File:Five sermons on the temptation of Christ our Lord in the wilderness - preached before the University of Cambridge in Lent 1844 (IA 5SermonsOnTheTemptationOfChrist).pdf

CONTENTS. SERMON I. THE DEFINITENESS OF CHRISTIAN FAITH. (i Second Sunday in Lent.) Luke iv. 1, 2. And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil . Objective character of Christianity, p. 1 — exemplified in the use of Sacred Seasons, 8 — The Lenten Subject of Christ's Temptation propounded and divided, 12 — Explicit Orthodoxy how and wherefore necessary, 16 — 24. SERMON II. THE INCARNATE LORD SUBJECT TO TEMPTATION. (Third Sunday in Lent.) Luke iv. 1, 2. And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil. Temptation of the Son of God, p. 26 — not to he explained on any of the several heretical hypotheses that have been adduced for that purpose, 27 most true and significant on the Catholic one, 36: His guidance by the Holy Spirit to the Temptation equally significant and true, 39 — 51. SERMON III. THE TEMPTATION OF SENSUAL DISTRUST. (Midrlent Sunday .) Luke iv. l — 1. And Jesus being full cf the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days [He did eat nothing : and when they were ended. He afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him. If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying. It is written, Thai man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Recapitulation of the Truth of our Lord's Temptation, p. 52 — His Adversary and Tempter, who, 55 — The Fast of Forty Days, 65 — The first Temptation founded on this, 69 — how rejected and vanquished, 71 — 80. SERMON IV. THE TEMPTATION OF WORLDLY AMBITION. (Fourth Sunday in Lent .) Luke iv. 5 — 8. And the devil, taking Him up into an high mountain, shewed unto Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil send unto Him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him. Get thee behind me, Satan : for it is written. Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. Recapitulation of the first Temptation, p. 81 — Order of the other two variously stated, 88 — The Love of the World, in what respects natural, 86- in what sinful, 88 — The Temptation how presented to our Lord, 100 — how repelled, 105 — 108. SERMON V. THE TEMPTATION OF SPIRITUAL PRESUMPTION. (Palm Sunday .) Luke v. 9 — 13. And he brought Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto Him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: for it is written. He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said unto him. It is said. Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from Him for a season. Connexion of the Spiritual Temptation with the Sensual one, p. 109 — Its Presentation to our Lord, 117 — Its Refutation and Defeat, 123 — Satan leaves our Lord, to return at the Hour of Darkness, 135. Conclusion, with reference to the Passion, 136 — 138. Notes. 139

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