GALATIANS AND EPHESIANS : INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 563
God, loves us for His own Name s
sake, 56; a just apprehension of
Him forbids us to doubt or ra
tionalize, 60 ; the knowledge of
Him derived from His Spirit,
ib. ; His goodness not to be pre
sumed upon, 69; kind to the un
thankful, 139; no respecter of
persons, 159.
Good-pleasure, the meaning of the
word, 52.
Government, in its origin paternal, 82;
must be centered in one, 146;
exemplified in a household, 159.
Gospels, one in substance, though
fourfold in form, 7; easily per
verted, 7.
Gospel, no afterthought, 51, 55; may
be in itself an offense, in the
manner of preaching it should
not be, 137.
Grace, sets us free, makes us new,
heirs and sons, 30; the great
change it produces in Christians,
52; arrays the soul in spiritual
beauty, 53.
Guilelessness, 123.
Habit, one sinful one may ruin us,
68; evil ones must be cured by
cultivating their opposites, 125-
26.
Hagar, 149.
Hannah, an example to mothers,
154; of watchfulness and prayer,
170; her reverence and contri
tion, 170.
Harlots, their treatment of their
lovers, 83.
Heretics, denied the Co-equality of
the Father and the Son, 4;
considered this life essentially
evil, 5.
Herod, judgment upon, 90.
Holiness in teachers more influential
than miracles, 77.
Holy children, as examples of tri
umph over affliction, 93.
Hospitality, to be shown to the poor,
151.
Household, the mistress s duty in the
conduct of, 124; when well or
dered sheds a fragrance around,
143; is a little city and its head
a prince, "159.
Husbands, to love their wives as
Christ loved the Church, 144-
45; the husband the head of
the family, 146; the importance
of him to the household, 148;
character of a good one, 149;
must show all forbearance, 150;
and wean his wife from the
world, ib.
Hymn, the Angelic Hymn,
"
Holy,
Holy, Holy," sung in the Eu-
charistic service, 64 (and note),
121, 165.
Idolatry of Christians is covetousness,
134; its origin, 135.
Ignorance, to profess it more wise
than to profess knowledge, 141.
Incarnation, effects of, 30.
Inheritance, by lot, according to a
purpose, 55.
Israelites, how they kept the Pass
over, 164; how they fell, 165;
their history is a mystery or type,
ib.
Jailer at Philippi, conversion of, 87.
James the Less, not the Lord sbrother,
though so called, 13.
Jeremiah in prison, 94.
Jericho, 166.
Jerusalem, earthly and heavenly, 166.
Jesting, forbidden to Christians, 130;
the character of one given to it,
131; enormous when extended
to Scripture, 131-32.
Jesus, the Son of Nave, the type of
Jesus the Son of God, 166.
Jews, the hindrance to their conver
sion, 4; their blessings earthly,
50; how of old chosen by God,
51; their privileges how stated
by St. Paul, 7 1 ; how Jews and
Gentiles are made one, 71.
Job, an example of protracted suffer
ing, 172.
John Baptist in prison, 94.
Joseph in prison, 94.
Judaizers opposed St. Paul, 2; their
ambition, 42; in St. Chrysostom s
day, 8, 21; heresy of, II.
Judgments, temporal, a call to repent
ance, 79.
Julian, St., a recluse, his character,
156.
Laver, of Baptism. See Baptism.
Law the, not evil, but weak and dan
gerous, 2O ; death to, different
meanings of, 22; causes faith
not to avail, 25; curse of re
moved by the Cross, 27; par
tially restrains sin, 28; provided
for self-knowledge and self-re
straint, 29; once led to, now
leads from Christ, 29; sometimes
means Genesis, often the Old
Testament, 33; obedience to part
of, subjects to the whole, 36;
abolished to make room for a
higher rule of life, 39,^42; ful
filled by the various gifts of the
faithful, 43; the ceremonies of,
abolished in Christ, 72.
Lent-season, 63.
Light, detects darkness by its own
shining, 133, 136.
Lot, inheritance by lot implies that
we are not chosen by merit, 55
(and note).
Love, God s love the cause of our
being chosen, 52; how to under
stand its extent, 82; its effects
and obligations upon man, 98;
always combined with faith, 60,
171; towards enemies enforced,
82, 127-129; its fruit unity and
mutual confidence, 97-98; is the
condition of our receiving the
Spirit, 105; love between hus
band and wife, 149.
Lowliness, the ground of all graces,
96.
Man, the wonderful exaltation of his
nature in Christ, 6l; his little
ness and greatness, 62; a four
fold consideration of him, 114.
Manichees, considered the world es
sentially evil, 5 (note) ; and the
body, 39; paid divine honors to
the heavenly bodies, 5.
Manichees, 139 (and note).
Marcionites, allowed one Gospel only,
7, 139 (and note).
Marks of the Cross, 47.
Marriage, &c., some heretics forbade
it, 147; rules for, 151.
Masters, their duties, 158.
Mildness in correcting enjoined, 43.
Minister, in what sense not applied
to the Son, 54 (and note).
Ministers of the Gospel to be obeyed
though wicked, 8; unless they
vitiate the faith, 8; maintained
by their disciples, 44; mutual
benefits of this, 45; contrast in
the case of Heathen teachers,
45 (note).
Monks, 165 (note); their self-denial,
248.
Moses, an example of love to ene
mies, 83.
Murder, an instance of voluntary sin,
57-
Mystery, "of His will," 53; the call
ing of the Gentiles so called, 77;
of the Gospel made known to
angels by the Church, 80; the
union of Christ and the Church
so called, 146.
Natural, what acts are so called, 73.
Nature, does not force man to sin, 57.
Necessity, not to be pleaded in excuse
for sin, 57.
Nineveh, its repentance an example
to us, 101-2.
Novatians, denied repentance to the
lapsed, 25 (note).
Oaths, not necessary to beget confi
dence, 62.
Obedience, slight breach of, punish
able, 7.
Passover, its historical and mystical
meaning, 165; how kept by Is
raelites, how to be kept by Chris
tians, 165.
Paul, St., followed Christ s example
in his mode of preaching, i; his
divine calling and commission,
2; suddenness of his conversion
a proof of its being divine, 10;
sincerity of his motives, 10; his
opposition to Christianity on re
ligious motives, ib. ; called on
account of his capacity, 10; rea
son of his first journey from An-
tioch to Jerusalem, 1 1 ; reason
of his second journey, 14; his
fervency and humility, 12; equal
in dignity to St. Peter, 12; his
humility shown in his visit to St.
Peter, 12; his doctrine approved
by the Apostles, 17; his tender
ness and skill, 31-2; observed,