HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN. Abraham, supposed by the Samaritans to have offered Isaac on mount Gerizim, 113 ; Christ talked with, 116 ; who the real seed of, 194 ; wrongly compared with Christ, 198 ; how he saw Christ's day, 198 . Adam, said to die from the moment of the Fall, because under sentence, 97 . Adulterers, salvation of, impossible, 234 . Adultery, the woman taken in, not mentioned by St. Chrysostom, 187 . Advice, to be welcomed from any, by Christ's example, 174 . Affliction, the best trial of faith, 125 . Affronts here, to be borne, from thought of heaven, 291 , 293 ; from thought of our Christian membership, 294 ; of imperious women often borne by their lovers, 294 . Age, adds dignity to virtue, 332 . Agony, the, expressed the weakness of nature, 318 . Agreement, not always good, 206 . Alms, win praise of God and Angels, 256 . Almsgiving, wins forgiving, 29 , 47 ; a pure sacrifice, 46 ; must not come from dishonest gain, 47 ; indispensable to our entering the kingdom, 83 ; a seal to the charitable, 86 ; will win treasure in heaven, 89 ; the way to true honor, 118 , 143 ; to gain present delight and the future crown, 147 ; the meat that perisheth not, 158 ; to be practiced throughout life, 219 ; the measure of God's mercy to us, ib. ; necessary to life, yet easy, and sobering, 220 ; brings contentment, 244 ; cleanses from sin, 270 ; better none, than with covetousness, ib. ; duty of, enjoined, 284 ; neglect of, leads to hell, 285 ; due to Christ, 285 ; blessing of here and hereafter, 286 ; cleanses and heals the soul, 302 ; the best winding sheet for the dead, 321 ; profits both the dying and the dead, 322 ; raised Dorcas to life, ib. Altar, awfulness of the Christian, 167 ; danger of approaching in sin, ib. ; danger of profaning it with gifts from unjust gains, 270 . I Am, implies absolute being, 53 . Ancestry, nobility of, no protection to the bad, 75 , 108 ; availed not the Jews, 108 . Andrew, St., praise of his zeal and modesty in coming to Christ, 64 , 65 ; of his zeal in his brother's conversion, 67 ; his faith in the miracle of the loaves, 152 . Angel of counsel, a title of Christ, 53 (note) . Angels, learn from revelations given to the Church, 2 ; worshiped Christ in His human nature, 39 ; have appeared in brightness, 40 ; act under command, 41 ; have a well-ordered polity, 42 ; how men become like them, ib. ; are holy, 49 ; have not seen God in His Essence, but only in Christ, 52 ; their ministry to Christ a proof of His Deity, 73 ; behold but understand not the mystery of Regeneration, 88 ; their troubling the water of Bethesda a type of the work of the Spirit, 126 ; work without weariness, 127 ; their happiness in wanting nothing, 298 . Anger, not to be retained, 19 ; absurdity of, 20 ; brings remorse, ib. ; deformity of, 92 ; with servants, reproved, 93 ; its mischief and pitiableness, 175 ; a madness and foretaste of hell, ib. ; appeased by penitent sorrow, 219 . Antichrist, his characteristic, to glorify himself, 148 ; why more clearly predicted by St. Paul than by Christ, ib. Antioch, its covetousness and luxury, 280 . Apostles, the, mission of, 42 ; did not all witness all, 61 ; preached Christ absent, 63 ; why greater than Christ's kinsmen and countrymen, 75 ; did not believe at first, because not confirmed by the Spirit, 82 ; taught high doctrines gradually, 106 ; traveled without provision, 108 ; moderation of, 109 ; their reverence for Christ, 117 ; zeal of, seen in the Samaritan woman, 118 ; their love for Christ in urging him to eat, 119 ; slowness to understand his meaning: but forbore to ask, ib. ; reaped where the Prophets had sown, 120 ; their task the easier, ib. ; their inspiration immediate and complete, 135 ; their humble fare, 152 ; their distance from their Master in respect of grace, ib. ; their love for their Master shown on the sea, 155 ; witnessed some miracles alone, ib. ; disclaimed acting of themselves, 238 ; retired with Christ during the feasts, 242 ; spoke like Judas at Bethany, but with different intent, ib. ; understood not the mystery of the ass's colt, 245 ; their mutual love, 266 ; struck dumb hearing of persecution, 286 ; yet started not back, and comforted by Christ's Omniscience, 286 , 287 [see Disciples ]. Applause, in Church, 10 . Arius, heresy of, refuted by Christ's indwelling in His disciples, 304 . Article, the, why added in the phrase, "The Word," 7 , 8 ; omission of, sometimes unimportant, 17 , 18 ; distinguishes Christ from all, 64 . "As," expressing agreement not comparison, 41 ; said of the Father and the Son implies their equality, of men not so, 303 , 304 . Asa, his gout a punishment for sin, 132 . Babel, an example of mischievous agreement, 206 . Baptism, promise at, 4 ; gift of the Spirit in, 36 ; regeneration in, 37 ; superior to natural birth, 88 ; not needful to Christ, 59 ; but Christ to it, 60 ; benefits of, 89 , 126 ; an obligation to holiness, 89 ; danger of delaying, 90 ; in what sense an earthly thing, 93 , 112 ; how connected with the Cross, 94 ; sin after, not unpardonable, 96 ; buries sin, 121 ; gifts of, typified in the miracle of Bethesda, 126 ; way prepared for the use of water under the law, 126 ; the only cure of sin, 190 ; cleanses from sin, 270 ; the work of all Three Persons of the Trinity, 289 . Baskets, the twelve, of fragments in number proved its truth, 153 . Basilides, 30 (note) . "Because," refers to the event, not the cause, 252 . Beasts, spare their own kind, 130 . Bethabara, why mentioned by John, 38 . Bethlehem, the Messiah expected from, 70 , 71 . Bethesda, the miracle of, was to prepare the Jews for the regeneration of holy Baptism, 84 . Bibles, splendid copies of, written in gold letters, on fine parchment, a charm against the Devil, 114 ; unfolds the spectacle of the spiritual combat, ib. Birds, teach their young to fly by degrees, 45 . Blind man, the, his courage and truthfulness, 204 , 208 , 209 ; becomes a disciple, 209 ; bore reproach and suffering for the truth, 210 . Blindness, never cured until Christ, 200 ; a judgment on the Jews, 212 ; sensible and spiritual compared, 213 . Blood, the, of Christ, the soul's nourishment, 166 ; the terror of Demons, ib. Body, the, chastised for the soul's health, 131 ; of Christ includes all, 166 ; how worketh on the soul, 167 . Boldness, its virtue and reward, 58 ; comes by hearing, 210 . Books, scarcity of, 38 ; generally neglected at Antioch, or only kept for show and ornament, 114 ; written in letters of gold, on fine parchments, ib. Bosom, of the Father, implies Unity of Essence, 52 ; and Coeternity, 53 . Branches, signify our need of Grace, and of union with Christ, 279 ; the fruitless perish, 280 ; are true disciples, ib. Bread of life, said only of Christ's Godhead, 161 ; of His doctrines, and of His Body, 165 . Brethren, of Christ, did not profit by their relation to Him, 75 ; believed not, from envy, 174 . Brightness of the Father's glory, why said of Christ, 17 , 28 ; of Moses's face, 40 ; of Angels, ib. Brotherly affection best shown in spiritual aid, 67 . Burdens, duty of bearing one another's, 253 . Burial, the, so ordered as to give testimony to the Resurrection, 319 , 320 ; a reproof to costly funerals, 321 ; was done in ignorance of the Resurrection, ib. Business, no excuse for neglecting public worship, 38 . Caiaphas, his shameless boldness, 241 ; prophesied ignorantly and instrumentally, ib. Cain, offered not his best, 47 ; ruined by envy, 130 . Callosity, similar in soul and body, 196 . "Can, cannot," sometimes express choice, not power, 252 . Cana, marriage at, 73 ; miracle at, the first absolutely, ib. Canaan, woman of, 42 ; an example of perseverance rewarded, 77 . Capernaum, corruption of, 80 ; why Christ's "own country," 123 ; carnal-mindedness of, after the miracle of the loaves, 156 . Carefulness, a slavery, 298 . Catechumen, position of, contrasted with that of the faithful, 89 . Change of pastors and flocks condemned, 44 . Charity, wins forgiveness, 29 ; unites the brethren, 54 ; to be substituted for luxury, 215 ; may be exercised by the poor, 216 ; the means of entertaining Christ, ib. Chastisement, the right use of, 132 . Chastity, consists in self-restraint and subduing, not wanting passion, 127 . Children, need spiritual instruction, 10 ; should receive right impressions, ib. ; pass over the real, to admire false show, 301 . Christ, His humility, 13 , 204 ; His condescension, 26 ; known to Patriarchs, 30 ; always in the world, 31 ; his forgiveness, 36 ; both God and Man by unity of Person, 38 ; His authority, 41 ; His mean appearance, 45 ; in what sense both before and after John's Baptism, 46 ; the Fountain of Grace, 47 ; His fullness, 48 ; how superior to Moses, 49 ; His acts brought grace and truth, 50 ; alone of all, hath seen God in His Essence, 52 ; one with the Father, because "in His Bosom," ib. ; clearness of His teaching shown in the word "declared," 53 ; inferior to the Baptist in externals, 55 ; why mixed unknown among the people, 57 ; His dignity compared to John's, ib. ; why came to John again after His Baptism, 59 ; object of His coming into the world greater than John's, ib. ; needed not Baptism for Himself, but for us, ib. ; received His disciples from John, 63 ; distinguished from all by use of the article, 64 ; asked question of the disciples to encourage them, 65 ; how bade them to house, ib. ; first revealed His divinity by predictions, 68 ; showed His authority in changing names, ib. ; His wisdom in the time and place of calling His disciples, 69 , 70 ; convinced Nathanael by His foreknowledge, 71 ; how to be welcomed by those to whom he came, 72 ; proved His Deity by the ministry of Angels, 73 ; used to give present proof of some prophecies, so to gain credit to others, ib. ; invited to Cana as a common guest, ib. ; did no miracles in His childhood, 74 ; nor till after His Baptism, 80 ; rebuked His Mother at Cana, to clear His miracles, and to instruct her, 74 ; His care to show respect for her, 75 , 77 ; was not bound to certain seasons, but Himself appointed His hour, 76 ; made the wine at Cana without a new creation, yet proved Himself Creator by His power over matter, 77 ; His care to provide evidence for His miracles, 78 , 125 , 129 ; improved upon nature, 78 ; changes men's disposition as the water at Cana, ib. ; how manifested His glory at Cana, 80 ; why went to Capernaum from Cana, ib. ; Baptized just before the Passover, ib. ; cleansed the temple twice, at the first and last Passover, ib. ; His care to show respect for the law, 81 ; refused a sign to the Jews, because insensible, ib. ; used dark sayings to the dull hearers, 82 ; why used often the sign of Jonas, ib. ; knew and trusted not false disciples, 83 ; his condescension to Nicodemus, 84 ; His usual authority abated, ib. ; often speaks obscurely to rouse His hearers to attention, 85 ; His care to lead Nicodemus to higher thoughts, 87 ; but permits him not to pry into mysteries, 90 ; His Flesh was of the Virgin, 91 ; His perfect knowledge signified by Seeing and Hearing, 92 , 103 ; his perfect gentleness, 92 , 175 ; why dealt most in the lower doctrines, 93 ; foretold his Passion darkly: its benefits plainly, 94 , 95 ; His love contrasted with man's ingratitude, 95 ; His twofold Advent to redeem and to judge, 96 ; delays judgment to admit repentance, 97 ; rejected by those who chose to continue in sin, 98 ; His different dealings with Nathanael and Nicodemus, 99 ; why frequented crowded places, ib. ; why not baptizing till death of John, 100 ; needed not the support of John's testimony, 103 ; His credibility arising from His knowledge, 104 ; referred to His Father and the Prophets to convince the Jews, ib. ; one with God, because speaking God's words, ib. ; Self-sufficient unmeasured by the Spirit, 105 ; did not Himself baptize, as reported to the Pharisees, 107 ; His care to act as a man in general, ib. ; yet to speak as God, ib. ; went to the Samaritans when driven out by Jews, and yet as if in passing, ib. ; His frugality in traveling on foot, 108 ; His carelessness of food, ib. ; His humility in going alone, 109 ; His stay at Samaria was for rest, ib. ; abrogated the law of meats in speaking to the Samaritan woman, 109 ; shows Himself greater than Jacob, 112 ; often prophesied concerning particular persons, 113 ; shows His Divine knowledge in rebuking the woman of Samaria, ib. ; cared not to answer, but to lead men to the Truth, 114 ; unfolds the doctrine of spiritual worship to the Samaritan woman, 115 ; identifies Himself with the Church, 116 ; expected by the Samaritans, from the writings of Moses, ib. ; condescended to the ignorance of Samaritan woman, 117 ; our salvation His meat, 119 ; leads on the disciples to enquire, ib. ; acknowledged to be the true Saviour by the Samaritans, 123 ; avoided His own country, not to increase its guilt, ib. ; most received by those most under reproach, ib. ; goes again to Cana to confirm the believers there, ib. ; first object of His miracles to save souls, 124 ; why attended the feasts, 125 ; rewarded perseverance in the paralytic at Bethesda, 126 ; did not require faith before sight from strangers, 129 ; His reasons for concealing Himself, 130 ; used different modes of defense, ib. ; why dwelt on the sins of some whom He cured, not of others, 132 ; claimed not the merit of His own cure, 132 ; showed His Omniscience in His words to the paralytic, ib. ; defends His healing on the Sabbath by revealing His Equality with the Father, 133 ; appealed at need now to His Humanity, now to His Deity, ib. ; did really make Himself equal to the Father, 134 , 152 ; had shown it by breaking the sabbath, 133 , 145 ; has power to act, but not apart from the Father, 134 ; used lower expressions of His Deity to persuade the indisposed, 135 ; but joined with them such as imply His Godhead, 136 ; differs from the Father only in His Sonship, 137 ; His Equality with God proved by His being Judge, ib. ; used lower expressions of Himself to conciliate the Jews, ib. ; but the higher to guard us from heresy, 138 ; His honor connected with His Father's essentially, ib. ; why spoke of being "sent," 139 ; His condescension led men to receive the higher doctrines, ib. ; appeal to his raising the dead, ib. ; why spoke much of the Judgment, ib. ; to be Judge, because Son of God, 140 ; His care in propounding the Judgment and the Resurrection, 140 , 141 ; confirms His future predictions by His past, 140 ; shows His agreement with the Jewish Prophets, 141 ; His unanimity and identity with the Father, ib. ; His Will and the Father's one, ib. ; addressed His words to men's suspicions, ib. ; proves His justice, speaking humanly, from His self-denial, ib. ; did not remind of sin, but blotted it out, 142 ; His witness of Himself, in what senses, true and not true, 143 ; replies to the secret objections of the Jews, 144 ; His threefold witness, ib. ; refutes the Jews by their own faith in John, ib. ; yet inconstancy to him, 145 ; the witness of His works, ib. ; His doctrine of the Deity, 146 ; appeals to the witness of Scripture, ib. ; His commands, and mammon's, 147 ; His motive for reasoning with the Jews was to save them, 148 ; rejected for Antichrist, ib. ; why spoke not clearly of Antichrist, 149 ; appealed to God's witness in that of Moses, ib. ; why told not in what place Moses prophesied of Him, ib. ; avoided contention, 150 ; teaches us to retire from the bustle of life, 151 ; showed His freedom from the Law, by absenting Himself from a Passover, ib. ; His diligence in instructing the disciples, ib. ; His preparation for His miracles, ib. ; why He employed things created in His miracles, 152 , 153 ; gave thanks for our example, and to show His submission to God, 153 ; why performed His greater miracles without, His lesser with, prayer, ib. ; by fleeing from the multitude, teacheth contempt of the world, 154 ; why left the disciples alone, 155 ; showed His Power on the sea, but only for a moment, ib. ; why repeated His miracles, ib. ; several reasons for what He did on the sea, 156 ; His passage of the sea superior to that of Moses, 156 ; His timely severity, 157 ; really requires good works, 158 ; rebuked inattention in Martha, ib. ; "sealed," that is, certified by the Father, 159 ; referred unbelievers to the Father, 160 ; in what sense the Bread of Life, 161 ; His Will one with the Father's, 162 ; declared not His Birth to unbelievers, 164 , 165 ; His "Drawing" implies man's coming, 164 ; spoke mysteriously of His Flesh to rouse attention, 165 ; taught in synagogues, to show His agreement with Jehovah, 169 ; eating His Flesh, how a hard saying, ib. ; how detained the Twelve, 170 ; His wisdom in reproving Judas secretly, 171 ; would not flatter the Twelve, ib. ; proved His Godhead and Manhood now in seeking, now in avoiding, the Jews, 173 ; unbelief and envy of His brethren, ib. ; why He went up to Jerusalem secretly, 174 , 176 ; His foreknowledge of His time, 175 ; acted as a man, to prove His Incarnatian, and to train others, 176 ; the power of His teaching, 177 ; His doctrine, His and not His, because one with the Father's, 177 ; used lowly expressions of Himself, not to offend the Jews, 178 ; declared His Equality to show His agreement with the Father, ib. ; His prudence and humility in reasoning with the Jews from the Law, 179 ; rebukes the Jews, both by their ignorance and by their knowledge, 181 , 188 ; foreshoweth His death, 182 ; His foreknowledge of the Jews' vain repentance, ib. ; referred to the Scriptures, 183 ; answered not the careless, 185 ; how the Light of the World, 187 ; judgeth not yet, 188 ; began to speak boldly, ib. ; of the same substance with, and equal to, the Father, 189 ; His hour, that is, His Crucifixion, was of His own appointing, 190 ; manifested to the Jews after His Passion, 191 ; why He forbore judging the Pharisees, ib. ; makes Himself known in punishment, ib. ; condescended, that men might believe, 192 ; benefit of meditating on His humble birth and education, ib. ; sought not to triumph in argument, but to save, 194 ; relaxes the Law, ib. ; signified His Power by "His Father's House," ib. ; showed most boldness after miracles, 195 ; one with the Father in Power, Substance, and Truth, 194 , 195 ; love of, the proof of our knowing God, 196 ; His care to show His own power in healing the blind man, 204 ; why always retired after miracles, 204 ; defended by the blind man, 210 ; His meekness in praying for His murderers, 219 ; His mercy in receiving sinners, an example to us, 221 ; delivered men from prison, ib. ; His washing men's feet was to set an example of mercy, ib. ; why abode in Judea towards His Passion, 222 ; His meekness in replying to malicious questions, 223 ; His works His chief and sufficient witness, ib. ; His Hand and His Flock, one with the Father's, ib. ; His coequality in Power, 224 ; delayed doing, to show the truth of, His miracle, 227 ; His care to clear it from suspicion, 228 ; His condescension, to raise men's faith, 229 ; His love of Lazarus, 231 ; why would not raise Lazarus from a distance, 223 ; spoke for men's salvation, not His own honor, 236 ; condescended in preaching, not to give offense, ib. ; declared His Generation from, and Equality with, the Father, 237 ; His humiliation was worthy of His Divine Love, ib. ; so prayed at the grave of Lazarus as to show He needed not prayer, 238 ; why prayed at raising Lazarus, ib. ; showed His power in deeds, humility in words, ib. ; identity of His Will with the Father's, ib. ; His moderation in not claiming honor, 239 ; gave no real offense to the power of the Romans, ib. ; wept for the Jews' hardness, 240 ; retires from Jewry, 241 ; His care to save Judas, 243 ; His royal riding into the City, 245 ; waited for the Jews, before He would call the Gentiles, 246 ; how prepared the disciples for His death and theirs, 248 ; His shrinking from death proved His Humanity, and fits Him to be our pattern, 249 ; His Victory, 250 ; like the Sun, will reappear shortly, 251 ; withdrew often, to avoid offense, and returned to declare His Power, 252 ; One with the Father, because seen by Isaiah, ib. ; His condescension in speaking of His knowledge, 255 ; His care always to show Himself Inseparable from God, ib. ; our pattern of suffering in the flesh, 256 ; His forbearance with Judas, 257 ; His unceasing love for "His own," ib. ; taught humble-mindedness by the washing, ib. ; by doing all Himself, 258 ; signified cleansing of the conscience by washing, 259 ; adopts the disciples' confession of Him, 260 ; shames our pride, by washing the feet of Judas, ib. ; taught patience with servants, by His own with Judas, 261 ; His full knowledge of His coming Passion, ib. ; strove for Judas to the end, 262 ; comforts the disciples, 263 ; was "troubled" on account of Judas, ib. ; did not expose him openly, 265 ; His care for the poor, and His own poverty, ib. ; His Glory at, and after, the Crucifixion, ib. ; why He discoursed after the Supper, 266 ; comforted the disciples with the New Commandment, 266 , 272 ; by promises of Heaven, 268 ; by reading their hearts, ib. ; how the Way, the Truth, and the Life, 269 ; His independent authority to be followed by self-mortification, 273 ; left us free to practice or not virginity, but required almsgiving, ib. ; present with His disciples by the Spirit, 275 ; His presence not visionary, 276 ; promised to the obedient, ib. ; His foreknowledge of His Passion, ib. ; His speaking to men's thoughts, 277 ; His readiness for death, ib. ; familiarizes the disciples with His Passion, ib. ; why discoursed of His Power in the Garden, 279 ; His love for man, 280 ; speaks at once with authority and condescension, ib. ; enjoins perseverance, 281 ; why always exalts love, 682; His agreement with the Father, ib. ; proof of His love for His disciples, ib. ; His miracles without parallel, 283 ; thinking of Him, our support in trial, 284 ; His righteousness proved by His Ascension, 287 ; by His victory over Satan, ib. ; His knowledge the same as that of the Spirit, 288 ; leaves the inward operations to the Spirit, 289 ; prepared His disciples for belief in the Spirit, ib. ; by "going" showed that he would not perish, 291 ; alludes to His Resurrection as a birth, 291 ; power of His Name, 292 ; answers to the thoughts of the disciple, ib. ; His Power shown in the manner of His expiring, 294 ; used prayer in temptation for our sakes, 296 ; teaches us to be earnest in prayer, ib. ; His Freedom and Glory in the Crucifixion, ib. ; His care to prepare them for the calling of the Gentiles, ib. ; His eternal authority, 297 ; was to be glorified in His Human Nature, 298 ; His prayer for His Own, showed His love for them, 300 , 303 ; in what sense received them from the Father, 300 ; glorified in the disciples as well as the Father, ib. ; in what sense not in the world, 300 , 301 ; lost none but the willful, 301 ; mingled explanation with command, to suit their infirmity, ib. ; speaks of the future as past, 303 ; His great love in dying for us, 304 ; His last discourse summed up in love, 305 ; goes willingly and with pains to His Passion, 306 ; His prayer was a discourse for the sake of the disciples, 307 ; His habit of passing the night abroad, ib. ; His readiness in giving up Himself, 307 , 308 ; His Divine power over the soldiers, 307 ; His care to save His disciples, ib. ; led to Annas by way of triumph, 308 ; was questioned as if seditious, 309 ; appealed to His enemies' witness, ib. ; His, straightforwardness and care to remove every pretext, ib. ; His thought for Peter, 310 ; ate the Passover by anticipation, ib. ; His behavior before Pilate, 311 ; nature of His Kingdom a proof of His Deity, ib. ; His humility and meekness our example, 311 , 313 ; His longsuffering with His enemies, 313 , 314 ; why He made no defense before Pilate, 314 ; never "made Himself a King" outwardly, 315 ; teaches to return good for evil, ib. ; His care for His Mother, 318 ; His self-possession on the Cross, ib. ; showed human weakness in the Agony, Divine power on the Cross, ib. ; taught filial affection on the Cross, ib. ; revealed Himself risen by His Voice, 324 ; would not be touched, because changed, and about to ascend, ib. ; declares His superiority in honor, ib. ; reason of His first reappearance to His disciples, ib. ; why He bade Peace, 325 ; gave a foretaste of the Spirit in breathing on the disciples, ib. ; His lovingkindness in the case of St. Thomas 327 ; His second appearance, ib. ; the Spiritual nature of His Body after His Resurrection, 328 ; preserved the marks of Crucifixion, to persuade the disciples, ib. ; many signs followed His Resurrection, ib. ; appeared to the disciples only by condescension, and for short intervals, ib. ; awfulness of His Form after His Rising, 329 ; showed greater Power in His miracles after His Rising, ib. ; ate with the disciples to show Himself alive, ib. ; His coming hereafter, our bliss in seeing Him then, ib. ; love of Him conquers the world, 330 . Christians, how sanctified, 48 ; duties of, high as their privileges, 50 , 53 ; to imitate Christ by love of the brethren, 54 ; their duties as members one of another, 53 , 54 ; indifference of, a stumblingblock to heathens, 61 ; taught by the zeal of heathens to study and to defend the truth, 62 ; should show their joy in Christ by works of love, 72 ; united only by common holiness, 89 ; their ingratitude towards Christ, 95 ; a ridicule to heathens and heretics, because ignorant of Holy Scripture, 105 ; inattention of, rebuked by the woman of Samaria, 110 ; their neglect of Holy Scripture and Christian doctrine, 114 ; exhorted to judge themselves, 121 ; must not demand miracles to support their faith, 125 ; to retire frequently to solitude, after the example of Christ, 151 ; must needs believe a Resurrection, 163 ; made one with Christ by partaking of Him, 166 ; specially bound to forgiveness of injuries, 174 , 186 ; intended to be the teachers, leaven, salt, light of the world, 181 ; sin of, worse than of heathens, 250 . Chrysostom, St., why varied his preaching, 79 ; preached two days in the week, 87 ; his despair of his hearers, 105 ; an admirer of holy virginity, 206 . Church, the, wedded to God by a Voice, and teaching, 102 ; signified by "the true worshipers," 116 ; consists by the Water and the Blood, 319 . Churches, no worldly thoughts to intrude there, 8 ; spiritual surgeries, 9 ; behavior in, 10 ; attended for form's sake: preparation for, commended, 38 ; weariness of the congregation, 110 ; good effect of attending, 192 ; neglect of, 210 ; presiding over, a great matter, 216 ; frequented from curiosity, 306 ; attendance at useless, without good works, ib. Circumcision, was before the Law, and of equal obligation, 179 ; performed on the sabbath, ib. City of God, compared with earthly cities, 203 . Clamor, Paul against, 92 . Clay made by Christ, proves Him Creator, 201 . Clothing, costliness in, condemned, 95 . Coat, the, without seam, a type of Christ's nature, 317 . Comforter, the, proved a distinct Person from the Son, but of the same Substance, 274 ; came not, because not needed, before Christ's Sacrifice, ib. ; indwelling of, promised, ib. ; so called by reason of our afflictions, 276 ; credible, because the Spirit of Truth, 284 . Coming of Christ, means the Incarnation, 36 ; why said to be after the Baptist, 45 ; expected by St. Chrysostom, 121 ; its suddenness, ib. Commandments, keeping them the test of Christian love, 275 , 276 . Communion, of Christians, depends on holiness, 89 ; joins men to the Body of Christ, 166 ; absolute necessity of, 168 ; to be understood spiritually, 169 . Company of wicked men dangerous and offensive, 206 . Conception of the Blessed Virgin, accredited in the Old Testament, 92 . Concubinage, sanctioned by heathen philosophers, 50 . Condescension, lessens not greatness, 38 . Confession, a way to pardon, 29 ; not needful to Christ, 59 ; best made by good works, 72 ; Nathanael's and Peter's contrasted, 72 , 73 . Conscience, cleansing of, signified by Christ washing the disciples' feet, 259 ; a foretaste of judgment or of reward, 333 ; convicted Ahab to his good, ib. Consubstantiality of the Father and the Son, 254 . Consubstantiality and Condignity of the Father and the Son, 272 . Contention to be avoided by Christians, after the example of Christ, 50 . Continence, a higher path than married life, 318 . Conversation on religious matters recommended, 10 . Conversion, may be sudden, 6 ; of sinners by Christ, 42 ; efficacy of, 50 ; of the penitent thief, a kind of shaking the rocks, 317 . Corinthian, the, adulterer recovered by timely rebuke, 130 , 131 . Covetousness, a hindrance to hearing the Word, 8 ; its power, 31 ; separates the brethren, 54 ; a betraying of Christ, 172 ; a subject for mourning, 240 ; examples of its evil effects in Judas and others, 243 ; the worst idolatry, ib. ; begins in envy, ib. ; ruins the merit of almsgiving, 270 ; without excuse, 273 ; its general spread and mischiefs, 280 ; spoils our charity and other virtues, 333 . Created things, have had a beginning, 11 ; implied in "Earth" and "Man," 12 ; the Word proved not one of them; 12 , 13 ; not to be worshiped, 19 ; not "the Life" nor "the Light," 24 ; acknowledged Christ their Master, 41 ; described as willing, because independent of our will, 91 ; work on the sabbath, by continuance, 133 . Creation, an attribute of God, 18 ; lessens nothing in God, 23 ; was an act of grace, 49 ; works of, require faith as much as things spiritual, 87 ; superiority of the new, 88 . Cross, the, a Baptism, 89 ; how connected with Baptism, 94 ; opened the door to the Gentiles, 246 ; God's glory in, 249 ; foretold by Jacob, 251 ; being accursed, was to prevent any future remembrance of Jesus, 315 ; borne by Christ as a symbol of victory, 317 ; buried, and discovered in after times, ib. Crucifixion, the, glory of, 42 ; why foretold obscurely, 94 ; virtue of, exceeded that of its type, the brazen serpent, ib. ; the fountain of life, 95 ; the beginning of Grace, 184 ; and of Glory, ib. ; the time of, ordered by Christ Himself, not the Jews, 190 ; the beginning of Christ's Glory, 265 . Cup of the Lord's Supper, the, shown in the Blood from His Side, 319 . Curiosity, in divine mysteries a device of Satan, 27 ; leads away from the faith without satisfying, 85 ; may be too much and too little, 327 ; condemned in St. Thomas, ib. Dæmon, of the Gnostics, 30 . Dancers, preferred to Christ, 61 ; power of, to inflame the mind, 66 ; encouragement of, sinful, 154 . Daniel, 40 , 61 . Darkness, used for death and error, 24 ; for sin, ib. ; caused by worldliness, 31 ; preferred to light, 97 ; by those who willfully continue in sin, 98 ; signifies error and sin, 188 ; put for sin, 277 . Day of Christ, what, 198 . Dead, prayers for the, 43 (note) ; to be honored not by mourning, but by good imitation, 231 ; to be clothed in almsgiving, not rich robes, 321 ; memory of, a benefit to the living, 322 . Death, overcome by Christ, 24 ; the cause of victory, 293 ; and immortality, ib. ; its awfulness to the unprepared, 306 ; to be neither feared nor sought, 318 ; the fear of, intended for a safeguard to life, 332 . Deceit, folly of, 150 . "Declared," hath, implies Christ's clearness in teaching, 53 . Dedication, great national Feast of the, 222 . Despair, condemned, 295 . Despondency, useful if leading to repentance, 286 ; increased by dwelling on the cause, 291 ; compared to childbirth, ib. Devil, the, tempts to curiosity in Divine mysteries, 28 ; fell by pride, 57 ; his versatility in attack, 79 ; afraid of the Bible, 114 ; does not make war on his own kind as malicious men, 130 ; flies from the mysteries, 167 ; called a wolf, a lion, a serpent, a dragon, 215 ; the works of Christ attributed to, because more than human, 219 ; ruler of the wicked only in the world, 277 . Devils, the authors of suicide, 332 . Disciples of John, some jealous of Christ, 64 ; two zealous in seeking him, 65 ; why questioned by our Lord, ib. ; their question with a certain Jew, 100 (note) ; their jealousy of Christ's disciples, 101 ; vainglory of, 102 ; slow to believe in Jesus Christ, 104 . Disciples of Christ, began to believe at Cana, 80 ; slow to believe the doctrines of the Resurrection and Incarnation, 82 ; because not at first informed by the Spirit, ib. ; the more perfect, attracted by Christ's teaching, the grosser sort by His miracles, 83 ; object of their baptism the same as of John's, 100 ; moderation of, 109 ; their reverence for Christ, 117 ; their manner of discoursing with Christ, 151 ; their faith in sitting down without question at the miracle of the loaves, 152 ; their love for Christ, 155 ; witnessed more miracles than the people, ib. ; in what sense some "went back," 170 ; faith of, still imperfect, 228 ; their fear of the Jews, ib. ; understood nothing perfectly of the Resurrection, 245 ; still ignorant of Christ's Equality, 248 ; "clean," because free from Jewish error, 259 ; their confession of Christ, 260 ; taught not to contend for greatness, by the washing, ib. ; gradually prepared for the Resurrection, 276 , 277 ; understood not high doctrines until inspired, 276 ; their imperfect faith in Christ and the Resurrection, ib. ; their courage after Pentecost, 279 ; how taught to rejoice in persecution, 283 ; credible, because eye-witnesses, 284 ; slow, because unwilling, to believe in His death, 291 ; still imperfect, though professing knowledge, 292 ; not taught perfectly, but assured of peace, 293 ; in what sense not of the world, 303 ; sanctified by the Word, and by the Sacrifice, ib. ; their unity, through faith, 304 ; to be known in the world by their mutual love, ib. ; their glory given by Christ, ib. ; why took no part in the burial, 320 ; their hasty return home, 323 ; their mission, 325 ; received somewhat of grace by His breathing on them, ib. ; their candor in telling all their faults, 327 ; returned to their trade after Christ's Resurrection, 328 ; knew Him not at first on the lake, 329 ; awe-struck by Christ's risen form, ib. Disease, produced by sin, 131 . Discontent, comes of ambition, 231 . Dives, judged, because not self-judging, 121 ; tormented because he did no actual good, 147 ; his impunity in life increased his punishment, 157 . Divination, forbidden to the Jews, 48 . Docetæ, 39 (note) . Doctrine of Christ and of the Father one, 177 ; of men, aims at reputation, ib. Doctrines, growth of, harder than of natural seed, 62 ; general neglect of, condemned, 114 ; the higher cannot be received without faith, 115 ; the true, sanctify the soul, 303 . Domestics, patience with, taught by Christ's with Judas, 261 . Door of the fold, the Scriptures, 213 . Earthly things, their fleeting nature typified in the water at Cana, 78 ; how said of Holy Baptism, 93 , 103 . Elijah, how glorified, 40 . Elisha, how glorified, 40 . Empedocles believed the Metempsychosis, 5 (note) . End of the world expected by St. Chrys., 121 ; implied a brief period, ib. Envy, evils of, seen in the Jews, 54 , 55 , 122 ; of the Jews towards Christ, contrasted with the goodwill of the Samaritans, 122 ; inexcusable because not from natural passion, 130 ; its evils extend to all times, ib. ; examples of, ib. ; a war against Christ, ib. ; hard to heal, ib. ; of Satan ruined the world: of the Jews made them murderers of Christ, 173 ; of the brethren, 174 ; examples of its sinfulness, 199 , 200 . Equality of the Son with the Father, 13 , 14 , 22 ; declared to the Jews, to show Him Lord of the sabbath, 132 ; proved by His breaking the sabbath, 133 ; by His doing nothing of Himself, 135 ; of Christ with the Father, 199 . Esau ruined by envy, 130 . Essence, of the Father and the Son, one, 18 , 28 , 254 , 272 ; of the Son, simple, 24 ; the Divine, in Christ, unchanged by the Incarnation, 38 ; and different from His flesh, 39 . Eternity, a subject difficult to contemplate, 7 ; of The Word, maintained, 11 , 17 , 27 ; Christ's proved by the phrase, "was in the beginning," 11 , 12 , 18 ; by His being called "Maker of the ages," 11 ; by His being Maker of "all things," 17 ; by His being "in the Bosom of the Father," 53 ; that of the Father involved in Christ's, 17 ; of Christ's manhood asserted, 53 ; shown in the Jewish types, 169 . Evangelists begin from different points, yet agree, 16 ; dwell on different periods, 58 ; truth of, shown by their reporting matters of reproach, and by their omitting miracles, 61 ; conciseness of, 67 , 70 ; omit many particulars, but not general results, 123 ; were careful to correct any misapprehensions about Christ, 134 ; their candor in relating things apparently discreditable, 173 ; prove the reality of Christ's death in different ways, 233 ; candid in confessing the disciples' ignorance, 245 ; their veracity argued from their many omissions, 328 . Everlasting life, promised to obedience, 197 . Excuses of the negligent, 38 . Exhortation, duty of mutual, 172 . Eye, the noblest member, 201 . Faith without works insufficient, 19 , 27 , 37 , 106 ; the only way to apprehend things spiritual, 87 , 93 ; required in studying things natural, 88 ; without works a denial of Christ, 97 ; in heathens come from purity of intention, 98 ; in Christ is faith in God, 104 ; need of, 115 ; without a sign, exemplified in the Samaritans, 123 ; of the nobleman of Cana, imperfect, because after the miracle, 124 ; of the centurion ( Matt. viii. 5 ) more perfect, because before it, ib. ; tried by affliction, 125 ; before sight, not required of strangers who had not seen Christ, 129 ; of the paralytic at Bethesda, 132 ; requires some greatness of soul, 162 ; must be founded on Holy Scripture, 184 ; the condition of receiving the Promises, ib. ; God's work, 202 ; the blind man had it, ib. ; Naaman had it not, ib. ; produced in some Jews, by Christ's condescension, but imperfectly, 192 ; of the blind man in going to Siloam, 204 ; most needed in things invisible, 205 ; the truest way to glorify God, 208 ; steps by which it was called forth in the blind man, 212 ; of the lepers, ib. ; with righteousness, its power, 234 ; triumphed in the Apostles, ib. ; nothing without holiness, ib. ; its object, the unseen, 327 . False Christs called strangers, 214 ; wherein differing from the True, ib. ; their evil designs, ib. Fasting, a way to pardon, 29 , 142 . Fatalism inconsistent with a belief in the Resurrection, 163 . Father, His Eternity involved in the Son's, 17 ; unbegotten, 28 ; the manner, of His "working," 133 ; His witness to Christ, 146 , 162 ; His Will one with the Son's, 165 ; "draweth" us, but not without our consent, 164 ; can not be seen by any, known only through the Son, 271 ; Consubstantiality of, with the Son, 272 ; His Greatness as the cause, hinders not the Son's Consubstantiality, 277 ; His union with the Son, as the Root of the Branches, 279 ; hated in the Son, 283 . Fear of God, the, secures the soul, 193 . Feast, the first and last its great days, 183 . Feasts, rulers of, selected for sobriety, 78 . Female sex, their superior feeling, 323 . Figures used in the Gospels to give spirit and sweetness to the doctrine, 119 ; the latest, were the most clear, 126 . Finery has no power to please long, 226 . Fire, a likeness of Christ's fullness, 47 ; the double, of sin and of hell, 66 . Firmness marks Christ as the good Shepherd, 217 . Flesh of Christ, the, was of the substance of the Virgin, 91 ; no excuse for a carnal mind, because overcome by the Spirit, 277 ; examples of its subjection, 278 . Following of Christ, lies in imitating His actions, 142 . Foreknowledge of Christ, 170 , 174 . Forgiveness, how won, 29 ; must be shown to others, that we may receive it ourselves, 142 ; of injuries: Moses, Noah, Joseph, examples of, 262 ; its obligations on Christians, ib. Fornication, worse than idolatry, its punishment, 234 ; persons guilty of, warned from the Church, 235 . Freedom, from sin, the only real liberty, 194 ; consists in having no wants: of Adam such, 298 . Free-will asserted, 24 , 29 , 35 , 36 , 42 ; argued from the offer of Heaven and the threat of Hell, 134 ; shown in our learning and believing voluntarily, 162 ; consistent with God's "drawing," 164 . Frugality, the mother of health, 79 . Fullness of Christ's Grace, 2 . Funerals, great folly of expense at, 321 ; vainglorious, ib. ; moderation in, a proof of faith in the Resurrection, 322 . Futurity, knowledge of, universally coveted, 288 ; foresight of, belongs to God only, 289 . Games, attention paid to, 1 , 38 . Galileans, general dullness of, 70 ; received Christ, but after sight of miracles, 123 . Garden, the, why Christ led the disciples there, 279 . Generation, Christ's Eternal, to be received humbly, not enquired into, 86 ; the second, of men in Baptism, how superior to the natural, 88 ; not understood of Angels, to be taken on trust by men, ib. Gentiles, fallen state of, 32 ; readily accepted the Gospel, 33 ; first visited by Christ in passing through Samaria, 107 ; why called A Dispersion, 182 ; their morality a reproof to Christians, 186 ; called Children by anticipation, 241 ; in what sense "not of this fold," 217 ; their future union, ib. ; shown in the ass's colt, 245 ; call of, began from the Cross, 246 , 250 ; signified by "all flesh," 296 ; knew a Creator, not His Son, 299 . Giving, grace inferior to "coming," said of the Father and the Son, implies the generation, 304 , 311 . Glory, of the Son, surpassing, 40 ; of Christ, how revealed, 41 ; of the Passion, 42 ; of heaven, 43 ; how given to God, 46 ; of Christ, how manifested at Cana, 80 ; to be gained by renouncing vainglory, 99 ; of this world and the next compared, 102 ; won by humility and charity, 117 , 118 ; of this world, a slavery, 154 ; not mentioned in the Lord's Prayer, 157 ; to be won by suffering, 298 ; folly of losing it, for vanities, ib. Glory of God, whether the object, or the consequence of the cure of the blind men, 201 ; either view justified, ib. Gluttony, power of, exemplified in those who would have made Christ a King, 153 . Gnostics, opinions of, 30 (note) . GOD, His nature admits not number, 7 ; nor time, 17 ; impossible to be described, 28 ; to be named only from His operations, 7 ; before all, 8 ; incapable of suffering, 12 ; infinite, 17 ; attributes of, ascribed to the Son, 18 ; indefectible, 23 ; omnipresent, 25 ; unsearchable, 27 ; not known to all, 30 ; to the Son only, 52 ; without wants, 35 ; unchangeable, 39 ; without equal, ib. ; seen by the Prophets only by His condescending to certain forms, 51 ; seen in His Essence only by the Son, 52 ; seen only in thought, ib. ; makes things necessary easy, 87 ; the operations of, in regeneration to be taken on trust, 88 ; great strength of His love expressed in "So loved," 95 ; His mercy in appointing a day of trial, 96 ; to dispense with the law of the sabbath is for Him only, 133 ; "works," by preserving all things, ib. ; said to "send" the Son because the Great Cause, 135 ; Christ's doctrine of His Spiritual nature, 146 ; in what sense "seen" by Isaiah and others, ib. ; witnessed to Christ at Jordan, at the Transfiguration, in the Scriptures, 146 ; the fear of, the true wisdom, 150 ; in what sense said to "prove" men's faith, and to "search the heart," 152 ; allows the wicked only for a time, 157 ; His Providence not fully shown before the Judgment, 162 ; "draweth" by helping man's weakness, 164 ; is most glorified by our faith, 208 ; spoke of Himself condescendingly in the Old Testament, 237 ; His "hearing" Christ signified identity of will, 239 ; glorified by the Cross of Christ, 249 ; by the judgment of Satan, 250 ; in our obedience, ib. ; known only through Christ, 271 ; in what sense "seen" by men, 272 ; His Essence invisible, ib. ; receives less love and homage than some harlots, 295 ; glorified by man's service, and by Christ's Incarnation, 297 ; known only through the Son, 305 ; to be loved by works, ib. Godhead of Christ, indirectly declared, 201 . Golden, necklaces worn by servants, 95 . Gold mines, 125 , 143 . Golgotha, said to be Adam's place of burial, 317 . Gospel, its persuasiveness a proof of its truth, 5 ; wide spread of, 6 ; read on Lord's Day and sabbath, 38 ; superior to the Law, 48 ; its offers universal, 24 , 29 , 36 ; rejected from the love of sin, 98 ; a charm against Satan, 114 ; why especially to be studied, 192 . Grace, of Baptism, 36 ; must be guarded, ib. ; fullness of, in Christ, 47 ; shown in the Creation, in the natural law, 49 ; in the Law of Moses, ib. ; "given," inferior to "coming," 50 ; of God abounded beyond man's transgression, 90 ; not exhausted by use like the water of Bethesda, 126 ; in Christ was without, in the Apostle with, measure, 153 ; prevents and co-operates with men's will, 164 . Greek Philosophers, mistakes of, concerning the soul and heaven, 234 . Greeks, why at the Passover, 246 ; their devotion to their gods, and contempt of riches, a reproach to evil Christians, 316 . Habit, power of, 25 . Hand, the emblem of authority, 224 . Hardening of our hearts is of our own fault, 253 . Harlots, their imperious treatment of their lovers, 294 , 295 ; their rapacity in spoiling their lovers, 330 . Harvest of souls, 119 ; prepared by the Prophets, reaped by the Apostles, 120 . Health, the daughter of Abstinence, 78 . Hearers, what their disposition should be, 2 , 8 ; why to be earnest, 2 ; why tranquil, 2 ; should prepare themselves, 3 , 38 ; how they become confused, 8 ; the careless, condemned, ib. ; worse than beasts, 9 ; should keep what they hear, 32 ; should not resent reproof, 40 ; state of, to be considered in teaching and reading Scripture, 105 ; should imitate the woman of Samaria, 110 . Hearing and seeing, said of God, and Christ, imply their exact knowledge, 92 , 103 , 136 , 141 ; the word, requires stillness, 168 ; a spiritual mind, 169 ; earnest zeal, 183 ; carefulness, 187 ; tends to reverence, 192 . Heathens, conversion of, hindered by our indifference, 61 ; zeal of, our reproach, 62 ; some rejected Christianity from love of vice, 97 ; some virtuous but very rarely, 98 ; did not go to the light when it came to them, ib. ; none believed but those who before wished to live well, ib. ; doctrines of, weak and inconsistent, 247 ; conversion of, hindered by the coldness and sins of Christians, 266 . Heaven, the thoughts of, should set us above the world, 293 ; and little affronts, 294 ; our real home, 293 . Hell, fire of, prepared for the devil, 66 ; existence of, denied by some, 96 ; proved credible by 1 Cor. v. , 131 ; threat of, proves human freedom, 134 . Heralds of Christ's birth, 41 . Heretics err, by not considering the objects of the speakers in Holy Scripture, 144 ; must be refuted from Holy Scripture, 149 ; an objection of, to Christ's answer to the Jews, 198 ; barred from the fold by Scripture, 213 ; their misinterpretation of the parable of the sheepfold, 214 ; denied the Resurrection on Heathen principles of the eternity of matter, 247 ; to be resisted by knowledge of the Scriptures, ib. Herod the Tetrarch, his troops destroyed by Aretas, 44 (note) . High Priest, the, inspired for his office's sake, 241 ; chosen annually through corruption, ib. High Priesthood, the, trafficked and made annual under Christ, 241 . Hireling, the, marks of, 215 ; signifies the Jewish teachers, 216 . Holiness of Christians and Jews contrasted, 48 ; a relative term, 49 ; absolutely necessary to salvation, 106 . Holy Ghost, the, speaks through the Scriptures, 2 , 16 , 22 ; not meant by the words "in Him was life," 21 ; uncreated, 22 ; given in Baptism, 36 ; His descent upon Christ was to declare Him, 59 ; not given in John's Baptism, 60 ; office of, not to teach, but to recall Christ's teaching, 83 ; superior to soul, in giving life, 88 ; performs the work of God, 91 ; power of, shown by the comparison of wind, ib. ; His Infinity declared by John Baptist, 105 ; the names of "Fire," and "Water," used to express His operations, not His Essence, because possessing the qualities of both, 111 ; His grace may be increased, may be quenched by covetousness and cruelty, 183 ; largeness of, intended by the "Living Water," 184 ; spake by the Prophets, ib. ; and triumphed in the Apostles, but not before the Crucifixion, ib. ; deserted the Jews after the Passion, 241 ; His power in the Apostles, 277 , 278 ; enables us to overcome the flesh, and makes men equal to Angels, 278 ; is "of Truth," because of the Father, 284 ; speaks only the words of Christ, 288 ; the guide to truth, ib. ; could not come before the sacrifice of the Cross, ib. ; His office in Holy Baptism, 289 ; His dignity in prophecy, not contrary to Christ's, ib. ; awfulness of His gift in Ordination, 325 . Honesty, 122 . Honor to be sought of God, not men, 15 ; like wealth, most had when despised, ib. ; of men, shared with harlots and dancers, 136 ; the greatest, gained by almsgiving, 143 ; not taken by Christ for Himself, 198 . House-building extravagant, 203 ; moral deduced from, ib. "How?" the question of the weak in faith, as Sarah, 85 ; the cause of unbelief, 166 . Human nature suffered in Christ, not the Divine, 12 ; of Christ taught before the Godhead, 13 ; taken into God, 38 ; the Tabernacle of David, 39 ; repaired by Christ, 41 ; requires the aid of society, 67 . Human way of speaking adopted by Christ, 218 ; why, ib. Humility, the gain of, 106 ; the cause of Christ's preference for John, 117 ; example of in Moses, ib. ; the crown of good works, 118 ; the truest greatness, 261 ; taught by Christ's behavior before Pilate, 311 . "I am," force of the expression, 199 . Idleness really condemned by Christ, 158 ; the meat which perisheth, ib. Ignorance, in St. John, a proof of inspiration, 4, & (note) , 5 ; will be no excuse, 142 ; weakens the soul, 279 ; of some things, desirable, 281 . Impatience rebuked by the paralytic at Bethesda, 126 . Impossibility, arising from the Essence of God, a proof of power, 135 . Incarnation, a veil of the Godhead, 26 , 40 ; believed by Patriarchs, 30 ; lateness of, no objection, ib. ; a "coming" of Christ, 36 ; the cause of our Regeneration, 38 ; changed not the Son's Essence, 39 ; a taking of the manhood into God, ib. ; Christ's care to prove it, 107 ; because a chief point in the work of Redemption, ib. ; proved by Christ's weeping, 233 ; by the different accounts of the Passion, ib. Ingratitude of man towards Christ, self-condemned, 95 . Injury, if unavenged, recoils on the doer, 261 ; forgiveness of, shown in the Old Testament, 262 . Injustice conspicuous in small acts of parsimony, 221 . Insults, how answered by Christ, 197 , 198 . Intention without acts may be sinful, 306 . Isaac, miraculous birth of, was to prepare for Christ's, 92 ; type of Christ, 198 ; bearing the wood, a type of Christ on the Cross, 317 . Isaiah's vision, a proof of the Trinity, 253 . Jacob predicted a Messiah, 116 . Jacob's ladder, a type of gradual advance to Heaven, 312 . Jesus, how made both Lord and Christ, 12 [see Christ ]. Jews, the, blindness of, 32 ; cast off through pride, 33 ; their discontent unreasonable, ib. ; abused their privileges, 34 ; needed a man for a teacher, 45 ; nominally sons of God, really servants, 48 ; were under Grace, but less than we, 49 ; their envy of the Baptist, 54 ; why preferred him to Christ, 55 ; why questioned Him, ib. ; from their faith in John, ought to have believed in Christ, 56 ; in what sense knew not Christ, 57 ; why believed not after the descent of the Spirit on Jesus, 60 ; malice of, contrasted with the candor of Nathanael, 71 ; were not profited by relationship to Christ, 75 ; provoked to hear of Christ's Equality with God, 81 ; their wickedness in requiring a sign in the temple, ib. ; sinned by vainglory, 98 ; weaned from idolatry by gradual teaching, 106 ; had been rejected, long before Christ, 108 ; their inattention contrasted with the care of the woman of Samaria, 110 , 114 ; did not attend to the Word, and hindered others, 110 ; preferred to the Samaritans because purer in faith, 115 ; and their spiritual fathers, 116 ; but inferior to Christians, ib. ; did not enquire to learn, but to mock, 117 ; their envy of the paralytic's cure, 130 ; their faith hindered by vainglory, 136 , 148 ; really believed in John the Baptist, 144 ; but only for a season, 145 ; rejected God's witness to Christ, in rejecting that of the Scriptures, 146 ; convicted of not loving God, 148 ; and of excessive pride, ib. ; rejected Christ for Antichrist, ib. ; how to be accused by Moses, 149 ; their gluttony made them affected by the miracle of the loaves, 153 , 157 , 159 ; their ingratitude and hypocrisy in mentioning the Manna, 160 ; incredulous because disappointed of their lust, 161 ; fled from Christ's spiritual doctrine, 164 ; led astray by unlawful curiosity, 166 ; their rage against Christ was from fear, 176 ; their wickedness in wondering at, not obeying, His word, 177 ; subverted the Law by their conduct, 178 ; confuted out of the Law itself, ib. ; those who saw most of Christ's miracles hated Him most, 180 ; their inconsistency, ib. ; in what sense knew and knew not Christ, 180 , 181 ; not really ignorant, 71 , 110 , 181 ; how sought Christ "in a little while," 181 ; their contempt of Gentiles, 182 ; their malice in pretending ignorance, 185 , 188 ; imperfect faith of some of them, 192 ; carried texts of Scripture on their dress, 193 ; erred, because they had not the fear of God, ib. ; their insensibility to the bondage of sin, ib. ; were in bondage repeatedly, 194 ; differed from us, as servants from sons, ib. ; hindered from believing, by reliance on their descent, 195 ; proved children of the devil, from envy and murder, ib. ; contracted unlawful marriages, 196 ; alien from God and from Abraham, ib. ; their blasphemy, that Christ had a devil, 197 , 198 ; trust in Abraham only, 198 ; knew not the Father, ib. ; malice of, towards the blind man at Siloam, 205 , 207 ; labor to depreciate the miracle, ib. ; subtlety and hypocrisy of their questions, 208 ; neither Moses' nor Christ's disciples, 209 ; asked questions of Christ, not to learn, but to silence Him, 222 ; their wickedness in rejecting the greater witness of His works, and demanding words, 223 ; provoked by Christ's claiming coequality with God, 224 ; thought to save, but ruined themselves, by slaying Christ, 239 ; did not escape the Romans, 241 ; deserted by the Spirit after the Crucifixion, ib. ; their wickedness in plotting at a Passover, 242 ; ruined by covetousness, 243 ; the people believed, the rulers rejected Christ, 244 ; design to kill Lazarus, 245 ; really understood Christ's meaning, 251 ; but misconstrued it deliberately, ib. ; still in darkness, ib. ; their unbelief foretold, 252 ; opposed both God and Moses, in Christ, 283 ; their unbelief, worldly pride, ib. ; absurdity of their scruple to enter Pilate's palace, 310 ; in what sense could not put any to death, ib. ; their madness in preferring Barabbas, 313 ; made to confess their own downfall, 315 ; why wished to slay Jesus by crucifying, ib. ; spoiled by success from the beginning, 316 ; fulfilled the prophecy unconsciously, 317 ; madness of, proclaimed by the Title on the Cross, ib. ; their obduracy to the last, 319 . John Baptist, St., spoke as sent from God, 25 ; why sent to witness to Christ, 26 ; inferior to Christ, ib. ; confessed his inferiority, 45 ; reverenced by the Jews, 44 ; praised by Josephus, ib. ;, taught from heaven, 45 ; prepared the Jews for Christ by degrees, ib. ; how "after" Christ, ib. ; in externals superior to Christ, 55 ; preferred to Christ by the Jews, ib. ; why questioned by the Jews, ib. ; in his confessing Christ, replied to their secret thoughts, 56 ; and detected their treachery, ib. ; his dignity compared to ours, 57 ; boldness of, 58 ; object of his mission inferior to Christ's, 59 ; gave not the Spirit in his baptism, 60 ; did not know Christ at first, but before His baptism, ib. ; why used repetitions, 63 ; how brought the Bride to Christ, ib. ; called the friend of the Bridegroom because present with Christ, 64 ; why able to preach at all hours, ib. ; some disciples of, jealous of Christ, ib. ; why continued to baptize all his life, 100 ; His death facilitated Christ's ministry, ib. ; witnessed to Christ's superiority, 101 , 102 ; called himself Christ's "friend" to disclaim jealousy, 101 ; his work finished as Christ's began, 102 ; his reserve in speaking of Christ, 105 ; his testimony was that of God, 144 ; called a torch because his light was not his own, 145 ; proved trustworthy by the acts of Christ, 225 . John Evangelist, St., his intimacy with Christ, 1 ; manner of his appearing, ib. ; truthfulness, 1 , 36 ; birth and occupation, 4 ; unlearned, 5 ; instance of his plain speaking, 7 ; the beloved disciple, 117 ; does not himself relate the cause of Christ's preference, ib. ; favored by St. Peter, ib. ; his humility, ib. ; his care to correct mistakes, 152 ; exactness of, 156 ; why omits many events between the Feasts, 173 ; Christ's love for him, enabled him to ask, 263 ; why indulged in great familiarity by Christ, 264 ; associated often with Peter, ib. ; his forbearance and exactness in relating the betrayal, 308 ; in relating his own conduct and Peter's at the Palace, ib. ; his modesty in speaking of his standing by the Cross, 318 ; honored by having the charge of Christ's mother, ib. ; an eye-witness of the piercing of the side, 319 ; why took no part in the burial, 320 ; does full credit to Mary's zeal and to Peter's, 320 , 321 ; the first to recognize Christ on the lake, as St. Peter to hasten to Him, 329 ; his modesty in correcting the mistake of the disciples concerning himself, 332 ; his reason for writing his Gospel, 333 ; his veracity argued by his choice of subjects, his confidence in himself, his friendship with Christ and His mother, ib. John's Gospel, St., its marvelous teaching, 5 ; consistency of, ib. ; translations of, 6 ; perspicuity of, ib. ; teaching of, why outlived other philosophy, ib. ; style of, ib. ; dwells most on doctrines, 9 ; why begins with Christ's eternal subsistence, 16 ; unlike Genesis, ascends at once to the Creator, 21 ; heretical reading in [ ch. i. 3 ], ib. ; leads us upwards gradually, 49 ; speaks most of the time before John's imprisonments, 59 ; most concerned with Christ's discourses, 151 . Jonas, sign of, why often given, 82 . Joseph, an example of forgiveness, 262 . Joseph of Arimathæa, one of the Seventy Disciples, 320 ; buried Christ with cost and zeal, but as a mere man, ib. Josephus, relates St. John Baptist's death, 4 (note) . Judas, why reproved secretly by Christ, 171 ; shared in the Apostles' gifts and miracles, 172 ; but fell by covetousness, ib. ; his pretended zeal for the poor, 242 ; his obduracy to Christ's love, 243 ; cast off to Satan by giving of the sop: his hardness, 264 ; received a secret rebuke, 265 ; his wickedness after sharing the salt, and the washing, 257 ; was probably washed first of the disciples, 258 ; his insensibility, 258 , 260 , 262 ; his ingratitude, 261 . Judgment, will be according to men's deserts, 96 ; delayed to give time for repentance, 97 ; will reveal men's sins to one another, 121 ; remembrance of, a help to virtue, 137 ; most attracts the obstinate hearer, 139 ; the doctrine of, carefully propounded by Christ and St. John, 140 ; its inexorable strictness, 154 ; thought of, a check to sin, 162 , 163 ; of the flood, and of Sodom, 163 ; by appearance sinful, 179 ; after the flesh, is judging unjustly, 188 ; of Christ, and of the Father, is One, 189 ; in what sense the object of Christ's coming, 212 ; of others, to be made with mercy, 220 ; of ourselves, a cure for inhumanity, 221 ; only denied by these who fear it, 247 ; of men worthless, 281 ; the future, proved, by Christ's victory over Satan, 287 . Jurymen of Antioch, often no better than the criminals, 306 . Justice must be impartial to rich and poor, 179 . King, splendors of a, described, 41 . Kingdom of Christ, to be attained only by zeal, 196 ; its spiritual nature, 311 . Knowledge, will not save without holiness, 106 ; real and nominal, 180 , 181 ; exact, represented by sight, because the most perfect sense, 274 . Knowledge of one another, of the Shepherd and His sheep, 217 ; of the Father and the Son, 134 . Labor, imposed after the fall for discipline, 126 , 127 ; makes virtue meritorious, 128 . Lamb of God, why said of Christ, 59 ; name of, implied the doctrine of communion with Christ, 165 (note) . Law, the, of nature, was of God's grace, 49 ; not greater than the sabbath or Circumcision, 179 . Law of Moses, the, a gift of Grace, 49 ; Christ's respect for, shown in cleaning the Temple, 81 ; the root and groundwork of the Gospel, 116 ; imposed for restraint of unruly passions, 127 . Law suits, full of frauds, 306 . Laying down of life, belongs only to Christ, 218 . Lazarus, not injured by his poverty, 96 ; reward of, 121 ; suffered no actual wrong from Dives, 147 . Lazarus, of Bethany, history of, teaches resignation to sickness and death, 227 ; His death proved by the Jews coming, 229 ; by the stone, 233 ; by the grave clothes, and the stench, ib. ; by the Jews loosing him, 239 ; his resurrection proved by his eating with Christ, 242 ; case of, attracted the people, 245 . Leah, praised for her choice of her children's names, 68 . "Life," why said of the Son, 7 ; implies His Eternity, 18 ; meaning of, 19 ; not applied to the Holy Spirit, 21 ; nor to created things, 22 ; implies providence and a resurrection, 23 . Life, the present, a seed time, 90 ; a time of preparation for a better state, 111 ; eternal, in Christ, underived and original, 168 ; imparted to men, by partaking of His Flesh, ib. ; mercifully shortened, 211 ; will not bear comparison with the future, 248 ; how far to be hated in this world, 248 ; desire of, natural, 249 . "Light," why said of the Son, 7 , 24 ; a name not peculiar to the Holy Spirit, 21 ; not sensuous, 24 ; came unsought by men, 98 ; this life described as, 202 ; the future life, why so called, ib. Likeness, of the Son to the Father, 14 , 26 , 28 ; of God impressed on the Baptized, 36 . Lord's day, Gospels read on, 38 . Lord's Prayer, the, its character wholly spiritual, 157 . Love, of our neighbor, the way to life, 15 ; of God, to be shown by acts, not words, 35 , 72 ; of Christ, towards man marvelous, 97 ; of the Father for Christ, 217 ; more powerful than miracles, 266 ; want of, a stumbling-block to the heathen, 267 ; in St. Peter, 257 , 332 ; to be shown by keeping the commandments, 275 ; by acts, not words, 280 ; of God and man inseparable, 282 ; multiplies strength, and makes men ubiquitous, 289 ; the best protection to rich and poor, 290 ; the motive of the Solitaries, ib. ; independent of place, ib. ; of enemies, taught by the Passion, 315 ; gives much boldness towards God, 331 . Luxury, the mother of diseases of the body, 78 ; and of the soul, 79 ; wretchedness of, 127 ; folly of, 159 ; cured by meditation on Christ's birth, education, and life, 192 ; vanity and sinfulness of, 197 ; hinders almsgiving, 285 . Malice, the most inexcusable vice, because not from nature, 130 ; wounds itself and excludes from life, 142 ; evils of, 240 ; its private and public evils in the world, and in the Church, ib. Mammon, cannot be served with God, 31 ; a hard master, ib. ; its commands contrary to Christ's, 147 ; service of, 215 . Man, created to serve God, 215 . Manes, 30 (note) . Manna, tauntingly mentioned by the Jews, 160 ; why mysteriously, by Christ, 161 . Marcion, 30 (note) ; his heresy on the Resurrection, 247 ; heresy of, refuted by Christ's care for His Mother, 318 ; his error, guarded against by Christ, 320 . Martha, rebuked not for inhospitality but inattention, 158 ; unequal to her sister in faith and wisdom, 229 ; led on by Christ to belief in the resurrection, ib. ; had no vanity in her grief, 232 ; had forgotten Christ's lessons, 233 . Mary, St., the Virgin, her opinion of Christ, 74 ; her forwardness at Cana owing to maternal vanity, ib. ; was saved by her own goodness, not her relation to Christ, 75 . Mary Magdalene, her zeal to see Christ's Body in the tomb, 320 , 323 , 324 ; had no idea of the resurrection, 323 ; reward of her perseverance, in seeing Christ risen, 324 . Mary, of Bethany, not the "Harlot" mentioned by St. Matthew, 227 ; her gravity and earnestness, ib. ; her faith greater than Martha's, 229 ; her wisdom and affectionateness, 230 ; her great ardor, 232 ; her improvement in faith, 242 . Material things only comprehended by the Jews, 213 . Matthew, St., says most of John's imprisonment, 59 . Matrimony, advantage of, 67 . Meat, that perisheth, idleness, 158 ; that never perisheth, almsgiving, ib. Meekness, duty of, 92 ; taught by, Christ's answer to the Jews, 219 ; acquired by penitence, ib. ; the first of virtues, 222 ; of Christ not confined to words, ib. ; of Christ before Pilate, our pattern, 311 . Merchants, activity of, 3 . Mercy, the oil of the Christian's lamp, 46 ; attracts men to Christ more than power, 63 ; a call to repentance, 132 ; may be shown in words, 178 , 180 . Miracles, revealed Christ's glory, 41 ; of Christ's childhood proved false from John's ignorance, 60 ; and from the number and rapid fame of the true, 73 ; a more important testimony to Christ than John's word, 64 ; of turning water into wine, how evidenced, 78 ; Christ's care to provide sufficient testimony to, 78 , 124-128 ; of Christ, improved on nature, 78 ; shown to the honest, withheld from the ill-disposed, 80 ; most attracted the grosser sort, 83 ; not to be demanded from God by the faithful, 84 ; their first object, to save souls, 124 ; addressed to unbelievers and the grosser sort, 124 , 151 ; clearness of their testimony, 146 ; not all of them related in the Gospels, 151 ; of the loaves, performed by the Prophets, 152 ; some, witnessed by the disciples only, 155 ; of stilling the storm occurred more than once, ib. ; of the loaves, was a warning to Capernaum, 156 ; of the manna, only a type, 160 ; their power with the people, 181 ; sight of, hardened the Pharisees, 186 ; when and why performed by material means, 202 ; their effect on the people, 205 ; the best and sufficient witness to Christ, 223 ; inferior to love, 266 . Mission, of the Apostles, 42 . Moses, his veil, 40 ; his love for Israel, 44 ; compared to Christ, 49 ; gave only types, 50 ; how far saw God, 51 ; highly privileged in visions, 61 ; his prophecy of Christ, 116 ; will accuse the Jews for not believing in Christ who had fulfilled his prophecy, 149 ; his testimony to Christ was that of God, ib. ; questioned by God before a miracle, to arouse his attention to it, 151 ; at the Red Sea, compared with Christ on the lake, 156 . Moses and Prophets, witnesses to Christ, 214 ; the door-keeper of the fold, ib. Money, love of, produces uncharitableness, and many sins, 330 ; made for use, not hoarding, ib. Mourning, indecent manner of, at Antioch, 230 ; excess of, condemned, 231 ; moderate among the old Greeks, 230 ; wherein honorable, 231 ; should be for sinners, not for the dead, ib. ; for the general sin, becomes Christians, 240 ; for the covetous, better than for the dead, ib. ; excess of, ridiculed even by the world, 322 ; and a sign of unbelief, ib. Mules, white, used by kings, 41 . Multitudes most moved by miracles, 181 ; their faith imperfect, ib. Mystery, its use in exciting attention, 165 . Mysteries, the, awfulness of, 167 ; danger of approaching of, in sin, ib. Names of God, why, many, 7 ; of men, anciently taken from things, 68 ; why given and sometimes changed by Christ, ib. ; dignity and responsibility of the Christian, ib. Nathanael, his exactness and candor, 70 ; contrasted with the Jews, 71 ; showed his joy in Christ by confessing Him, ib. ; his confession, why inferior to Peter's, 72 ; less zealous and less timid than Nicodemus, 98 ; a lover of truth, and learned, 185 . Nazareth, why profited not by Christ's being born there, 75 . Necessary things made easy by God, 87 . Necessity, Christ not subject to, 76 . New Commandment, how a comfort to the disciples, 266 . Nicodemus, well disposed but fearful, 84 , 91 ; received graciously by Christ, 84 ; and led on to enquiry, 85 ; desirous of instruction, ib. ; perplexed by his attempts to reason, ib. ; could not perceive things spiritual, 86 ; more zealous and more fearful than Nathanael, 98 . Night, futurity described as, 202 ; this life, why so called, 203 . Nobleman, the, in John iv. different from the centurion in Matthew, 123 ; an example of faith, 124 ; but imperfect, ib. Number, not admissible in the Deity, 7 . Obedience, Christ's blessing on, 261 . Obscurity, used to rivet attention, 214 . Officers, the, of the Pharisees, an example of candor, and of its reward, 186 , 187 . Offenses, danger of causing, 206 . Oil, in the lamps, said of mercy, 46 (note) ; of almsgiving, 82 . Omnipotence, includes not the power of ceasing to be God, 39 . Oracles of the heathen, not really prophetic, 68 . Palestine, its scarcity of water, 77 . Parable of the sower, 9 , 43 ; laborers in the vineyard, 33 ; the wedding garment, 37 ; the sheepfold, 213-215 . Paralytic of Bethesda, an example of patience under sickness, 128 ; of meekness, ib. ; his cure different from that in St. Matthew [ ix. 2 ] in all its circumstances, ib. ; his ready faith and courage, 129 ; his disease was caused by sin, 131 ; suffered longer than he sinned, 131 ; Christ urged his sins to warn others, 132 ; his cure was of grace, not merit, ib. ; his grateful return and boldness, 132 ; cure of, 199 , 200 . Parents, obedience to, how limited, 74 ; virtue of, aggravates the children's guilt, 75 . Participation, Christ received not grace by, 47 . Paschal Lamb, a type of Christ crucified, 319 . Passion of Christ, the, foretold darkly, its benefits plainly, 95 ; voluntary, 199 ; a proof that His promise of life to man should be fulfilled, 217 ; in what sense the cause of the Father's love towards Him, ib. ; proves His Resurrection, how, 218 ; His peculiar power shown therein, ib. ; was voluntary, ib. ; not commanded, but consented to by the Father, ib. ; was to teach us to suffer patiently, 315 . Passions, the, restraint of, not their absence, constitutes virtue, 127 ; are some excuse for sin, 14 , 130 ; make us voluntary slaves, 215 ; only venial when natural, 278 . Passover, the, when eaten by Christ, 310 . Pastor, character of the true, 44 ; not to change places, ib. Patience, a duty of, 20 ; a victory, ib. Patriarchs knew Christ, 30 . Paul of Samosata, forgot Christ's Eternity, 16 ; madness of, 29 , 59 ; account of, 30 (note) ; his reading of John v. 27 , ib. Paul, St., an instance of God's longsuffering, 36 ; humility of, 35 ; spoke of the end by anticipation, 121 ; an example of diligence without carefulness, 158 ; overcame the world by his love of Christ, 330 . Peace, Christ's, saves from all trouble, 276 . Pearls, why the words of Scripture so called, 3 . Penitent thief, his sudden change, 3 , 42 . People, full of folly, 14 ; weaker in the mass, 15 ; most moved by fear of punishment, 106 ; fickleness of, after miracles, 156 . Perfection in virtue required, 146 . Persecution, strengthens faith, 279 ; foretold by Christ, 284 . Perseverance, makes us worthy to receive, 77 ; great example of, in the Paralytic of Bethesda, 126 ; enjoined by Christ, 282 ; its blessedness, 284 . Person, God and Man, one in Christ, 39 ; Christ's, described sometimes from His Humanity, sometimes from His Deity, 94 . Personality of the Son, 28 . Peter, St., first received the faith from Andrew, 65 ; praised for his readiness to hear the Word, 67 ; change of his name, 68 ; his confession more perfect than Nathanael's, 72 ; offended because ignorant of the Resurrection, 82 ; his regard for John, 117 ; in fear for himself, because called Satan, 171 ; shadow of, raised a dead man, 234 ; his reverence in refusing the washing, 258 ; his vehement love in seeking it, ib. ; his forbearance from asking at the Supper, 263 ; recovers his boldness, 267 ; taught self-distrust by his fall, 268 ; contrasted with Thomas, 269 ; his conduct before and after the gift of the Spirit, 308 ; his love of Christ seen in his approaching the palace, his fear in staying without it, ib. ; his stubbornness in the denial, 309 ; his lethargy during Christ's examination, 309 , 310 ; his denial related to teach self-distrust, 310 ; his zeal at the sepulcher outstripped St. John's, 321 ; his zeal at the lake, 329 ; as the leader of the disciples, receives the charge of the flock, 331 ; why thrice questioned, ib. ; his martyrdom foretold, 332 ; appointed "teacher of the world," ib. ; his loving question about John, evaded by Christ, ib. Pharaoh, an instance of reprobation, 199 . Pharisees, hardened by seeing Christ's miracles, 186 ; reproved by the conduct of their own officers, ib. ; by Nicodemus, 187 ; insolence of their appeal to the Scripture, ib. ; ignorant, because unwilling to learn, 189 ; superficial followers of Christ, 213 ; their foolish obstinacy, 239 ; their folly in seeking His death, who raised the dead, ib. ; their false pretenses, ib. [see Jews ]. Philip, St., his thoughtfulness and ready obedience to Christ's call, 69 ; his brotherly love, 70 ; why questioned by Christ about the loaves, 151 ; his trial compared to Abraham's, 152 ; his imperfect faith the reason of his question, 271 . Philosophers, follies of the ancient, 5 ; their uncertainty, ib. ; their doctrines exploded, 6 ; their vainglory, ib. ; more zealous against, than we for, Christ, 62 . Philosophy, of Christianity profitable, 232 ; of the heathen failed, because it trusted to reason only, 234 . Piety, an art, 211 . Pilate, not hasty or malicious in judgment, 310 ; less wicked than the Jews, 311 ; instructed by Christ, 311 , 313 ; desire to rescue Christ, 313 ; declares his innocence, 314 ; his fears of Christ, ib. ; made no exact enquiry as to the charge of treason to Cæsar, ib. ; his guilt in giving way against his conscience: his act was "allowed," not enforced, "from above," ib. ; his cowardice, 315 ; his guilt in not enquiring, 316 . Plato, his disciples' enquiries, 5 ; his visit to Sicily, 6 ; style, ib. ; inconsistency, ib. ; doctrine of the Deity, 7 . Pleasure, of sense vain and fleeting, of labor real and lasting, 127 ; danger of resting in, 156 . Pleasures of vice and virtue compared, 330 . Poor, wiser, healthier, happier, than the rich, 79 ; better off than the uncharitable, 96 ; generally elated by prosperity, 109 . Possessions, how to be turned to account, 215 . Poverty, only evil here, 159 ; its benefits shown by examples, 281 ; the best estate to prepare for Heaven, 298 . Power, words of, sometimes used for the will only, 252 . Praise, love of, kept certain rulers from the faith, 254 . Prayer, a way to pardon, 29 ; for the dead, 43 (note) ; needed, to understand the Scriptures, 72 ; impatience in, rebuked, 126 ; ours, as Christ's, should be for things spiritual, 157 ; not suited to God, 196 ; not consistent with Godhead, 239 ; for all mankind, 290 . Preachers, to be attended to more than performers, 1 , 3 ; must arouse the sluggish, 40 . Preaching, its labor lightened by the hearer's attention, 76 ; reward of, not lost by the hearer's fault, 105 ; without holiness an offense to unbelievers, 141 . Presumption, dangerous, 27 ; caused Adam's fall, 28 . Pride, ruined the Jews, 33 ; evils of, 34 , 54 ; remedies of, 34 ; separates the brethren, 54 ; why more inexcusable than other vices, 57 ; of Christian's shamed by Christ's washing the disciples' feet, 260 . Priesthood, its dignity and danger, 326 ; to be honored, because in Moses' seat, ib. ; their unworthiness, hinders not the effect of the Sacraments, ib. ; God dispenses grace by their hands, ib. Prisons, the sobering effect of visiting, 220 ; contrasted with theaters, ib. ; the inmates of, sometimes better than others, 221 ; all men were confined in, but delivered by Christ, ib. ; St. Paul preached in with effect, 222 . Prophecies, sometimes made unconsciously, 241 . Prophecy, why more persuasive than miracles, 68 ; impossible to devils, ib. ; addressed to particular persons by Christ, 113 ; of the future confirmed by the fulfillment of the past, 140 ; given by the mouths of evil men, 241 ; caused by, not the cause of the event, 252 , 301 ; fulfillment of, in the parting of the garments, 317 ; in the piercing of The Side, 319 . Prophets, the, quoted by the Evangelists, 44 ; speak of future events as past, 46 ; sowed for the Apostle's reaping, 120 ; Christ's agreement with, concerning the Judgment, 141 ; wrongly compared with Christ, 198 ; in what sense "saw" God, 271 . Providence, implied in Christ being the Life, 23 ; not perfectly developed before the Judgment, 162 . Psalms, titles of, to teach attention, 51 . Public amusements supersede religious duties, 210 . Punishment, a proof of God's love, 35 ; of those who received not Christ, 36 ; of the wicked for the sake of the good, 37 ; everlasting, 43 ; to be avoided by holiness only, ib. ; the fear of, the most powerful motive with most men, 106 ; endures longer than the sin, 131 ; redoubled after relapse, ib. ; if not sent now, will be the more heavy hereafter, ib. ; brings men to virtue, more than reward, 137 ; delayed, but certain, 157-162 ; not inherited, 200 ; objection removed, 201 . Pythagoras, his disciples' enquiries, 5 ; in Magna Græcia, 6 ; how conversed with brutes, ib. ; his doctrines unprofitable, ib. "Reaping," was kept for the Apostles', 120 ; easier than sowing, ib. Reason, unassisted, cannot reach Divine truth, 5 , 27 , 87 ; failed to discover the nature of the soul and heaven, 234 . Reasoning, human, inapplicable to God, 17 ; uncertain, ib. ; in Divine mysteries dangerous, 86 , 87 ; unable to penetrate things natural, 88 . Regeneration in Baptism, 37 ; a real sonship, 48 ; superior to natural birth, 88 ; to be taken on trust as a mystery, not understood of angels, ib. ; inferior to Christ's eternal birth, 91 ; types of, in the Old Testament, 92 ; doctrine of, received by faith, 93 ; the work of the Spirit, 126 ; shown in the Water from The Side, 319 . Relationship, to Christ, did not profit His enemies, 75 ; to good men, no protection to the wicked, ib. ; earthly, useless without the spiritual, 89 . Repentance, its efficacy to procure pardon, 50 ; to avert judgment, 121 ; is the not doing the same again, ib. ; great difficulty of, 260 ; a source of hope, 295 . Repetitions, vain, consist in praying for vain things, 157 . Reproach, to be borne patiently, after the example of Christ, 312 ; injures only the author, ib. Reserve, in teaching doctrine, 13 , 93 ; of John Baptist, 105 ; and Paul, ib. Resurrection, the, implied in Christ, "The Life," 22 ; of Christ glorious, 42 ; witnessed by few only, 61 ; the great Evidence, 82 ; why not plainly foretold, ib. ; doctrine of, most affects the obstinate, 139 ; a token of, in the cure of the Paralytic, 140 ; the general, is common to the godly and ungodly, 161 ; the special, for the good only, ib. ; belief of, destroys, Fatalism, 163 ; belief in, the Essence of Christianity, ib. ; confessed by devils, ib. ; necessary to God's justice, ib. ; the special, with, the general, without, reward, 168 ; of Christ, proved by his death, 218 ; the doctrine of, concerned in the raising of Lazarus, 232 ; truth of, proved by the Apostles' acts, 234 ; shown in the growth of seed, 246 ; moral argument for, ib. ; denied by heretics on heathen principles, 247 ; foretold in Jacob's prophecy, 251 ; compared to birth, 291 ; Christ's, alluded to in "a man born into the world," ib. ; the beginning of knowledge, 292 ; various proofs of, in the burial-place, embalming, position of the clothes, 320 , 321 ; why first made known to Mary Magdalene, 323 . Retirement, frequently recommended by the example of Christ, 151 ; its spiritual blessings, 225 . Return, what, to be made to Christ, 40 . Reverence, promoted by merely hearing the Word, 192 . Revenge, the best is to return good for evil, 261 ; of what sort to be employed by Christians, 185 . Reward of the true pastors, 43 . Riches, transitory nature of, here, 57 ; how to be made lasting, 58 ; the thorn of the humble, 86 ; vanity of, 118 ; only good here, 159 ; abuse of, a betraying of Christ, 172 ; dangerous to the soul, 244 ; love of, hinders faith, 254 ; their end is to be used, not hoarded, nor abused, 69 , 299 ; the earthly to be despised for the heavenly, 301 . Robber, the, compared with the Shepherd, 213 ; is he that useth not the Scriptures, ib. Romans, the, danger from, a mere pretense of the Pharisees, 239 . Rulers, the, some believed in Christ, 205 ; in general, believed not, 214 . Sabbath, the, Gospels appointed to be read on, 38 ; breach of, how the keeping of the Law, 179 . Sabellians, denied the Personality of the Son, 28 , 138 . Sabellius, separated the Father and the Son, 271 ; his life and doctrine, 274 (note) ; doctrine of, refuted by Christ's indwelling in His disciples, 303 . Sacraments of the Jews, types of ours, 48 ; of the Lord's Body and Blood, unites us with Christ, 166 ; its usefulness, 167 . Sacrifice, mercy preferred to, 46 ; sin of making, with the fruits of injustice, 270 . Saints, their merits no help to the sinner, 175 ; the glory of, will consist in reflecting that of the Son, 304 . Salvation, signified by the names of "Christ's meat," the "field," the "harvest," 119 . Samaria, the woman of, an example of a soul healed by Christ, 42 ; encouraged by Christ's appearance to approach Him, 45 ; converted by prophecy, 68 ; her considerateness, 109 ; more reverent than Nicodemus, 110 ; more attentive to the Word than the Jews, ib. ; her patience in listening, a reproach to Christian congregations, ib. ; bolder than Nicodemus, in bringing others to Christ, 112 ; her candor in judgment, 112 ; her meekness in bearing reproof, 113 ; her desire to learn, 117 ; her zeal for her countrymen, 118 ; her prudence, ib. ; in faith superior to those Jews who would have Manna from Christ, 161 ; doubted, but with humility, 198 ; a sinner, but received by Christ, 221 . Samaritans, the, visited by Christ, but only in passing, 107 ; origin and history of, ib. ; only received the works of Moses, 108 ; hated by the Jews, ib. ; their call not intended by Christ, but deserved by their zeal, 109 ; inferior to the Jews in purity of faith, 115 ; received all from the Jews, 116 ; why expected a Messiah, ib. ; their reception of Christ, and candor in hearing Him, rewarded by the gift of faith, 122 ; praised for believing without miracles, after teaching only, 123 , 125 ; name of, a term of reproach against Christ, 197 . Sanctification, of the Jews only negative, of Christians positive, 48 . Satan, cast down by Christ's death, because not deserved by sin, 250 . Scribes, the robbers of the fold, 213 . Scripture, Holy, its elevating power, 1 , 4 , 7 , 8 ; its taming power, 10 ; its inspiration, 2 , 4 ; safeguard of the soul, 11 ; publicly read, 38 ; mystery of, meant to excite our attention, 51 ; the food and medicine of the languid soul, 66 ; needs careful study, 72 ; its preaching varied to include all, 80 ; why imputes a will to things without life, 91 ; significant in every word, 95 ; copies of, to be studied, not shown, 114 ; deters Devils from approaching, ib. ; draw down the Spirit, ib. ; general ignorance of, ib. ; no part of, to be passed over, 125 ; its universal use, 128 ; its humility in expression, intended to excite attention, 142 ; requires care to clear its obscurity, as gold in the mine, 143 ; contradictions of, only apparent, ib. ; what cautions to be observed in its interpretation, 144 ; speaks to the majority, 164 ; a charm for anger, 175 ; has said nothing in vain, 180 ; requires exact search, 207 ; the only means to refute heresy, 247 ; uses the same words in different senses of God and men, 275 ; qualifications necessary for understanding it, 301 ; neglect of, the cause of our little wisdom, 316 ; and of our unfruitfulness, ib. ; duty and benefits of searching it, 333 . Sea, an inadequate type of Christ's fullness, 47 . Seal, implies testimony to that which is sealed, 159 . Self, to be conquered, 19 . Self-deceit, danger of, 75 . Self-judgment, the only way to escape God's, 120-142 . Separation from the wicked, sometimes necessary, 154 , 206 . Sermon, Christ's, after the Supper, was to comfort the Disciples, 266 ; recalled, to their minds afterwards by the Spirit, 265 . Servants, to be rebuked without clamor, 92 ; how far different from sons, 194 . Severity, use of, in rousing the dull, 157 . Shame, is for the insulter, not the insulted, 24 . Shepherd, distinguished from the robber, 213 , 214 ; layeth down his life, 215 . Sight, the most trustworthy sense, 92 ; applied to Christ and God, means exact knowledge, 104 , 137 ; said of God, signifies intellectual perception, 269 . Signs, why refused to the Jews, 81 , 84 ; of Jonas, why often used by Christ, 82 ; asking for, a practice of tempters, 84 ; not for the faithful, but heathens, ib. Sin, its blindness, 24 ; misery, ib. ; madness, 25 ; shamefulness, ib. ; ways to put away, 29 ; a fire, 66 ; after Baptism, not unpardonable, 96 ; of all will be revealed to all in the Judgment, 121 ; buried in Baptism, ib. ; more excusable when from natural passion, 130 ; punished both in body and soul, 131 ; how affected by blindness, 213 ; its filthiness, 189 ; to be put away only by Holy Baptism, 190 ; the greatest bondage, ib. ; only to be removed by God, 194 ; freedom from, the only real liberty, ib. ; worse in Christians than Heathens, 250 ; cleansed in Baptism, and by alms, 270 ; its offensiveness, ib. Sin before birth, not possible, 200 . Sinfulness, in what sense attributed to the blind man and his parents, 200 . Sloth, its danger, 29 ; is of willfulness, 62 . Society, a remedy for human weakness, 67 . Son of God, Christ and man differently so called, 11 ; not greater than the Father, 13 ; declared equal with the Father, 14 , 52 , 53 ; not "younger" than the Father, 17 ; of the same Essence 18 , 53 ; Infinite, 18 ; has attributes of Godhead ascribed to Him, 18 , 24 ; personality of, 28 ; begotten, ib. ; left not heaven to be made man, 36 ; alone of all hath seen God in His Essence, 52 ; coeternal with the Father, 53 ; addressed in the words, "Let us make man," 116 ; independence of, 189 ; to be glorified by works, not words only, ib. ; His identity of Power and Essence with the Father, 224 ; only different in being a Son, ib. ; seeing and believing on Him is seeing and believing on the Father, 254 ; the True God equally with the Father, 297 ; why called the Messenger, 299 ; His agreement with the Father, 299 , 300 ; His glory from the Eternal Generation, 304 , 311 ; His agreement with the Father proved by His pre-existence, 305 . Sonship, of Christians real, of Jews nominal, 44 ; of Christ implied in the word "Sent," 138 ; and in "hath given," 139 . Sophists, their rhetorical displays, 1 ; their inflated style condemned by Socrates, 6 . Sorrow, its use in calming the passions, 219 ; immoderate, brings death, 286 . Soul, weakened by earthly passions, 8 , 31 ; being one cannot contain many desires at once, 8 , 31 ; when unmoved by externals, 11 ; its own mistress, 42 ; healed by Christ, ib. ; culture of, more difficult than of the earth, 62 ; how may recover its appetite of spiritual food, 66 ; its diseases produced by luxury, 79 ; is invisible, yet most exposed to attack, ib. ; real though invisible, 88 , 91 ; how inferior to spirit, 88 ; chastised through the body, 131 ; but secured by the fear of God, 193 ; darkened by grief, 230 ; how best adorned, 256 . Sowing, the, was done by the Prophets, 120 ; harder than the reaping, ib. Spectacle of the spiritual combat to be seen in Holy Scripture, 114 ; of heathen theaters to be avoided, ib. Spirit, the Holy [see Holy Ghost ]. Spiritual life, its pleasures, 295 . Spiritual sight is within the mind, 170 . Spiritual things, superior to worldly, 8 ; should occupy part of our time, 10 ; objects of faith, not reason, 27 , 87 ; perfection of, immediate, 90 ; real though invisible, 91 ; the substance and end of things temporal, 156 ; folly of losing them for things temporal, 159 . Spoilers of the flock, either active or passive, 217 . State, love of, makes men depend on their slaves, 298 . Stoning, why avoided rather than prevented by Christ, 199 . Success, its intoxicating effect upon the careless, 316 . Suffering for Christ's sake rewarded, 212 ; the clearest witness of Christ's truth, 217 ; and of St. Paul's, ib. ; an offense, but wrongly, to weak Christians, 227 ; for Christ's sake enjoined, 284 . Tabernacle of David, Christ's human nature, 39 . Teachers should speak with certainty, 7 ; and a little at a time, 16 ; like builders, 27 . Temporal blessings given us as we can bear them, 15 . Testimony, facts the best, 49 . "Testimony of two," how applicable to God, 188 ; of man, when credible, 189 . That, expresses the consequence, not the final cause, 227 . Theaters, indecency of, 3 ; to be avoided, 4 ; corrupting tendency of, 66 ; corrupt their inmates more than prisons, 220 . Thomas, St., his fear before, exceeded by his courage after, the Crucifixion, 228 ; condemned for vain curiosity, 327 ; his doubt was from unbelief, ib. ; after receiving the Gift, perfect in faith, ib. Thieves, the, did not obscure the Glory of the Cross, 317 . Threatenings of God, their use, 37 . Time disregarded in prophecies, 46 ; waste of, in idle talkers condemned, 66 ; "fullness of," in what sense said of the age of St. Paul, 121 ; shortness of, urged, 172 ; waste of, a sin and folly, 211 . Title on the Cross, a shame to the Jews, 317 . Titles of Christ (Shepherd, Door, &c.), their significance, 214 . Tradition, to be kept, 28 . Transmigration of souls asserted by the ancients, 5 ; by Plato, 7 . Trinity, the, the same expressions applied to each Person, 23 ; proved by Isaiah's vision, 252 ; Three Persons of, distinct, yet equal, 289 ; Baptism, the common work of, ib. ; Will of, one, ib. ; Equality of the Three Persons, 325 ; concurred in the call of the Apostles, 326 . Truth, seen in Christ's fulfillment of the types, 50 ; boldness of, 99 ; rewards honest enquirers, 122 ; its power with candid hearers, 186 ; made illustrious by opposition, 207 ; the kindness of speaking it in season, 287 . Twelve, the, how detained by Christ, 170 ; their affection for Him, 171 ; they admit the Resurrection, ib. Types of the Law, their relation to realities, 48 ; how fulfilled in Christ's acts, 50 ; became clearer and nobler as the Antitypes approached, 126 . Unbelief, a transgression of God's Will, 120 ; arises from unlawful curiosity, 166 . Unbelievers, condemned already, because under sentence, 97 ; punishment of, certain, ib. ; to be judged by God's word, 255 . Uncharitable, the, shamed by infidels, 305 ; their manifold extravagancies, ib. Union, of the Father and the Son, essential: of Christ and Christians, spiritual, 275 . Universal, warnings most acceptable, 106 . Universality, of Gospel offers, 24 , 29 , 36 . Vainglory, tyranny of, 14 , 30 ; meanness of, 14 ; evil effects of, 15 ; worse than fornication, 98 ; ruined the Jews, ib. ; the source of avarice and passion, ib. ; of John's disciples, 102 ; its evils, and examples of, ib. ; hard to tame, ib. ; hindered belief in the Jews, 136 ; folly and danger of, 103 , 136 ; hinders faith, 254 , 255 ; leads to domestic show and expense, 256 . Valentinus, 30 (note) ; his heresy on the Resurrection, 247 . Vinegar, offered to Christ in mockery, as to a criminal, 319 . Virgin, the study of her history profitable, 192 ; rebuked by Christ at Cana, cared for on the Cross, 318 ; why entrusted to the beloved disciple, ib. Virtue, has no merit without labor, 127 ; the true wisdom, 150 ; hated by the world as reflecting on itself, 302 . Vision, the beatific, 43 ; of the Divine Presence, not granted to all, 61 . Voice, from Heaven, was to persuade the disciples, 249 . "Was," twofold use of the word in Holy Scripture, 12 . Watchfulness, need of, against Satan, 79 . Water, at Cana, a type of worldly minds, 78 ; a medium between air and earth, 88 ; why used in Holy Baptism, 89 ; virtue of, in Holy Baptism, 90 ; "living," when from a spring, 112 ; a type under the Law, 126 ; useless without the Spirit, ib. Waterpots, at Cana, why expressly mentioned by St. John, 77 . Water and the blood, the life of the Church, 319 . Wedding garment, a holy life, 37 . Weeping of Christ proves His true humanity, 233 . Wickedness, extreme folly of, 150 . Widows, cared for by Christ, because unprotected, 259 . Will, the, must be earnest, 3 ; free to learn and believe or not, 162 ; of Christ and the Father, one, ib. Willful continuance in sin, the cause why men come not to the light, 98 . Wind, a fit type of the Spirit, because lighter than solid bodies, 91 ; real though invisible; ib. Wine, at Cana, a type of strength of mind, 78 . Wisdom, true, consists in despising present vanities, 261 . Women, should keep at home, 225 ; examples of their power for good or evil, ib. ; best adorned by modesty, piety, and economy, 226 ; the poor, reproved for indecency: the rich, for vanity, in mourning, 230 ; sought new husbands by showing much grief for the old, 231 ; exhorted to almsgiving instead of dress and ornament, 256 ; to edify their husbands, ib. ; boldness of, in standing by the Cross, 318 ; in coming to the tomb before the Disciples, 323 . Word, the, why mentioned first by St. John, 7 ; twofold meaning of, ib. ; eternal Sonship of, 11 ; coeternal with the Father, 17 ; how "with God," 12 ; how in the world, 17 ; the Creator of all, 21 ; the true Life, ib. ; and Light, 22 ; why said to have been "made flesh," 39 ; will judge unbelievers, 254 ; cleanses the Church, 303 . Word of God, means often commands or prophecies, 16 ; to hear it, the first duty of all, 65 ; toil of preaching, how lightened, 76 ; spoken to all in general, but must be applied particularly by each, 79 ; minute significance of, 95 . Work, in Paradise, was without labor, 125 (note) . Works, earnestness to be shown in, 3 ; must be added to faith, 19 , 27 ; necessary after Baptism, 37 ; should correspond with our privileges, 42 ; the only safety, 43 ; set forth God's glory, 46 ; of love the best confession, 72 ; of others, will not assist us, 75 ; to win forgiveness, 142 ; of the Father, works of Christ, 202 ; proper time for working, ib. ; evidence of, required by the world, 267 ; absolute need of, 273 . World, what, 30 ; ignorant of God, 31 ; love of, cause of darkness, ib. ; fleeting nature of, 78 ; love of, an insult to Christ, 111 ; approaching end of, conjectured from wars, earthquakes, &c., 121 ; love of, universal, 136 ; danger of living for, ib. ; the danger of resting in its pleasures, 157 ; to be given up for heaven, 196 ; signifies the wicked, 266 , 274 ; how "convinced" by the Spirit, 287 ; conquered by despising it, 293 ; in Holy Scripture signifies either the creation, or the wicked, 245 . Worldly men, like children, admire vain shows the most, 301 ; hate virtue as opposed to themselves, 302 . Worship, doctrine of, first given to the Samaritan woman, 115 ; of the Jews purer than of the Samaritans, ib. ; yet only a type of the true, 116 ; which is universal and spiritual, ib. Zeal of John's two disciples in visiting Christ, 64 ; of Christ for the Temple was to conciliate the Jews, 81 ; necessity of, 118 ; shown in the Samaritan woman, ib. Zenobia, 30 (note) .