474; prisoners at, their trust in God, 482; the dead insulted, 484; reproached for the sedition, 484; wretched state from terror, 486; public rejoicings at, 389. Apostles, powerful both living and departed, 333; example of, 342; dwelt in Antioch, 355; words of, like music, 331; would have been too magnified, but for sufferings and infirm- ities, 337; persecutions of, why permitted, 409; despondent, were dull, 413; victorious by suffering, 449; few natural advantages of, 466. Applause, in church, 347, 379, 394. Armour, spiritual of the Bishop, 357, n.; of all Christians, 357. Arms, of the righteous, 396; of brutes and men compared, 416. Army, of Saul, wisely abstemious, 433; excessive hunger of, 434. Art, great in the temple at Jerusalem, 456. Artificer, finds his work as he left it, 430. Ascension Day, Sunday before, how styled, 464. Ash Wednesday, epistle for, 358, n. Asiarchs, 427, n. Ass, fondness to its master, 420. Assurance, greater from not exacting oaths, 444. Athanasius, St., strong against oaths, 470, n. Athenian courts, 400, n. Audience, of the powerful, artifices to obtain, 474. Augustin, St., on the Sabbath, 422, n. Avengers, 475.   Baptism, called initiation, 342, 354, 355; Lord's Prayer taught with, 355. Barathrum, 361, n. Basil, St., strong terms on the invocation of saints, 389, n., 390; strong against oaths, 470, n.; kept Valens from communion, 481, n. Basilides, 413, n. Baths, closed, 455; highly prized, 464. Battle, kings lay aside their crowns in, 447. Beatitudes, 392, n., 428. Beauty of person not to be cherished, 397, 466; of woman a snare, 442; no criterion of merit, 458. Bee, labouring for others, 420. Beginning, a small, great results from, 405, 470. "Believe me," a phrase instead of swearing, 398, n.; as a bridle, 481. Bema, occupied by clergy alone, 465, n. 739 Homilies on the Statues