of, a pledge, ib.; we concur with, in our establishing, ib.; desires united prayers, 391; all depends on, 393; love of, how to show, ib. Gomorrah, 358. Good, to be returned for evil, 367; of Heaven, may be desired without limit, 370. Goodness, of God, 384-85. Goods, only good when men do good with them, 232; spoiling of, 349; cruelly seized, 369. Good-will, in man, necessary to God's working, 186. Good works, done with bad motives, not good, and get a punishment, 190; performance of them makes like to God, 206; the desire of, and fulfillment comes from God, 220. Gospel, to share in its troubles is a blessedness, 186-87; its progress throughout the world, 259; mystery of, hidden in Christ, 279; only made manifest now to the Saints, 280; in what its great mystery consists, ib.; proved divine by persecution, 324, 329; preached for no ill purpose, ib.; a great gift, but easy to give, 330; to be preached to all nations before Christ comes, 378. Grace, those are made partakers of it who partake of the sufferings of their ministers, 186; not given in Job's time, 222; given in baptism, quenched by sin, 238; works with God's ministers, though unworthy, 274; some quench, some improve, 370; works by unworthy ministers, 371; prayer for, in Epistles, 380; consolation from, ib.; to endure trials, 385; a pledge for the future, 390; has made many laymen better than rulers, 391. Graciousness, towards those that oppose the truth, must not lapse into indifferentism, 309. Grapestone, wonderful growth of, 354. Grass, growth of barren, and mystery, 354. Greeks. See Heathens. Greeks, how to argue with them, about Christianity, 269; still in an imperfect state, from their own listlessness, 277; how to answer their question, "why Christ came at this time," ib. Gregory, St. Nazianzen, sermon of, against deferring baptism, 361 (note 3) . Gridiron, an instrument of martyrdom, 336. Grief, to be shown for sinners living, as well as when dying, 196; but with secret, not open, sorrow, ib.; for sinners, tends to joy, and is evidence of a mind devoted to God, 255; profitable to those that grieve, as leading them to repent for their own sins, ib. Guests, poor, are the best, 374; great and rich, are like masters, ib.   Hades, most said to be punished in, 359. Hadrian. See Adrian. Ham, cursed through want of love, 342. Hand, of God, is strong, and able to support men, 209. Hands, the right way of using them in God's service, 233. 994 Homilies on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians