HOMILIES ON THE STATUES.   Abel , beloved of God, yet slain, 342 ; more blessed in his death than Cain, 374 ; died the first to instruct Adam, 414 ; his sacrifice good, 422 . Abraham, rich but not covetous: entertaining angels, 349 ; tent of, stronger than Sodom, 456 . Absolution, 356 ; at the altar, 443 . Accused at Antioch, tortured, 474 . Acrobats, 470 . Actions, few, for their own sake, 379 ; end of, 459, n. ; the proof of philosophy, 465 . Adam, fell when idle, 353 , 369 ; wretchedness of his fall, 393 ; what he merited, 392 ; fitted, by humiliation, to appear before God, 396 ; pride of, cast down, 413 ; his hiding was due to his sense of guilt, 422 ; his being made to confess, a mercy, 422 . Admonition, repeated, a shame, 379 ; obligation and advantage of, 425 , 437 ; to be repeated, 452 ; not like seeing, 467 ; of others a duty, 481 . Adultery, self-condemned, 429 ; in desire, 443 . Advantages of nature and art not the dignity of a city, 457 . Alms, given at martyrs' shrines, 340 ; of less worth than thankfulness, 341 ; recompensed at the Judgment, 350 ; riches given for, 351 ; means of pardon, 351 . Altars, raised by the heathen to men, 338 ; by Christians only to God, though in memory of men, 338, n. ; Christian, for remission of sin, 443 . Ambrose, St., obliged Theodosius to do penance, 383, n. ; on invocation of Saints and Angels, 390 . Angels, applauded Job's victory, 339 ; invocation of, 390, n. ; visited Jerusalem, 467 . Animals, wild, uses of, 395 , 417 ; their fear of man lessened at the fall, 395 ; the vilest worshipped, 409 ; man dreads from sin, 417 ; their excellences not of free-will, and invariable, 420 ; sacrifice of, discussed, 422, n. ; refugees of Antioch, destroyed by, 487 . Art, a pattern of industry, 420 . Antioch, old church of, 331, n. ; blasphemy prevailing in, 343 ; hopes of reforming, 344 ; state of after sedition, 344 , 425 , 453 ; compared to Job, 344 ; disgraced and deserted, 345 , 364 , 454 , 463 ; a mother of cities, 345 , 355 ; shaken as with an earthquake, 345 ; fears of the inhabitants, 346 , 412 , 419 , 453 ; character of, 347 , 355 ; schism at, 354, n. ; Christians first so named there, 345, n. , 355 , 438 ; amended by danger, 382 , 383 , 418 , 439 , 455 ; dealt with tenderly, 383 , 419 ; deliverance from danger, 412 , 452 ; spared on repentance, 418 ; inhabitants had recourse to God, 427 , 439 , 482 ; confiscation and disruption at, 427 ; again disturbed, 431 ; submission of the people to the Emperor, 437 ; cowardice in, 445 ; distinguished in virtue, 456 ; exhortation before calamities, 463 ; accused tortured, 474 ; prisoners at, their trust in God, 482 ; the dead insulted, 484 ; reproached for the sedition, 484 ; wretched state from terror, 486 ; public rejoicings at, 389 . Apostles, powerful both living and departed, 333 ; example of, 342 ; dwelt in Antioch, 355 ; words of, like music, 331 ; would have been too magnified, but for sufferings and infirmities, 337 ; persecutions of, why permitted, 409 ; despondent, were dull, 413 ; victorious by suffering, 449 ; few natural advantages of, 466 . Applause, in church, 347 , 379 , 394 . Armour, spiritual of the Bishop, 357, n. ; of all Christians, 357 . Arms, of the righteous, 396 ; of brutes and men compared, 416 . Army, of Saul, wisely abstemious, 433 ; excessive hunger of, 434 . Art, great in the temple at Jerusalem, 456 . Artificer, finds his work as he left it, 430 . Ascension Day, Sunday before, how styled, 464 . Ash Wednesday, epistle for, 358, n. Asiarchs, 427, n. Ass, fondness to its master, 420 . Assurance, greater from not exacting oaths, 444 . Athanasius, St., strong against oaths, 470, n. Athenian courts, 400, n. Audience, of the powerful, artifices to obtain, 474 . Augustin, St., on the Sabbath, 422, n. Avengers, 475 .   Baptism , called initiation, 342 , 354 , 355 ; Lord's Prayer taught with, 355 . Barathrum, 361, n. Basil, St., strong terms on the invocation of saints, 389, n. , 390 ; strong against oaths, 470, n. ; kept Valens from communion, 481, n. Basilides, 413, n. Baths, closed, 455 ; highly prized, 464 . Battle, kings lay aside their crowns in, 447 . Beatitudes, 392, n. , 428 . Beauty of person not to be cherished, 397 , 466 ; of woman a snare, 442 ; no criterion of merit, 458 . Bee, labouring for others, 420 . Beginning, a small, great results from, 405 , 470 . "Believe me," a phrase instead of swearing, 398, n. ; as a bridle, 481 . Bema, occupied by clergy alone, 465, n. Benefits of God at the creation twofold, 395 ; doing, for others a duty, 451 ; never to be desisted from, 452 ; from reminding one another of duty, 399 . Birds, 408 ; finding nests robbed, 427 ; flying high escape snares, 441 ; caught, cannot use wings, 441 . Bishop, how regarded, 354 , 356 , 383 ; duty of, 355 ; a Priest, 355 ; a High Priest, 482 ; a Ruler and above emperors, 356 ; armour of, 357 . Blasphemy, evil of, 342 , 361 , 437 ; adds to trouble, 343 ; to be sharply corrected in others, 343 , 347 ; a public wrong, 343 ; Job's wife tempts him to, 366 . Blessed bread given to those who do not communicate, 384, n. ; the righteous alone to be held, 385 ; who called, in Scripture, 462 . Blessedness, real, what, 340 . Blessings, the chief, common, 351 . Blind, fallen into a pit, 451 . Body, human, frailer than matter, 404 ; elementary parts of, 407 ; becomes an earthen vessel, 409 ; by whom framed, 413 ; feebleness of, why, 413 ; as it was framed at first, 413 , 417 ; might have been created better, 414 ; fineness of, 415 ; excellent as joined with the soul, 416 ; sustains injury in spite of prudence, 437 ; effects upon, of externals, 462 . Boldness of monks, 453 , 454 . Bones of the skull, a defence, 415 ; around the heart, 415 . Brain, construction of, 415 . Bread, consecrated, reservation of for sick, 384, n. Brutes, fasted with the Ninevites, 358 . Burdens, duty of bearing another's, 452 . Burial, pomp of, 358 . Business, worldly, the clergy engaged in, 465 . Butler, Bishop, on "Law of Nature," 428, n.   Cain , misery of, 345 ; consciousness of his sin and denial, 423 . Camp, place so called, 382, n. Careless, Christian ready to fast, 431 . Carnival, 358, n. Catechism, Church of England on Real Presence, 354, n. ; on remission of sin in the Eucharist, 444, n. Chains, how got rid of, 403 ; of St. Paul, 447 ; a security, 447 ; efficacy of St. Paul's, 450 . Charms, texts of Scripture as, 470 ; those used by Christians condemned, 470, n. Chastity, learnt from Sodom, 466 . Children, unreasonable in their fears, 374 ; little ones by whom frightened and quieted, 381 ; to be taught public deliverances, 419 , 489 ; under instruction from fathers and teachers, 429 ; pulling at a rotten cord, 432 ; murder of, prevented by not vowing, 434 ; fond of sweets, severe training for, 449 ; virtue of, proved, 453 ; wrestling at the top of a pole, 470 ; fear their fathers more than we fear God, 471 . Christ, teaching of, 348 ; scorned in the poor, 349 ; keeps for us what we give them, 350 ; left us His flesh and blood, 354 ; instructed after feeding, 400 ; instructs from irrational creatures, 420 ; taught the law of conscience, 428 ; instructs us to fear, 440 ; forbids oaths, 444 ; set against Himself by swearing on the Gospel, 444 , 446 ; gave warning of sorrow before reward, 449 ; judgment of, on cities, 457 ; teaches reconciliation by His Sacrifice, 470 . Christianity, not universal, 401, n. ; a stricter law than the Mosaic, 469 . Christians, the saviors of Antioch, 343 ; bear trials cheerfully, 346 ; soldiers and wrestlers, 357 ; all reproached for sins of any, 359 ; should admonish each other, 425 , 451 ; name diffused worldwide, 438 ; instructors and comforters of unbelievers, 445 ; under training like heirs: with heaven in view like the merchant, 450 ; are citizens of heaven, 456 . Chrysostom, St., requests the people to check blasphemy, 343 ; silent for seven days: as Job's friends, 344 ; bewails Antioch, 345 ; hopes to cheer the people, 346 ; speaks at length, and warns, 347 ; applauded, 347 , 379 ; made bishop, 354, n. ; proposes three precepts for memory, 363 ; blesses God for comforting, 364 ; love and anxiety for his people, 380 , 399 , 443 ; like a mother for a sick child, 430 ; watchfulness over his flock, 399 ; regrets the absence of some, 400 ; repeats admonitions, 424 , 443 ; rewarded through their obedience, 380 , 389 , 399 ; confidence for Antioch's rescue, 382 ; interpretation of 1 Cor. iii. 15 , 387, n. ; intercourse with his people, 389 , 481 ; mode of dealing with the unreformed, 389 ; success of special preaching, 438 ; testimony of, as to relics, 396 ; opinion concerning the earth, 403 ; shape and motion of the heavens, 419 ; on the Sabbath, 422 ; notions about sacrifice, 422 ; admonitions about theatres ineffectual, 439 ; on remission in Eucharist, 443, n. , 444 ; indignation over the people's irreverence, 445 , 446 ; teaching, practical not doctrinal, 447 ; welcome to the country clergy, 465 ; forbids all oaths, 470, n. ; offers to cure the swearer, 480 ; threatens, 481 ; gives thanks for Flavian's return, 482 ; his praises of city, Bishop, Emperor, etc., 482 . Church (building), old at Antioch, 331 ; not a place of amusement, 347 ; full in time of distress, 364 ; then resorted to by the wicked, 366 ; to be absent from sinful, disgraceful, 400 , 406 ; no other place so good, 406 ; the fittest place for thanksgiving after deliverance, 419 ; a place of prayer, 443 ; feelings in, are not religious attainments, 446 ; part of, reserved for clergy, 465, n. ; common talk in, 473 ; exclusion from, 481 . Church (community), prayers of, 356 ; injured by evil speaking, 359 ; Greek, its lenten observances, 359, n. ; mother of the afflicted, 364 , 386 ; influences all ranks, 481 ; censure of, for familiarity, 481 . Citizens of heaven, none without virtue, 457 . City, strength of, in virtue, 457 ; by virtue a pattern to the world, 471 ; contemptuous, infects others, 486 . Clouds, cause different productions, 419 . Commander of troops, 452, n. Common cause, most injured by fall of the most eminent, 334 . Communication with others during self-discipline, 379 , 481 ; to the absent, of religious instructions, 400 ; of the Pastor to all his flock, 389 ; object of, 401 ; with the wicked in guilt, 331 ; in sufferings marks affiliation, 340 ; in many things with all men, 343 ; of good with the disorderly, 464 . Confession, private to a Priest, 360 ; of sins overcome, 418 ; an encouragement to others to repent, 419 ; a condition of pardon, 422 . Confusion, prevented by fear of Rulers, 381 . Congregation, number of St. Chrysostom's, 380, n. , 406 ; eager for instruction, 395 ; obedient to his counsels, 399 , 406 , 430 ; one bad member corrupts many, 430 . Conjurer's tricks shame our endeavours at virtue, 470 . Conscience, roused by fear, 363 ; a bad makes us suspicious: a scourge, 396 ; a good makes bold, 396 ; a natural law, 421 ; shewn from the case of Adam, 422 ; adds obligations to the enlightened, 424 ; proved from sense of shame and reproach, 428 ; facilitates virtue, 429 ; disturbed by having enemies, 479 . Consolation in adversity as witnessed by the Saints, 336 ; effects of, 346 ; is for the sad, 381 ; derived from religious communion with others, 383 ; derived from every part of the Bible, 391 ; from God's chastising in mercy, 431 , 434 ; mode of, 444 ; in temporal distress to be sought from God's ministers, 445 . Constantine, instance of mildness, 486 . Constantinople, distance from Antioch, 361 . Contemplation of heavenly things like a view from an height, 441 . Conversation, on religious subjects how good, 388 ; cheering effects of, 489 ; reverted to by Saul's army, 433 ; in divine service wrong, 473 . Corn, ears of, 415 . Correction of others a means of self-correction, 405 . Corruptibility of creation, 409 , 411 . Covetousness, 348 ; is poverty, 349 ; cured by considering the equality of day and night, 402 . Councils, secular, customs of, 400 . Country, one's, how to be advanced, 471 . Courage from a good conscience, 396 . Cowards realize groundless fear, 445 . Cowardice unbecoming men, 446 . Creation, not to be disparaged, 335 ; dishonors fawners, 386 ; a proof of God's love for us, 391 ; when written of, in Scripture, 394 ; testifies to God, 401 , 407 ; mode of above the power of Nature, 403 ; consists of contraries harmonized, 404 ; decay of, without Providence, 408 ; deified, 408 ; why subject to decay, 409 , 411 ; like the Apostles under persecution, 409 ; mutual dependence of parts, 411 ; neither all at rest nor all in motion, 419 ; the parts not understood ought to amaze, 421 . Creature, use of word, 411, n. Criminals, wretched appearance of at the bar, 396 . Cross, the, a symbol of salvation, 448 ; sign of, not a charm, 470, n. Crown, given for overcoming sin, 438 ; inferior to chains, 447 ; humanity gained by Theodosius, 485 . Custom, no match for fear, 437 ; easier overcome than concupiscence, 469 . Cyprian, St., on intercession of Saints, 389, n.   Dancing , feats in, 470, n. Danger of arguing about nature, 403, n. ; unconcern of Saints for, 448 ; of relapsing under prosperity, 452 . Daphne, a suburb of Antioch, 457, n. David, though small, a victor, 458 . Davison vindicates the idea of sacrifice, 422, n. Day, unvarying and equal with night, 402 . Death, proves vanity of riches, 351 ; no subject of alarm, 372 ; eagerness of St. Paul for, 372 ; base if in sin, but not so from violence, 373 ; evil to sinners only, 373 ; an unjust brings into special communion with the Saints, 374 ; unjust permitted by God, 374 ; what is, 374 , 390 ; having it before our eyes, 376 ; soldier fearing, ignoble, 376 ; dreaded for want of self-mortification, 384 ; full of joy to the godly, 461 ; courted by the monks of Antioch, 463 . Debtors, treatment of, 362 . Debts, God's remission of to men, and a creditor's compared, 478 . Deer, escaped from a snare, 441 . Degradation, attaching to athletics, 470 . Demosthenes, bad habit of: how cured, 394 . Desertion of the Philosophers in distress, 454 . Dice-playing to be shunned, 442 . Differences, seeming, reconciled, 403 , 469 . Difficulties for God's sake, 477 ; none can stand against the fear of God, 480 . Dignity of a city is its virtue, 456 ; of no avail at the Judgment, 457 . Discipline, course of usual, 334, n. ; under Christianity a preparation for trials, 366 ; moral from war, 435 . Discontent from going to feasts, 440 . Discourse, subjects of, at conventions, 406 . Diseases, their origin, 407 . Disposition, makes sad or cheerful, 460 , 463 . Dog, shameless, 420 . Doubt, Ninevites doubted the consequences of their repentance, 377 . Dove, an example of simplicity, 420 . Dress, finery in, how cured, 450 ; not to be despised or admired, 466 . Drunkenness, 335 .   Eagle , under man's dominion, 416 ; a king so styled, 467 . Ear, fasting of the, 359 ; to be closed against slander, 360 . Earth, diurnal motion of a type, 402, n. ; supported on water, 403 ; productiveness of, 404 . Earthquake, alluded to, 345, n. ; 362 . Easter, mercy suited to, 355 ; act of human mercy at, 383, n. Eating a meal no reason for staying away from church, 400 , 406 ; moderation favors attendance, 400 . Edification, mutual of members of a household in religious practice, 379 , 480 . Elements, harmony and opposition of, 404 ; weakness and dependence of, 410 . Elijah, of like passions with us, 340 ; his poverty, 353 ; twofold, 353 , 396 . Elisha, his inheritance, 353 ; changed the water, 396 , 411 . Emotions, high term for, 386 . Emperor, see Theodosius , vengeance expected from, 345 ; has no equal on earth, 346 ; inferior to a Bishop, 356 ; a fellow-servant, 361 . Emulation, in religious practice, 370 , 379 ; in reforming the community advantageous, 389 ; spirit of, promotes self-restraint, 430 . Enemies, none to be held, 363 , 370 ; not reconciled without a third person, 408 ; Jews knew righteousness prevailed in Israel, 435 ; misfortunes of, rejoiced in, 461 ; the sight of possessions of, disturbs, 474 ; good and bad fortune alike annoys, 474 ; the worse, the more reason for forgiving, 475 ; implacable, how treated by God, 475 ; the worst softened by gentleness, 475 ; like a limb cut off, 476 ; duty of making friends of, 478 ; are alone enough to cause insecurity, 479 . Ephraim, St., quotations from, 389, n. Episozomenes, title of a Sunday, 464 . Equanimity from true wisdom, 454 . Esther, prayer of, saved the Jews, 356 . Ether, consistence of, 409, n. Eucharist, a greater gift than Elisha's, 354 ; doctrine of, 354, n. ; fasting or sufficiency at, 400 ; an oblation distinct, 422, n. ; efficacy for remitting sin, 444, n. ; the prize of fasting during Lent, 471 ; not to be approached unless healed of sins, 472 ; prohibited the resentful, 472 ; and the swearer, 481 ; hands washed before receiving, 479 ; object of exclusion from, 481 . Evils, temporal, of little moment, 372 ; the worse make the less unfelt, 374 , 428 ; warded off by repentance, 376 ; cannot touch the righteous, 385 ; God merciful amidst, 393 ; past, remembrance of, 426 ; a source of pain, 444 , 457 ; must run to God under, 448 ; an occasion of thanksgiving, 452 ; felt according to the disposition, 459 ; comfort from, 463 . Evil speaking, mischief of, 359 , 370 ; pleasure of, 360 ; causes quarrels, 361 ; hinders pardon: spoils fasting, 361 ; breaking away from, 363 . Examination of our path necessary, 440 . Example, partakes of our own nature, 340 ; the irrational animals are, 420 ; the old referred to the young for, 420 ; effects of, 405 , 429 ; of pilots in a storm, 446 ; of one city upon the whole world, 438 ; the giver of, precedes, 487 . Excellences, natural, liable to fail, 448 . Excuses for not seeking reconciliation, 474 , 475 , 478 ; concerning inveterate swearing, 479 . Eye, government of the, 359 ; a surer organ than the ear, 401 ; beauty and power of, 414 ; eyebrows like eaves, 415 ; of God, 475 .   Faith , shewn by works, 373 ; like an eagle's wing, 416 . Fall, sin of, 393 ; the human body changed after, 413 , 417 ; of another bewailed is pleasing to God, 461 . Fame, injured by enemies, 479 . Famine, relieved by the people of Antioch, 456 . Fasting of Timothy, 33 ; easily misjudged, 334 ; moderation urged, 335 ; a help to prayer: bodily, not enough, 357 , 370 , 406 , 459 ; of Ninevites accepted, 358 ; due honor of, 359 ; of the eye, ear, and tongue, 359 , 406 ; general practice, 370 , 388 , 450, n. ; together with danger facilitates repentance, 378 ; made easy by custom, 388 ; from sin, 406 , 472 ; indulgence before and after, 438 ; without fresh gains a loss, 459 ; well used welcomed, 459 ; omission of, may be excused, 472 . Fathers, the view of, about the earth, 403, n. ; upon oaths, 470, n. ; strong statements of, as in the Bible, 477, n. ; most such, in punishing their children, 392 ; first severe then indulgent, 449 ; grieve more when absent, 483 . Favour, the overcoming bad habits accounted by God a, 412 ; Divine, bestowed on Jerusalem, 467 ; the forgiving others a, asked by God, 478 . Fear, needful to holy men, 334 ; a chastisement for carelessness, 347 ; of the Lord true riches, 351 ; a punishment, 355 ; awakens conscience, 363 ; of harm from man ignoble, 366 ; a good man firm against, 369 ; without the fear of hell death terrible, 374 ; of hell profitable, 374 , 439 ; prevents magnanimity, 376 ; of Rulers promotes order, 381 ; effect of, on public morals, 382 , 439 ; a most powerful motive, 392 , 437 ; God's wrath a cure of bad habits, 394 ; of scorpions from sin, 417 ; prevents bad passions, like a soldier on guard, 439 ; breeds virtue, 439 ; why Christ broadly taught, 440 ; groundless made real, 446 ; an ocean of joy, 460 ; of God overcomes quickly, masters, 479 ; purifies like a furnace, 480 . Feasts, evil of frequenting, 440 ; beget envy, 440 . Festival, of Easter an argument for mercy, 355 ; in celebration of martyrs, 464 . Festus, how approached by St. Paul, 448 . Fingers, unequal, 416 . Fire worshipped by the Persians: then worshipped, 367 ; rivers of, 386 ; purgatorial, 387, n. ; in a forest, 389 ; its property of rising, 404 ; used in torture, 474 . Firmament, use of word, 404 . Fish, 408 ; caught with baits, 449 . Flavian, Bishop of Antioch, 354, n. ; leaves his sister almost dying, 354 , 482 ; his boldness, 355 ; prayers of, for his people, 482 ; return from Constantinople, 482 ; obstacles to his journey, 483 ; magnanimity of, 483 ; absent, grieved for Antioch, 484 ; silent like Moses, 484 ; will quit Antioch if unpardoned, 488 ; proofs of forethought for the people, 488 . Flattery of the great, 474 . Flesh, an unruly steed, 334 . Floods, 470 . Flowers, 408 ; yield a sweeter, than artificial smells, 466 . Folly of laboring for worldly things, and not to be reconciled, 479 . Food, carried away by guests, 38 . Forgiveness of sin by forgiving others, 473 ; brings our minds into peace, 474 . Fountains, 408 . Fowler, a zealous, 441 ; enticements of, 449 . Fox, cunning of, 420 . Frailty of the body a cure for pride, 413 . Fraternities for mutual religious help, 417 . Freedom, in righteousness, not immunity from punishment, 386 . Friend, a, shews dissatisfaction by silence, 436 . Fruits of fasting, remain, 459 ; from bitter roots, 462 . Fund, common, 452 .   Gain , whatever promises, to be suspected, 441 ; from evils, 444 . Games, alluded to, 339 , 405 ; presidents of, 427, n. ; participants of, excluded from the Communion, 439, n. Garment, oiled of wrestlers, 339, n. ; miraculous virtue of, 396 ; a rich, how used, 405 . Gazing at the beauty of a woman a snare, 442 . Gentiles, see Heathen , signifying a worshipper of God, 423 . Gifts, Divine, on the temple, 456 . Glory of suffering for Christ, 447 ; not happiness, 460 ; in shewing mercy, 485 . Gluttony, 357 ; inexcusable before prayer: incapacitates, 400 ; cured by considering St. Paul, 450 . God, His work good, 335 ; power of shewn in weakness, 337 , 409 ; love of Him, its own reward, 338 ; challenged Satan to try Job, 339 ; cares more than we for the poor, 341 ; not to be called in question, 341 , 362 ; afflicts those He loves, 342 ; His honour to be vindicated, 343 , 347 ; cares for us more than ourselves, 347 ; never weary of our prayers, 356 ; blasphemed for our sins, 359 ; His mighty longsuffering, 361 , 362 ; tempers prosperity and adversity for our good, 366 ; overrules Satan's worst efforts to his loss, 367 ; if our friend, nothing matters, 369 ; cares less for His repute than our salvation, 378 ; does not punish when the threats affect, 382 ; overrules the designs of men, 383 , 447 ; judges sinners by the standard of the good, 388 ; His love shewn in our punishment, 392 , 413 , 431 ; otherwise only half good, 392 ; deals with fallen man as a father, 392 , 449 ; tenderness of in addressing Adam, 393 ; His walking was in Adam's perception, 396 ; His providence shewn in making the cure of the soul easy, 397 ; instructs by the creation, 401 ; His ordering of the seasons and the day, 402 ; uses weak instruments to shew His power, 404 ; glorified man in the works of creation, 405 ; needs nothing, 410 ; the source of all things, 410 ; skill of in human frame, 414 ; known by His works, 421 ; mercy and wisdom of bringing Adam to confession, 422 ; why He delays punishment, 424 ; His goodness shewn in man's natural love of virtue, 429 ; the leader of the Jews in war, 435 ; silence toward Saul from gentleness, 436 ; turns causes of evil to good, 448 ; to believers is the whole fountain of cheerfulness, 460 ; ordains suffering first, 450 ; unceasingly gracious, 452 ; reproaches for insensibility to the ills of others, 462 ; fear of, the foundation of peace, 463 ; insulted worse than man ever is, 473 ; our Avenger, and despised when we avenge, 475 ; like a friend in requiring forgiveness of others, 478 ; never ceases to entreat us, 478 ; assists earnest endeavours, 480 ; exceeds hopes, 482 ; takes occasion of offences to shew love, 485 ; overrules all for good, 489 . Gods, heathen, who, 339 ; the vilest animals made, 409 ; the Apostles held to be, 409 ; ambition of some men to be held, 413 . Good, what is, at one time is not always, 401 ; temporal, yields pleasure to the reverent, 463 ; temporal, is mutable and insufficient, 460 . Gospel, the book of the, oaths taken on, 443 ; preaching of promoted by conflicts, 448 ; like a sunbeam, not bound, 450 ; portions of worn by women and children, 470 . Government, two sorts of, natural and elective, 391 . Grave, robbing, 393, n. Greek Church, usage in fasting, 370, n. ; Fathers of, opinions of on Purgatory, 387, n. Gregory, St. Naz, on invocation of the Saints, 390, n. ; on Beatitudes, 392, n. Grief, a medicine only profitable when felt for sin, 375 , 390 ; this the end of it, 375 , 390 ; temporal ills, not cured by, 375 ; produced by sin, 419 . Grief, a wound, how to be treated, 381 ; for infants as reasonable as for the dead, 385 ; makes men inattentive to instruction, 413 ; spreads darkness over every thing, 426 ; for the ills of others pleasing to God, 458 ; a refreshment, 461 ; fruits of, sweet, 463 . Guilt shared by those who give power to the sinner, 331 .   Habits , good to be formed, 363 ; difficult to be overcome, 388 ; easy, the subject being hard, 388 ; mastered in a given time, 370 ; almost mastered require less pains, 405 ; in man acquired by free-will, 420 ; easily conquered by fear, 437 ; under severe training, 449 ; easier to be overcome than nature, 469 . Hades, where, according to the heathen, 403, n. Hair of eyebrows and head, 415 . Hands of God, His power, 403 . Happiness in God alone, 460 . Harlot, bad influences of, 435 . Harm, none to God's people, 378 ; limited to the sutures of the bones, 415 . Hares, timidity of, 445 . Hatred, to be forsaken, 363 ; mark of, to avoid naming the person, 393 ; disquiets, 473 ; is unbecoming brothers: increases with time, 476 ; to cease from is not all enough, 478 ; cherished corrupts fast or feast, 479 ; pollutes the mind, 479 . Health, won by labour, 352 ; bad to be borne with patiently, 332 ; St. Timothy's, no hindrance to his labours, 334 ; not happiness, 460 ; by sobriety, 466 ; ill, an excuse for not fasting, 472 , 475 . Hearing without doing of no avail, 379 . Heart, the chief member, well defended, 415 . Heat, properties of, 403, n. Heathenism, designation of, in Scripture, 367, n. Heathen, the alleged reason for deifying the universe, 408 ; by their own folly make idols, 409 ; philosophers were actors, 465 ; instructed by the example of Theodosius, 488 ; the laws of, from the conscience, 423 ; not responsible without a natural law, 423 ; not fit instructors for Christians, 445 . Heaven, hope of, 350 ; not won without labour, 449 . Heavens, sight of, proclaims God: effects of, 401 ; matter and form of, 404 ; beauty of, 408 ; fixed, 419, n. Hell, fear of, is profitable, 439 . Heralds in the games, 386 . Heretics, found fault with creation, 335 ; opinions of about the human body, 413 . Hippodrome, 439 . History, design of Scripture viewed as, 410, n. Honey, water so called, 352 ; as a feast to Saul's army, resisted, 433 . Honour, bestowed on man in three ways, 391 ; done to God is rewarded, 446 ; worldly has no real dignity, 456 . Hope, in God an anchor, 446 ; makes present ill light, 450 . Horse, inferior to man in the foot, 416 . Hospitality, of Abraham, 349 ; of Job, 442 . House not to be extravagantly adorned, 349 ; built on a rock, 365 ; guarded is not robbed, 439 ; of mourning and feasting, 440 ; of the sinner overthrown a witness to all, 259 , 466 ; brought to ruin by neglect of small repairs, 470 . Humility, produced by adversity, 337 ; scope for in the human frame, 417 . Hunger, gives relish to food, 351 . Hunters, 435 . Husbandry, spiritual, 357 , 365 ; the first art, a school of virtue, 465 . Hut, in the vineyards, 408 .   Idolatry , origin of, 337 . Ignorance of men brought out in arguing about nature, 403, n. , 421 . Ignorant, the, taught by the creation, 402 . Illuminations, at Antioch, 489 . Image of God, 362 ; consists of sovereignty, 391 . Implacability, in an enemy, punished by God, 475 . Inattention, at prayers, 394 ; leaves us without excuse, 473 . Incarnation, alluded to in Job, 339, n. Indifferent things, to be avoided, 442 . Indignation at the wrongs of others, of nature, 429 . Inferiority of material calls for greater skill, 414 . Inferiors, men are ashamed to sin before, 428 . Inheritance, needs previous training, 450 . Insensibility to the sins of others, 462 . Instincts, 420 . Instruction, spiritual, stored in the mind, 388 ; like picking a flower, 399 ; increases obligations, 424 ; conveyed formerly by things , 401 ; given in church, 406 ; to be obeyed on trust, 425 ; in virtue by temporal ills, 429 ; requires personal ardor and promptness, 430 , 480 ; like water from a well, for use afterwards, 446 ; in morals precedes that in revealed truth, 446 ; inattention to, excused by dullness, 475 . Instruments, weakness of, shews God's power, 409 . Insult, effect of, our own fault: recoils when slighted, 353 ; towards aggressors an offence to God, 440 ; from one under high patronage, 444 . Intemperance, before and after fasting, 439 . Intentions, provided by God are rewarded, 341 ; known to God, 475 . Intercession to be made for Antioch, 346 ; arguments used in, 383 ; of the poor, 351, n. ; bold, of monks, 453 , 454 ; of saints departed, 389, n. Invocation of saints and angels, 389, n. Iron softened by water, 403 . Isaiah commands the sun, 411 .   Jacob , his care of Laban's sheep, 354 . Jailor at Philippi, 450 . Jephthah's vow allowed by God, 434 . Jerusalem, temple at, 456 ; wretchedness of, 457 ; favours of God bestowed on, 467 ; a vine, 467 . Jesus of Nazareth, the common name of our Lord, 393, n. Jews in distress could not listen, 346 ; reproved for not looking to God, 356 ; saved by Esther's prayer, 356 ; oppressed in Egypt to increase their desire of Canaan, 384 ; would not name Christ from hatred, 393 ; gave no heed to Moses, 413 . Jewels, the pride of some women, 449 . Job, his character shewn by affliction, 338 , 341 ; his wrestling with Satan: tried as gold, 339 ; Antioch compared to him, 344 ; safest when poor, 353 ; his trust in God, 366 ; loved before grace, or the old covenant, 366 ; rewarded for retaining godliness, 369 ; dunghill of, in Arabia, 371 ; consolation to be derived from, 371 ; his body, preciousness of, 371 , 372 ; an instance of the merit of suffering, 385 ; silence of his friends, 412 ; a Gentile, 423, n. ; his virtue lofty in prosperity and adversity, 442 ; losses of, led him to God, 445 , 461 . John, St., Baptist, to be followed in reproving sin, 343 ; his martyrdom a warning against oaths, 432 , 470 . Jonah's flight of no avail, 378 ; how taught mercy, 378 ; forced by God, 382 ; author of the book of, 480, n. Jonathan's eating the honey, 434 ; if slain, a double misery to Saul, 434 . Joseph sold, 363 ; wept, 488 . Joshua commands the sun's motion, 411 . Joy, from temporal good soon ends, 451 ; continual under misfortune possible, 459 ; aim of all, 459 ; in God, 460 ; of the world brings loss, 461 . Judge, unjust, parable of, 412 ; man made, of his own pardon, 477 ; does not question or correct the culprit, 393 ; sympathy of the judges at Antioch, 427 ; rigour of human, 427 ; shewed mercy upon the intercession of the monks, 453 . Judgment, the last, proved by the afflictions of the saints, 339 ; riches of no avail in, 349 ; alms help us in, 351 ; and mercy, 355 ; without benefit of others' intercession, 427 ; rulers threatened with, 453 ; harsh over others visited on ourselves, 361 ; rash on others without excuse, 472 ; temporal, effectual, 481 . Justice, courts of, originated in the natural moral law, 423 .   Kidnappers entice by pleasant things, 449 . Kings excel their subjects in wealth, 421 ; make unreasonable laws, 447 ; doff their crowns in battle, 447 ; have more cause for sadness than any, 460 ; armour of, 467 ; made glorious by mercy, 485 ; may easily conquer, but not win, 487 . Knives, feats performed with, 470 . Knowledge of the creation from God, 421 ; withheld to remove occasion of pride, 421 ; of God by His works, 421 ; of good and evil by nature, 428 ; not for its own sake, 435 .   Labour brings sleep, 352 ; our safest state, 353 ; spiritual reward of, 357 ; of life ordained by whom, 384 . Laughter often leads to sin, 442 ; how to be met, 481 . Law, of Nature (see Conscience ) the ground of Christ's teaching, 428 ; against criminal suits in Lent, 383, n. ; of God takes precedence of human laws, 398 ; civil, of the heathen, from conscience, 423 ; of kings not to be questioned, 447 . Lazarus gained a reward, 340 , 385 ; example of, 342 , 373 ; truly rich, 348 . Learning, how long Pambos was learning one verse, 332, n. ; without wisdom avails nothing, 465 . Lebanon for Judæa, 467 . Legerdemain, feats of, 470 . Lent, Christian's working time, 357 ; commencement of, 358, n. , 370, n. ; precepts to learn in, 363 ; celebrated with daily sermons, 379, n. ; covers sins of the past year, 472 . Leprosy of Miriam, 475 . Lessons, Scripture, in worship, order of, 347, n. ; from Jonah's history, 378 ; from the irrational animals, 420 . Letter of the monks to Theodosius, 454 . Libanius, 394, n. Life, a burden, a cottage here, in heaven a palace, 372 ; why made laborious, 384 ; without religion dull and wearisome, 385 ; a good, honours God, 405 ; bordering on sin like walking along a precipice, 443 ; in the country favourable to virtue, 465 . Litanies, 362, n. Longsuffering of God, 424 . Loss, by doing one's duty versus the gain, 444 ; of children no grief to the good, 461 . Love, its own reward, 338, n. ; shewn in patient endurance, 341 , 342 ; in perseverance, 342 ; takes interest in everything, 356 ; of God absent, causes fear of death, 374 ; glories in suffering, 448 ; maternal, 453 ; delights in all that belongs to the object of it, 474 ; exercised in great offences, 485 ; delights in the good of others, 464 . Lucifer, consecrates Paulinus, Bishop of Antioch, 354, n. Lungs, position of, 415 . Lust, by looking, 443 . Luxury, tendencies of, 442 ; unfit for trials, 459 ; untimely in public troubles, 464 .   Madmen , never at rest, 474 . Magee, Archbishop, on Sacrifice, 422, n. Magistrates, out of office bear the same titles, 447 . Magnanimity of monks at Antioch, 453 . Manichees, alluded to, 335 . Manners, purity of, 466 . Marcion, 413, n. Martyrs, shrines of, places of almsgiving, 340 ; become mediators, 389, n. Martyrdom, of Abel, 342 ; of St. John Baptist, 343 ; crown of, how to win, 343 , 347 ; has efficacy of Baptism, 376, n. Masters, approved by their scholars, 455 ; insulted by injuries done to their servants, 475 . Matter, heretical opinions about, 413, n. Meal, 399, n. ; principal among the Romans was supper, 379, n. Means effecting opposite ends, 448 ; all to be adopted to win an enemy, 477 . Mediator, the Bishop so employed with the Emperor, 354 . Medicine, skill required to apply it, 358 ; the end of, 375 ; natural, 395 ; from animals, 395, n. Meekness of the monks, 455 ; does not anger an enemy, 475 . Melchisideck a Gentile, 423, n. Members, the instruments of good and evil according to our choice, 369 ; each its excellence, 417 ; one cut off to be reunited, 476 . Membranes, covering the brain, 415 . Memorial, perpetual, of sin, 466 . Men, all have much in common, 343 , a spiritual flock, 355 ; soon tire of other's affairs, 356 ; images of God, 362 ; the race after the fall deserved destruction, 392 ; command over the creation, 411 ; gentler than brutes, 416 ; to be measured by virtue, not natural gifts, 457 ; self-taught in good and evil, 422 , 428 ; in the Arts and Sciences, 423 ; naturally at enmity with vice, 429 ; disinterested in love and hatred, 429 ; of well regulated minds not distracted by events, 459 ; pleasure the aim of all, 459 . Merchandise, spiritual, in doing God's bidding, 477 . Merchants, labour in hope, 450 ; cargo not distance their care, 451 ; labour for enjoyment afterwards, 459 . Mercy, shewn to others, procures mercy for ourselves, 355 ; of judges at Antioch, 454 ; makes kings glorious, 485 . Merit, not proved by titles of honour, 477 . Metropolis, avails naught for salvation, 457 . Milk, for children a simile, 401 . Minister, his people's conduct his glory, 347 . Miracles, by relics, 332 , 333 , 367 ; power of, limited, 333 ; does not dispense with fasting, 334 ; tempt the ignorant to worship men, 338 ; an extraordinary, 367 ; of the Apostles, not by their own power, 409 . Miriam's punishment not remitted, 475 . Misfortunes of others open men's hearts, 429, n. ; subdue our vanity, 429 ; light, felt by the rich, 460 ; without excuse before God, 472 . Monasteries, 455, n. Monks, services of, 453 ; effects of their intercession, 454 ; account of one, 455 ; undismayed, 463 . Moral and Positive to Laws, difference between, 421 ; moral teaching, 447 . Mortality, human, for overthrowing pride, 413 . Mortification, spiritual acts of, 379 ; incumbent on all, 384 . Moses, suffered for doing good, 342 ; disregarded by the people in extreme distress, 346 ; wherein he brought honey from the rock, 352 ; his intercession, 355 ; rod of, 396 ; command over created things, 411 ; his righteousness availed not the Jews, 430 . Mothers miss their children at table, 400 ; case of a mother at Antioch, 453 ; grief often relieves, 461 . Mourning, sight of, sobers: reminds of Judgment, 440 ; calls forth sympathy from enemies, 440 . Mourner, to others like a cloud parted by the sun's rays, 346 . Multitude, the, influenced by fear and threats, 392 ; of inhabitants avails nothing, 457 . Murder, why not reasoned about, where forbidden, 421 ; by exacting oaths, 443 . Mutability of earthly good, 460 .   Nails , construction of, 416 . Name, calling by, a mark of affection, 393, n. ; common to our Lord, 393, n. ; of God how pronounced in heaven, 394 . National calamities ought to direct us to God, 346 ; work national amendments, 366 . Nature, overruled by the piety of Saints, 367 ; what exists by, comforts, 391 ; gifts of, commend the Giver, 429 ; course of, not to be maligned, 442 ; ties of, are a great obligation, 453 . Nebuchadnezzar, change wrought in him, 386 ; herald of his own defeat, 386 . Neighbours, spiritual good of, to be furthered, 452 ; afflictions of, to be shared, 458 ; good of, an enjoyment, 464 . Night, as good as day, 395 ; succeeds day without change, 402 . Ninevites, their fasting accepted, 358 ; why, 359 ; teach repentance and hope, 376 ; forsook their sins, the city saved, 377 ; their disadvantages in comparison with Jews and Christians, 377 , 480 ; complete repentance of, from fear, 480 . Noah, laughed at, 481 . Noise from "spectacles" disturbed divine service, 439 . Number, the, of fellows in sin no profit, 388 .   Oaths , testimony of the life instead, 394 ; how Satan works amidst, 398 ; only to be taken fasting, 400 ; have caused the worst evils, 432 ; binding others more dangerous, 433 ; at the altar, 443 ; either superfluous or perjury, 444 ; caused the ruin of Jerusalem many times, 467 ; signified in Ezekiel's parable, 467 ; occasions of admitted by the Fathers, 470, n. Observances, formal, in religion use of, to good and bad Christians, 479, n. Occasions, passing, used for instructing, 374 , 381 , 398 , 427 , 437 , 460 , 463 , 474 . Occurrences, incidental, often are of God, 382 . Ocean, earth upon the, 403, n. Offences, of every man against God greater than towards other men, 472 ; great, an occasion of shewing mercy, 485 . Openness of Christ's declaration to His followers, 449 . Order, in nature and human fellowship proclaims God, 401 , 402 . Orders, holy, sin of giving to the unworthy, 331 . Origen, an intercession of Saints, 389, n. Ownership, unreal and real, 350 , 351 .   Pambos , how he learned Scripture, 332, n. Paradise, St. Paul transported to, 447 . Pardon, of others gains our own, 355 , 477 , 488 . Partners in a shop, 452 . Passion, God free from, 392 . Passover, a time of mercy, 355 ; reverenced by pardon of offences, 479 . Pastor, bound to suffer for his people, 354 ; efficacy to his intercessions, 356 ; how to be regarded by his people, 380 ; intercourse with each severally, 389 ; like a husbandman and a pilot, 399 ; invigorated by success, 399 ; good of his flock, his good, 412 ; to be followed trustfully, 425 ; concern of, for all, 430 ; living by husbandry: true philosophers, 465 . Patience, 341 ; of Lazarus, praised by St. Chrysostom, 342, n. ; punishes insolence, 353 . Paul, St., teacher of the Gentiles, 332, n. ; care for Timothy, 333 ; distrusted himself, 334 ; kept humble by affliction, 337 ; strong though in bonds, 337 ; his example, 342 ; hindered by Satan, 342 ; adapts himself to hearers, 349 ; his labours and reward, 353 ; reproved sin, 359 , eagerness to die, 373 , 385 ; advantages of Christians over St. Paul, 373 ; his garments, virtue of, 396 ; more than a lion, 397 ; his illustrations from nature, 407 ; recollection of his sins, 419 ; proves a natural law, 423 ; concern about one incestuous person, 430 ; dangers of, for his mending, 431 ; counted all things loss, 441 ; feels paternal anxiety, 443 ; glories in his sufferings for Christ, 447 , 462 ; attempts to convert his judges, 448 ; recommends continual joy, 459 ; greatness of, in hiding good deeds, 483 . Paulinus, Bishop of Antioch, 354, n. Peacock, 408 . Penalty for swearing, 389 , 399 . Penitential acts of use, 378 . Penitents, discipline of, 472, n. Pentateuch, 394, n. Perfection, precepts of, 348 , 349 ; how attained, 370 ; St. Paul's height within the reach of every one, 373 ; of art in the temple, 456 . Perfume, spiritual, 406 ; of flowers the best, 466 . Perjury from the habit of swearing, in two ways, 432 , 438 ; of both persons swearing the contrary, 432 ; who forces another to, is guilty himself, 432 , 439 ; the object of Satan, 433 ; guilt of, shared by those privy to it, 434 ; manifold from one oath, 436 . Persecutors, benefitted by the virtue of their victims, 387 . Perseverance in prosperity a test of virtue, 452 . Peter, St., the first to preach Christ, 356 . Pharisee, fasted in vain, 357 ; his evil speaking, 359 . Philoponus on the heavens, 419, n. Philosophers, cowardice of the heathen, 454 ; the simple made, 466 . Philosophy of this world shrinks from danger, 454 ; worldly, falsified by deeds, 455 ; pagan, is but in the garb, 465 ; like a sword with a silver hilt and leaden blade, 465 ; heathen, taught a few only, 466 . Physician, spiritual, 360 , 394 ; cures by contraries, 378 . Piety, the chief good, 369 ; abides, 451 . Pilgrimages, 340 ; to the dunghill of Job, 371 ; use of, 467 . Pilot, 408 ; his chief concern, 399 ; in storms, 446 , 483 . Place, importance of, for the delivery of the law, 394 . Plato, 402, n. ; on the human body, 413, n. ; on the motions of heavenly bodies, 419, n. Players, deprived of the holy Communion, 439, n. Pleasure depends on relish, 352 ; present diminished, pain in view, 450 . Plural number, use of, 481, n. Pole, balancing, 470 . Poor, God's care for, 341 ; represent Christ for us, 349 ; trust in God, 351 ; relish food and sleep, 352 . Porch, of church for penitents, 472, n. Porphyrio, a bird greatly esteemed, 408, n. Porters, cajoled for favours, 474 . Pot, the golden, of the temple, 467 . Poverty, a benefit and protection, 342 , 353 , 372 ; of Elijah, 353 ; of Job, 442 ; alleged to excuse almsgiving, 475 . Power, of injuring the just, why granted, 386 ; taken away easily, 451 ; of judges, 454 . Practice, laxity of, causes death to be feared, 375 ; a matter of choice and endeavours, 428 ; right, impossible without fear of God, 439 ; the season of, is the test of religion, 446 ; without questioning, 447 ; of Saints proves Scripture, 455 . Praise, of one another beside the purpose, 380 ; to be suspected, 441 ; of men from reconciliation, 479 . Prayer, the only resource in trouble, 346 ; power of, 351 ; recommended, 354 , 356 ; united powerful, 356 ; of women, 356 ; to be persevered in, 362 ; inattention at, 394 , 472 ; natural as a way of assisting the distressed, 426 ; penitential, a special kind, 427, n. ; fruit of, never lost, 451 ; most needful after deliverance, 452 ; for fellows in affliction, 458 ; the Lord's , taught in Baptism, 355, n. ; how entitled, 478, n. ; not to be used by halves, 478 . Preaching, suits not extreme distress, 346 ; may solace the suffering, 346 ; to be heard for improvement, 347 ; of the Gospel not bound as the preacher, 450 . Precepts, three proposed to be learnt, 363 ; moral without the reason, 421 ; of the Gospel better carried in heart than on paper, 470 . Preservation of the world by God, 403 . Pride, 348 ; how to check, in the rich, 349 ; evil of, 350 ; spiritual, on account of good works, 337 ; remedied by considering the weakness of the body, 413 , 417 ; preceded by ignorance, 421 . Priest, our wound to be shewn to, 360, n. ; consoles the afflicted in adversity, 483 . Prison, likeness to, 345 ; emptied at Easter, 383 , 486 ; senate of Antioch confined in, 458, n. "Prisoner," more glorious than any title to St. Paul, 447 . Prodigal, the, unfit to manage an inheritance, 450 . Promises, of God infinitely excellent, 451 . Prophecy, not false because not accomplished, 376 . Prosperity, no ground for security, 369 , 450 ; present, heightened by contrast, 425 ; transient, 427 . Proverbial sayings against Providence, 341, n. ; of contempt for others, 343 . Providence, denied by some, 341 ; shewn in apparently accidental cases, 382 , 383 ; in the deliverance of His children, 386 ; in the use of weak means, 404 ; proved from the human body, 407 ; in Flavian's journey, 483 . Publican, accepted without fasting, 358 . Punishment, a medicine, 375 ; of the prosperous twofold, 384 ; inflicted by parents, 392 ; severest for sins easily avoided, 411 ; delayed for repentance, 424 ; inflicted on Antioch beneficial, 455 ; of an inexorable enemy, 475 . Purgatory, doctrine of, 387, n. Pusillanimity, to be always dwelling on miseries, 391 ; to look to man for comfort, 445 .   Questions , raised to win attention, 333 ; on the permission of suffering, 336 , 340 ; on brute animals fasting, 358 . Quinquagesima, 358, n.   Racing , ill effects of, 442 . Rank not to be regarded in rebuking vice, 430 . Reason, appropriates the superior powers of brutes, 416 ; does not constrain, 428, n. ; given to avoid sin, 441 . Reasons, of God s works, a few revealed, 421 ; of God's laws not to be required, 447 . Recollection of past evils useful, 418 . Reconciliation, the one seeking has the whole merit, 474 ; endeavours after, always acceptable to God, 475 ; imputed to wrong motives, 476 ; to God by the Crucifixion, 476 ; every day makes, more difficult, 476 ; only to please God, 477 ; a cause of forgiveness, 477 ; repulses must not quell, 478 ; very easy, 479 . Reflection on words of Scripture, 391 ; from the sight of grief, 440 ; on being laughed at for doing right, 481 . Reformation, spiritual, of the community, rapid when begun, 389 ; at Antioch, 455 . Relics of Timothy expelled demons, 332 ; of the Apostles, 333 ; of Job in great repute, 371 ; virtue of, 389, n. ; of martyrs expelled demons, 396 . Relief from grieving, 462 . Religion, how designated in Scripture, 367, n. ; training in, increases obligation, 373 ; not to left to the clergy, 384 . Reminding one another of duties, 399 . Remission from God, according to our excusing, 477 ; full, by full, 478 . Repairs, small, neglected, bring ruin, 470 . Repentance, pardon offered to, 362 ; time given for, 363 ; procures the removal of evils, 376 ; speedy, from fear of God, 480 ; duty of bringing others to, 481 . Reproach felt as a wrong, 428 ; a spur to amendment, 429 . Reproof to be administered in love, 343 , 359 ; calls forth love, 344 ; an improvement of our talent, 348 . Repulse, no excuse for not being reconciled, 472 , 478 . Resentment is a practice of malice, 476 ; excludes from the holy Communion, 476 ; precluded by considering our sins, 472 , 473 ; continually forbidden, 473 ; madness: punished here and hereafter, 474 ; merits the worst punishment, 474 ; the most inexcusable of all sins, 475 ; gives advantage to Satan: is contempt of God, 477 ; unjust toward our worst foes, 473 . Reserve, practised by St. Paul and our Lord, 349 . Responsibility from religious instruction, 398 , 424 . Rest, must be preceded by tribulation, 366 . Restraint upon vice provided by God, 429 ; human on our freedom submitted to, 447 ; tribulation is, 452 . Resurrection, proved by afflictions of the Saints, 339 ; hope of, removes fear of death, 373 . Revelation by letters would have availed the learned and the rich only, 401 ; by things is understood by all men, 401 . Reward bestowed for pains, not natural gifts, 429 ; temporal and spiritual contrasted, 451 ; of grieving over the sins of others, 462 . Rich, the, more miserable than the poor, 460 . Riches, the true, 348 , 351 , 353 ; earthly, vanity of, 348 ; wherein not forbidden, 348 ; an encumbrance, 349 ; where to deposit, 349 , 350 ; the use of, only ours, 350 ; why not given equally, 351 ; drive men to mean arts, 353 ; a means of virtue, 442 ; liability to loss of, 451 ; not happiness, 460 . Ridicule, for well-doing, how to be met, 481 . Righteous, arms of, 397 ; overthrow demons, 397 ; never sad, 461 ; alone happy, 462 . Robes, rich, look best on ourselves, 380 . Roman Catholic Church on Eucharist, 444, n. Roots, bitter, sweet fruits from, 462 . Rope walking, 470 . Ruin of Jerusalem by breaking oaths, 469 . Rule self-imposed for the cure of faults, 471 . Rulers, God arms, 381 ; fear of, proper, 381 ; like the supports of a building, 382 .   Sabbath , why enjoined in Decalogue, 422 ; made a type of the Lord's Day, 422, n. Sacrament, more than Elisha had, 353 . Sacrifice, a dictate of the natural law, 422, n. ; unbloody, 472 . Sadness, darkens the sight, 346 ; of the rich, 459 . Saints, especially assailed, 334 , 342 ; eight reasons why afflicted, 336 ; their power from God, 338 ; motives of, for serving Him, 338 ; not to be worshipped, 338, n. ; ninth and tenth reason why afflicted, 340 ; their countenance, 355 ; a few save their country, 356 ; effects of their sanctity on nature, 367 ; daunted by nothing, 368 ; surmount all natural ills, 375 ; the more tried, the more glorious, 386 ; meekness of, when magnified by men, 386 ; departed, intercession of, 389, n. ; unconcern for their own safety, 448 ; the living, proclaim the virtues of their teachers, 455 ; joy of, under trouble wonderful, 461 . Salvation, obtained by few without threats, 392 ; precepts of, not hindered by the body, 472 . Sand, the boundary of the sea, 404 ; house built on, 446 . Satan aims most at the advanced, 334 , 342 ; messengers of, 337 ; would have men reckoned gods, 338 ; called to account by Jehovah, 338 ; accuses Job, 339 ; assails him, 339 ; foiled by Job's patience, 341 ; man has nothing in common with, 343 ; his rage against Antioch, 344 ; how he resisted, 357 ; his spite at Job, 366 ; greatest efforts abortive, 367 , 386 ; most defeated by the righteous in adversity, 371 ; arts of, to keep alive anger, 398 ; attempts of, thwarted by God, 419 , 439 ; specially flourishes amidst oaths, 433 ; agency of, in the case of Saul and the honey, 434 , 436 ; reason of, urging Jonathan to eat, 434 ; a fowler, 441 ; service of, often hard, 469 ; author of swearing, 470 ; our sole enemy, 476 ; disappointed at the Emperor's clemency, 485 . Saul, would not from hatred name David, 393 ; his prohibition to eat defeated, 433 , 436 ; rashness of, 433 , 436 ; grief over Jonathan's confession, 436 ; likely consequences of his oath, 437 . Scene of remarkable events affects us, 467 . School, severity of, 381 , 449 . Sciences, application to spiritual subjects, 407 . Scripture Holy, as a lyre and a trumpet, 331 ; flowery meadow, 331 ; a mine of wisdom, 332 ; to be alleged in teaching, 336 , 337 ; allegorical sense of, 338, n. ; course of reading, 347 , 348 , 358, ns. ; food from, 348 ; consolation from every part of, 391 , 394 ; an instance, 391 ; not needed in the first ages, 400 ; entirely agrees, 403 ; slowness in explaining, 446 ; sense of, with the clergy, 447 ; accounts of the faithful verified in living Saints, 455 . Seal, set on confiscated houses, 427 . Seasons, order and harmony of, 402 . Secresy, a sign of guilt, 360 . Sedition, state of Antioch after, 344, sqq. ; raised by a few strangers, 347 , 355 , 381 ; offenders in, punished, 362 ; what befel messengers of, 382 ; how punished, 455 ; turned to the honour of the city, Bishop and Emperor, 482 . Self-possession, the best defence against dangers, 446 . Septuagint, followed by St. Chrysostom, 340, n. Sermons, daily during Lent, 379, n. Servants, sitting with, 345 ; consulting with, 363 ; dare not name their masters, 394 ; runaway, how they break their chains, 403 ; their spiritual good, needs attention, 405 ; have masters to overcome sloth, 429 ; flogging of, 432 ; not remitting debts at their master's bidding, 478 . Servility to the powerful, 474, n. Severity before indulgence, 449 . Shame, of sinning before inferiors, 428 ; of not serving God better after great mercies, 438 ; to wait for advances to reconciliation, 474 . Sheep, parable of, 430 . Ship without pilot and crew, 408 . Shipwreck in retrospect, 426 ; spectators of, help by their prayers, 426 ; of the state, 452 . Sick, the, glutton a pitiable object, 387 . Sickle, flying, seen by the Prophet, 443 . Sickness, borne cheerfully, 332 ; no bar to zeal, 334 ; proves wealth vain, 351 ; no great evil, 397 ; past is pleasant to remember, 420 ; an instructor, 429 ; of St. Chrysostom, 464 . Silence, from suspicion, 426 . Significant, 480 ; the only hope of offenders, 484 . Simplicity of the country clergy, 465 ; of the Apostles, 466 . Sin, most hurtful in good men, 334 ; comes not of God's work, 335 ; pardon of, through affliction, 340 , 387 ; shared by indifference, 348 ; how focused in pride, 348 ; pardon of, through alms, 351 ; through forgiving others, 355 ; by Priests, 356 ; on repentance, 362 ; to be reproved, 360 ; our own to be examined, 360 ; sure to find us out, 363 , 378 ; removed through tribulation, 365 , 385 ; alone to be dreaded, 372 , 374 , 387 ; blotted out by grief, 376 , 461 ; by death, 376 , 390 ; here punished better, 385 ; is misery punishment aside, 387 ; strikes dumb, 393 ; consciousness of makes cowards, 396 ; makes vulnerable, 397 ; to abstain from, no labour, 398 ; those easily avoided most punished, 411 ; forgiven, not to be forgotten, 418 ; the skein of our, 433 ; increased by frequent instruction, 438 ; remitted in the Eucharist, 444, n. ; is dishonour, 456 ; great witness against, perpetuated, 466 ; excludes from holy Communion, 472 ; all , exposed at the Judgment, 430 . Sinner, the, like chaff, 397 . Sisters dividing an inheritance in peace, 402 . Slander, to be buried, 360 ; a snare of Satan, 360 . Sleep, sweet to the weary, 352 ; a medicine, 395 . Sloth, requires chastisement, 431 ; banished by fear, 439 ; danger of, under prosperity, 452 , 463 . Snares, beset us on all sides, 440 ; wife, children, etc., may become, 441 ; same, catch men again, 441 . Sobriety, needful before going to church, 400 ; of country people, 466 . Socrates, on the faculty of women for learning, 470, n. ; opinions on punishment, 375, n. Sodom, its greatness no defense, 456 ; a perpetual witness, 466 . Soldiers, Christians are, 357 ; Christian, incapacitated by dread, 376 ; employed at the trials at Antioch, 426 ; intemperate particularly in battle, 433 ; on guard prevent robbers, 439 ; alert for conquest, 459 ; reverence their officers, 472 . Solomon, made trial of luxury, 352 ; his thoughts on mirth, 440 ; learned in Art and Science by God, 456 . Sores, treatment of, 387 . Sorrow, an occasion of joy to Saints, 461 . Soul, the, to be adorned for Christ's dwelling, 350 ; medicine for, 358 ; the only proper object of concern, 397 ; subject to infirmity to prevent pride, 414 ; wounded by swearing, 438 ; stedfast, is proof against danger, 446 ; of unconverted, an old wine-skin, 449 ; philosophy of the even, in all events, 454 ; dignity of, in virtue, 457 ; like the body as affected from without, 462 ; the seat of philosophy, 465 ; beauty of, to be admired, 466 ; under the fear of God like a rusty tool in the furnace, 480 ; sign of greatness of, looking to God, 482 . Spark, falling on the ocean, 460 . Speculations, on the Universe above us, 411 ; folly of, 421 ; improper on Divine commands, 447 . Speech, how precious, is certain, 332 ; how restrained, 397 . Spider, not esteemed because he toils for himself, 420 . Spirit Holy, gives matter for discourse, 332 , 347 ; all His gifts munificent, 332 ; His gold needs His flame, 332 ; enters not where wrath is, 479 . Stability, type of, 402 . Stadium, 416, n. Stars, like flowers, 408 . State, without Rulers, illustrated, 381 ; dependence of members on each other in, 417 ; not saved by multitude, 457 . Statuary's skill on rude materials, 414 . Statues, of the Emperor demolished, 344 ; a device of Satan, 439 ; Theodosius's mother and wife, dishonoured, 484, n. ; for humaneness, 485 ; of Constantine, dishonoured, 485 . Stibadium, 489, n. Storm, approaching, 446 . Striving, lawful, what, 357, n. Substance, 362 . Suffering, for Christ, our glory, 447 ; fellowship in, soothes, 339 . Sun, transcends nature, 404 ; a bridegroom: not a god, 410 ; in constant motion, 419 . Superfluous, what seems, may be full of Divine wisdom, 332 . Surfeit, breaks sleep, 352 . Suspiciousness from guilt, 396 . Swearer, ought to reflect on martyrdom of St. John B., 432 ; house of, ruined, 443 . Swearing, 363 , 370 , 379 , 394 , 417 , 424 , 443 ; easily overcome, 370 , 379 , 388 , 398 , 437 ; methods of overcoming, 370 , 379 ; the excuse answered when imposed by another, 380 , 398 ; no excuse that others swear, 388 ; insult to God shewn by, 304 ; substitute for, 398 , 481 ; mode adopted to overcome, 399 ; the easier the worse, 411 ; abstaining from a Divine precept, 425 ; of contraries common in many relations, 432 ; Satan lies in wait for, 432 , 433 ; doubling of Saul in, 437 ; to abstain from easier than to obey the Emperor, 437 ; forbidden by Christ, 444 ; worse in Christians than in Jews, 469 ; comes of negligence, 470 ; all, from Satan, 470 ; difficulty of curing, imaginary, 479 ; not to be cured little by little, 480 . Sympathy in the joy of others, 429 . Synagogue at Daphne, 457, n.   Table of spiritual food from Holy Writ, 348 ; of the rich not relished, 351 . Talents, parable of, 348 ; ten thousand, parable of, 355 , 478 . Tarentines, drunkenness and luxury of, 400, n. Taxes, 363 , 398 ; indignation caused by, 374 . Teacher, the, a title of St. Paul, 332 ; to take fit seasons, 413 ; number of natural, 430 ; differs from the artificer as to consequences, shares in the merit of his scholars, 487 . Temperance, naturally approves itself, 428 ; practice of severe, 429 . Temple, the, honoured by God, dishonoured by sinners, 456 . Thankfulness, in trouble rewarded, 341 . Thanksgiving, contrasted with blasphemy, 342 ; 343 , equals cross-bearing, 385 ; for favours procures others, 412 ; repeated, 412 , 425 , 450 ; in distress, 452 ; for evils, 489 . Theatres, forbidden, 359 ; one opposite the church, 439 ; cause many evils, 442 , 455 . Theodosius, statues of, thrown down, 344 , 362 ; embassy to, 354 ; hopes from his piety and clemency, 355 , 356 , 453 , 457 ; baptized, 355 ; compared to Ahasuerus, 356 ; tax levied by, 361, n. ; not present when insulted, 362 ; his religious character, 383 , 487 ; opposite acts from, 383, n. ; closing of the baths, 437 ; stopped public amusements as a punishment, 455 ; like a father in demeaning Antioch, 455 ; reverence of, for Priests, 483 ; reception of Flavian, 484 ; his upbraiding, restitution produced, 485 ; greater in pardoning than in succouring Antioch, 486 ; by pardoning shews the power of Christianity, 486 ; reasons for his expecting a reward from God, 487 ; an example to posterity, 487 ; bidden to consider the Judgment, 488 ; pardons Antioch, imitating Jesus, 488 ; proofs of his entire forgiveness, 488 . Thessalonica, massacre at, 383, n. Thirst gives relish to drink, 352 . Thoughts, bad, how dispelled, 331 ; government of, 357 . Three Children, delivered by prayer, 367 ; song of, in use every where and always, 367, n. ; a surpassing miracle variously tried upon, 367 ; the reverse of the idolaters, 368 ; example of, 376 , 385 ; they and their executioners like gold and hay, 385 ; freedom and wisdom of, 386 ; motives in disobeying the king, 387 . Times, stated, proper for contending with particular bad habits, 370 , 388 ; different things for different times, 401 . Timothy, St., power of, with God, 332 ; his labours, 333 , 335 ; his abstinence, 333 ; spiritual son and yokefellow to St. Paul, 334 ; resolution in self-discipline, 335 . Title, the most illustrious of St. Paul's, 447 ; of worldly dignity soon perishes, 447 ; of metropolis taken from Antioch, 455 . Tongue, a snare, 443 . Torture, by scourging, 426 , 474, n. Translation of Scriptures, source of error in, 405, n. Transubstantiation, 354, n. Treason, a subject of fear to kings, 460 . Trees, each kind has its excellence, 417 ; roots of, bitter, 462 . Trials at Antioch, terrors of, 426 , 453 ; painful instance at, 426 . Tribulation of Saints a means of pardon, 340 ; increased reward, 340 , 342 ; a sign of God's love, 342 , temptation by, 342 ; permitted for good, 344 , 365 ; a seed time, 364 ; a rain, 365 ; strengthens the good, 366 ; not removed until amendment, 366 ; exalts men, 369 ; suffering unjustly like to, 385 ; comes before joy, 449 ; present, subdued by bright prospect, 450 ; to the godly like a spark on the ocean, 460 . Tribunals, secular, closed at midday, why, 160 ; at Antioch, 426 . Truth, shadows of, attained by the heathen, 386, n. ; to be applied variously, 435 . Tutors compel to good conduct, 453 .   Unbelievers , how affected by the example of Christians, 405 , 486 . Union of men for various purposes, 452 .   Valens excommunicated, 481, n. Valentinus on matter, 413, n. Vanity, being subject to, 411 . Vengeance on our enemies defeats its own end, 475 ; God the Judge for, 475 . Venture, by heathens acting upon Prophecy, 377 ; its lessons, 401 . Verses, division of, in Bible among the ancients, 446, n. Vessels, earthen, 409 . Vice, hatred of, while followed, 429 . View, from the top of mountains, 441 . Vine, Jerusalem so called, 467 . Virgin, the, Mary, invocation of, 389, n. Virgins, the ten, parable of, 388 ; dancing, 402 ; God's disapproval manifested through, 434 . Virtue, like a fine dress, looks best on the person, 380 ; applauded by its opponents, 387 ; a blessing, reward aside, 387 ; some, natural, 429 ; promoted by teachers, 429 ; school of, war, 435 ; bred by fear, 439 ; fruit of, rooted above, 451 ; test by perseverance in prosperity, 452 ; the defence of a people, 456 ; easier in country life, 465 . Void, meaning in Gen. i. , 391, n. Voyage, length of, no help to the merchant, 451 . Vow, of Jephthah, what resulted, 454 .   War , a religious matter with the Jews, 435 ; defeat in from sin, 435 . Warriors, great, by their presence secure victory, 454 . Washing of hands before taking the Bible, 394 ; before receiving the sacred elements, 479 . Watchfulness over those in our charge, 354 ; needed especially after deliverances, 453 . Water, honey to the thirsty, 352 ; bearing the earth a marvel, 403 ; fixed in the heavens unnatural, 404 ; in constant motion, 419 ; drawing of, 446 . Wicked, often prosper here, 340 . Wilkinson on the dancing represented in hieroglyphics, 470, n. Will, rests with, to cure the soul, 397 ; in man effects what nature does in brutes, 420 . Wings of zeal, 335 ; of birds, use of, 441 ; of the flying sickle, 443 . Wine, use of, lawful, 333 , 348 ; to be used for health, 335 ; perfumed, 352 . Wine-skin, 449 . Winter, good of, felt afterwards, 459 . Wisdom, force of, upon the wicked, 386 ; to be alone sought, 463 ; among the humble, 465 . Wives have husbands as instructors, 430 ; keeping to, 435 . Women, their prayers heard, 356 ; at Antioch, wretchedness during disorder, 427 ; case of two, 426 ; delight in their jewels, 449 ; cured of finery by the thoughts of St. Paul, 450 ; dancing, 470 . Woods, rot from immersion, 403 . Word of God never fails, 377 ; sufficient to effect any thing, 410 . Words, exact use of, 332 ; not necessary for instruction, 402 . Wordsworth's Vernal Ode, 420, n. Works, good, may breed presumption, 337 ; to be persevered in, 343 ; needful with fasting, 359 ; each man's, the measure of his moral nature, 430 ; bring joy, 451 ; laid up in heaven, 451 . Workshops closed, 439 . World, its wisdom vain, 332 ; Christians in, are strangers, 457 ; converted by simple men, 466 . Worm, undying, 473 . Wounds of the soul, 438 . Wrath of God pacified by our forgiveness, 473 . Wrestlers, stripped for contest, 339 , 357 ; give advantage to shew their skill, 339, n. ; rules for, 357, n. ; must strive, 364, n. ; tried in the lists, 446 .   Xenophon , on dancing, 470, n.   Youth requires discipline, 334 .   Zeal overcomes infirmity, 335 ; and difficulties, 342 ; of one reforms many, 344 ; of inhabitants of Antioch for the faith, 456 . Zedekiah's oath brought ruin, 468 ; a witness against breaking oaths, 469 .