Orders, Holy, none to be admitted to, without frequent and strict examination, 464. Ordinations, responsibilities of, 464. Ornaments, of the body to be avoided, 422; of the soul alone to be sought for, 423; inconsist- ent with penitence, 433; suited to actors and dancers, not to Christians, ib. Ostentation, in prayer, to be avoided, 432.   Paint, condemned, 422. Parade, in religion to be avoided, 527. Paradoxes of the Gospel, 443. Parasceve, Holy Communion celebrated on the, 425. Parents, may be benefited by their children's virtue, 436; to be requited, and how, 450. Paschal Feast, 425. Passions, the most cruel tyrants, 473; evil, worse than wild beasts, 512. Patience, in teaching, 497; shown from the fisher, the husbandman, ib.; all may exercise for Christ's sake, 512; befits the aged, 532. Paul, St., why he wrote to Timothy and Titus only, 407; mentions no particular age for the episcopate, ib.; instructions to Timothy, as to a Teacher, ib.; appointed by command of God, 408; sent by Father and Son, ib.; anxiety for Timothy, extended to care for his bodily health, 409; garments of, cast out devils, 415; humility of, 416; always conceals his own merit, ib.; his former life, dwelt upon as to the glory of God, 417; his opposition not from ignorance, but from zeal, ib.; ignorance of, produced by unbelief, ib.; dwells on his sinfulness to extol God's mercy, 420; righteousness of, under the law, ib.; how blameless, ib.; his life not impure, but compared with God's righteousness worthless, ib.; humility in describing his own case, 420; ordained for the Gentiles, 431; why he discourses so much of dress, 433; his trials, encouragement to others, 446; detained in prison, 480; why say so often that he was a teacher of the Gentiles, ib.; gave offense to Nero, 484; his prayer for Onesiphorus, 485; a tent maker, 490; his name celebrated all over the world, ib.; victorious over Nero, ib.; his tomb, in the royal city, its splendor, 491; his glory at the Resurrection, ib.; no emperor ever so honored as, ib.; his travels, 511; discourses of his own death, 509; his death a drink offering, 511; preached though imprisoned, 513; whole life passed in afflictions, 507; deserted by man, supported by God, 514; cause of his death, ib.; more powerful than Plato, 525; his thorn in the flesh, 515; condescension of, 532; "the stigmatized of Christ," 547. Peace, worldly, useless, if there be war in the heart, 429; with one's self to be desired, ib. Peacefulness, duty of, 497. Perfection, counsels of, 521. Perfumes, spiritual, suitable to Christians, 415. Persecutions, afflictions, sorrows, called, 506; the godly must suffer, ib. 1027 Homilies on the Epistles to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon