HOMILIES ON GALATIANS AND EPHESIANS.   Abraham, justified by faith, 25 ; his household a pattern of harmony and good government, 148 ; his hospitality and contempt of riches, 156 . Absalom, 122 . Achan, his sin brought calamities upon all, 79 . Adam, the parent stock of mankind, 143 . Adultery, an instance of the willfulness of sin, 57 . Agar, interpretation of, 34 (note) . Allegory, what, 34 . Almsgiving, duty of, 45 ; the danger of omitting the duty, 69 ; enforced, 172 . Altar, Christian, 64 . Amattari, the family of, mentioned 1 Sam. x. 21 ; the text quoted in illustration of God's Paternal Government over the families of heaven and earth, 82 (and note) . Ambition of those who wished to introduce circumcision, 42 . Angels, men become in the Gospel, 6 ; Priests called, 8-28 ; St. Paul received as, 32 ; their life a pattern for Christians, 55 ; cannot confer spiritual gifts, 60 ; are taught the mystery of the Gospel by the Church, 80 ; their knowledge limited, 80 ; orders of them alluded to, 81 ; as implied in the word "family," 82 (and note) ; surround Elisha and encamp unseen as guardians of God's saints, 95 ; keep unity, 99 ; are a pattern of love and unity to us, 100 ; are present at the Christian mysteries, 120 ; represented as girded like soldiers, 165 . Anger, to be directed against the devil and against ourselves, 58 , 163 ; forbidden against our brethren, 118 ; its cure, 118 ; it is giving place to the devil, ib. ; of momentary anger, 128 . Anomœans, 28 (note) . Apostles, &c., Eph. iv. 11, 12 ; the subordination of the Christian ministry not defined in this text, 104 . Apostolic vocation, prerogative of, 2 . Argument, not the way to attain spiritual wisdom, 60 . Arius, the heretic, 164 . Armor, of the Christian, 167 . Atonement, 4 , 22 , 23 , 27 ; the marvelousness of it and its effects, 53 .   Babylas, St., buried in his fetters, 96 . Baptism, not the Law, makes us sons, 4 ; a crucifixion with Christ, 22 ; regenerating with the Word, 35 ; a confession of faith before and after it, 53 (and note) ; no second Baptism, 57 , 73 ; raises Christians to sit together with Christ, 67 ; washes away sin, 69 ; the beginning of righteousness, 114 ; the danger of sin after it, 171 . Bitterness, taints the whole character, 122 ; is powerless, 122 ; must be entirely eradicated, 125 . Boasting in self ultimately leads to humility, 44 . Body, not sinful, but the instrument of sin, 39 ; not necessarily evil, 41 ; nor opposed to the spirit, 41 ; not evil in substance, 42 . Body, not sinful in itself, but sins, when left to itself, 73 ; should be in subjection to the soul, 74 ; the compactness and sympathy of its members a type of those of the Church, 106 , 117 ; its limits forbid covetousness, 58 ; and excess, 138 ; the Church is Christ's body, 62 ; receives life from Him as the body from the head, 106 ; as such must not be torn by schism, ib. Body and blood of Christ, partaken in the Eucharist, 63 . Bonds, their great power, 85 et seqq. ; a type of bondage by sin, 88 ; see Prison .   Carnal, what acts are so called, 73 . Cathari, a name indirectly assumed by the Novatians, 119 (and note) . Catholics, accused of being through ambition contentious against heretics, 7 . Charity, can only be exercised in this life, 46 ; to be extended to all, ib. Children, the Three Holy Children, 92 , 93 . Children, admonished, 153 ; their duty obedience, 153 ; need not be made monks, but must be brought up as Christians, 154 ; to be taught self-discipline and trained for immortality, 154 ; require this training more for courts than for monastic life, 155 ; they who train them are forming statues to Christ, 156 . Chosen, how Christians are chosen, 55 ; are made manifest by sealing, 56 . Christ, His sufferings voluntary, 4 ; the cause both of our hidden and of our visible life, 22 ; was sacrificed for all men, 23 ; yet loved each enough to die for him alone, ib. ; awful mysteriousness of His death, 23 ; took on Him the curse of the Cross, 27 ; in the baptized, 29 , 30 ; Christians fulfill the Law one with and for another, 43 ; our Mediator and Judge, 51 ; above all principality and power, 61 ; our Head, 62 , 105 ; made man's nature His garment, 62 ; His deep humiliation and high exaltation, 62 ; specially present in the Eucharist, 65 ; how He broke down the middle wall, 71 ; and abolished the enmity, 72 ; became a Jew by circumcision, 73 ; a Gentile by being a curse, ib. ; united both Jews and Gentiles and slew the enmity by His Cross, 73 ; the chief corner-stone, 75 ; brought us to Himself, 75 ; dwells in the faithful, 81 ; His glory in the Church, 82 ; the exemplar of love to enemies, 84 ; and of forgiveness of injuries, 129 ; led captivity captive, 104 ; is the Head of the Church, and the Saviour of the Body, 144 ; the Bridegroom of the Church, 144 ; His love to the Church a pattern for husbands, 142-145 . Christians, in all conditions called saints and faithful, 49 ; their blessings spiritual, 50 ; how chosen in Christ, 51 ; in order to be unblamable, 51 ; ought to be like Angels, 55 , 62 , 100 ; how sealed by the Spirit, 56 , 120 ; their privilege in having Christ for their head, 62 ; are members of His body, 62 ; partakers of His body in the Eucharist, 63 ; are made to sit in heavenly places, 67 ; are created unto good works, 68 ; may not live in the flesh, but in heaven, 74 ; are given what elder saints toiled after, 75 ; are collectively and severally the temple of God, 75 ; are bound as one body by mutual ties, 102 ; all equal in Christ, 102 ; alike in grace, differ in gifts, 103 ; how light in the Lord, 133 ; cannot serve God and mammon, 135 ; must walk circumspectly and not give offense, 137 ; must put on the whole armor of God, 160 ; their conflict with the devil, 161 ; must stand well and be braced up for the fight, 163 ; how they are to keep the Passover, 165 ; their warfare ceases in the land of promise, 166 ; are here in a pilgrimage or campaign, 166 . Chrysostom, St., did not preach to please, 79 ; calls to public humiliation, 102 ; offers to resign his dignity for the sake of unity, 108 ; his times, manifold vices of, 78 , 79 (and note) ; neglect of Communion, 64 ; degeneracy of teachers, 78 ; Church offices salable, ib. ; the Church in conflagration through pride, 100 ; treatment of slaves, 123 . Church, name of, implies unity, 4 ; divided into a thousand parties, 8 ; represented by Sarah, 34 ; its exaltation as the body of Christ, 62 ; is Christ's fullness, 62 ; shall continue till He comes, 76 , 82 ; is one body in Him, 99 ; binds all together by mutual good offices, ib. ; is like a house built of men's souls, 100 , 101 ; set on fire by pride, ib. ; ought not to seek the support of bad men, 107 ; is the spouse of Christ, 144 ; her condition when He took her, ib. Circumcision, brings us under the Law, 37 ; observed by St. Paul, not preached, 38 . Clamor, forbidden, 123 ; is the vehicle of anger, a special fault of women, ib. Commandments, the Ten, the order of them, 153 . Communicants, unworthy, 79 ; careless and formal, 108 ; must refrain from reviling, and why, 120 . Communion, Church, not to be expanded to take in bad men, 107 . Concession, and command, difference between, 15 ; condescension of the Apostles to the Judaists, 1-15 . Corner-stone. See Christ . Corruption, various meanings of the word, 171 . Courtezans, 151 . Covenants, old and new proceeded both from the Father and the Son, 6 . Covetousness is idolatry in Christians, 133-34 ; leads to the death of the soul, 134 . Cross, destroys the need of the Law, 3 ; removes the curse, 27 ; the boast of Christians, 46 ; raises them above the old Dispensation as well as above the world, 46 . Curiosity, generally misdirected and misplaced, 141 .   Damsels, devoted to monastic life, 115-16 . David, a guileless character, 123 . Deacon, his office in dismissing the congregation, 64 (and note) . Death, of the soul, what it is, 134 ; the second death, 172 . Devil, why called the prince of this world, 66 ; why of the power of the air, ib. ; takes advantage of men's quarrels, 119 ; and of their covetousness, 162 ; his wiles, 159 ; his forces, 160 ; maybe overcome, 160 ; but is not to be wrestled with so much as trampled on, 162 ; his fiery darts are doubts, 169 ; and evil desires and sharp sorrows, 169 ; to be slain by keeping the commandments, 169 . Dispensation of grace, 76 . Drunkenness, excludes from Heaven, 69 ; its temporal ill effects, 138 .   Earnest, the meaning of the word explained, 56 ; see Spirit . Economy, of the Apostles about the Law, 15 ; to be beneficial to the objects of it, must be concealed from them, 16 ; of St. Paul in circumcising Timothy, 16 . Education in Scripture remedies that in the Classics, 154 ; consists in nurture, see Children . Eli, 154 . Elisha, 95 . Ephesus, the metropolis of [Proconsular] Asia, 49 ; the abode of St. John and of Timothy, and a great resort of philosophers, ib. ; its inhabitants advanced in knowledge, 49 . Epiphany, the great festival of the Greek Church in remembrance of our Lord's Baptism and Birth, 63 (note) ; a season for Communicating, ib. Equality of ranks, inconsistent with peace, 147 ; Christian equality, 102 ; civil slavery not inconsistent with it, 142 ; mutual service, 158 . Eucharist, called the flesh of Christ, 41 ; Christ's body and blood partaken in it, 63 ; the preparation for it, 63 ; profanation of it, 64 ; neglect of it, ib. ; formalism of Communicating only at the seasons, danger of unworthy Communicating, 63 ; inconsistency of coming to Service and not Communicating, 64 ; unfitness not the fault of nature but of indolence, 65 ; Christ specially present in the Eucharist, 65 ; allusions to the Eucharistic Service, 120-21 ; see Sacrifice . Evidences, of the Gospel, 9 . Evil, not necessarily connected with this life, 5 ; not in our bodily substance but our will, 42 .   Faith, vitiated by a slight adulteration, 7 ; to be defended in slight matters, 8 ; slight perversion of, invalidates the ministerial authority, 8 ; anterior to the Law, 26-27 ; justifies without the Law, 26 ; but not without love, 37 ; ever sees Christ, 24 ; gains miraculous and spiritual powers, 25 ; as no force if the Law be added, 25 ; makes us sons of God, 30 ; always joined with love by St. Paul, 60 ; will not save without works, 67 ; a shield to protect ready believers, 169 . Faithful, the, bear about the form of Christ, 30 ; the body of Christ, 41 . Falsehood, an instance of willful sin, 58 . Fasting, a means of intercession, 101 . Father and Son, one in will, 4 ; one in act, 6 ; reveal each other, 11 , 146 . Fathers, their duties in the nurture of their children, 154 . Faults, to be mildly corrected, 43 . Fetters and bonds, gloried in by St. Paul, 84 , &c. Fireworshipers, 110 . Flesh, means not the body, but the depraved will, 41 . Forgiveness, motives for it, 128-29 . Foundation, καταβολή, a beautiful allusion contained in the word, 51 ; Christ the foundation, 75 . "Fullness of the times" was Christ's coming, 54 . "Fullness of Christ" is the Church, 62 . "Fullness of God" explained, 82 .   Galatians, nature of their error, 2 ; feared to forsake the Law, 6 ; justly called "foolish," 23 ; sons of Abraham as Isaac was, 34 ; misled by party spirit, 40 . "Gather together into one," the meaning of the expression, 54 . Gentile customs, 8 . Gentiles, raised above the privileges of the Jews, 71 ; their calling a mystery, 80 ; the vanity of their worship as directed to the creatures, 110 ; it flattered men's evil passions, 111 . God, loves us for His own Name's sake, 56 ; a just apprehension of Him forbids us to doubt or rationalize, 60 ; the knowledge of Him derived from His Spirit, ib. ; His goodness not to be presumed upon, 69 ; kind to the unthankful, 139 ; no respecter of persons, 159 . Good-pleasure, the meaning of the word, 52 . Government, in its origin paternal, 82 ; must be centered in one, 146 ; exemplified in a household, 159 . Gospels, one in substance, though fourfold in form, 7 ; easily perverted, 7 . Gospel, no afterthought, 51 , 55 ; may be in itself an offense, in the manner of preaching it should not be, 137 . Grace, sets us free, makes us new, heirs and sons, 30 ; the great change it produces in Christians, 52 ; arrays the soul in spiritual beauty, 53 . Guilelessness, 123 .   Habit, one sinful one may ruin us, 68 ; evil ones must be cured by cultivating their opposites, 125-26 . Hagar, 149 . Hannah, an example to mothers, 154 ; of watchfulness and prayer, 170 ; her reverence and contrition, 170 . Harlots, their treatment of their lovers, 83 . Heretics, denied the Co-equality of the Father and the Son, 4 ; considered this life essentially evil, 5 . Herod, judgment upon, 90 . Holiness in teachers more influential than miracles, 77 . Holy children, as examples of triumph over affliction, 93 . Hospitality, to he shown to the poor, 151 . Household, the mistress's duty in the conduct of, 124 ; when well ordered sheds a fragrance around, 143 ; is a little city and its head a prince, 159 . Husbands, to love their wives as Christ loved the Church, 144-45 ; the husband the head of the family, 146 ; the importance of him to the household, 148 ; character of a good one, 149 ; must show all forbearance, 150 ; and wean his wife from the world, ib. Hymn, the Angelic Hymn, "Holy, Holy, Holy," sung in the Eucharistic service, 64 (and note) , 121 , 165 .   Idolatry of Christians is covetousness, 134 ; its origin, 135 . Ignorance, to profess it more wise than to profess knowledge, 141 . Incarnation, effects of, 30 . Inheritance, by lot, according to a purpose, 55 . Israelites, how they kept the Passover, 164 ; how they fell, 165 ; their history is a mystery or type, ib.   Jailer at Philippi, conversion of, 87 . James the Less, not the Lord's brother, though so called, 13 . Jeremiah in prison, 94 . Jericho, 166 . Jerusalem, earthly and heavenly, 166 . Jesting, forbidden to Christians, 130 ; the character of one given to it, 131 ; enormous when extended to Scripture, 131-32 . Jesus, the Son of Nave, the type of Jesus the Son of God, 166 . Jews, the hindrance to their conversion, 4 ; their blessings earthly, 50 ; how of old chosen by God, 51 ; their privileges how stated by St. Paul, 71 ; how Jews and Gentiles are made one, 71 . Job, an example of protracted suffering, 172 . John Baptist in prison, 94 . Joseph in prison, 94 . Judaizers opposed St. Paul, 2 ; their ambition, 42 ; in St. Chrysostom's day, 8 , 21 ; heresy of, 11 . Judgments, temporal, a call to repentance, 79 . Julian, St., a recluse, his character, 156 .   Laver, of Baptism. See Baptism . Law the, not evil, but weak and dangerous, 20 ; death to, different meanings of, 22 ; causes faith not to avail, 25 ; curse of removed by the Cross, 27 ; partially restrains sin, 28 ; provided for self-knowledge and self-restraint, 29 ; once led to, now leads from Christ, 29 ; sometimes means Genesis, often the Old Testament, 33 ; obedience to part of, subjects to the whole, 36 ; abolished to make room for a higher rule of life, 39 , 42 ; fulfilled by the various gifts of the faithful, 43 ; the ceremonies of, abolished in Christ, 72 . Lent-season, 63 . Light, detects darkness by its own shining, 133 , 136 . Lot, inheritance by lot implies that we are not chosen by merit, 55 (and note) . Love, God's love the cause of our being chosen, 52 ; how to understand its extent, 82 ; its effects and obligations upon man, 98 ; always combined with faith, 60 , 171 ; towards enemies enforced, 82 , 127-129 ; its fruit unity and mutual confidence, 97-98 ; is the condition of our receiving the Spirit, 105 ; love between husband and wife, 149 . Lowliness, the ground of all graces, 96 .   Man, the wonderful exaltation of his nature in Christ, 61 ; his littleness and greatness, 62 ; a fourfold consideration of him, 114 . Manichees, considered the world essentially evil, 5 (note) ; and the body, 39 ; paid divine honors to the heavenly bodies, 5 . Manichees, 139 (and note) . Marcionites, allowed one Gospel only, 7 , 139 (and note) . Marks of the Cross, 47 . Marriage, &c., some heretics forbade it, 147 ; rules for, 151 . Masters, their duties, 158 . Mildness in correcting enjoined, 43 . Minister, in what sense not applied to the Son, 54 (and note) . Ministers of the Gospel to be obeyed though wicked, 8 ; unless they vitiate the faith, 8 ; maintained by their disciples, 44 ; mutual benefits of this, 45 ; contrast in the case of Heathen teachers, 45 (note) . Monks, 165 (note) ; their self-denial, 248 . Moses, an example of love to enemies, 83 . Murder, an instance of voluntary sin, 57 . Mystery, "of His will," 53 ; the calling of the Gentiles so called, 77 ; of the Gospel made known to angels by the Church, 80 ; the union of Christ and the Church so called, 146 .   Natural, what acts are so called, 73 . Nature, does not force man to sin, 57 . Necessity, not to be pleaded in excuse for sin, 57 . Nineveh, its repentance an example to us, 101-2 . Novatians, denied repentance to the lapsed, 25 (note) .   Oaths, not necessary to beget confidence, 62 . Obedience, slight breach of, punishable, 7 .   Passover, its historical and mystical meaning, 165 ; how kept by Israelites, how to be kept by Christians, 165 . Paul, St., followed Christ's example in his mode of preaching, 1 ; his divine calling and commission, 2 ; suddenness of his conversion a proof of its being divine, 10 ; sincerity of his motives, 10 ; his opposition to Christianity on religious motives, ib. ; called on account of his capacity, 10 ; reason of his first journey from Antioch to Jerusalem, 11 ; reason of his second journey, 14 ; his fervency and humility, 12 ; equal in dignity to St. Peter, 12 ; his humility shown in his visit to St. Peter, 12 ; his doctrine approved by the Apostles, 17 ; his tenderness and skill, 31-2 ; observed, but did not preach, circumcision, 38 ; usual arrangement of his Epistles, 39 ; why he wrote that to the Galatians with his own hand, 46 ; a proof of God's love and power, 52 ; had a foretaste of heavenly blessings, 56 ; his sympathy and affectionateness, 59 ; his gentleness, 65 ; bound for the Gentiles' sake, 76 ; saved by grace, 76 ; had special revelation of the calling of the Gentiles, 77 ; his zeal, endurance, and wisdom, 77 ; attributed all to grace, ib. ; an example to teachers, ib. ; his great humility, 79 ; his earnest supplication, 81 ; example of love to enemies, 84 ; glories in bonds, 85 ; but not before Agrippa, and why, 95 ; his skill as a spiritual physician, 118 ; his simplicity and condescension in admonishing children, 153 ; overcame Satan, 161 ; the intensity of his love to Christ, 161 ; asks his brethren's prayers, 168 . Paul of Samosata, heretic, 104 (note) , 164 . Peter, St., boldness of his character, 18 ; did not really dissemble at Antioch, ib. ; reasons why he appeared to do so, 19 ; instructed not to spurn the Gentiles, 77 ; his deliverance from prison by the Angel, 86 , 89-90 . Poverty the lot of the Christian, 46 . Prayer, the Lord's Prayer, how it should affect us, 120-21 ; prayer unceasing required in Christians, and watchfulness, 169 ; exemplified in the Canaanitish woman, the importunate widow, ib. ; and in Hannah, 170 . Presence, real, of Christ in the Eucharist, 63-64 . Priests, may be understood under the term "Angels," 8 , 28 . Prison, the blessedness of it for Christ's sake, 85 et seqq. ; instanced in St. Paul, St. Peter, Three Holy Children, 93 ; Jeremiah, Joseph, St. John the Baptist, 94 . Privileges, Jewish and Christian compared, 51 ; present privileges but an earnest, 56 ; how enhanced in being bestowed through Christ, 52 ; the consideration of them very awful, 62 . Providence, instanced in mercies upon some, and judgments upon others, 90 ; implied in the circumstances of men, 139 ; in the order of nature, 140 ; proved by analogy, 140 ; yet wholly mysterious, 140-41 . Psalms, the expression of Christian cheerfulness, 138 . Punishment, degrees of it in hell, 69 .   Rationalizing, its absurdity and shallowness, 139-40 . "Redeeming the time" explained, 137 . Redemption, absolute redemption will be in the next world, 56 . Regeneration, another needed by Galatians, 32 ; effected by the Divine Words in baptism, 35 . Repentance, possible after lapsing, 25 . Reproof, is charitable, and to be given at any hazard, 136 . Resurrection of Christ, effected by His own power, 3 . Resurrection, more miraculous to persuade souls than raise the dead, 61 , 65 . Reviling, shameful in Christians, 163 . Riches. See Covetousness . Righteousness, Jewish and Christian compared, 114 ; is in respect of God, or man, 114 ; is a garment, 115 . Rites of the law, connected with each other, 37 .   Sabbath, strictness of under the Law, 7 ; Judaic observance of excludes from grace, 21 . Sacrifice, the Christian, 63-64 ; preparation for it, 63 ; see Eucharist . Saints, a common name for Christians in all conditions, 50 ; what a saint ought to be, 131 . Salvation, is entirely of free grace, yet not exclusive of our virtue, 52 . Samuel, the child of a good mother, 154 . Sarah, 148 . Satan, seduces gradually and secretly, 7 . Schism, cuts off from the Spirit, 105 ; implies want of love and of holiness, 106 ; especially provokes God's anger--like the sin of those who mangled Christ's Body, ib. ; inexpiable by martyrdom, 106 (and note) , 108 . Schismatics, to be avoided, 106 . Scripture, supreme authority of, 8 ; sense of, not the words must be considered, 11 ; profane use of, 131 ; understatements of, 132 . Seal, of the Spirit. See Spirit . Self-indulgence, in Christian teachers impairs their power of converting and keeping in the fold, 77 . Servants, to be taken care of, 148 , 159 ; as brethren, 157 ; their duties to serve with good will, 157-58 ; taken to the theater, but not to church, 159 . Sin, is evil, not the world, 5 ; not to be excused by nature or necessity, 57 ; its voluntariness instanced by various cases, with reference to the Commandments, murder, adultery, theft, perjury, assault, rapine, 57 et seqq. ; would not be punished if of necessity, ib. ; the ground of discord, 97 ; blinds the understanding, 112-13 ; is self-destructive, 113 ; is in omission as well as commission, 126 ; is the only real evil, 140 ; the source of corruption both of body and soul, 171 ; should be put away by acts of mercy, 172 . Slaves, how to be treated, 123-24 . Slavery, how mitigated by the Gospel, 142 ; is but a name, 157 ; loses its meaning when it is made volluntary, 158 ; its origin, it is the punishment of the sin of rebellion against parents, 159 . Solitaries, Christians induced to be so by evil times, 78 . Son and Spirit, oneness of Their power, 2 ; sons of God we become through baptism, 4 ; by the Word, 35 ; in putting on Christ, 29-30 ; in receiving the Spirit, 30 ; out of the course of nature, as Isaac, 33 . Soul, its relation to the Flesh and Spirit, 42 ; should govern the body, yet requires the guidance of the Spirit, 73 ; the death of, 134 . Spirit, Holy, imparts righteousness, 37 ; gift of not by Law, but faith, not by circumcision, but grace, 47 ; Christians sealed by Him, 56 , 120 ; the earnest of our inheritance, 56 , 166 ; alone reveals mysteries, 60 ; and the true knowledge of God, ib. ; the calling of the Gentiles, 80 ; alone can strengthen against trial, 81 ; His indwelling necessary to teach the love of God, 82 ; binds the faithful in one body, 96 ; His gifts manifold, 104 ; yet have all one office to build up each and all in one faith, 105 ; communicates life from the Head to the whole Church, as natural life is conveyed through the body, 105-06 ; how grieved, especially by sins of the tongue, 120 ; by bitterness, 121 ; His grace typified by the pillar of fire, 165 ; the sword of the Spirit, 169 . Submission, mutual, is mutual service, 142 . Suicide worse, and punished worse by God than murder, 5 . Sunworship, 110 . Superstitions, 8 , 79 , 111 . Synagogue, the, represented by Agar, 34 .   Teachers, degeneracy of, their powerlessness to convert and guide, 77-78 . Teachers of error, to be cut off, their followers to be spared, 38 . Thanksgiving, universally a duty in Christians, 138-39 . Theft, an instance of voluntary sin, 58 . Times, how called evil, 137 . Tithes, the danger of omitting them, 69 . Tongue, its proper use, 119 , 131 ; and discipline, 121 . Trisagion, the Hymn so called. See Hymn . Types, in the Old Testament, explained, 166 .   Unity of the Spirit, binds all together, 97 ; its perfectness, ib. ; promotes virtue, 97 ; kept by love, 98 ; binds in one body the faithful of all ages, 99 ; meant by St. Paul's expression, "a perfect man," 105 ; unity is the condition of our receiving life from the Spirit, 106 ; is founded on the Divine Unity, 146 . Unpopularity the lot of Christians, 46 . Uzzah, 7 .   Valentinus, heretic, 164 . Vanity, not in the works of God but those of man, 109 . Vice, against nature, 58 . Vigils, of the Church, 170 (and note) . Virtue, universal, required in Christians, 68 , 125 ; promotes unity, 97 ; must be active, 126 ; and positive, 127 .   Wall, "middle wall of partition," explained, 72 . Water with the Word regenerates, 35 . Wealth, ill-gotten has no security, 58 ; desires of it bounded by man's physical frame, ib. Will, in the Almighty precedent and consequent illustrated, 52 . Will, evil, the cause of evil, 5 . Will, unity of, between Father and Son, 4 . Wisdom, not curious but submissive, 141 . Wives, to submit themselves to their husbands in the Lord, 143 ; in what their excellence consists, 145 ; not to be chosen for beauty, ib. ; nor for riches, 145 , 151 ; to reverence their husbands, 146 ; not to be treated as slaves, 147 ; marry for richer for poorer, 149 ; to be formed by the husband and weaned from the world, 149-50 ; and treated with love and honor, 152 . See Women . Women, their self-denial and endurance, 115-16 ; a pattern to men, 116 ; their faults common to men, their excellencies their own, 116 ; warned against clamor, 123 ; especially in the treatment of their slaves, 124 ; leniency of laws towards them, 124 . Works, good, the fruit of the Spirit, 42 . World, not essentially evil, 5 . Wrath, "children of," explained, 66 (and note) .