Fiery furnace, type of the Resurrection, 283.
Firstborn, of every creature, its meaning, 270; another meaning, 271; from the dead, 352.
Flattery, not humility, is shown by courting for the things of this life, 206.
Fleetness, should not make men proud, 217.
Flesh, the, hath been honored by God, was dishonored by the false teachers of the Colossians,
289; of Christ, deniers of, 352.
Folly, not so bad as haughtiness, 217; all sin so called; contrast between it and wisdom, 300.
Forbearance, of God, 384.
Forgive, not to, cause of greater harm to oneself, 202; we should, like Joseph, 343; while the
heart is warm, ib.; to, a means of pardon, ib.
Forgiveness, our own, increased by warning others of like sins, 268-69; of what character it
should be, 295; and is nothing without love, ib.
Form, in a simple being, implies one substance, 209; does not mean "work" of a servant, but
real humanity, 214.
Fornication, its bad effects on man's nature, 248; opposed to love, 342; to be shunned for
sanctification, 344; those who commit, are like filthy swine, ib.; worst in the married,
345; all, forbidden, ib.; the young to be kept from, 345; early, makes bad husbands, 346;
twenty-three thousand slain for it, 358; law against, then new to them, ib.; quenches
the Spirit, 370; never satisfies, 379; how corrected, 396.
Free will (see Will) , 220, 362.
Friend, a faithful, how good, 330; times and places loved for, 331; loves to be indebted, ib.;
and to have his friend so, ib.; Christ is the, of man, 390.
Friendship, of many, brings hurt, 189; many kinds of friendship, 259; it is a cold kind that
comes of giving great feasts, 263; become rare, 330; examples of, in first Christians, ib.;
rewarded by God, 332.
Fullness, means Godhead, 272.
Funeral, sight of, humbling, 379.
Gain, loss made a, 337; not to be sought from loss of others, 370; Heavenly, to be desired
without limit, ib.
Gains, dishonest, how to be rid of, 369; example of Zaccheus, ib.; little, great covetousness
shown in seeking, 370.
Galatians, return to observance of the law, 198; quench the Spirit, 370.
Garment, God gives a glorious, 350; Joseph's, rather showed him innocent, 380; wedding,
he that had not, cast out, 385.
Garments, stores of, no real gain to the possessors, 232.
Gaza, country beyond, 357.
General, specially attacked in war, 391; all succor him, ib.
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Homilies on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians