Judaizers opposed St. Paul, 2; their ambition, 42; in St. Chrysostom's day, 8, 21; heresy of,
11.
Judgments, temporal, a call to repentance, 79.
Julian, St., a recluse, his character, 156.
Laver, of Baptism. See Baptism.
Law the, not evil, but weak and dangerous, 20; death to, different meanings of, 22; causes
faith not to avail, 25; curse of removed by the Cross, 27; partially restrains sin, 28;
provided for self-knowledge and self-restraint, 29; once led to, now leads from Christ,
29; sometimes means Genesis, often the Old Testament, 33; obedience to part of, subjects
to the whole, 36; abolished to make room for a higher rule of life, 39, 42; fulfilled by
the various gifts of the faithful, 43; the ceremonies of, abolished in Christ, 72.
Lent-season, 63.
Light, detects darkness by its own shining, 133, 136.
Lot, inheritance by lot implies that we are not chosen by merit, 55 (and note) .
Love, God's love the cause of our being chosen, 52; how to understand its extent, 82; its effects
and obligations upon man, 98; always combined with faith, 60, 171; towards enemies
enforced, 82, 127-129; its fruit unity and mutual confidence, 97-98; is the condition of
our receiving the Spirit, 105; love between husband and wife, 149.
Lowliness, the ground of all graces, 96.
Man, the wonderful exaltation of his nature in Christ, 61; his littleness and greatness, 62; a
fourfold consideration of him, 114.
Manichees, considered the world essentially evil, 5 (note) ; and the body, 39; paid divine
honors to the heavenly bodies, 5.
Manichees, 139 (and note) .
Marcionites, allowed one Gospel only, 7, 139 (and note) .
Marks of the Cross, 47.
Marriage, &c., some heretics forbade it, 147; rules for, 151.
Masters, their duties, 158.
Mildness in correcting enjoined, 43.
Minister, in what sense not applied to the Son, 54 (and note) .
Ministers of the Gospel to be obeyed though wicked, 8; unless they vitiate the faith, 8;
maintained by their disciples, 44; mutual benefits of this, 45; contrast in the case of
Heathen teachers, 45 (note) .
Monks, 165 (note) ; their self-denial, 248.
Moses, an example of love to enemies, 83.
Murder, an instance of voluntary sin, 57.
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