Ministers of Christ not clothed by miracle, 229; allowed to be in want that others may be
profited, ib.; though unworthy, have God with them, 274.
Miracle, standing, of fruits of Sodom, 357.
Miracles, danger of men being honored for, 339; of Antichrist, 386, 389.
Moderation, binding on all, not priests only, 227; reasons why it should be shown to enemies
and the bad, 246.
Money sent by Philippians to St. Paul at Rome, 226; to be employed in God's service, 233;
must be despised for the sake of God, 393.
Monks, near Antioch, 394 (note 2) .
Mortification, as necessary as it is continually to rub the rust off a bright statue 294; of sin
in members of the body necessary, 296-97.
Moses, a schoolmaster to the Jews, 277; his intercession, 327; would not have saved Jews at
last, ib.; seat of, 366; conquered Amalek by prayer, 391.
Mother, delights in her cares, 392; her pangs before birth, spiritual parents' lasting, ib.;
heavenly Jerusalem our, 398.
Mothers should take care of their own characters, because their daughters take pattern from
them, 308-9.
Motives, temporal weigh with most men, 348.
Mourning, house of, 384.
Mouth, how to use it in God's service, 233; door of our lamp, 370; keep shut when insulted,
ib.
Murmuring, an art of Satan's to take away reward of virtue, 220; occasions stains, ib.; to be
avoided at all times, 223.
Mysteries, Apostles ordered a remembrance to be made of the dead in them, 197; the mystery
of God is to be brought to Him by His Son, 280; priest makes partakers of, 367.
Mystery, must be confessed somewhere, 354.
Name, does not mean glory, 215.
"Name of our Lord Jesus," everything done in it prospers, 302.
Name of God, the great power of the, 303.
Nature, human, may be looked on as one continued life from the first to the present time,
277.
Necessity, notion of, from Satan, 269-70.
Nero, emperor when Epistle to Philippians was written, 186; a type of Antichrist, 389.
Night, compared to a caravan of many fountains, 192; children of, 362.
Ninevites, escaped because they feared, 383.
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Homilies on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians