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 Sermon III.—What might be seen on Mount Tabor.
 * 1) The glory of Christ.
 * 2) Our own future glory, the reflex of His.
 * 3) The vanity of worldly glory.
 * 4) The certainty of future judgment.

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.


 * 1) He deceased (excessit) to show us how great an evil is sin.
 * 2) To show us His fervent love.
 * 3) To compensate for our evil deaths by His most perfect and holy death.
 * 4) To compensate for our defects by His super-abundant merits.

Sermon V.—Pious exercises for the season of Lent.


 * 1) The exercise of fasting; set before us by the example of Moses and Elias, each of whom fasted during forty days.
 * 2) The exercise of prayer; set before us by the example of Christ, who was transfigured “as He prayed.” (Luke ix. 29.)
 * 3) 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.