, ascending the pulpit, he said that every word of the
discourse had struck him to the heart, and made him sigh within himself:
for praises sting the conscience no less than sins, when a soul is
conscious to herself how far she is from what is said of her: they only
set before her eyes the last day, in which, to her greater confusion,
all things will appear naked and as they are; for we shall not be judged
by the masks which are put on us by other men. T. 3, F. 747.

In three sermons On the Devil, he shows that the divine mercy has
restored us more by grace in our redemption, than the devil has robbed
us of by the sin of Adam; and that the punishment itself of that sin
served to set forth the excess of the divine mercy and goodness, (Hom.
1, de Diabolo, t. 2, p. 246;) that temptations and the devil's malice
are occasions of great advantage, if we make a good use of them: that
temporal calamities are sent by God: we fall into sin only by our own
malice: the devil has no power against us but by the divine permission,
and all his efforts are weak, unless by our sloth we give him power over
us. He draws a parallel between Adam sinning in paradise by his free
will, and Job victorious by patience on his dunghill under his
sufferings, of which he gives a lively description, showing them to have
been far more grievous than all the calamities under which we so easily
lose our patience and crown.

In nine homilies On Penance, he extols its efficacy, and invites all
sinners to repentance. Hom. 6, p. 316, he vehemently condemns stage
entertainments, which he calls the school of pleasure, the seat of
pestilence, and the furnace of Babylon. Hom. 3, he calls alms the queen
of virtues, and charity and compassion the key of the divine mercy. Hom.
9, p. 347, he presses all to assist assiduously at the divine mysteries,
but with attention, awe, and trembling.

In two homilies On the Treason of Judas, (p. 376,) he recommends
meekness towards persecutors, and the pardon of injuries, by which we
reap from them, without trouble of expense, the most precious of all
advantages, grace and the pardon of our sins. Speaking on the holy
eucharist, he says, that Christ gives us in it the same body which he
delivered to death for us, and that he refused not to present to Judas
the very blood which that traitor sold. (Hom. 1, de proditione Judae, t.
2, p. 383.) He repeats the same thing, (Hom. 2, ib. p. 393.) He
observes, that as God, by his word, (G