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PRACTICAL EXPOSITION

OF THE

FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH CHAPTERS

OF THE GOSPEL -

ACCORDING TO MATTHEW.

BY THE

REV. JAMES GARDNER, A.M., M.D.

AUTHOR OF "MEMOIRS OF CHRISTIAN FEMALES,"
"MEMOIRS OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES," ETC.

EDINBURGH:

BELL AND BRADFUTE, 12. BANK STREET;
LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS & CO., AND JAMES NISBET & CO.

MDCCCXLIX.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED BY ALEXANDER WALKER,

JAMES'S COURT, LAWNMARKET.

CONTENTS.

OCCASION AND PLAN,

INTRODUCTORY PORTION,

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CHAP. I. Section 1. Character and Happiness of Be-

lievers under Gospel Dispensation,

Section 2. Character and Happiness of Be-

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lievers under Gospel Dispensation concluded, 33

CHAP. II. Influence of Gospel Dispensation on the World, 53

CHAP. III. Harmony of Gospel and Jewish Dispensations, 66

SUBJECT OF SERMON,

75

PART I. RIGHTEOUSNESS OF SCRIBES,

CHAP. I. Perversion of MORAL Law,

"Section 1. Sixth Commandment,

Section 2. Seventh Commandment,

95

97

ib.

111

Section 3. Third Commandment,

125

CHAP. II. Perversion of CIVIL Law,

138

CHAP. III. Perversion of Fundamental Principle of all

Law,

154

PART II. RIGHTEOUSNESS OF PHARISEES,

CHAP. I. Religious Life of Pharisees,

Section 1. Almsgiving,

Section 2. Prayer,

Section 3. Lord's Prayer,

Section 4. Lord's Prayer concluded,

Section 5. Fasting,

CHAP. II. Personal Life of Pharisees,

Section 1. Chief Source of Happiness,

Section 2. Chief Source of Anxiety,

CHAP. III. Social Life of Pharisees,

277

CHAP. I. Necessity of Striving to enter into the King-

dom of God,

313

CHAP. II. Necessity of Building our Happiness and

OCCASION AND PLAN.

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