HOMILIES ON PHILIPPIANS, COLOSSIANS, THESSALONIANS. 58, 294; legal, opposite of holiness, 342 (note i). Understanding, how to use it in God s service, 233; the, gets dizzy at things faith does not stagger at, 282. Unity, the work of the Holy Spirit, 200 ; breakers of, rend Christ s members, 273. Universe, not made by chance, 283. Usurpers, fear to lay aside what they have usurped, 213. Vainglory, the evils that come of it, 203; cause of men s thinking, dress, ornaments, and tine houses, a gain, 232; leads men to use God s gifts for enjoyment merely, 234; turns from love of God, 393- Valentinus, 206. Vice, practice of, increases it, 220; at enmity with man s nature, 247; purged out by thought of hell, 359-60; a drunkenness, 362; life of, a dream, 363; a death, ib. ; a darkness, ib, ; seizes us when we think not, 364. Vienne, martyrdoms at, 336 (note 2). Vineyard, God s, type not of Jeru salem only, bat of the soul, 209. Virgins, may appear at a wedding to attend on the bride, 318; should be modest at all times and states, ib. ; parable of the ten, 355, 372, 38S- Virtue, advancement in it the only thing to be sought, 199; entirely a gift from God, 200; many natural affections lead to it, 201 ; belongs to man alone of all crea tures and makes him superior to them, 218; practice of, will make a man an angel, ib.; practice of, increases it, 220; in the midst of affliction, shines like stars in the night, 222 ; path of, easier to poor than rich, 233; per fection of, attained by constant striving, 239; shines forth under all circumstances, 241 ; makes men at peace with God, 247; is friendly to man s nature, 248; required in knowing how to abound, as well as to be in want, 250; planted everywhere in the later times by God s grace, 279; called wisdom, 300; rewarded by God, as if His gain, 332; true, that in God s sight, 342; two-fold, in shunning evil and doing good, 344; pro moted by uncertainty of life, 361 ; consistent with a married life, 396. Vision of Christ seen by a woman, . 372-73- Voice, a tine, should not make men proud, 217; of Christ raises dead, 355 ; of Archangel, 355-56. Want, inclines to evil things, 250. War, spiritual, always our duty, 336. Warning, should be gentle, 367. Watchful, nothing will hurt him, 241. Watchfulness, a security, 326, 362; in our power, 362; in vain with out arms, 363; perpetual, needed, 364- Water, wonderfully transformed, 353; extinguishes a lamp, 370. Way, narrow, requires care, 364; and light equipment, ib. ; broad, leads to death, ib. Weak, to be supported, 367; in faith, il>.; wish to see enemies pun ished, 381. Wealth, not a cause of honor, but of dishonor, 290; its bad effects seen in a luxurious king, 291-92; its evils arise from the greediness of the desires, 292; makes men mad and turns them into demons, 292; a mischievous thorn, 386- 87 ; often lost for want of a wife, 397- Well-doing, brings good, 249; well doings of man are gifts of grace, 219-20. Widows, unable to manage slaves, 349; excessive grief of, 356; comfort for, 350-51; children of, may do well, 35 1 ; widows indeed, ib. W T ife, what her duty is to her husband, 304; wife and husband make but one man, 318-19; how she should please her husband, 346; often ill-treated, 350; to be taught to fear hell, 384; will learn meekness of her husband, 397; and contempt of money, ib. ; directed to learn of her husband, ib. Will, good, increased by doing good, 220 ; free, not taken away by God s working with man, ib. ; it makes riches or poverty a gain to man, 233; of God must cast out every other will, 314; the chief thing for amendment, 347; can turn a wrong into a benefit, 367; ours must concur to our salvation, 393-395. Wind, as, to a ship, so discourse to a soul, 383; help of Clod like a, 393- Wisdom, is opposed to all luxury, 292; consists in a virtuous life, 300; not craftiness nor hypocrisy, 309; shown in a proper way of behav ing, to persons of all estates, 3"- Withdrawal, a severe punishment, 394, 396; success of, 396. " Without," means Greeks, 310. Witness, God an unseen, 332. Women, who labored with St. Paul, recommended to care, 244; some warned to amcndt or not to come into the Church, 293; adorn their hair with trinkets of gold, 307; excessive mourning of, 349; one taken, another left, 350; eating their own children, 358. Word, The, appeared as Man, not to change from being God, or to be a Phantom, but to be an example of humility, 214-15. Words, idle, will be punished, 228; terrible enough without further explanation, 384; love must be more than, 393. Work, of faith, what, 324, 385; of hands, how made spiritual, 348. Works, of darkness, what, 362; good do not make prayers for us need less, 393; love of God to be shown in, ib.; tradition through, 394- World, the, thought a God by some, 360; end of, see Consummation) etc. Wrath, the, of God, against Jews, 334; of God, testimonies of, 358; to be forborne, 343. Wrong, the doers of, pitiable, 368; how to revenge, 367; more cruel when with contempt, 370. Yokefellow, brother or husband of some one at Philippi, 244. Young men, to be kept from fornica tion, 346; are able to resist the temptation, 347; blamed for going to theaters, ib. Zeal, makes up for late beginning. 325- Zeba, example of flattery, 205.