588 HOMILIES ON TIMOTHY, TITUS, AND PHILEMON. our Lord as, must have two na tures, ib. Medicine, spiritual, 495- Men, of flesh, 452. Mercy, all else vain without, 498; of God, men chiefly attracted by, ib. ; of God, requires mercy in us, 5^6; implies ill desert, 417; the work of God, 498; by it men resemble God, il>. Miracles, not wrought on all occa sions, and why, 515. Monastery, death and sickness in a, 457- Monasteries, house of mourning, in what sense, 455 ; as lights to mariners, 456; calm and peace of, ib. ; manner of life passed in, ib.; morning, in, ib. Money, loved before God, 502; dif ficulties undergone to gain, ib.; lovers of, really mad, 469; love of, seizes all classes, 470; love of, the worse as not a natural pas sion, 536; love of, the root of all evils, 469; given for relief of the poor, ib.; to make amends for past sins, ib. ; miseries caused by, ib. Monks, sleep not naked, 456; psalm ody of, ib. ; industry, meals, and sleep of, 457; devotions of the, ib. Mortification, for the sake of future blessings, 446. Mothers, advice to, 437. Mystery, of the Incarnation, 442 ; not to be treated irreverently, ib. Mysteries, dignity of those who are entrusted with, 442. Nature, chief blessings of, common to all, 448. Nero, compared with St. Paul in the Resurrection, 491 ; called a lion, 514; cupbearer of, converted by St. Paul, ib. ; compared with St. Paul, 490; worshiped as a God, ib.; tomb of, unknown, 491. Nicopolis, Titus bid to come to, and why, 541; which, here meant, ib, (note). Nineveh, saved through fear, 462. Novelties, to be avoided, 493. Novices, not to be promoted to the episcopate, 439. Obedience, follows our election, 520. Oil, in the parable of virgins taken for almsgiving, 498; for good works generally by St. Jerome, and St. Augustin, ib. (note). Onesiphorus, St. Paul s prayer for, 485; his kindness to St. Paul, it. Onesimus, a true and not a true son, 521 ; a son begotten in bonds, 551 ; his fault overruled to good, 552; came to St. Paul at Rome, 545; was baptized there, ib. Oppositions, certain, not to be an swered, 472. Orders, Holy, none to be admitted to, without frequent and strict ex amination, 464. Ordinations, responsibilities of, 464. Ornaments, of the body to be avoided, 422; of the soul alone to be sought for, 423 ; inconsistent 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 cele brated on the, 425. Parents, may be benefited by their children s virtue, 436; to be re quited, 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 episco pate, ib. ; instructions toTimothy, 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.; ig norance of, produced by unbe lief, ib. ; dwells on his sinfulness to extol God s mercy, 420; right eousness of, under the law, ib.; how blameless, ib. ; his life not impure, but compared with God s righteousness worthless, ib. ; hu mility in describing his own case, 420; ordained for the Gentiles, 431; why he discourses so much of dress, 433; his trials, en couragement to others, 446; de tained in prison, 480; why say so often that he was a teacher of the Gentiles, ib. ; gave offense to Nero, 484; his prayer for One siphorus, 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 em peror 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; de serted by man, supported by God, 514; cause of his death, ib. ; more powerful than Plato, 525; his thorn in the flesh, 515; con descension of, 532; "the stigma tized 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 Chris tians, 415. Persecutions, afflictions, sorrows, called, 506; the godly must suf fer, ib. Persons, in the Godhead of the same substance, not distinct in nature, 485- Peter, St., crucified with his head downwards, 493. Philemon, argument of the Epistle to, 545 ; his household a Church, ib. ; his character admirable, ib. ; the lessons to be learned from Epistle to, 546; St. Paul s love to, how shown, 550. Philosophy, a life of pleasure opposed to, 495. Phygellus, 484. Plato, Republic of, 539 (note). Pleasure, bodily, more difficult of re straint, 498. Pleasures, certain, agitate, not pro ductive of calm, 415. Pomp, absurd and despicable, 443. Poor, the, are our benefactors, 455; men must become, if they would be rich, 443; benefits of visiting the, 456. Possessions, contention introduced by, 448. Poverty, to stand in need of others is, 443- Power, of Christ s servants insuper able, 490. Praise, vanity of human, 526. Prayer, cursing cannot exist with, 427; not limited to one place, 433; for heathens, heretics, 430; without alms, unfruitful, 498; always to be joined with giving of thanks, 427; against another, sinfulness of, ib.; ofJews, how distinguished from Christians, 432; monastic hours of, 456; preservative of our souls, 556; must be free from all passion, 433; from all doubt ing, ib. ; power of, 430. Prayers, for heathen princes, agree able to rules of justice, 426; to be offered for all men, 427; for heathen princes, and why, 426. Preacher, duty of a, 428. Preaching, difficulties of, 461; good, advantageous to the Church, ib. ; pompous language not necessary for, ib. Presbyters, why St. Paul gives no di rections to, 441 ; no great differ ence between, and Bishops, ib. Presumption comes of ignorance, 467. Pride, aroused by ignorance, 467. Priest, commanding belongs to a, 449; the, as it were a common father of all the world, 426; his office to be honored for God s sake, 481; they that honor him, will