thanksgiving and losses, 337; giving, relieves one's losses, 338; stores for, 338; oil of our lamp, 371; are for those who cannot support themselves, 394. Almsgiving, to ministers a gain to the giver, 187; the right disposition of giving, 187; removes sins of the giver, ib.; should be to the poorer before the richer, ib.; not to a saint in abundance, ib.; should be without nice curiosity, 188; its good effects on man's nature, 248; does more good to the giver than the receiver, 249; shown to be the best thing by time present and future, 263. Amalek, conquered by Moses' prayer, 391. Ambassadors, honor due to, 330. Amulets, used in sickness, 336; applied by old women, 298; a device of Satan's, ib.; the use of them condemned by the better sort of heathens, ib. Ananias, sin and punishment of, 359. Anarchy, Antichrist's opportunity, 389. Anchor, hope of Resurrection, 377. Angels, Colossians' notion about them refuted, 270; created by the Son, 271; all things done by them are of Christ, ib.; aforetime enemies to man, were reconciled to him by Christ, 272; could not persuade men to reconciliation, for they could not bind Satan, 275; not needed since men are "knit" to Christ, 276; notion about them answered again by Christ's being in Christians, 280; Colossians' notion about them arose from some false teacher, out of his vainglory, 288; it caused them to let go their hold of Christ, and so be lost, 289; attend on children, 351; work of in the Resurrection, 355-56; host of, de- scribed as surrounding Christ, 382. Anointing, metaphorically, for encouraging, 378. Antichrist, might seem a sign of Christ's coming, 362; is not an exact one, ib.; will come first, and so far a sign, 378; Christ left no room for his deceit, 378; he that shall come in his own name, ib.; called the Apostasy, 386; will not setup idolatry, ib.; will be wor- shiped in God's temple, i.e., in Churches, ib.; miracles of, ib.; is not Satan, 386; what withheld, the Roman Empire, 388-89; Nero a type of, 389; Christ's mere appearing shall destroy, ib.; permitted for silencing of unbelievers, ib. Antioch, monks near, 394 (note 2) . Apollinarius, of Laodicea, 206; his followers denied that our Lord took a soul, 214. Apostasy. See Antichrist. Apostles, The, examples how we should meet pride arising from our wisdom, 205; a type, and their life-giving laws, 240; taught and then left those they had taught to teach in their place, 301; their ignorance no hindrance to the spread of the Preaching, 307; re- joiced in suffering, 325; chosen as unworldly, 329; at first curious about the time of Consummation, 360; not so afterwards, ib.; not informed, ib.; St. Peter chief of, ib. Appearing, not said of the Father, but of the Son, 207. 981 Homilies on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians