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.
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