ation, 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) . 1020 Homilies on the Epistles to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon