Loaves, the "three," asked for by the "friend," signify the Holy Trinity, 431; also Faith, Hope,
and Charity, 431, 432; mystery of feeding "four thousand" with "seven," 406.
Love (Charity), the gift of God, 404, 432, 541 sq.; for if all gifts from Him, so this the greatest,
542; must increase as desire decreases, 394; the good distinguished by, from wicked
who have other gifts in common with them, 394, 407, 408; nothing of use without, 394;
"loaf" asked for from a father figure of, 432; white raiment hereafter gained by labour
of, 348; its province to "do," 269; active love may be shown by all, 400; divine, wins to
God, 396; handle of Soul, by which it holds things offered to it, must cease to hold
world, that it may have fast hold of The Eternal, 478 sq.; fulfilling of, the Law, 480; with
meditation, sees mysteries, 486; to fulfil commandment of, the struggle of life, 492;
necessary to true martyrdom, 523; how magnified in New Testament, 523, 535, 541
sq.; fear of no avail without, 540; keepeth from sin, not under fear, but from hatred of
sin itself, 541; of God and man, the two commandments to salvation, 480; of God,
sustains, of the world, sinks, 342; of earthly things, bird-lime of spirit's wings, 448; not
to be limited to wives or children, 396; makes hard things easy, 317 sq., 408; sin forgiven
and sin prevented both causes for, 417; difficulty concerning much or little of, for much
or little sin forgiven, 416, 417; only care of life to choose proper object of, 408; of self,
first cause of man's ruin, 408, 409; self-love cannot love God, nor abide in self, 408,
409.
Maccabees, example of mother of, 421.
Macedonians say Holy Ghost is a creature, 320.
Magicians, Egyptian, wrought miracles, but not therefore better than children of Israel who
wrought them not, 394.
Mammon, derivation of word, 450; its signification in Latin, 450; of iniquity, wrongly as-
sumed by some to mean plunder and oppressive gains, 450; may also mean all worldly
riches whatsoever, 451.
Man, frailer than glass, 442; faint image of the Holy Trinity, like, yet unlike, 263, 264; made
after Image of God, which he disfigured by transgression, 290; created good by The
Good: became evil by free-will, 295; must be loved, because God made: but his sin
hated, which God made not, 396; tames all, but himself, 273; earthward disposition of,
figured by woman "bowed down," 444; through unrighteousness not listening to
Teacher, will find Avenger in Righteousness, 333; by effacing what he has made himself,
becomes well-pleasing to Him who made him, 409, 410; has no good but of God, 443,
450; must part with his own fulness, that he may be filled with God, 266 sq.; won to
God by Divine Love, 396; fear of, irrational, 306, for his power extends only to body,
306, 307; this fear overcome by trust in God made Man, 313; whole race of, from one
common father, 395; memory, understanding, will of, in their exhibition separate, yet
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Sermons on Selected Lessons of the Gospels