586 HOMILIES ON TIMOTHY, TITUS, AND PHILEMON. should be prepared for every thing, 496. Church, different stations in the, as in an army, 424; the, a household, 439; a pillar of truth in the world,442; maintainsthe preach ing of the word, 442; makes known the Incarnation, ib. ; those directing the, assailed with difficulty, 475; equality in the, 547; knows no distinctions of rank, 548. Claudia, 516. Clergy, to be maintained, 460; not to be stinted, ib. ; not to spare them selves, ib. Cloak, of St. Paul left at Troas, 513. Commandment, matters of, 449; n t left to choice, 521. Committed, things to us, imply that they are not our own, but to be kept with care, 424. Communicants, unworthy, delivered by God to Satan, 425. Communion, Holy, careless prepara tion for, reproved, 425; one un worthy partaking of, presump tion, ib. Condescension, ofGod toman sweak ness, 529. Conduct, of others, not to be judged, but our own, 482. Conscience, a good, brings rejoicing, 446; a pure, a blameless life, 476; torments of a bad, 494; an impure, denies all things, 530. Contentious persons, to be avoided, 468. Contest, those out of the, sometimes cause of the victory to those who gain it, 485. Controversy, some unavoidable, 541. Conversion, none without practical holiness, 440. Corah, insurrection of, 482. Corinthian, case of incestuous, 424. Counsels, of perfection, 521. Courtesans, finery of, 433. Covetousness, admits no friendship, 469 ; cure of, 470 ; to be brought under by the will, ib.; self-love source of, 501 ; evils arising from, ib. Creature, none unclean, 445. Cretans,who said theywere liars, 528; to be sharply rebuked, 529. Cross, the greatest sign of God s love, 479; a rebuke tomistaken shame, 480; sign of the, use of, 499. Crown, of righteousness, 512; in store for all saints, ib. Cynophontis, festival of, at Argos, 470 (note). Daniel, humility of, 553. Daphne, burning of, 508 (note). Daughters, to be trained religiously for marriage, 437. David, his love for Jonathan, 503; humility of, 553. Day of Judgment, not borne in mind, 462. Deacons, qualities for, 441 ; trial of, ib. ; same virtues required of, as of bishops, ib. ; temporal minis try of, 442 (note). Deaconesses, 441 ; necessary and use ful to the Church, ib. Death, in a monastery, 457. Demas, chose his own ease before danger, 513, 556. Desires, foolish, 469; as thorns, ib. Despisers of their brethren, despise God, 501. Devil, his rage greater against the shepherd than the flock, 409. Devils, abhor the unguent of the Spirit, 415; divinations of, con demned and defied, 508. Disputes, contagious, 467, 493. Distinctions, spiritual to be sought for, 444. Divinations, failure in, 508; sin to have recourse to, ib. Divine things not to be measured by human reason, 479. Doctrine, corrupt, engendered by an evil life, 419; orthodox, useless without acorresponding life,429 ; false, a growing evil, 493. Doxology, inference of heretics from (i Tim. i. 17), disproved, 421. Dramas of the heathens filled with abominations, 538. Dress, finery in, gives occasion of offense, 434. Drunkenness, drowns the soul, 451. Duties, plain neglect of, a denial of the Faith, 453. Earnestness, taught by the Epistle to Philemon, 546. Elders, bishops called, 524. Eli, perished for neglecting his chil dren, 436. Eloquence, inferior to strength of mind, 525. Encratites, not often mentioned by St. Chrys. /\/\<\ (note) ; mentioned by Clem. Al. etc., ib. Envy of men passes on to Christ, 419. Elect, sufferings endured for the, 489. Epaphroditus, infirmity of, 515. Epimenides, 528 (note). Epiphany, meaning of, 512. Episcopate, dangers of the, 522. Epistles, occasional, not superfluous, 545- Ephesus, false Judaizing apostles at, 410. Error, never stops, yet never ad vances, 506. Essence, no dissimilarity in the Di vine, 409. Eucharist, Holy, always a Holy Pass over, 425; the same, whether offered by common men or by Paul, &c., 483. Evangelist, the work of an, 511. Eve, bad teaching of, 436. Excommunication, a proof of the Apostles power, 425. Exercise, bodily, spoken of by St. Paul, not fasting, 445; spiritual, ib. (note), 446; spiritual, re warded, 447. Fables, what St. Paul means by, 410; Jewish traditions such, 445. Faith, excludes questioning, 410; sets reasoning at rest, ib. ; excludes not prayer for knowledge, ib. ; objects of being divine to be re vered not questioned, ib. ; ad- . herence to the, safeguard against false opinions, 41 1 ; earthly things depend on, ib. ; exacted by hea thens, ib. ; produces love, 412; a safe ship, 424; without a good life unavailing, ib.; apostates from the, have no stay, ib. ; an unshaken rock, 472; dead, 505; common to all, 522. Faithful, should assist each other, 485- Family, the, a model for all govern ment, 535. Fasting, cleanses in vain if we return to sin, 426; useless without alms, 498. Fate, doctrine of, excludes responsi bility, 411; arguments against doctrine of, ib. Father, a bad, unfit to be a bishop, 524. Fear, prevents quarrels, 427; utility of, 462; love opposed to, 477; of God, a firm foundation, 513. Fight, the Christian, 511. Flesh, those called, whose souls are dead, 452. Food, spiritual, 445. Forgiveness of injuries, 427, 428; pe culiar to Christians, 427; brings gain here, 549. Form, used in a good and in a bad sense, 505. Free will, not taken away by grace, 418. Friendship, benefits of, 412; of David and Jonathan, 503; among the wicked, 412. Freedom, Christian, causes greater faithfulness in serving, 465. Funeral, in a monastery, 457. Gamaliel, appears free from ambition, 417- Garlands, worn by bridegrooms, why, 437- Garments, vanity of worldly, 414. Gentiles, tenets of, human, and so to be examined, 410. Gentleness, comes from thinking what we once were, 537. Gift, given to Timothy for working miracles, etc., 477. Glory of the world useless, 414; of the saints internal, ib. ; real, de scribed, 490; a hard taskmaster, S2?- Gluttony, disgusting effects of, 452; unnatural to the body, ib. ; nau sea succeeds, 453; evils of, 451. Gnostics, the name of assumed by pretenders to great knowledge, 472. God, blessings of, not conceived by reasoning, 410; knowledge of, presupposes faith, ib. ; belief in, destroys notions of fate and na-