Matthew, from Horae Homileticae
Charles Simeon
138 chapters · 27 h 17 min · English
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Simeon's Works, as they were published 1832, fill twenty-one large octavo volumes, and the title-page reads, 'Horae Homileticae or Discourses (principally in the form of Skeletons) now first digested into one continued Series and forming a Commentary upon every book of the Old and New Testament ; to which is annexed an improved Edition of a Translation of Claude's Essay on the Composition of a Sermon'. It was the literary achievement of his life, and no unworthy one. These volumes, now long out of print, contain many discourses fully written, among them the several sets of University Sermons; but the large majority of the more than two thousand compositions are précis of parochial sermons, well ordered outlines of exposition, arranged according to the books of the Holy Scriptures. The reader, as the author warns him, will look there in vain for minute criticism or for remote speculation; but he will seldom fail to gather excellent suggestions how to explain and arrange, and how to carry messages home from the Word of God to the life of man. The term 'Skeleton' was certainly unfortunate - Simeon's despisers made merry over it. But the summaries so named were no pieces of lifeless mechanism, as their author planned them, and as he taught others how to use them. They were the bone-systems of sermons which he himself made to live, and speak, and work; and he did his utmost to teach 'his young men' how to do the same. Summary adapted from Charles Simeon by Handley Carr Glyn Moule.
Chapters
1 Import of the Names Given to Christ (1:21-23) 6 min 2 The Wise Men Seeking Christ (2:1, 2) 9 min 3 The Joy of the Magi (2:10) 12 min 4 The Slaughter of the Infants (2:16, 18) 12 min 5 John's Address to Those Who Came to be Baptized by Him (3:7-20) 16 min 6 The Baptism of the Spirit (3:11) 13 min 7 The Issue of the Final Judgment (3:12) 9 min 8 Fulfilling all Righteousness (3:15) 12 min 9 Christ's Temptation (4:1) 14 min 10 The Call of Four Apostles (4:18-22) 14 min 11 The Blessedness of the Humble (5:1-4) 15 min 12 Christ's Meekness (5:5) 14 min 13 Hungering and Thirsting after Righteousness (5:6) 10 min 14 The Reward of Mercifulness (5:7) 10 min 15 The Purity of Heart (5:8) 12 min 16 The Peacemakers (5:9) 10 min 17 Persecution for Righteousness' Sake (5:10-12) 10 min 18 Christians the Salt of the Earth (5:13) 14 min 19 Christians the Light of the World (5:14-16) 16 min 20 The Law and the Prophets Confirmed (5:17, 18) 12 min 21 The Danger of Little Sins (5:19) 10 min 22 Evangelic and Pharisaic Righteousness Compared (5:20) 35 min 23 Christ's Exposition of the Sixth Commandment (5:21, 22) 24 min 24 Necessity of Reconciliation with Men (5:23,24) 14 min 25 Importance of Reconciliation with God (5:25, 26) 13 min 26 Our Lord's Exposition of the Seventh Commandment (5:27, 28) 9 min 27 The Necessity of Mortifying Every Sin (5:29, 30) 16 min 28 Divorces Forbidden (5:31, 32) 12 min 29 Swearing Forbidden (5:33-37) 15 min 30 Retaliation Forbidden (5:38-41) 10 min 31 Liberality Enjoined (5:42) 13 min 32 Love to Enemies Enjoined (5:43-48) 12 min 33 Christians Do More Than Others (5:47) 16 min 34 Directions Respecting Alms-Deeds (6:1-4) 11 min 35 Directions Respecting Prayer (6:5-8) 20 min 36 Hallowing God's Name (6:9) 14 min 37 The Lord's Prayer - Part 1 (6:10) 16 min 38 The Lord's Prayer - Part 2 (6:11) 15 min 39 The Lord's Prayer - Part 3 (6:12) 16 min 40 The Lord's Prayer - Part 4 (6:13) 14 min 41 The Lord's Prayer - Part 5 (6:13) 13 min 42 A Forgiving Spirit Necessary to our Acceptance with God (6:14, 15) 13 min 43 Directions Respecting Fasting (6:16-18) 9 min 44 Laying Up Treasures in Heaven (6:19-21) 10 min 45 The Single Eye (6:22, 23) 9 min 46 The Services of God and Mammon Inconsistent (6:24) 9 min 47 Against Carefulness (6:25-34) 19 min 48 Against Uncharitable Judging (7:1, 2) 14 min 49 The Beam and the Mote (7:3, 5) 12 min 50 Caution to be Used in Reproving (7:6) 10 min 51 The Importance and Efficacy of Prayer (7:7, 8) 14 min 52 God's Readiness to Give His Holy Spirit (7:9-11) 10 min 53 The Doing as we Would be Done Unto (7:12) 20 min 54 The Strait and Narrow Ways (7:13, 14) 6 min 55 Men Known by their Fruits (7:15-20) 11 min 56 Nature and Importance of Religion (7:21-23) 7 min 57 The Wise Builder (7:24-27) 7 min 58 The Effect of Our Lord's Preaching (7:28, 29) 12 min 59 How We are to Follow Christ (8:19-22) 11 min 60 Christ Stilleth the Tempest (8:27) 11 min 61 Mercy Before Sacrifice (9:13) 10 min 62 Two Blind Men Healed (9:28-30) 7 min 63 Our Duty to the Benighted World (9:36-38) 11 min 64 Limited Commission of the Apostles (10:5-7) 8 min 65 Diffusion of the Gospel, a Duty (10:8) 9 min 66 Wisdom and Innocence to Be United (10:16) 12 min 67 Enduring to the End (10:22) 8 min 68 Doctrine of Particular Providence (10:30) 7 min 69 The Rule of Christ's Procedure in the Last Day (10:32-39) 19 min 70 Christ's Answer to John's Disciples (11:4-6) 15 min 71 Christ's Commendation of John (11:11, 12) 8 min 72 The Heavy-laden Invited to Christ (11:28) 10 min 73 Christs a Meek and Lowly Teacher (11:29) 9 min 74 Christ Greater than the Temple (12:6) 24 min 75 Compassion of Christ Towards the Weak (12:18-21) 9 min 76 Blind and Dumb Demoniac Healed (12:22, 23) 10 min 77 Decided Adherence to Christ (12:30) 11 min 78 The Sin Against the Holy Ghost (12:31) 12 min 79 Idle Words to be Accounted for (12:36, 37) 12 min 80 Jonah a Type of Christ (12:39-41) 10 min 81 The Relapsed Demoniac (12:43-45) 9 min 82 Christ's Regard to His Obedient Followers (12:46-50) 13 min 83 The Use and Intent of Parables (13:13-15) 11 min 84 The Sower (13:18) 12 min 85 Leaven Hid in Meal (13:33) 10 min 86 The Tares (13:36) 9 min 87 The Hidden Treasure (13:44) 7 min 88 The Pearl of Great Price (13:45, 46) 7 min 89 The Net (13:47-50) 10 min 90 The Householder (13:52) 7 min 91 Christ Walking on the Sea (14:26, 27) 10 min 92 Peter Saved When Sinking in the Sea (14:30, 31) 12 min 93 Formal Worshippers, Hypocrites (15:7-9) 12 min 94 The Daughter of the Canaanites Dispossessed (15:28) 14 min 95 Great Multitudes Healed (15:30, 31) 9 min 96 Against Formality and Indifference (16:6) 13 min 97 Peter's Confession Rewarded (16:15-19) 19 min 98 Peter's Mistaken Tenderness Reproved (16:21-23) 13 min 99 Importance of a Christian's Duty (16:24, 25) 13 min 100 The Worth of the Soul (16:26) 6 min 101 Elijah's Advent in John Baptist (17:10-13) 11 min 102 Christ Paying the Tribute Money (17:27) 10 min 103 A Little Child (18:1-4) 14 min 104 The Security of God's Children (18:14) 10 min 105 The Efficacy of Social Prayer (18:19, 20) 10 min 106 The Unmerciful Servant (18:32-35) 8 min 107 The Labourers (20:16, 7) 12 min 108 Children Vindicated (21:16) 10 min 109 The Fig Tree Cursed (21:18-22) 11 min 110 The Two Sons (21:28-31) 8 min 111 The Marriage Feast (22:2, 3) 8 min 112 The Sin of Making Light of Christ (22:5) 8 min 113 The Wedding Garment (22:11-13) 7 min 114 An Inquiry into our Views of Christ (22:41-42) 8 min 115 Christ the Son and Lord of David (22:42-46) 13 min 116 Our Relation to Christ and to Each Other (23:8) 6 min 117 Christ's Compassion (23:37) 13 min 118 Caution Against Declension in Religion (24:12-13) 10 min 119 The Ten Virgins (25:10) 12 min 120 The Talents (25:22-23) 10 min 121 The Day of Judgment (25:34, 41, 46) 16 min 122 The Importance of Charitable Exertions (25:35-40) 16 min 123 Fearful Prospect of the Impenitent (26:24) 10 min 124 The Lord's Supper (26:29) 12 min 125 Christ's Apprehension (26:53-54) 8 min 126 Christ Forsaken by His Disciples (26:56) 7 min 127 Our Lord's Condemnation (26:63-66) 10 min 128 The Indignities Offered to Christ (26:67, 68) 10 min 129 Impenitence (27:3-5) 14 min 130 The Disposal of the Money Paid to the Traitor Judas (27:9-10) 10 min 131 Pilate's Protest (27:24-25) 13 min 132 The Indignities Offered to our Lord (27:26-31) 18 min 133 The Mocking of Christ Upon the Cross (27:38-44) 16 min 134 The Supernatural Darkness (27:45) 12 min 135 Signs Attendant on our Lord's Death (27:51) 16 min 136 The Guarding of the Sepulchre (27:62-66) 16 min 137 The Resurrection (28:6) 17 min 138 The Apostles' Commission (28:18-20) 8 min
