Sermon III.—What might be seen on Mount Tabor.
- The glory of Christ.
- Our own future glory, the reflex of His.
- The vanity of worldly glory.
- The certainty of future judgment[1].
Sermon IV.—Why Christ in His passion made His decease (excessum). The point of this sermon depends on the various significations of the Vulgate expression, excessus.
- He deceased (excessit) to show us how great an evil is sin.
- To show us His fervent love.
- To compensate for our evil deaths by His most perfect and holy death.
- To compensate for our defects by His super-abundant merits.
Sermon V.—Pious exercises for the season of Lent.
- The exercise of fasting; set before us by the example of Moses and Elias, each of whom fasted during forty days.
- The exercise of prayer; set before us by the example of Christ, who was transfigured “as He prayed.” (Luke ix. 29.)
- The exercise of conversion; set before us by Christ’s raiment becoming white and glistering; teaching us that we must wash our robes, and make them white in the blood of the Lamb.
- ↑ The manner in which these and other points are deduced from the text cannot be explained here; suffice it to say that it exhibits great ingenuity and subtlety in the preacher.
