HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES TO TIMOTHY, TITUS, AND PHILEMON.   Aaron, those that rebelled against, perished, 482 . Abraham, riches of, in what they consisted, 447 ; concealed his purpose about Isaac, 458 . Activity, needful in our spiritual course, 517 . Adam, in what sense not deceived, 435 . Admonition, not meant to grieve, but to correct, 414 . Age, failings of, 531 . Aged, the, not to be rebuked but advised, 450 . Alexander, persecuted St. Paul, 514 . Almsgiving, blessings of, 455 ; objects of, ib. ; communion in, 479 ; failure in, enough to cast into hell, 498 ; must become a habit, 499 ; mercifully ordained, ib. ; meant to detach from love of riches, 542 ; effects of, extend to all, ib. ; the chief of virtues, ib. ; the mother of love, ib. ; the ladder fixed to heaven, ib. Alms, to be dispensed by ourselves, 455 ; make way for prayer, 479 ; of no avail if from wrongful gains, 498 ; to avail, must be of our own, 500 ; a good inheritance, 504 ; benefit the giver more than the receiver, 541 ; bind together the body of Christ, 542 ; blessed effects of, ib. Androgeus, story of, 538 . Angels, saw the Son, with men, through the Incarnation, 442 ; Timothy charged before the, 464 ; the elect, who, ib. Apostleship, dignity of the, 408 . Apostles, preaching of the, assailed, not their lives, 439 ; power of the, 516 ; power of our Lord exercised through, 517 (note) ; manner of life of, 523 . Appearing, the love of the, of Christ, 512 . Apphia, 547 . Aratus, quoted by St. Paul, 528 . Archippus, 547 . Asia, Church and people of, committed to Timothy, 461 ; many in Rome from, 484 . Athenians, admitted new gods, 528 . Avarice, a lust, 430 ; inexcusable, 536 .   Balaam, a prophet, though a wicked man, 482 . Barochabel, 551 (note) . Baptism, the anointing of, 415 . Baths, considered too luxurious for very devout persons, 499 (note) . Beauty, right use of, 421 ; increases trials of modesty, 422 ; want of, no reproach, ib. ; has no advantages, ib. ; imaginary, not in nature of things, 479 ; moral, alone real, ib. Bishopric, of those who desire a, 522 . Bishop, character of a, 437 ; office of, may be desired from love to the Church, ib. ; vigilant, 438 ; to be instant in his duties night and day, ib. ; the husband of one wife, 437 , 438 (note) ; must be blameless, 438 ; apt to teach, ib. ; no smiter, ib. ; not to smite the consciences of others, ib. ; why the highest attainments not required of, 439 ; one to preside in every city, 438 ; to exhibit good order in his own house, 439 ; not to be a new convert, ib. ; must be well reported of all, ib. Bishops, must know how to manage their household, 408 ; superior to priests only in power of ordination, 441 ; set over and to be feared by all, 461 ; continually slandered wrongfully, 522 ; dangers and difficulties of, ib. ; must regard their health for the Church's sake, 523 . Blasphemy, produced by ill living, 532 . Books, of St. Paul, 514 . Brutality, of mankind before Christ's coming, 538 . Bulimy, disease called, 502 .   Cain, offense of, 498 . Canker, false doctrine compared to a, 493 . Children, good bringing up of, brings its own reward, 436 ; great responsibilities of those who have, 437 ; to be well trained from the first, ib. ; greatest care to be taken in choice of tutors for, ib. Children, The Three, example of, 543 . Christ, great strength required to bear the name of, 416 ; true disciples of, the admiration of angels, 417 ; apathy of men towards, 418 ; friends preferred before, ib. ; died for the heathen, 431 ; His suffering a testimony, ib. ; meaning of His directions about prayer ( Matt. vi. 6 ) , 432 ; love of, not returned by us, 431 ; should put us to shame, ib. ; condescension of, 463 ; sacramental union with, 464 ; the good confession, 471 ; unoriginated, ib. ; cannot be seen in His divine apart from His human nature, ib. , note ; the cross of, a remedy against shame, 480 ; power of, shown when His servants are oppressed, 491 ; dying with, a pledge of life with, 492 ; how to suffer for, 512 ; why ministered to by others, 542 . "Christ, through," meaning of the phrase, 418 . Christians, must learn, and obey, and doubt not, 410 ; not freed only from punishment, but gifted with immense privileges, 418 ; must not pray against each other, 427 ; engaged in a contest, 424 ; bid to pray everywhere, 432 ; bad, hinder conversion of heathen, 440 ; how dead with Christ, 492 ; should be prepared for everything, 496 . Church, different stations in the, as in an army, 424 ; the, a household, 439 ; a pillar of truth in the world, 442 ; maintains the preaching of the word, 442 ; makes known the Incarnation, ib. ; those directing the, assailed with difficulty, 475 ; equality in the, 547 ; knows no distinctions of rank, 548 . Claudia, 516 . Clergy, to be maintained, 460 ; not to be stinted, ib. ; not to spare themselves, ib. Cloak, of St. Paul left at Troas, 513 . Commandment, matters of, 449 ; not left to choice, 521 . Committed, things to us, imply that they are not our own, but to be kept with care, 424 . Communicants, unworthy, delivered by God to Satan, 425 . Communion, Holy, careless preparation for, reproved, 425 ; one unworthy partaking of, presumption, ib. Condescension, of God to man's weakness, 529 . Conduct, of others, not to be judged, but our own, 482 . Conscience, a good, brings rejoicing, 446 ; a pure, a blameless life, 476 ; torments of a bad, 494 ; an impure, defiles all things, 530 . Contentious persons, to be avoided, 468 . Contest, those out of the, sometimes cause of the victory to those who gain it, 485 . Controversy, some unavoidable, 541 . Conversion, none without practical holiness, 440 . Corah, insurrection of, 482 . Corinthian, case of incestuous, 424 . Counsels, of perfection, 521 . Courtesans, finery of, 433 . Covetousness, admits no friendship, 469 ; cure of, 470 ; to be brought under by the will, ib. ; self-love source of, 501 ; evils arising from, ib. Creature, none unclean, 445 . Cretans, who said they were liars, 528 ; to be sharply rebuked, 529 . Cross, the greatest sign of God's love, 479 ; a rebuke to mistaken shame, 480 ; sign of the, use of, 499 . Crown, of righteousness, 512 ; in store for all saints, ib. Cynophontis, festival of, at Argos, 470 (note) .   Daniel, humility of, 553 . Daphne, burning of, 508 (note) . Daughters, to be trained religiously for marriage, 437 . David, his love for Jonathan, 503 ; humility of, 553 . Day of Judgment, not borne in mind, 462 . Deacons, qualities for, 441 ; trial of, ib. ; same virtues required of, as of bishops, ib. ; temporal ministry of, 442 (note) . Deaconesses, 441 ; necessary and useful to the Church, ib. Death, in a monastery, 457 . Demas, chose his own ease before danger, 513 , 556 . Desires, foolish, 469 ; as thorns, ib. Despisers of their brethren, despise God, 501 . Devil, his rage greater against the shepherd than the flock, 409 . Devils, abhor the unguent of the Spirit, 415 ; divinations of, condemned and defied, 508 . Disputes, contagious, 467 , 493 . Distinctions, spiritual to be sought for, 444 . Divinations, failure in, 508 ; sin to have recourse to, ib. Divine things not to be measured by human reason, 479 . Doctrine, corrupt, engendered by an evil life, 419 ; orthodox, useless without a corresponding life, 429 ; false, a growing evil, 493 . Doxology, inference of heretics from ( 1 Tim. i. 17 ) , disproved, 421 . Dramas of the heathens filled with abominations, 538 . Dress, finery in, gives occasion of offense, 434 . Drunkenness, drowns the soul, 451 . Duties, plain neglect of, a denial of the Faith, 453 .   Earnestness, taught by the Epistle to Philemon, 546 . Elders, bishops called, 524 . Eli, perished for neglecting his children, 436 . Eloquence, inferior to strength of mind, 525 . Encratites, not often mentioned by St. Chrys. 444 (note) ; mentioned by Clem. Al. etc., ib. Envy of men passes on to Christ, 419 . Elect, sufferings endured for the, 489 . Epaphroditus, infirmity of, 515 . Epimenides, 528 (note) . Epiphany, meaning of, 512 . Episcopate, dangers of the, 522 . Epistles, occasional, not superfluous, 545 . Ephesus, false Judaizing apostles at, 410 . Error, never stops, yet never advances, 506 . Essence, no dissimilarity in the Divine, 409 . Eucharist, Holy, always a Holy Passover, 425 ; the same, whether offered by common men or by Paul, &c., 483 . Evangelist, the work of an, 511 . Eve, bad teaching of, 436 . Excommunication, a proof of the Apostles' power, 425 . Exercise, bodily, spoken of by St. Paul, not fasting, 445 ; spiritual, ib. (note) , 446 ; spiritual, rewarded, 447 .   Fables, what St. Paul means by, 410 ; Jewish traditions such, 445 . Faith, excludes questioning, 410 ; sets reasoning at rest, ib. ; excludes not prayer for knowledge, ib. ; objects of being divine to be revered not questioned, ib. ; adherence to the, safeguard against false opinions, 411 ; earthly things depend on, ib. ; exacted by heathens, ib. ; produces love, 412 ; a safe ship, 424 ; without a good life unavailing, ib. ; apostates from the, have no stay, ib. ; an unshaken rock, 472 ; dead, 505 ; common to all, 522 . Faithful, should assist each other, 485 . Family, the, a model for all government, 535 . Fasting, cleanses in vain if we return to sin, 426 ; useless without alms, 498 . Fate, doctrine of, excludes responsibility, 411 ; arguments against doctrine of, ib. Father, a bad, unfit to be a bishop, 524 . Fear, prevents quarrels, 427 ; utility of, 462 ; love opposed to, 477 ; of God, a firm foundation, 513 . Fight, the Christian, 511 . Flesh, those called, whose souls are dead, 452 . Food, spiritual, 445 . Forgiveness of injuries, 427 , 428 ; peculiar to Christians, 427 ; brings gain here, 549 . Form, used in a good and in a bad sense, 505 . Free will, not taken away by grace, 418 . Friendship, benefits of, 412 ; of David and Jonathan, 503 ; among the wicked, 412 . Freedom, Christian, causes greater faithfulness in serving, 465 . Funeral, in a monastery, 457 .   Gamaliel, appears free from ambition, 417 . Garlands, worn by bridegrooms, why, 437 . Garments, vanity of worldly, 414 . Gentiles, tenets of, human, and so to be examined, 410 . Gentleness, comes from thinking what we once were, 537 . Gift, given to Timothy for working miracles, etc., 477 . Glory of the world useless, 414 ; of the saints internal, ib. ; real, described, 490 ; a hard taskmaster, 527 . Gluttony, disgusting effects of, 452 ; unnatural to the body, ib. ; nausea succeeds, 453 ; evils of, 451 . Gnostics, the name of assumed by pretenders to great knowledge, 472 . God, blessings of, not conceived by reasoning, 410 ; knowledge of, presupposes faith, ib. ; belief in, destroys notions of fate and nativity, 411 ; takes earthly gifts away, to lead men to heaven, 412 ; gifts of, so great as to be incredible, 419 ; how to be glorified, 421 ; to be honored by works, 422 ; longsuffering of, an example to ourselves, 428 ; goodness of, to His enemies, ib. ; not to be approached in costly ornaments, 433 ; willeth salvation of all, therefore men must pray for all, 430 ; threatens in mercy, 461 ; to be loved not from fear of hell, but from desire of His kingdom, 462 ; union of man with, in Christ, 463 ; the best Master, but ill served, 465 ; acts through evil men, 482 ; threatens in mercy, 485 ; why He defers punishment, 486 ; His work not impaired by the instrument, 483 ; appeal to, full of awe, 492 ; charging before, 493 ; His doings too deep for the curious, 507 ; His power shown in man's weakness, 515 ; teaches men through that which they know, 528 ; our Creditor, 549 ; goodness of, in punishing, 556 , 557 . Godliness, mystery of, 442 ; exercise of, 445 ; a means of gain, but not worldly, 468 ; beautiful in its own nature, 470 ; requires daily nourishment of good works, 486 ; the truth, according to, 520 . Gold, good for almsgiving, 432 ; to be used in loosing captives, not in enslaving the soul, ib. ; bonds of, tend to the chains of hell, ib. ; not to be worn by penitents, 433 . Good, best done in person, 455 ; real, may be seized by all, 517 . Goods, named from use, 443 ; inherited, not preserved without trouble, 447 ; worldly, destroyed in a moment, ib. ; spiritual, not gained without labor and pain, 446 . Good works, perseverance in, 485 . Gospel, why called glorious, 414 ; gifts of, not of mercy only, but of love and affection, 418 ; justice and mercy meet only in the, 420 ; that committed to us, 481 ; victorious through sufferings, 489 . Government, an appointment of God, 426 . Grace, indwelling and aiding, 516 ; how gained, ib. Grace and free will, 520 . Graces, Christian, true ornaments, 444 . Gratitude, God glorified in, 554 .   Habit, force of, 499 . Hands, employed in almsgiving, holy, 432 . Health, to be prized above beauty, 422 . Heathen, the, to be prayed for, 430 ; there would be no, if Christians were as they ought to be, 440 ; errors of the wiser, 539 . Heathenism, testimony of heathens against, 528 . Heaven, to be won by pain and labor, 517 . Hell, misery of, not the less for numbers, 440 ; prepared by God because of His goodness, 557 . Herald, duty of a, 521 . Heresies, want of brotherly love, the cause, 412 ; arise from love of power, ib. ; foretold, 444 ; propagated by Jews, 475 . Heretics, to be prayed for, 430 ; on the Church's disapproval of putting to death, ib. (note) ; measure heavenly things by human reasonings, 479 ; no cause of offense, 504 ; existed from the beginning, ib. ; arguing with, useless, 540 . Hermogenes 484 . Holiness, the best converter from heathenism, 440 . Honesty of living, in what consists, 429 . Honor, dangerous, 526 ; to be evaded when offered, 527 ; to be rejected, 526 . Hope, no real, but in repentance, 441 . Hospitality, must be cheerful, 454 ; kind of, intended by St. Paul, 525 . Hours, canonical, of prayer, 456 . Household, duty of regulating our, 453 . Humiliation, our utmost due to Christ, 554 . Humility, true, rarely to be met with, 416 ; puffs up when not genuine, 552 ; Scripture examples of, 553 . Husband, how to win a heathen, 532 .   Idleness, teacher of every sin, 459 . Immortality, admits not of degrees, 421 . Incarnation, The, called The dispensation, 442 ; immense mystery of, ib. ; mystery of, made known by the Church, ib. ; doctrine of, to be taught with discretion, ib. Industry, practiced in monasteries, 456 . Injustice, bitterness of, to those who practice it, 494 . Insincerity, pernicious to the Church, 441 . Intemperance, horrors of, 452 . Intercession, priestly, 426 ; advantages of, ib. ; for those without never to be relaxed, ib. Isaac, why kept in ignorance when about to be slain, 458 .   Jacob, had wealth, but it was earned, 447 . Jannes and Jambres, magicians in the time of Moses, 505 . Jews, crimes of the, 414 ; had no prayers for heathens, 431 ; their great stumbling block, the love of power, 417 ; allowed to pray only in one place, 432 ; tenets of, how fables, 529 . Job, his afflictions, occasion of great good, 504 ; his alms rewarded, ib. ; his patience, 512 . Joseph, won the confidence of a heathen master, 534 ; honored in prison, ib. ; a ruler, ib. Judas, delivered to Satan, 425 ; a golden vessel became earthen, 496 . Judgment, day of, awfulness of, 485 ; to come, a cause of fear to all, 494 . Judging, faculty of, implanted in us, 495 . Jugglers, condemned, 509 . Justice, courts of, symbolical, 486 ; universal on earth, though incomplete, ib.   Labarum, the, 416 (note) . Labor, worldly, vain, 447 . Law, the, lawful use of, 413 ; if used aright sends men to Christ, ib. ; least needed by those who keep it best, ib. ; necessary for the confirmation of the Gospel, 414 . Life, a corrupt, produces similar doctrine, 424 ; heathens admire a good, 440 ; known from death by its acts, 451 ; true, that of the soul, 452 ; a dream, 462 ; eternal, to be won only by great labor, 469 ; eternal, secured by good works, 572; a time of trial, 506 . Linus, when Bishop of Rome, 516 (note) . Longsuffering of God, to lead men to repentance, 486 . Lord's Prayer, for all, 428 ; everything contained in, ib. Love, to enemies, possible, 419 ; to man, brings love to God, 502 . Luke, St., always adhered to St. Paul, 513 . Lust, inordinate desire is, 496 . Lusts, worldly, 536 . Luxury, danger of, 446 ; unworthy of man, 451 ; weakens the soul, 453 .   Magic, condemned, 440 . Man, union of, with God in Christ, 464 ; Scriptural definition of a, 452 . Manes, 479 . Manichees, 444 (note) . Mansions, heavenly and earthly compared, 463 . Marcion, 479 . Marcionites, 444 (note) . Marriage, not forbidden, 446 ; he that is chaste before, will be so after, and vice versa, 437 ; those who contracted a second, ineligible for the episcopate, 524 ; second objectionable, ib. ; second, better to avoid, 503 . Martyrdom, original idea of, 479 (note) . Martyrs, The sacrifice offered on the days of, 425 . Masks, worn on the stage, 527 . Masters, to forbear threatening, 465 . Matrona, cave of, 529 . Meat, abstinence from, the doctrine of devils, 445 . Meats, typical, 446 ; prohibited, to restrain luxury, ib. Mediator, nature and office of a, 430 ; our Lord as, must have two natures, ib. Medicine, spiritual, 495 . Men, of flesh, 452 . Mercy, all else vain without, 498 ; of God, men chiefly attracted by, ib. ; of God, requires mercy in us, 556 ; implies ill desert, 417 ; the work of God, 498 ; by it men resemble God, ib. Miracles, not wrought on all occasions, and why, 515 . Monastery, death and sickness in a, 457 . Monasteries, house of mourning, in what sense, 455 ; as lights to mariners, 456 ; calm and peace of, ib. ; manner of life passed in, ib. ; morning, in, ib. Money, loved before God, 502 ; difficulties undergone to gain, ib. ; lovers of, really mad, 469 ; love of, seizes all classes, 470 ; love of, the worse as not a natural passion, 536 ; love of, the root of all evils, 469 ; given for relief of the poor, ib. ; to make amends for past sins, ib. ; miseries caused by, ib. Monks, sleep not naked, 456 ; psalmody of, ib. ; industry, meals, and sleep of, 457 ; devotions of the, ib. Mortification, for the sake of future blessings, 446 . Mothers, advice to, 437 . Mystery, of the Incarnation, 442 ; not to be treated irreverently, ib. Mysteries, dignity of those who are entrusted with, 442 .   Nature, chief blessings of, common to all, 448 . Nero, compared with St. Paul in the Resurrection, 491 ; called a lion, 514 ; cupbearer of, converted by St. Paul, ib. ; compared with St. Paul, 490 ; worshiped as a God, ib. ; tomb of, unknown, 491 . Nicopolis, Titus bid to come to, and why, 541 ; which, here meant, ib. (note) . Nineveh, saved through fear, 462 . Novelties, to be avoided, 493 . Novices, not to be promoted to the episcopate, 439 .   Obedience, follows our election, 520 . Oil, in the parable of virgins taken for almsgiving, 498 ; for good works generally by St. Jerome, and St. Augustin, ib. (note) . Onesiphorus, St. Paul's prayer for, 485 ; his kindness to St. Paul, ib. Onesimus, a true and not a true son, 521 ; a son begotten in bonds, 551 ; his fault overruled to good, 552 ; came to St. Paul at Rome, 545 ; was baptized there, ib. Oppositions, certain, not to be answered, 472 . Orders, Holy, none to be admitted to, without frequent and strict examination, 464 . Ordinations, responsibilities of, 464 . Ornaments, of the body to be avoided, 422 ; of the soul alone to be sought for, 423 ; inconsistent with penitence, 433 ; suited to actors and dancers, not to Christians, ib. Ostentation, in prayer, to be avoided, 432 .   Paint, condemned, 422 . Parade, in religion to be avoided, 527 . Paradoxes of the Gospel, 443 . Parasceve, Holy Communion celebrated on the, 425 . Parents, may be benefited by their children's virtue, 436 ; to be requited, and how, 450 . Paschal Feast, 425 . Passions, the most cruel tyrants, 473 ; evil, worse than wild beasts, 512 . Patience, in teaching, 497 ; shown from the fisher, the husbandman, ib. ; all may exercise for Christ's sake, 512 ; befits the aged, 532 . Paul, St., why he wrote to Timothy and Titus only, 407 ; mentions no particular age for the episcopate, ib. ; instructions to Timothy, as to a Teacher, ib. ; appointed by command of God, 408 ; sent by Father and Son, ib. ; anxiety for Timothy, extended to care for his bodily health, 409 ; garments of, cast out devils, 415 ; humility of, 416 ; always conceals his own merit, ib. ; his former life, dwelt upon as to the glory of God, 417 ; his opposition not from ignorance, but from zeal, ib. ; ignorance of, produced by unbelief, ib. ; dwells on his sinfulness to extol God's mercy, 420 ; righteousness of, under the law, ib. ; how blameless, ib. ; his life not impure, but compared with God's righteousness worthless, ib. ; humility in describing his own case, 420 ; ordained for the Gentiles, 431 ; why he discourses so much of dress, 433 ; his trials, encouragement to others, 446 ; detained in prison, 480 ; why say so often that he was a teacher of the Gentiles, ib. ; gave offense to Nero, 484 ; his prayer for Onesiphorus, 485 ; a tent maker, 490 ; his name celebrated all over the world, ib. ; victorious over Nero, ib. ; his tomb, in the royal city, its splendor, 491 ; his glory at the Resurrection, ib. ; no emperor ever so honored as, ib. ; his travels, 511 ; discourses of his own death, 509 ; his death a drink offering, 511 ; preached though imprisoned, 513 ; whole life passed in afflictions, 507 ; deserted by man, supported by God, 514 ; cause of his death, ib. ; more powerful than Plato, 525 ; his thorn in the flesh, 515 ; condescension of, 532 ; "the stigmatized of Christ," 547 . Peace, worldly, useless, if there be war in the heart, 429 ; with one's self to be desired, ib. Peacefulness, duty of, 497 . Perfection, counsels of, 521 . Perfumes, spiritual, suitable to Christians, 415 . Persecutions, afflictions, sorrows, called, 506 ; the godly must suffer, ib. Persons, in the Godhead of the same substance, not distinct in nature, 485 . Peter, St., crucified with his head downwards, 493 . Philemon, argument of the Epistle to, 545 ; his household a Church, ib. ; his character admirable, ib. ; the lessons to be learned from Epistle to, 546 ; St. Paul's love to, how shown, 550 . Philosophy, a life of pleasure opposed to, 495 . Phygellus, 484 . Plato, Republic of, 539 (note) . Pleasure, bodily, more difficult of restraint, 498 . Pleasures, certain, agitate, not productive of calm, 415 . Pomp, absurd and despicable, 443 . Poor, the, are our benefactors, 455 ; men must become, if they would be rich, 443 ; benefits of visiting the, 456 . Possessions, contention introduced by, 448 . Poverty, to stand in need of others is, 443 . Power, of Christ's servants insuperable, 490 . Praise, vanity of human, 526 . Prayer, cursing cannot exist with, 427 ; not limited to one place, 433 ; for heathens, heretics, 430 ; without alms, unfruitful, 498 ; always to be joined with giving of thanks, 427 ; against another, sinfulness of, ib. ; of Jews, how distinguished from Christians, 432 ; monastic hours of, 456 ; preservative of our souls, 556 ; must be free from all passion, 433 ; from all doubting, ib. ; power of, 430 . Prayers, for heathen princes, agreeable to rules of justice, 426 ; to be offered for all men, 427 ; for heathen princes, and why, 426 . Preacher, duty of a, 428 . Preaching, difficulties of, 461 ; good, advantageous to the Church, ib. ; pompous language not necessary for, ib. Presbyters, why St. Paul gives no directions to, 441 ; no great difference between, and Bishops, ib. Presumption comes of ignorance, 467 . Pride, aroused by ignorance, 467 . Priest, commanding belongs to a, 449 ; the, as it were a common father of all the world, 426 ; his office to be honored for God's sake, 481 ; they that honor him, will honor God, ib. ; if he teach heresy not to be obeyed, 482 ; a, by his office, a spiritual father, 483 ; intercession of, ib. ; wicked, impairs not God's work, 481 ; an angel of the Lord, ib. ; his words, not his own, but God's, 482 ; God worketh through evil, 483 . Priesthood, dignity of the, 423 ; responsibility of the, 483 (note) . Priests, anointing of, typical of inward virtue, 415 ; but instruments of God, 483 ; Christ in His, their words His, ib. Principles for solving difficulties of God's doings, 507 . Priscilla, her zeal, 515 . Proclamation, the Gospel a, from God, 521 . Promise of God eternal, 520 . Prophets, false, 511 . Prophecy, not of future things only, but of present, 423 ; used of teaching, 449 . Prosperity, real, shared fairly even now by good and bad, 411 . Psalmody, of the monks, 456 . Punishment, the saints rejoice not in, of the evil, but the Gospel requires it, 514 ; all who will may escape, 557 . Pure, all things pure to the, 529 . Purification, many means of, 549 . Purity, in what it consists, 433 ; true, cannot be defiled from without, 530 ; what real, consists in, 499 ; outward, attainable by the most wicked, ib.   Questioning, uselessness of, 467 ; inconsistent with faith, ib.   Ransom, meaning of, 431 . Reasoning, evil effects of, 424 . Reading, diligent, necessary for teachers, 450 . Rebuke, offensive, especially of the old, 450 ; careful enquiry necessary before, 461 . Regeneration, by grace, 538 . Relations, affection to, necessary, 453 ; cannot be neglected without denial of the faith, ib. Religion, to be without show, or parade, 527 . Repetition, of the same subjects not annoying to those who practice them, 428 . Reproof, discretion required for, 450 ; to be tempered with exhortation, 510 . Republic of Plato, 539 (note) . Resurrection, of those who said it was past, 493 . Retribution, not here, but hereafter, 411 ; future, accounts for prosperity of the wicked, ib. Reward, of teachers, 488 ; proved by various illustrations, ib. Rich man, a, how he can be good, 448 . Rich, those who will be, blamed, 468 ; the, in this world, 472 ; duties of the, ib. Riches, do not please of themselves but by means of covetousness, 431 ; to be despised, 443 ; true, ib. ; not our own, ib. ; how to take hence with us, ib. ; love of, cannot exist with desire of heavenly things, ib. ; beneath the care of Christians, 447 ; never justly gathered, ib. Righteous, allowed to be rich, rather than made so, by God, 412 ; peculiarly called men of God, 472 . Righteousness the true purifier, 499 . Robbers, tremble at judgment, 495 . Robe, to be sought by Christians, 414 . Rome, Christians at, probably men of consequence, 513 . Rulers, spotlessness required in, 438 ; Jewish, sinned not in ignorance, 417 .   Sabbath Day, distinguished from Lord's Day, 425 . Sacrifice, The, mystery of, always the same, 425 ; no limit of time for the celebration of, ib. Sacrifice of goods rewarded in this life, 443 . Saints, various as jewels, 458 ; many ways of becoming, ib. ; conflicts of the, shared by aiding them, 484 ; their present honor a sign of future, 491 ; ever mixed with the wicked, 504 ; pleasantry of the, has serious meaning, 555 ; infirmities of the, why permitted, 515 . Satan, offending Christians delivered to, and why, 424 ; made subject to the Apostles, 425 . Saturn, plain of, in Cilicia, 529 . Scripture, accuracy of, 430 ; folly of thinking any superfluous, 546 . Scriptures, Holy, called sacred writings, 507 ; thorough knowledge of, prevents offense, ib. ; storehouse of instruction, 510 . Seal of Christians, 494 . Secrecy, in sinning 548 . Self-command, real power, unfailing, 472 . Self-denial, grudging men exact extreme, 523 . Self-examination, 482 . Self-preference, sin of, 482 . Sensuality leads to hatred, 539 . Serians, 470 (note) . Sermons, better not to hear, than not to derive benefit from, 428 ; weariness in hearers caused by unwillingness to practice what they hear, ib. Servants, advice to, 533 sq. ; may gain the regard of the worst masters, 534 ; should continue in service, 546 . Service, daily, 426 . Services of God and mammon contrasted, 473 . Sepulchre, the body a, when the soul is dead, 499 . Shame, sufferings no cause for, 481 ; causes of false, 493 . Sickness, in a monastery, 457 ; a time for reflection, 495 . Sin, foulness of, 415 ; pleasures of, unsatisfying, 416 ; great, in small matters, 468 ; small, guiltier from slight temptations, ib. ; danger of one, indulged in, 498 . Sins, some to be checked with authority, 495 . Sinners, made better by prayers offered for them, 426 ; open and secret, 465 . Slave, a Christian life will be admired in a, 533 . Slaves, duties of, 465 ; the bishop's concern in, 465 ; obedience of, puts men to shame, 466 ; to be imitated by Christians towards God, ib. ; brethren of Christ, 552 ; to be treated as such, ib. Slavery, to passions, miserable, 473 ; moral disadvantages of, 533 ; state of, lawful and capable of good use, 546 . Sobriety, what it consists in, 536 . Soldiers, spiritual, must endure hardness, 488 . Solomon, experience of, in knowledge of the world, 462 . Son, heretical comments on the term, applied to Timothy, 409 (note) . Sons, not all true, 521 . Sorrows, not to cause impatience or despair, 477 ; no exemption from, in this life, ib. ; each thinks his own most severe, 478 ; productive of advantage, ib. Soul, called the spirit to distinguish it from the body, 421 ; a healthy state of, called a sound mind, 477 ; neglected when sick, 540 . Spirit, the, mark of the Church, 425 . Stephen, St., prayer of, 427 . Strangers, kindness to be shown to, 455 . Strife, inconsistent in a Christian, 497 . Submission, in suffering, 553 . Suffering, needful to the righteous, 507 ; inequality of, no cause for offense, ib. Superstitions, condemned, 440 . Sympathy, with those in misery, 478 ; lightens grief, ib. ; want of, brings its own reward, 504 . Swine, flesh of, not unclean, 445 .   Teachers, engaged more than the taught in the contest, 424 ; what is required of, ib. ; not to disdain instruction, ib. ; as luminaries, as leaven, as angels among men, 440 ; must use diligent study, 450 ; need both gentleness and authority, 467 ; responsibilities and claims of, 481 ; must think their disciples everything, ib. ; we must not judge our, but ourselves, 483 ; succession of, 488 ; must not be impatient, 497 ; two things that disquiet, 506 . Teaching, when to be used, 449 ; called prophecy, ib. ; made useless by impatience, 497 . Thanksgiving, to be made for others' good, 427 ; binds men to love one another, ib. Theater, the heavenly, 526 . Timothy, submitted to be circumcised, 407 ; affection of St. Paul for, ib. ; his youth no hindrance to his promotion, ib. ; alleged miracles by the bones of, ib. (note) ; the time when placed at Ephesus, 409 ; manner of his appointment, 423 ; his strictness, abstinence, 439 ; commanded to read, 449 ; whole church and people of Asia committed to, 461 ; fastings of, 464 ; why not cured, 465 ; miracles of, ib. ; encouraged in his duties, 475 ; intensity of St. Paul's love for, 476 ; faith of, hereditary, ib. ; gift given to, 477 ; advice to, through him to all teachers, 488 ; consoled, 511 ; second Epistle to, a sort of Testament, full of consolation, ib. ; why St. Paul begs him to come to him, 513 . Titans, 470 . Titanes, a warlike dance called, 470 (note) . Titus, an approved companion of St. Paul, 519 ; his character, ib. ; his jurisdiction, ib. ; mentioned in the Acts, ib. (note) ; perhaps a Corinthian, ib. ; required not many words, ib. ; Epistle to, written before that to Timothy, ib. ; character of Epistle to, 520 ; why left in Crete, 524 ; St. Paul at liberty when he wrote to, 519 . Tongue, the, to be kept pure, 427 . Transgression, real cause of uncleanness in meats, &c., 531 . Trials, prolonged to the impatient, 543 . Tribulation, should not haste to be rid of, 543 . Trophimus, why not healed by St. Paul, 515 ; when left at Miletus, ib. Truth, disregarded by those ambitious of power, 413 ; supports the Church, 442 ; contrasted with Type, 520 ; acknowledgment of, from faith, not from reasoning, ib.   Unclean, nothing by nature, 446 , 530 ; sin alone, 530 ; an evil will, ib. Uncleanness, of meats, done away with by sign of the cross, 445 ; not in themselves, but in receivers, ib. ; legal, typical of sin, 531 ; what is, 530 . Uncleanliness, no honor in, 523 . Unguents, kind of, to be sought for by Christians, 415 . Unmarried, duties of the, 454 . Unrighteous, sufferings of the, 495 . Unthankfulness, 501 .   Vainglory, difficulty of overcoming, 526 . Valentinus, 479 . Vanity, of earthly things, 462 . Value, of things imaginary, 470 . Vessels, earthen, twofold meaning of, 496 . Vices, unnatural, of the heathen, 539 . Violence, hinders influence, 525 . Virgins, to be simple in their dress, 433 ; hoods and veils worn by, 434 ; reproved for over-carefulness about dress, ib. ; have Christ for their Bridegroom, ib. ; have entered upon a great contest, ib. ; should be an example to others, 435 ; the foolish, failed in almsgiving, 498 (note) . Virginity, not enjoined, 446 ; a higher state, ib. Virtue, the best inheritance we can leave to our children, 437 ; alone can depart with men hence, 443 ; most men practice, from constraint, 461 ; prevails over everything, 535 ; bad men overawed by, ib. Virtues, real goods, 448 .   War, three kinds of war, 429 ; with one's self the worst, ib. Warfare, good and bad, 424 . Washing, bodily, clears not from guilt, 499 ; of the body, no great matter, ib. Water, worldly things as, 512 . Way, the narrow, 542 . Wealth, no power of itself, 431 ; folly of hoarding, 432 ; not a possession, a loan for use, 443 ; however gained, is God's, not ours, 448 ; not a good, ib. ; trusting in, produces pride, 472 . Wicked, if rich, because they are disesteemed of God, 412 ; various reasons why suffered to remain, 496 . Wickedness, has its torments here as well as hereafter, 445 , 446 ; to prevail in the last days, 500 ; no one to be offended because of, 506 ; shall increase as the end draws near, ib. Widowhood, better not professed than to be forsaken, 459 ; Christian, 503 ; how to bear, ib. Widows, what makes, 450 ; to receive honor from the priest, ib. ; domestic duty of, ib. ; God the stay of, if desolate, ib. ; must renounce pleasure, 451 ; intemperate threatened, 453 ; "list of widows" relieved by the Church, ib. (note) ; strictness required of, 454 ; directions to younger, 459 ; marriage of, recommended to prevent evil, 460 ; with relations, ib. Widows, church, age of, 454 ; duties of, ib. Wine, women given to, 441 ; danger of, 442 ; those who served in the temple never tasted, ib. Woman, taught once and ruined all, 436 . Women, to be modest in dress, 433 ; to be silent and modest, 435 ; not to speak in Church, ib. ; in St. Chrysostom's time open to reproof, ib. ; must not teach, but occupy station of learners, ib. ; why made subject to men, ib. ; salvation to, through child-bearing, 436 ; yet saved without children, ib. ; what they may do, 516 ; many suffered martyrdom, ib. ; not inferior in spiritual matters, ib. ; forbidden to teach, 532 ; those who led to war, condemned, 539 ; duties of, 454 . Word, of God, not bound, 489 ; how rightly divided, 493 . Works, good, are to shine and be manifest, 440 ; to be concealed, 458 . World despised, heaven gained, 516 . Worth, moral, alone real, 470 .   Youth, requires much restraint, 436 ; exposed to lust, 533 .   Zeal, in good works, 537 . Zenas, the lawyer, 541 .