gave us Life: was at once with us and the Father, 467; Maker of His own mother, 467;
the word of man gives some faint analogy of, 467, 468; the blessedness of having seen,
beyond all words, 467 sq.; the visible works of God, if we lay aside their "finite" nature,
suggest thoughts of, 467 sq.; Giver of immortality to flesh, 474; makes enduring, 474;
endures Itself, 475; the Lord of Angels, 477.
Works, good: to be seen, not for our own glory, but for God's, 271, 272; cannot be done by
those abiding in state of evil, 332 sq.; charity the root of all, 333; peril of delay in, 361
sq.
World, the: a sea, 340, 342; one great patient, 377; a scorpion, 432; a furnace, to purify or
destroy, 302; more severely chastened now, because it knows God's Will, 333; seeks to
make us "look back," and fix our hope on present, 432, 433; perishes, 433; overcome
for us by Christ, 412; the evil in, a warning that we love it not, 352; bitterness mingled
with the bliss of, that we may look on, 432 sq.; called away from love of, that we may
hope for, and love another, 440; things of, must be endured, not loved, 434; difficulty
of trampling on, when all things are smooth, 342; must not cleave to, in its old age, lest
we lose renewal in Christ, 356; Christ foretold decay of, 356; "fourth watch," end of,
338; natural philosophy of, the foolish wisdom, 313, 314; six ages of, 477; love of; and
of God, incompatible, 479; restraint from, speeds to God, 480; must sit loose to, 481;
friendship of, evil: deceitful, 481; naught suffices us in, save our Creator, 481; love of,
whoredom, confusion of face its cure, 532; two worlds, evil and good, 354, 410, one
persecuting, the other persecuted, 410, one condemned, the other reconciled, 410; the
world that "knew not" Christ, the wicked and unbelieving, not world of nature, 469.
Yoke of Christ, in appearance severe: becomes easy when borne in hope and love, 317 sq.
Young, the, temptations of, strong, 494.
Zacchæus acquired his goods unjustly, 450 sq.
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Sermons on Selected Lessons of the Gospels