HOMILIES ON PHILIPPIANS, COLOSSIANS, THESSALONIANS.
do our part, 326; made for all
men, ib. ; expressed from love,
341 ; due to pastors, 372; houses
of, 373; of arrogant, not heard,
ib.; of St. Paul for Thessalo-
nians, 390; he asks theirs, ib.;
St. Chrysostom asks earnestly,
and more on hisown account, ib. ;
united, powerful, 391 ; for people
bold in St. Chrysostom, ib.; yet
he makes it in private as well as
in public, ib.; seals precepts,
395 ; for peace, ib. ; in saluta
tion, ib.
Prayer of the Faithful, Lord s Prayer
so called, 306.
Preachers, of strife taught as St. Paul
did, against their will, as instru
ments of the devil, 190.
Presbyters, sometimes called Bishops,
184; could not lay hands on a
Bishop, ib.
Pride, to be corrected by thanking
God for our wisdom, 204; makes
men even unlike the devil, 205;
haughtiness not courage, ib. ;
cause of Satan s fall, 216; is
worse than folly, 217; the evils
that come from it in a man s tem
per, ib. ; natural good qualities
and blessings should not make
men proud, ib. ; makes a man
lower than irrational creatures,
218; shown in thinking fine
houses superfluities, etc., a gain,
232; attendant on the feasts of
the heathen, 262; cure of, in
seeing the poor, 374 ; exclaimed
against, ib. ; comes of not know
ing God, 378; beginning of sin,
ib. ; of Pharisee, spoiled good
works, ib.; a constant misery,
379; a sign of wanting reason,
ib. ; of rich at Church, 387.
Priest, should be obeyed with good
will, 366; hated for reproving,
ib.; authority of, sanctioned by
Christ, ib,; gives up the world
for his office, ib.; imparts the
Holy Mysteries, 367; communi
cates first but equally with peo
ple, 392.
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Priests, grudging to support them up
braided, 226-27.
Prize, the, the Christian runs for in
heaven, 239; it is far more pre
ciousthan goldorjewels, /<., those
who could gain it must follow ex
ample of runners in a race, ib.;
Christ gives it in heaven, ib.
Proclamation, the, is made further
known when St. Paul is bound,
306-07.
Prodigal Son, an example to those
that sin after Baptism, 238.
Prophecies, about Christ and Anti
christ, 389.
Prophesyings, true and false, 371.
Prophets, slain by Jews, 333; speak
as from God, 355; speak irre
sponsibly at the time, 371; less
listened to than king s messen
gers, 387.
Proselytes, not circumcised on the
eighth day, nor of the stock of
Israel, 231.
Providence, signs of, 283.
Proving all things, what, 371.
Prudentius, on St. Lawrence, 336
(note 2).
Psalms, singing a less irksome way of
gaining instruction than reading,
301 ; the warnings they contain
for the practice of virtue, 302.
Pulpit, not opened to all, 371.
Punishment, example of, necessary
to lead bad-principled to virtue,
220; all sin incurs, 344; comes
of evil will, 347; temporal, for
those who knew not eternal, 358;
instances of, 358-59; from God
not to be questioned, 358; pres
ent unequal, 359; for not obey
ing the Gospel, 382, 384; of
others not to be rejoiced in, 382 :
the heavier for delay, 384 ; future,
proved eternal, ib. ; of disorderly
by withdrawing from them, 394,
396.
Purity, blessedness of, 342; enjoined
on Timothy, 344.
Reader, at Church speaks God s
words, 387.
Reason, cannot comprehend mys
teries, 236, 282; pride shows
want of, 379; overwhelmed by
ill discourses, 383.
Reasoning, not used to the docile,
352; on some things unwise,
354; like swimming without boat
or pilot, ib. ; good not to indulge
in, 380; conclusive, from God s
justice, 382.
Rebecca, an example for a bride, 317.
Reconciliation, the way of, through
Christ, 272.
Red Sea, burial to Egyptians, genera
tion to Israelites, 290.
Rejoicing in Christ arises from mourn
ing for sins, 246.
Relations, domestic, intent of, 369.
Remembrance, good, what, 340.
Remission, of sins, given in baptism,
238.
Repetition, needful, 386; in Holy
Scriptures complained of, 388.
Report, of actions, greatest near the
spot, 328; credible from those
who might envy, ib.
Reprieve, 356.
Reproof, preparation for, 380, 393.
Restitution, should exceed wrongful
gains, 369.
Resurrection, the, a motive to good
Iiving,2i2; no tidings of, in Job s
time, 222; that of Christ, known
only by faith, not reason, 236;
one which leads to honor, one to
punishment, 236; the glorious
one to be attained by going
through the like sufferings with
Christ, 237 ; doctrine of, believed
by only a few of those who live
in sin, 269; men rewarded in it
according to desert, ib.; prefig
ured in Enoch, Elias, Jonah,
Noah, fiery furnace, generation
of plants, and of man, 283; of
Christ an encouragement, 328,
363 ; future,a comfort in troubles,
349; belief in, stays sorrow for
deaths, ib. ; sorrow in spite of
believing, 352; first Resurrection,
ib.; objections to, 353-54; of
garments supposed by some, 353 ;
in a moment, 356; comes un
awares, ib.; some said already
past, and why, 377; lively pic
ture of, 382; time of, not known,
386.
Retribution, to come, 357360; fu
ture, just, 381 ; exceeds actions,
both good and evil, 382.
Revenge, best found in taking none,
367-
Reward, according to proportiori of
righteousness, 381 ; more desired
than revenge, 382.
Rich, not refused by Christ, 374; but
warned of their danger, ib. ; man,
despised Lazarus, ib. ; asked his
help in vain afterwards, ib. ; men,
advised to entertain the poor, ib.-;
fall anyhow in war, 374; goods
of, often confiscated, ib. ; man,
would have escaped hell had he
feared it, ib.; make a show in
church, 387; think they do a
favor in coming to church, ib.
Riches, cause of unnumbered evils,
183; bring trouble, 191; make
unable to receive pleasure, 192;
their value shown in instance of
Dives and Lazarus, ib. ; how to
be rich indeed, 193; should be
joined with great mercy, 201 ; no
cause for being proud, 217; may
deprive men of future consola
tion, 228; the conditions of, are
loss accompanied with inexpres
sible trouble, and without gain,
231-32; men must soon leave
them, 232; their ill effects, ib.;
are a good, if used as a means to
gain heaven, ib. ; love of, shows
unreadiness for trial, 335; love
of, increased by gazing, 338;
of ancients, in things necessary,
ib.; a disgraceful memorial, 369;
ill-gotten, to be restored with
addition, ib.; desire of, comes of
pride, 378; vanity of, proved by-
death, 384; ofGod are the faith
ful, 385 ; must be despised if we
are to despise self, 393.
Righteousness, not according to Christ
is a simply moral life, 189; the
kind which comes from man s
own diligence is not to be com
pared with that which is God s
gift through faith, 235; reward
according to, 381.
River of fire, 365.
Robber, watchfulness defeats, 362;
armor needed against, 363; cov
etous man a, 369; first puts out
lamp, 371.
Robbers, crucified with our Lord,
both of them impious at one
time, 215.
Robbery, a work of darkness, 362;