INDEX OF SUBJECTS.   Abraham , his history a reproof to Jewish pride, 97 ; a pattern of hospitality, 276 ; his faith, 349 , 385 , 391 , 395 ; his justification, 388 ; why circumcised, 389 ; his true children, 389 , 391 ; his hospitality, 504 ; zeal for truth, 504 ; prayer for Sodom, 546 . Abuse, the best answer to, 242 ; disgraceful, 244 ; its reaction, 510 ; see Reviling . Acts of the Apostles, little known in Chrysostom's time, 1 ; how profitable as sequel to the Gospels, 1 ; an inspired book, 2 ; important for doctrine, 3 ; written by St. Luke, 2 ; hence gives most fully the acts of St. Paul, ib. ; may be called, "Demonstration of the Resurrection," 3 , 5 ; "Polity of Holy Spirit," 18 ; Gospels, history of Christ, Acts of the Holy Ghost, 7 . Adam, fell by means of the Tempter, 322 ; a type of Christ, 402 ; his sin, 464 ; not equally punished with Eve, 557 . Adoption, spirit of, 442 ; incomplete until the redemption of the body, 446 . Advent, first, why delayed, 379 ; second, 451 . Affliction, uses of, 104 ; our schoolmaster, 262 ; see Tribulation . Allegory, examples and use of, 480 , 497 . Almsgiving, efficacy of, 147 , 382 ; twice blessed to giver and receiver, 165 , 485 ; a means of putting away sin, 166 , 495 ; may be done without money, 166 ; a ministry, 89 ; needs much wisdom 91 , 549 ; encouragement to, 137 . Analogies, between things visible and invisible, 367 , 372 , 379 , 382, sq. , 393 , 403 , 465 . Angels, ever attendant on Christ's, acts, 14 ; their joy, 393 ; their glory, 399 ; how employed for the Gospel, 121 ; Angel, the, in the burning bush, the Son of God, 103 . Anger, the passion of, 300 ; like a sword, to be kept for its right use, 98 ; against resentment of insults, 98 , 198 , 204 ; to conquer, is true greatness, 300 ; implanted in us as a safeguard to virtue, 111 ; virtuous anger how shown, ib. ; a blind, reckless, passion, 43 , 243 ; its ill effects on the body, 43 . Apostles, how changed after the Resurrection, 1 ; their discourses, 2 ; dwell most on Christ as man, ib. ; above all on the Resurrection, ib. ; rest assertions on testimony, 3 ; taught by deeds, 4 ; why they did not receive the Holy Ghost while Christ was with them, nor until ten days after the Ascension, 6 ; why ordered to tarry in Jerusalem, ib. ; why they did not ask Christ to appoint one in place of Judas, 18 ; the new apostle must be an eye-witness, 21 ; they overcame the world, 29 ; their forbearance and gentleness, 183 ; their suffering, 455 ; accusations against, 512 ; severe to their own, gentle to those without, 78 ; not always under preternatural direction, 133 ; Christ's Code of Laws, written on Twelve Souls, 37 ; their miracles greater even than Christ's, 77 ; their holiness not caused by miracles, 83 ; their prerogative to impart the Spirit, 115 ; their proper work, preaching and prayer, 90 ; why they continued to resort to the temple, 50 ; and the synagogues, 179 . Applause in Church, reproved, 190 , 458 . Arian arguments refuted, 12, note 2 ; 137, note 3 ; 72 , 112, note 4 . Arrogance, source of, 204 . Asceticism, examples of, 381 , 437 .   Baptism , grace of, 152 ; in it we receive the substance of all good, 248 ; its more essential part the Spirit, 7 ; makes men dead to sin, 405 ; represents the cross, 409 ; relation to Christ's resurrection, 409 ; not to be repeated, 410 ; with us, the baptism with water and with the Spirit is one act; with the Apostles two, ib. ; why not administered at Pentecost (in preference to Easter Eve), ib., and note 3 ; sins after, doubly heinous, 8 ; but there are means of remission, 9 ; and recovery, 158 ; delay of, excuses for, 8 , 152, sq. ; many delay it till their last moments, 9 ; Traditio Symboli in, 45, note 1 ; teaching after, 46 ; form of renunciation in, 9 ; followed by Holy Communion, 10 ; baptized, evil lives of the, a reproach to God, 152 ; the case of Apollos and the twelve disciples of John considered, 246, sq. and notes . Baptism of John, 247 . Bible, neglect of, 553 ; order of its books, 336 . Bishop, his proper work, preaching and prayer, 90 ; ought not to have his time taken up with secular matters, ib. ; the office coveted for dignity and honor, 22 sq. ; its arduousness, ib. ; simony of preferment-seeking, 24 sq. ; bond of unity in the church, 393 . Body, all the members need each other, 231 ; not in itself evil, 411 ; why called "of death," 431 ; duties toward, 440 ; may become spiritual, 435 , 440 . Boldness for the truth, with gentleness, 111 ; not forwardness, 290 .   Calling , not compulsory, 453 . Celibacy, optional, 420 ; its frequency, 434 . Charity, the perfection of, 41 ; necessity of, 380 ; nature of, 382 ; rarity of, 393 . Christ, equality with the Father, 2 ; the Apostles insist chiefly on his Resurrection, ib. ; His deeds exemplify His words, 4 ; meaning of the name, 338 ; His twofold generation, 340 ; power of His name, 341 ; His humble birth, and estate, 348 ; His Cross a stumbling-block, 343 , 348 ; begs in His members, 384 sq. , 452 , 457 , 485 ; the Victim on His Table, 394 ; His Resurrection a proof of His sinlessness, 395 ; the love shown in His Death, 398 ; its effects, 410 sq. ; atoned for actual sins since the fall, 402 ; partaking in His Death and Burial a guarantee for partaking in His Life, 405 ; His power shown by men's helplessness, 430 ; His acts between the Resurrection and Ascension, 4 ; came and went during forty days, 5 ; why He showed Himself not to all, ib. ; His parting charge to the Apostles, 4 ; why He bade them tarry at Jerusalem, 6 ; Christ's Resurrection, evidenced by the Acts of the Apostles, 5 , 28 ; His Resurrection, a pledge of judgment, 237 ; His Godhead, 13 ; is "taken up," 14 ; "Standing at God's right hand," 113 ; His mercy to the Jews, proves Him to be God, 34 ; other proofs, 286 ; His long suffering and beneficence, 92 ; His intercession, 454 ; instances of His foreknowledge, 466 sq. ; the end of the Law, 472 ; why He fulfilled it, 539 ; His kindness to Judas, 394 , 460 ; sundry images applied to Him, 518 , 538 ; values men's souls as His purchase, 524 ; makes God's wisdom apparent, 535 ; His example of patient endurance, 536 ; He executes punishment, 34 ; His passion foretold, 55 ; and the punishment denounced, 58 ; "the Prophet like unto Moses," 55 ; and more than Moses, 59 ; "The Prince of Life," 57 ; works "by the Spirit of God," 72 ; "sent from God," 37 sq. ; in what sense He "knew not that day and hour," 12 ; the Angel in the burning bush, 103 ; Giver of the Law, 107 ; unwritten sayings of, 214 . Christians, to fight the good fight, 154 ; and so win more glory, 158 ; one body, 248 sq. ; should show sympathy and not rejoice in the punishment of sinners, 266 ; should despise money, and be ready to toil for others, 273 , 274 ; bound to labor for conversion of others, 133 sq. ; cannot be hurt, because cannot hurt, 306 ; herein like God, ib. ; plots against, 511 . Christianity, above Judaism, 68 . Chrysostom, St. John, an incident of his youth, deliverance from a great danger, 238 sq. ; a story of a deacon, perhaps C. himself, 281 ; his earnestness for his flock, 24 , 75 , 271 sq. ; threatens to excommunicate swearers, 55 sq. ; the reform commenced, 74 ; his doctrine of free-will, 365 , 446 ; of repentance, 527 ; fondness for St. Paul, 561 , 562 ; succeeded Nectarius as Archbishop of Constantinople, 26th Feb. A.D. 398, (page) 270 . Church, the, bought with blood, 269 ; its true prosperity, 186 ; its excellence not numbers but goodness, 149 ; her true peace within, 138 . Churches, why built, 186 ; duty of proprietors of estates to build and endow, 118 , 120 . Church-going, not itself religion, 185 . Church-property, how administered in Christ's time, 90, and note 2 . Church-services, for spiritual improvement, 186 sq. ; irreverent behavior in, 160 sq. Circumcision, the Jews' opinion of its virtues, 369, note ; two kinds of, 370 ; the outward useless without the inward, 388 ; aimed at specially, because even the Sabbath gave way to it, 371 : behind the faith, 388 : does not make men Abraham's children, ib., sq. ; necessary for carnal men, ib. ; yet proclaims its own unavailingness, 389 . Communion with others, its sweetness, 346 . Of saints, the basis of duties to our neighbor, 381 , 393 sq. , 414 . Conceit, described and rebuked, 500 . Confession, God acquits upon, 46 . Confessors, 98 , 159 . Conscience, a clear one the true source of joy, 342 ; in the Law's stead, 365 ; its cheering power, 397 , 423 . Converts, condition of the early, 226 . Covetousness, snare of the devil, 49 ; evils of, 414 , 425 , 495 ; compared to drunkenness, 438 ; care for, 439 . Creation, a witness of God to the heathen, 352 ; a great system of teaching, 354 , 356 , 361 ; serving it, Grecian, 354 . Cross, sign of the, 69 ; its power, 348 ; forgiveness through, 351 ; a spiritual charm, 392 .   Daniel , in the lion's den, allegorized, 355 . David, why coupled with Abraham, 377 ; his sin, 466 ; his psalms, 540 ; his love, 546 . Deacons, use of the term, 350 , 512 ; the seven, 90 , 91 ; on the number of, in different Churches, note 3, p. 90 . Deaconess, office of, 549 . Dead, the souls of deceased, aided by prayers and alms, 140 sq. Death, of the righteous, 139 ; the soul escorted by Angels, ib. ; those who die in their sins, ib. ; "Pangs of death," 39 ; a proof of Adam's sin, 402 , 404 , 420 . Demons, forced to take Christ's part, 251 , 253 ; connected with idolatry and unchastity, 510 . Demoniacs, their appearance described, 254 . Desire, not in itself sin, 227 . Devil, the, brought in the doctrine of Fate, etc., 286 ; see Satan , Temptation ; why the devil was made, 49 ; wiles of, 392 ; how to guard against them, 407 . Doctrine, meaning of term, 412 . Dreams, terrify the wicked, 424 ; sins committed in, 519 . Dress, sumptuousness of female, reproved, 166 ; simplicity in, 552 . Drunkenness, is disgusting, 438 ; leads to other sins, 520 .   Ease , more perilous than persecution, 59 . Easter, great resort to Church at, 186 . Economy and frugality, 291 . "Economy," doctrine of, 12 , 214 , 280 . Ecstasy, ὲκστασις, meaning of, 143 . Election, what it implies, 483 . Endurance, a Godlike quality, 354 . Envy, nature and result of, 380 , 381 . Ephesus, temple of, 257 . Epistles, reading of in Church, 335 ; order and date of, 336 . Eunuch, conversion of the, 226 . Eucharist, 114 , 140 , 394 . Evil, Manichæan conception of, 16 sq. ; not physical, 130 . Evils, natural, a benefit, 323 . Evil designs, overruled for good, 295 , 322 ; and to the furtherance of the Gospel, 305 . Evil passions, the worst of bonds, 318 . Eyes, to see the things unseen, Christ's gift, 313 . Excess makes ugly, moderation beautiful, 177 . Excommunication, 465 . Exorcism, practised by Jews for gain, 252 .   Faith , an act of free-will, 181 ; able to grasp what reason cannot, 341 ; unreasoning, 347 , 391 ; little compared with its reward, 349 ; men saved by it under the O.T., ib. ; the mother of all blessing, 350 ; scorned as easy, 363 ; not a new thing because foretold, 377 ; and typified, ib. ; takes away boasting, 379 ; establishes the Law, 380 , 389 ; its seeming opposition thereto a perplexity to the Jews, 380 ; a life of charity necessary after it, ib. ; not to be ashamed of, 386 ; its power, ib. ; lies in a belief of God's power, ib. ; and of the promise, 389 ; its excellence above words, 391 ; Contemplated by the Fathers as fides formata , 407 ; that whereby men come to salvation, 470 ; comes by hearing, 479 ; gives relationship to saints, 494 ; a special sense of the term, 531 . False-Christs and false prophets, why permitted, 280 . Fasting, religious efficacy of, 176 . Fate, belief in, 31 . Fear, power for conversion of evil men, 252 ; a safeguard against Satan, 358 . Feastings and spectacles, evil of, 35 . Forgiveness of injuries, 92 ; how to be shown, 60 ; duty and necessity of, 394 . Free-will, relation to grace, 245 , 355 ; proof of, 365 , 428 ; its power, 492 . Friendship, worldly inducements to; not comparable with the Christian, 248 sq.   Gainas , revolt of, 204, note . Gamaliel, 87 , 125 . Gentiles, progress of the Gospel among, 201 ; equally accepted with Jews, 364 , 379 , 490 ; have not the law, 364 ; how saved, 372 ; their call, 469 ; their salvation, how related to the Jews, 489 . Gentleness, compared with passionate temper, 42 ; more powerful than vehemence, 44 ; distinguished from cowardice, 290 . Glory, the true and the false, 181 . Gluttony, penalties of, against nature, 105 , 176 . God, source of all good, 192 ; universal presence and universal providence of, 321 ; near to all, 235 ; cannot be imaged by human thought, 237 ; His benefits, 238 sq. ; danger of abusing this gift, 354 ; gratitude and trust in, 239 sq. ; Divine perfections, 306 , 362 , 383 ; more ready to hear than we to pray, 227 ; is merciful, but is afflicting also, 154 , 361 , 400 ; His patience and forbearance, 243 ; does not take instant vengeance, 199 ; His help, 294 , 355 ; how said to "tempt," 144 ; delivers His people, 316 sq. ; His word not to be trifled with, 302 . Gospel, its success, 260 , 343 ; its adaptation to all, 347 . Grace, power of, 84 ; supernatural, 132 , 230 ; went before the Apostles, 340 ; destroys earthly distinction, 341 , 7 ; does not supersede will, 245 , 412 ; to work miracles, given for holy deeds, 355 ; time of grace, contrasted with earlier times, 363 ; needed before and much more after the Fall, 365 ; given to Jews, 372 ; better than a reward for works, 387 ; implies remission, so fulfilling the promise, 389 ; past, a guarantee for future, 396-398 ; superabundance of, 402 ; ground of higher rules, 420 ; fruits of, ibid. , 434 : needful for the lightest good deeds, 446 ; and from first to last, 361 ; its universality, 474 ; how increased, 537 .   Heathen , religion of, 211 , 352 ; objection from mean condition of first [... (unreadable in hardcopy)...] 226 ; why not all amiable and virtuous heathen are converted, 150 , 151 ; heathen gods demons, 31 , 221 . Hell, does not militate against God's goodness, 35 ; why threatened, 366 , 420 ; made known by the Gospel, 348 ; proofs of its reality, and why men deny it, 526 ; specially for wicked Christians, 538 . Heresies, to be expected, 210 ; take their names from men, Marcion, Arius, etc., 212 ; why permitted, 280 sq. ; often prevail by the personal virtues of their authors, 286 . Heretics, their aim always to draw disciples after them, 270 ; reason when they should believe, 349 . Hope, a gift of the Spirit, 539 ; implies love and faith, 446 . Hospitality, shown to poor and strangers is shown to Christ, 275 sq. ; Abraham a pattern of, 276 ; a Christian duty, 277 (see Xenon .) House of mourning better than house of feasting, 261 . Household, religious care for, 146 sq. Humility, the greater the gifts, the greater the, 192 ; the mother of good deeds, 499 . Human Nature, capability of, 204 . Hurt, the worst suffered, is from that we do, 306 .   Idols , worship of, 352 , 353 , 374 . Ignorance, of the heathen, 359 ; no excuse for sin, 427 , 428 . Inaction, and activity in evil ways, alike baneful, 223 . Injuries, patience under, 198 . Injustice, an evil to doer, rather than to the sufferer, 307 . Insults, how to be borne, 300 . Intermediate State, nature of, 396 . Ἰούγα, juga, 74 , 276 . Isaac, sacrifice of, 339 ; why Abraham's true seed, 464 .   Jacob , lessons from his history, 295 sq. James, St., Bishop of Jerusalem, 20 , 205 . Jealousy, as a motive, 481 . Jews, their precedence in receiving the Gospel, 348 ; their advantages and responsibility, 363 , 374 ; bondage under the law, 363 ; in practice no better than Gentiles, 364 ; their pride, 369 ; judgment upon, 487 ; final salvation of, 490 ; offended by the doctrine of Christ's equality with the Father, 2 ; necessity of forbearance in dealing with them, ib. ; their dreadful punishment, 34 sq. ; the famine (Claudius) a warning to them, 164 ; how they sent the Gospel to the Gentiles, 188 ; enraged by the faith of the Gentiles, ib. ; their unbelief foretold, 325 ; no cause to be proud of their sacrifices, 108 ; or of their Temple, 109 . Job, his example of patience, 348 , 363 ; his sufferings, 454 . Joseph, the patriarch, a pattern of simplicity, 48 ; type of Christ, 100 ; lessons from his history, 295 sq. Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary, probably died before Christ's Resurrection, 20 ; does not look upon Christ as man merely, ib. Josephus, 32 , 35 . Joy in the Lord, and in the world, compared, 104 . Judaizers, assert necessity of Law to salvation, disparage the power of God, 202 ; why they abstained from flesh, 521 ; their weakness, ib. ; gained nothing from the law, 524 . Judas, election of an Apostle in place of, 18 ; his history a topic of cavilling, ib. ; his end a prophecy of the punishment of the Jews, 21 ; Satan entered into him, but he was himself the cause, 322 . Judgment, the final, 351 , 366 , 367 ; the power of the anticipation of, 525 ; its reality attested by heathen and devils, 528 . Judgments, temporal, use of, 351 ; fires had on the final, 358 , 526 ; furnish analogies to it, 527 . Justification, (vid. Faith , Righteousness ).   Kings , worshipped by heathen, 348 ; why called ministers, 512 .   Landlords , their responsibilities, 116 sq. ; especially to build and endow Churches, 118 , 120 . Laws, a blessing, 36 ; their object, 423 ; an aid to God's law, 512 . Law of Moses, declared to be a burden, 207 ; abrogated even for the Jews, 209 . Lessons in Church, 127 ; profane inattention to, ib. ; complaint of sameness reproved, 128 . Levity in Church, 160 , 161 . Life, a voyage: our ship the Church, 318 ; an evil life a bane to the best creed; and wrong life leads to wrong doctrines, 286 . Love, heavenly, compared with earthly, 312 ; love of God overcomes all other feelings, 400 ; love a natural tie in all creatures, 358 ; want of it, the cause of sin, ib. ; should be ungrudging, 366 ; and passionate, 367 ; duties and effects of, 503 ; ever paying, ever due, 514 ; love to man sanctified by its union with love to God, ib. ; see Charity . Luke, St., wrote the Acts, 2 ; commended by St. Paul, ib. , 3 ; was partaker of the Spirit, 3 ; why he does not relate St. Paul's history after the first imprisonment at Rome, 326 . Lusts, blind and enfeeble the soul, 180 ; unnatural, 355, sq. ; source and consequences of, 520 . Luxury ruins body and mind, 222 ; defeats its own object, enjoyment, 223 ; the true, 177 , 314 .   Magic : true miracles contrasted with, 116 ; magical practices, 238 . Manichæans, deny Resurrection and Creation, 15 ; assail the law, 419 , 421 ; condemned by the Church, 430 ; reject the O.T. and parts of the N.T. [... (unreadable in hardcopy)...] make matter the essence of evil, ib. , 410 , 423 , 429 , 433 ; and coeternal with God, 16 ; their impious absurdities exposed, ib. ; therefore denied incarnation, ib. ; see Evil . Marcionites, attitude toward the Old Testament, 35 . Marriage, a rich wife not to be sought, but a godly, 140 ; a rich wife not to be desired, 296 ; no bar to holiness, 550 ; no excuse for worldliness, 384 ; second marriage, excuses of rich widows for, ib. Martyrs, 285 , 434 . Matthew, his genealogy of Christ, 421 ; his call, 466 . Ministers, in the Primitive Church, 90 . Miracles, not always desirable, 229 ; argument from Scriptures more powerful, ib. ; success of the Apostles, itself a miracle, 230 ; uses of, 136 ; not to compel belief, but teach, 125 ; not all wrought with same ease, 138 ; the true, in contrast with magic, 116 ; not the cause of the Apostles' holiness, 83 ; nor of the noble devotion of the converts, 73 ; too much ascribed to them, ib. ; holy words and deeds are more potent, 84 , 85 ; to suffer for Christ, better than miracles, 196 ; to cast out sin, greater than to expel a demon, 254 ; in excess, overpower, not convince, 169 , 170 ; of St. Paul, 544 , 562 . Moderation, essential to enjoyment, 105 ; and to beauty, 177 . Monastic life, 49 , 85 . Money, love of, at the root of all idolatry, 258 . Morality of heathen, 93 . Moses, a type of Christ, 101 , 107 ; a servant of the Lord, 338 , 9 ; his love, 538 .   Nature , its gifts, 348 . Nazareth, a mean place, 297 . Night, not for sleep only, but for devout meditation and prayer, 227 .   Oaths , see Swearing . Offence, our care must be to give no just, 281 ; if taken unjustly, when are we to forbear or to persist? 281 , 282 . Old Testament: grace was given by means of sensible signs, 26 . Olympic games, illustrate Christian life, 510 . Oppression really hurts the doer; to the sufferer it is a benefit, 306 . Ordinations, fasting before, 197 . Original sin, transmissions of, 464 .   Passions , the, each has its age; all to be attacked in turn, 87 ; πάθη, perturbationes , 98 . Pastor, the faithful, inconsolable for the loss of souls, 271 , 272 . Patience under revilings, 92 ; under wrongs, 256 . Paul, St., The Acts relate most to him, 2 ; by birth a Pharisee, 292 ; how a Roman citizen, 288 and note ; the three days between his conversion and baptism, 7 ; his honest, consistent zeal as a persecutor, 123 ; his conversion compared with the Eunuch's, 126 ; circumstances of his conversion, the accounts reconciled, 123 ; the manifold witnesses to, 284 ; why his conversion was delayed, 124 ; a mighty evidence of the Resurrection, 124 ; the persecutor Saul did not lightly become Paul the Apostle, 283 ; no worldly motive for the change, 284 ; his fitness to be an apostle, 131 ; an unexceptionable witness, 287 , 311 ; his movements, after his conversion, 134 sq. ; preaches "not where Christ was named," 180 ; his first recorded discourse, 182 ; compared with St. Stephen's, 184 ; labored with his own hands for his support, 274 ; his care that the ministry be not blamed, 265 ; his forbear and love for Christ, ib. ; his readiness to suffer and to die for Christ, 267 ; kept back nothing profitable, 267 ; a pattern of gentleness with magnanimity, 300 ; his charity, 41 ; was willing even to perish for the salvation of others, 125 ; much forgiven, he loved much, 132 ; a pattern of Christian love and zeal, 133 ; contention with Barnabas, an "economy," 214 ; why he circumcised Timothy, ib. ; practised "economy" in the "purifying" at Jerusalem, 280 ; his magnanimity, 216 ; his prison-vigil, and St. Peter's, 224 ; among the Philosophers at Athens, 233 ; overthrows heathen philosophy, 235 ; unbelief grieved him more than persecution, 242 ; his night discourse at Troas, 265 ; why he reproves the high-priest, 288 ; wist not that Ananias was the high-priest, 289 ; the Jews' malignity against him, 303 ; because he believed God, therefore he would not tempt Providence, ib. ; as the Pilot of the ship, i.e. of the Church, still with us, 318 ; did not prophecy nor work miracles for display, 319 ; affected as man by the sight of the brethren, 320 ; twice prisoner at Rome--his history after the first imprisonment, why not related in the Acts, 326 ; refutes his enemies by the Law and the Prophets, 326 ; his desire to see Rome, 327 ; said to have converted Nero's concubine, 281 ; came to Rome again a prisoner, 327 ; eulogy of, ib. ; his purity and depth, ib. ; to understand him and his writings, a pure life is necessary, ib. ; puts his own name to his Epistles, 6 ; his preaching contrasted with that of the Prophets, 338 ; his mode of leading men from lower to higher things, 340 ; extent of his travels, 341 , 347 ; always begins with grace and peace, 342 ; and ends with the same, 561 ; glories in the Cross, 348 ; does not vilify the Law, 364 ; his mode of transition, 385 ; his hortatory digressions, 405 ; especially in this Epistle, 408 ; his use of doxologies, 462 , 494 ; His marvellous love to Christ, 459 ; his judgment in dealing with the Jews, 365 , 368 , 370 ; desires to excuse them, 472 , 493 ; his conformity to the Law no compromise with Judaism, 459 ; takes the attitude of a suppliant, 496 ; difference in his treatment of doctrinal and practical questions, 524 ; his fellow-prisoners, 555 ; tact and discrimination in his encomia , ib. ; lodged with the worthy only, 561 ; his glory in life, in the grave, and in the Resurrection, 562 . Peasantry, neglect of by Christian proprietors, 118 ; hence heathenism lingered long in the country places (pagans), ib. Pelagian controversy, 365 , 427 . Pentecost, the type, 25 . Persians, Eastern nations generally, 95 . Persecution, 159 ; the Church's gain, 171 ; sufferings of women during the, 159 . Peter, St., how changed after the Resurrection, 33 ; foremost on every emergency, 136 ; why he takes the lead, 18 ; acts in nothing imperiously, ib. ; the true Philosopher, 30 ; his first and second Sermon compared, 52 ; not ignorant of God's purpose for the Gentiles, nor averse to it: the vision (Cornelius) not for his instruction but for the Jewish brethren who were less enlightened, 143 sq. and notes ; his night in the prison, and St. Paul's, 172 , 224 ; at Antioch, practised "economy," 280 ; what he gave to Christ, 384 ; preaching at Rome, 344 ; his title among the Fathers, 547 ; his eminence, 557 . Pharisees, their zeal for the resurrection, 311 . Philosophy, put to shame by the Gospel, 29 ; cannot convert men, 347 ; relation to idolatry, 353 ; Christian meaning of, 386 , 393 , 404 , 406 . Piety, decay of in Chrysostom's time, 160 . Plato, compared with Apostles, 29 , 235 , his absurd and mischievous doctrines, 30 ; unable to persuade men to virtue, himself inconsistent, 226 ; contrasted with St. Paul, 437 , 353 ; quoted or referred to, 357 , 359 , 397 , 400 , 420 , 450 . Πλεονεξία, defined and illustrated, 307 . Πονηρος, well named for πονεἵν, 48 . Poor, and strangers, in them Christ comes to us, 275 . Poverty and riches, 307 , voluntary, 274 . Praise of man, love of, a senseless passion, 181 ; refused by the saints, 191 . Prayer, prevailing, 72 ; perseverance in, 20 ; efficacy of, 231 ; set times for, 149 ; gift of, 447 ; how answered, 448 ; to be accompanied by works, 561 . Preaching, studied eloquence in, a snare, and applause during mischievous, 193 . Predestination, does not lessen responsibility, 38 . Priesthood, of all Christians, 497 . Prodigality, not generosity, 291 ; the prodigal a slave to his own lusts, ib. Prophecy, more potent than miracles, 33 ; its fulfilment, 469 ; its obscurity, 480 . Prophets, the: witnesses to Christ's death and resurrection, 311 ; their condemnation of the Jews, 375 ; their sufferings, 448 ; foretell the call of the Gentiles, 469 , 474 ; the saving of a remnant, 470 . Proverbs, "evil do, evil fare," 84 ; "sweet is war to the inexperienced," 23 . Providence, some denied that it extended to things below the moon, 321 . Public worship, shocking levity of the young in, 160 ; then elders to blame, ib. Punishment, present impunity more to be dreaded, 79 ; brought on man by himself, 362 ; proportioned to advantages, 422 ; a less evil than sin, 400 ; eternal, proved by temporal, 525 , 557 .   Reasoning , relation to faith, 349 , 352 ; to duty, 510 . Reconciliation, the first advances toward, 301 . Reproof, must not be in anger, 99 . Resurrection of the body, 311 ; of Christ, 395 ; universal, 436 . Reviling, abusive language disgraces only the utterer, 199 , 244 ; some glory in, 200 ; patience under, 92 , 98 . Riches and poverty, 306 , 307 ; danger of, 358 , 393 . Righteousness, declaration of God's, 378 ; identical with blessedness, 387 ; the root of life, 402 , 405 ; a greater gift than pardon, 403 ; conditions of, 474 . Rome, pride of, 339 , 341 , 343 ; true glory of, consists in the possession of the relics of Peter and Paul, 562 . Ruler, the true, he that rules himself first, 313 ; physicians of souls, ib. Rule, offices of, not to be coveted, 313 . Rural clergy, description of, 118 .   Sacrilege , a dreadful crime, 77 . Sacrifice, instituted in consequence of the provocation in Horeb, 108 ; expiatory, 377 ; of the eucharist, 394 , 506 ; of self, 496 ; of the Gentiles, 543 ; blessedness of making, 407 . Sailors, their recklessness, 317 . Saints, their life interwoven of prosperous and adverse, 315 , 448 ; their presence a safeguard and benefit, 318 ; the benediction of, a great good, 319 ; local memorials of, 552 . Satan, his service harder than God's, 42 ; his wages, 43 ; wars against the soul, 198 ; his tempting does not excuse the tempted, 77 ; bodily diseases, his work, 150 ; his designs overruled for good, 322 ; even in the case of Adam, and there especially, ib. ; he serves to rouse us and keep us on the alert, 323 . Scriptures, sufficient to produce faith, 126 : to slight them is to insult God, 127 ; The Lessons in Church, ib. ; inexhaustible riches of, 127 ; a storehouse of spiritual medicines, 187 ; use of, as a charm against devils, 540 ; ignorance of, a great evil, 217 , 335 . Self-praise, how consistent with humility, 266 . Senses, testimony of, 13 . Servants, Christian care for, 277 . "Signa," ἐν τοῖς σίγνοις αὐτὸν ἔμβαλε, 279 . Signs, useless without the reality, 388 . Simplicity, is wisdom, 48 . Sin, called to remembrance, 80 ; engenders a habit of, 255 ; remission of by Christ, 185 ; punishes itself, 361 ; a worse evil than punishment, 400 ; how Adam's affected all, 402 ; caused death of Christ, 410 ; wrought the death of the body, 411 ; after baptism, 412 ; ascertained by the law, 422 ; how checked, 425 . Slaves, set at liberty in the Primitive Church, 73 . Slavery, recognized as lawful, 511 . Socrates, a story of, 93 ; vainglorious and insincere, 226 ; his last words, 353 . Soul, neglect of, 217 ; its beauty, 218 . Spirit, the Holy, the Acts may be called a History of, 7 ; his operation in the Gospels, and in the Acts, ib. ; not an impersonal energy or operation, ib. ; descended on the hundred and twenty, 25 , equal with the Father and the Son, 26 , 144 , 175 ; He is not a created Angel, 326 ; gift of, 436 ; our need of His aid, 446 ; His intercession, 447 . Stationes, Wednesday and Friday Fast, 149, note 1 . Suffering for Christ, blessedness of, 84 . Swearing, exhortation against, 53 , 60 , 68 , 74 , 79 , 86 ; prevalence of, 434 ; Chrys. threatens to excommunicate offenders for, 53, sq. ; oaths the food of wrath, 60 ; origin of oaths in corruption of manners, 61 ; honesty needs no oaths, 63 ; to impose an oath, as evil as to take it, 61 ; oathtaking at the Altar prohibited, 62 ; by touching the Sacred Volume on the Holy Table, 62 ; those who swear most are least believed, 63 ; Christ forbids all oaths, ib. ; swearing a mere habit, 69 ; how to call upon God aright, ib. ; why the ancients were allowed to take oaths, 70 ; not a thing indifferent, 75 ; God's judgment against false-swearers, 79 ; oaths, Satan's snare, 86 . Symeon, not taken by Chrys. to be Simon Peter, 206 .   Teaching , the best is by deeds, 192 . Temper, diversities of, are gifts for the Church's service, 213 . Temptation, see Satan , Adam . When we are tempted, the fault is our own, 322, sq. ; not to be sought, 171 . Testament, Old and New, confirm each other, 183 . Theatres, mischief of, 68 , 262 , 270 ; promote irreverent behavior in Church, 161 . Theodorus, 238 , 252 . Thekla, Acts of Paul and, 167 . Timothy, circumcision of, 506 ; relics of, 553 . Tree of Knowledge, a type of the cross, 402 . Tribulations benefit the soul, 221 , 321 ; sent to rouse the faithful, 260 . Types, a mode of prophecy, 339 .   Uncircumcision , received the Gospel before the circumcision, 388 . See Gentiles . Unction, with the Spirit, not with oil, 338 . Union is strength, especially in prayer, 231 ; how to secure, 232 .   Vanity , its pernicious fruits, 475 ; in spiritual matters, 476 ; its cure, 477 . Vices, how they counterfeit virtues, 290 . Vigils, celebration of, 24 , 186 . Virginity, not to be matter of pride, 192 . Virtue, pleasures of, 424 .   Watchfulness , need of, 7 . Wealth, contempt of, in the Primitive Church, 73 ; Christian use of, 45 . Widows, rich, excuses of, for second marriage, 296 . Will, power of, 181 , 218 . See Free-will . Witnesses (Martyrs), all Christians are called to be, 285 ; by a holy life, 286 . Women, extravagance of, 166 , 176 ; sufferings of the faithful, in persecution, 159 . Word, the, precious in affliction, 262 . Worship, true spirit of, 344 ; development of, 447 . Wrath, accursed, 110 ; fit of a maniac, ib. ; a man in a passion a hideous spectacle, 199 ; passionate men like demoniacs, 255 . Writers, the Sacred, address themselves to matters of immediate importance, 2 .   Xenon , Ξενοδοχείον, the Church's hospital for poor strangers, 277 .   Young , irreverent behavior of in Church, 161 .   Zeal , Christian, 134 .