Gesta Romanorum Or, Entertaining Moral Stories Invented By The Monks As A Fireside Recreation; And Commonly Applied In Their Discourses From The Pulpit Whence The Most Celebrated Of Our Own Poets And Others, From The Earliest Times Volume 2

Gesta Romanorum Or, Entertaining Moral Stories Invented By The Monks As A Fireside Recreation; And Commonly Applied In Their Discourses From The Pulpit Whence The Most Celebrated Of Our Own Poets And Others, From The Earliest Times Volume 1   Gesta Romanorum Or, Entertaining Moral Stories Invented By The Monks As A Fireside Recreation; And Commonly Applied In Their Discourses From The Pulpit Whence The Most Celebrated Of Our Own Poets And Others, From The Earliest Times Volume 2   CONTENTS TO VOL. II. I. Of the wonderful Dispensations of Providence, and of the Rise of Pope Gregory 1 II. Of Judgment against Adulterers 26 III. Of the timorous Guardianship of the Soul 28 IV. Of God's Benefits 31 V. Of Prayer, which is as Harmony before God 33 VI. Of Sinners, who receive the Divine Grace on earnestly seeking it 36 VII. Of Christ, who gave himself to Death for us 38 VIII. Of the Cunning of the Devil 40 IX. Of the triple State of the World 41 X. Of free Will 43 XI. Of Sloth 46 XII. Of Christ, who died that we might live 46 XIII. Of the Inheritance and Joy of a faithful Soul 48 XIV. Of the Soul, which being infected with the Leprosy of Sin, cannot recover its ancient Beauty, except by penitential Sighs and Tears 49 XV. Of Christ, who restored our heavenly Inheritance 52 XVI. Of the Life present, which is a Life of Remission and Grace 53 XVII. Of Death 55 XVIII. Of conciliating God whilst we have Opportunity 56 XIX. Of Christ's manly Contest and Victory 57 XX. Of Christ, who is long-suffering and merciful 60 XXI. Of worldly Evil and Distress 62 XXII. Of the Transgressions and Wounds of the Soul 65 XXIII. Of doing all Things with Concord and Forethought 70 XXIV. Of the Remembrance of Benefits 77 XXV. Of the Vicissitude of every Thing good, and especially of a right Judgment 80 XXVI. Of the Deceits of the Devil 83 XXVII. Of remembering Death, and forgetting Things temporal 87 XXVIII. Of Constancy in adhering to Promises 90 XXIX. Of the avaricious Pursuit of Riches, which lead