he lays up treasure for a thief. 5. Counsel is to be sought from Christ. 6. Treasure is to be laid up in heaven. 7. Riches are to be moved from earth to heaven. 8. The poor are our porters

are. 9. Works of mercy alone are to be recalled at the judgement. 10. The reason why only almsgiving is dealt with at the judgement. 11. God willed to be in need in the poor. 12. Barren penitence profits nothing. 400-408

Serm. LXI. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter VII, verses 7–11, Ask, and it shall be given you, etc.; an exhortation to give alms. 2. From bad a man becomes good only by God. He refutes the Pelagians. 3. The twofold good. 4. Money is to be paid out so that righteousness may be had. The beggar of God. God urges us to ask by likenesses. 5. The widow before the judge. 6. The friend to his friend. 7. Who we are, from whom we ask, and what. 8. Who these beggars of ours are, from whom they ask, and what. 9. Rich and poor are equal at birth and death. 10. To be rich is one thing, to wish to become rich another. The worm of riches, pride. 11. The use of riches for gaining eternal life. 12. Let the rich so use their superfluities as to give the poor their necessities. 13. He presses for almsgiving. 409-414

Serm. LXII. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter VIII, verses 8–12, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof, etc.; and also on the words of the Apostle, I Cor. VIII, verses 10–12, For if anyone sees him who has knowledge reclining in an idol's temple, etc. — 1. The centurion's humility. 2. The proud man driven back from discipleship of Christ. 3. The centurion's faith in humility. 4. The Gentiles figured in the centurion. 5. The woman touching the hem of Christ when the crowd presses on Him. 6. What was foretold in the Gospel is now fulfilled. 7. Those who feast with pagans in an idol's temple are rebuked. 8. Those reclining in an idol's temple from fear of some greater person. Deference should be ordered towards each greater one. 9. A stumbling-block to a brother is a sin against Christ. 10. The foolish excuse of those reclining in an idol's temple. 11. To press upon the body of Christ and to touch it. 12. A prelate, whether good or bad, cannot harm the godly. 13. Deference to the powers is ordered. 14. The guile of a wicked powerful man is compared to a razor. 15. The security of the godly under God's protection. 16. Eternal life the wage of labour. 17. Idols are not to be broken unless lawful power is given. 18. The unjust complaints of idolaters. 414-423

Serm. LXIII. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter VIII, verses 23–27, And when He went up into the boat, etc. — 1. Those sailing in the world. 2. Christ is to be roused amid the storms of anger. 3. At Christ's command calm comes. 424

Serm. LXIV. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter X, verse 16, Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves, etc. — 1. Wolves made sheep. 2. Whence a Christian has confidence among wolves. 3. How the serpent's cunning is to be imitated. 4. The dove's simplicity is to be imitated. 425-426

Serm. LXV. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter X, verse 28, Do not fear those who kill the body, etc. — 1. Fear is to be driven out by fear. 2. Man has nothing to dread from man. 3. Why the persecutor should not terrify a martyr of God. 4. The soul is immortal in its own manner. 5. How the soul can die. God the life of the soul. 6. By what signs the death both of the body and of the soul is known. 7. The death of the soul is to be mourned and feared more than the death of the body. 8. What the eternal death of body and soul is. 426-430

Serm. LXVI. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XI, verses 2–11, When John had heard in prison the works of Christ, sending two of his disciples, he said to Him: Art Thou He Who is to come, or do we look for another? etc. — 1. John's testimony concerning Christ. 2. Christ's testimony concerning John. 3. The difficulty whether John doubted about Christ. 4. The difficulty is resolved. 5. Care of the poor. 430-433

Serm. LXVII. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XI, verse 25, I confess to Thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hidden these things from the wise, etc. — 1. Confession is twofold, of the sinner and of the one who praises. What beating the breast is. 2. The sinner's confession is itself also praise of God. The raising of Lazarus, a figure of the sinner rising again. 3. What the Church profits sinners by loosing them. 4. To praise God. To accuse ourselves. 5. Our invisible enemies. 6. Whence protection against our enemies. 7. Grace shines out most of all in Christ, and in the thief. 8. Faith denied to the proud. 9. John not the light, but a lamp. 10. Prayer to the Lord. 433-437

Serm. LXVIII. Again on the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XI, verse 25, I confess to Thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, etc. — 1. The wise and prudent, from whom the mysteries are hidden. 2. Knowledge however great profits nothing if knowledge of God is lacking. 3. The truth is not to be held back in iniquity. 4. Whence the wise [are] inexcusable

of the world. 5. To glorify God and to give thanks [are] the same. 6. The mysteries are hidden from the proud, but revealed to little ones. 438-440

Serm. LXIX. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XI, verses 28, 29, Come to Me, all you who labour and are burdened, etc. 1. — Whence this labour. 2. Humility the foundation of the spiritual building. 3. The vision promised us of God Who sees. 4. The sinner must flee to God. 440-442

Serm. LXX. Again on the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XI, verses 28–30, Come to Me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will refresh you, etc. The yoke of Christ hard in appearance. 2. Whence the yoke of Christ becomes light. 3. Through love all hard things grow bright. 442-444

Serm. LXXI. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XII, verse 32, Whoever speaks a word against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world nor in the world to come. Or, on blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. — 1. A preliminary observation for treating the question. The Pharisees are warned by their own words to withdraw from the devil's kingdom. 2. The casting out of the devil by the power of Christ. 3. Deliverance from the devil through grace. Separation from the mass of perdition. 4. The kingdom of Christ undivided even when heresies and schisms are stirred up. 5. The difficulty of the question to be treated. 6. The sin against the Holy Spirit, such as it is in pagans, Jews and heretics, not unforgivable. 7. On the sin against the Holy Spirit which is in the baptized, the opinion of certain men is rejected. 8. The most difficult question of all. 9. That not every blasphemy against the Spirit is unforgivable. 10. That there is a certain particular blasphemy that is unforgivable. 11. The passage of John on a certain particular sin of the Jews. 12. That it is said here of the Holy Spirit. 13. The other Evangelists agreeing with Matthew on this matter. 14. A difficulty in the words of Mark. 15. Temptation twofold. 16. Salvation promised to him who believes and is baptized. 17. A certain manner of eating the flesh of Christ proper to the godly. 18. He approaches the solution of the question. The Trinity God. 19. Remission of sins is given through the Holy Spirit. Fire, tribulation. Fire, the Holy Spirit. 20. Impenitence the sin against the Holy Spirit. 21. No one is to be despaired of in the present life. 22. An objection is refuted. 23. Every other blasphemy is forgiven, the sin against the Holy Spirit excepted; why. 24. Blasphemy against the Son is not forgiven more easily than against the Spirit because He is less in so far as He is man. 25. To forgive sins belongs to the whole Trinity. 26–27. The power and working of the Trinity indivisible. 28. Sins are not forgiven outside the Church. 29. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit both of the Father and of the Son. 30. Outside the Church the Holy Spirit is not had. 31. Men both carnal and natural, little ones in Christ. 32. Feigned Catholics, heretics and schismatics do not have the Holy Spirit. 33. Remission of sins not outside the Church. 34. That impenitence is to be understood by the name of unforgivable blasphemy is shown from Luke. 35. The same is suggested by the other two Evangelists. 36. To resist the unity of the Church with an impenitent heart is the unforgivable blasphemy. 37. Congregations apart from the Church do not have the Holy Spirit by Whom remission of sins comes about. The unforgivable sin. A refuge against the unforgivable blasphemy. 38. The humility of the expounder. 445-466

Serm. LXXII. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XII, verse 33, Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, etc. — 1. A bad man cannot have good works. 2. We all were found bad. 3. God's patience towards us. 4. The two roots, charity and cupidity. 5. Man wants to have all things good except himself. 6. What the true good is. 7. Why the world is so sharply scourged. 467-469

Serm. LXXIII. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, where the Lord Jesus expounds the parables of the sower, chapter XIII, verses 24–30, 36–43. — 1. The bad among the good. 2. In the figures of Scripture one thing receives many names, and two things sometimes one name. 3. To bad Christians, that they may be changed. 4. To good Christians, that they may bear with the bad. 470-471

Serm. LXXIV. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XIII, verse 52, Therefore every scribe learned in the kingdom of God, etc. — 1. Who the scribes were among the Jews. 2. Scribes not learned in the kingdom of God. 3. How bad rulers speak good things, and are to be heeded by those under them. 4. A cluster of grapes among thorns. 5. The old Scriptures made void through Christ. 472-474

Serm. LXXV. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XIV, verses 24–33, But the boat was tossed by the waves in the midst of the sea, etc. — 1. A higher meaning lies hidden in the deed done. 2. What the crossing of the sea in a ship signifies. 3. Christ's prayer on the mountain. 4. The ship tossed by the storm. 5. The storm when the Lord is absent. 6. To look back. 7. The fourth watch of the night. The faith of the cross. 8. The error of the disciples

figures the error of the heretics. 9. Another error figured in the same way. 10. Peter walking upon the sea. 474-479

Serm. LXXVI. Again on Matthew chapter XIV, verses 24–33, on the Lord walking upon the waters of the sea, and on Peter faltering. — 1. The sea, the world; Peter a type of the Church. 2. The Church built not upon men but upon Christ. 3. Peter first called blessed, and soon Satan. 4. In Peter the strong and the weak are figured. 5. Man weak in himself, strong in the Lord. 6. Knowledge of one's own weakness is necessary for obtaining grace. 7. Paul, acknowledging his weakness, is made perfect. 8. Peter strong not in himself but in the Lord. 9. In the world's adversity or prosperity, cupidity is a storm. 479-482

Serm. LXXVII. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XV, verses 21–28, Jesus, going out from Genezareth, withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon, and behold, a Canaanite woman, etc. — The Canaanite woman an example of humility. 2. How Christ was sent only to the Israelites. The solution of the question. 3. Saul changed into Paul. The reason for the change of the name of Saul to Paul. 4. The Jews converted on hearing Peter. The sheep to which Christ was sent. 5. To the Gentiles Christ was not sent, but He sent. 6. The daughter of the ruler of the synagogue, and the woman with the issue of blood. 7. The thing narrated about them, although truly done, is nonetheless a figure. 8. What is figured by them. 9. The Canaanite woman's perseverance in asking. 10. Why the Gentiles are dogs. 11. Humility commended in the Canaanite woman. The great medicine against pride, God made man. 12. The Jews being rejected for their pride, the Gentiles put in their place because of humility. Great faith, like a grain of mustard seed. 13. Carnal things are not to be expected in the kingdom of heaven. Riches here a proof of need. The health of this life a long sickness. 14. The necessity of dying from birth itself. True health, immortality. 15. The natural branches are cut off, the wild olive is grafted in; why. 483-489

Serm. LXXVIII. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XVII, verses 1–8, after six days Jesus took Peter, and James, and John his brother, etc. — 1. The kingdom of Christ. 2. The allegory of the Lord's transfiguration. The garments of Christ. 3. Peter's wish. 4. The voice from the cloud. The disciples' falling prostrate. 5. The disciples' raising up. Jesus alone is seen by them when raised. The reward promised us, God Himself. 6. The salvation of others is to be cared for out of charity. 490-492

Serm. LXXIX. Again on the words of the Gospel of Matthew, where Jesus showed Himself on the mountain to three disciples. Chapter XVII, verses 1–8. 493

Serm. LXXX. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XVII, verses 18–20, Why could we not cast him out? etc. Where [he speaks] of prayer. — 1. The unbelief of the Apostles. 2. Although God knows our want, He is nevertheless to be prayed to. 3. God is to be prayed to that He may heal us of vices. 4. The two kinds of sick. Christ the physician found all sick. 5. By what remedy the sick were healed through Christ. The heavenly trade. Christ's prayer for His crucifiers. 6. Prayer in the dangers of this life. 7. How temporal and eternal benefits are to be asked for. 8. Whence bad times come, and how they are to be borne. 493-498

Serm. LXXXI. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, where we are warned to beware of the stumbling-blocks of the world, chapter XVIII, verses 7–9. — 1. How we are fortified against stumbling-blocks. 2. The meek in affliction, fortified against stumbling. 3. Who the meek are. The good world and the bad world. 4. Stumbling from the eye, from the hand and from the foot. 5. Lying forbidden by divine law. 6. Let men act not as men, but as sons of God. 7. The stumbling of the pagans from the afflictions of the world. 8. The afflictions of the failing world foretold. 9. The complaints of the pagans against the Christian religion arising from the devastation. 499-503

Serm. LXXXII. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XVIII, verses 15–18, If your brother sins against you, rebuke him between you and him alone, etc. And on the words of Solomon, He who winks with the eyes deceitfully heaps up sorrow for men; but he who reproves openly makes peace. Prov. chapter X, verse 10, according to the LXX. — 1. A preliminary observation. The mote, anger; the beam, hatred. 2. The sin of one who is angry; the cruelty of one who holds in hatred. 3. Hatred harms him who hates more grievously than the other. 4. In what spirit a brother is to be rebuked. Sin against a man is not to be made light of. 5. The remedy for this sin. 6–7. What he who has suffered wrong ought to do. 8. The Gospel is reconciled with Solomon. 9. Rebuke ought to be sometimes secret, sometimes public. 10. When it ought to be secret, when public. 11. The manner of rebuke, and why it is made in secret. The sins of the flesh deadly. 12. Life is to be amended quickly. 13. The sins of the flesh

not to be made light of. 14. Amendment is not to be put off. The raven's cry. Men want to have all things good except their life. 15. The shepherd's burden is not to be thrown off. 506-513

Serm. LXXXIII. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XVIII, verses 21, 22, How often shall my brother sin against me, etc. — 1. On forgiving wrongs. 2. Every man is God's debtor, and has his brother as debtor. The two works of mercy. We are God's beggars. 3. How often a brother is to be pardoned. 4. All debts are to be forgiven. 5. A striking figure on this matter. 6. Another figure of the same. The Decalogue. 7. That all sins are foreshown by the number seventy-seven. Sins forgiven are brought back against one who does not forgive. 8. Pardon is to be given in such a way that discipline is not neglected. 514-518

Serm. LXXXIV. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XIX, verse 17, If you will come to life, keep the commandments. — 1. How much eternal life is to be loved is understood from the love of this life. 2. The days of this life are evil. The true and blessed life, the eternal. 519

Serm. LXXXV. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XIX, verses 17–23, If you will come to life, keep the commandments, etc. — 1. The keeping of the commandments for meriting life. The Gospel, the mouth of Christ. 2. The rich are saved with difficulty. What the poor must beware of. 3. What the Apostle wishes the rich to be commanded. The worm of riches, pride. 4. What is to be furnished from riches. Let the rich give readily. 5. How much is to be paid out to the poor. 6. The poor are bound to rein in their desires. 7. Conclusion. 520-523

Serm. LXXXVI. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XIX, verse 21, Go, sell all that you have, and give to the poor, etc. — 1. Treasure is to be laid up in heaven. The heart lifted up. 2. Seeking counsel for salvation and not hearing it gladly. God Himself keeps what is given to the poor man. 3. God has received in the poor man. Godly usury and wicked usury. 4. God Himself summons His creditors to receive back. 5. What He returns for earthly things. 6. Two mistresses giving contrary orders, avarice and luxury. 7. Christ frees from their yoke. 8. The imprudent counsel of avarice. 9. Another foolish counsel. 10. The counsel of God commanding the same as avarice. 11. The false devotion of the avaricious towards their sons. To a son who has died his share is to be passed on. 12. What was being kept for him living is owed to him dead. 13. Christ is to be counted among the sons in the division of the patrimony. 14. Avarice's excuse is taken away. 15. Against luxury Christ counsels the same as luxury. The imprudent rich man. 16. Another rich man, a luxurious one. 17. God's counsel on giving alms is to be embraced now. 523-530

Serm. LXXXVII. On what is written, The kingdom of heaven is like a householder who sent workers into his vineyard. Matth. chapter XX, verses 1–16. — 1. We cultivate God, and God cultivates us. 2. How God cultivates us. 3. The vineyard planted by God. 4. The workers hired for the cultivation of the vineyard 5. What the wage paid first to the last means. Those called at the first hour, the third, etc. 6. The denarius, eternal life. 7. How those called at the first hour, the third, etc., are understood otherwise. 8. Against those who, called to the vineyard, put off coming. 9. How the householder went out to call [workers] to his vineyard. The Church speaks in the tongues of all nations. 10. Despair and perverse hope kill souls. 11. The perverse hope by which conversion is put off. God has promised tomorrow to no one. 12. Christ teaches that the friendship of the powerful is to be despised when it stands in the way of salvation. 13. Christ the physician is to be obeyed, the powerful who oppose Him being despised. 14. The frenzied, the lethargic. 15. Conclusion. 530-538

Serm. LXXXVIII. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, where [it speaks] of the two blind men sitting by the way and crying out, Lord, have mercy on us, son of David. Chapter XX, verses 30–34. — 1. Our physician, Christ. By bodily miracles He built up faith. 2. The faith of the Church afterwards is more praiseworthy without miracles. Why He kept the scars of His body. 3. Christ now works greater miracles. 4. The eye of the mind, by which God is to be seen, is cleansed through faith. 5. Our whole work now is to heal the eye of the heart. 6. Zeal for cleansing the eye of the heart. 7. We sick are invited by the example of Christ to take the cup. 8. Why Christ here honoured His cross. 9. What the healing of the two blind men signifies. What it is that Jesus passes by. 10. The two blind men, two peoples. Christ the corner-stone. 11. Jesus, passing by, is appealed to, and heals. 12. What crying out to Christ is. 13. The crowd forbidding them to cry out. 14. How the eyes are healed. What Jesus' standing still is. 15–16. The inner light is compared with the visible. 17. One must cry out

among crowds that forbid them to cry out. 18. Gainsayers are overcome by perseverance. 19. Good and bad mingled in the Church. A bad man does not stain a good one, in two ways. 20. Correction is not to be done in a proud spirit. 21. Unity is never to be deserted. The separation of the Donatists is condemned from the parable of the tares. 22. The Donatists' fiction about the diminishing of the wheat. 23. A passage on separation wrongly understood by the schismatics. 24. The Prophets rebuked the vices of the people, and did not withdraw from it. 25. We are to withdraw from the wicked in heart, not in body. 539-553

Serm. LXXXIX. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XXI, verses 19–12, where Jesus withers the tree; and on those of Luke, chapter XXIV, verse 28, where He made as though He would go farther. — 1. What the cursing of the fig tree warns us of. 2. The mountain cast into the sea by the Apostles. 3. That the cursing of the tree prefigured something to come. 4. A rule for interpreting the Scriptures. 5. A deed figured. 6–7. A deed truly done, and nonetheless figured. 553-558

Serm. XC. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XXII, verses 1–14, where [it speaks] of the marriage of the king's son. Against the Donatists, on charity. — 1. The Lord's banquet is twofold: one here, of the faithful, the other in heaven, of the blessed. 2. All the righteous in this life are both bad and good. 3. The bad shut out from the banquet; who are to be understood. 4. That by one shut out many shut out are signified. 5. What the wedding garment is. 6. The wedding garment, charity. All other goods profit nothing without charity. Charity and cupidity in man. 7. Every man a neighbour. 8. Not every faith is praised. 9. Charity ought to be extended to enemies. What prayer against enemies is unlawful, what lawful. 10. Love is to be extended so as to carry all off to God. 559-566

Serm. XCI. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, where the Lord asked the Jews whose son they said the Christ was. Chapter XXII, verses 42–46. — 1–2. That Christ is the Messiah is proved against the Jews. 3. The mystery of the incarnate Word is opened to the worthy. To love God freely is godliness. 4. The devil a slanderous adversary. Why he spreads evil reports about the good. 5. After the question about Christ, why morals are treated. Ecclesiastical honours. 6. Whence the mind becomes capable of understanding the mysteries. 7. No one ascends into heaven but he who cleaves to Christ. 8. Christ and the Church, one man. 9. By faith and good works we come to the vision of God. 567-571

Serm. XCII. On the same words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XXII, verses 42–46. — 1. The question put to the Jews about Christ. 2. Christ does not deny that He is the son of David. 3. Christ God and man. 572-573

Serm. XCIII. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter XXV, verses 1–13, The kingdom of heaven shall be like ten virgins, etc. — 1. Which ten virgins are to be understood in the parable of the Gospel. 2. The ten virgins, any souls whatever of the Church of God. 3. Neither virginity suffices, nor good works. 4. Every Christian soul a virgin. 5. Besides continence and good works, charity is required. The oil, charity. 6. What going out to meet the bridegroom is. The virgins' sleep. 7. Why the dead are sleeping. 8. The cry at midnight. 9. The resurrection of the virgins. Oil in the vessels. 10. To carry oil with oneself. Another's oil. 11. The foolish virgins are laughed at by the wise. 12. Those buying and selling oil. 13. The humility of the wise virgins. 14–15. Why the door is not opened to those who knock. 16–17. How the five wise virgins are to be imitated. 573-579

Serm. XCIV. On the words of the Gospel of Matthew, where the slothful servant who would not lay out the talent he had received is condemned. Chapter XXV, verses 24–30. — Whence "bishop" is so called. The office of the episcopate laid on every head of a household. 580

Serm. XCV. On the words of the Gospel of Mark, where the miracle of the seven loaves is related. Chapter VIII, verses 1–9. — 1. Feasts in the holy Scriptures. 2. The miracle of the seven loaves taken allegorically. 3. Mysteries in those who were filled from the seven loaves 4. What manner of man he is who invited to the banquet. 5. One reclining without a wedding garment rejected. 6. The one cast out figures many. 7. The wedding garment, charity. 581-583

Serm. XCVI. On the words of the Gospel of Mark, chapter VIII, verse 34, If anyone will follow Me, let him deny himself, etc., and on the words of I John II, 15, Whoever loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — 1. By charity the commandments become light. 2. Love of self, man's first ruin. 3. Whither Christ is to be followed and by what way. 4. The cross is to be borne and the world despised. 5. How the world is bad, and was made by the good God 6. The good world made out of the bad. 7. The world persecuting the world