Chapter I: Front Matter

THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT

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FIRST EDITION _December, 1896_.
_Reprinted in the same month._
_Reprinted_ _January, 1897_.
_Reprinted_ _March, 1897_.
_Reprinted_ _June, 1897_.
_Reprinted_ _March, 1898_.
_Reprinted_ _December, 1898_.
_Reprinted_ _June, 1900_.
_Reprinted_ _October, 1901_.
_Reprinted_ _October, 1902_.
_Reprinted_ _January, 1905_.

_Edition (6d.) for distribution in paper covers, March, 1904._

_Reprinted_ _October, 1904_.
_Reprinted_ _March, 1906_.
SECOND EDITION (1/-) _June, 1910_.
_Reprinted_ _October, 1911_.
THIRD EDITION (2/6) _March, 1912_.

THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT

A PRACTICAL EXPOSITION

BY CHARLES GORE, D.D., D.C.L., LL.D.
BISHOP OF OXFORD

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1912

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED