INDEX OF SUBJECTS.   Aaron, brother of Moses, 486 , 487 . Abba, same as Father, 381 ; St. Paul uses both words, 532 . Abel, 31 , 252 , 268 , 450 . Abimelech, 72 , 197 . Abraham, seed of, faithful Christians also, 148 , 149 , 627 ; servant's hand under his thigh, 149 , 334 ; poor in midst of riches, 410 . Absalom, David's son, 4 , 5 ; type of Judas the traitor, 4 , 20 . Absolution granted by the Church, 500 . Abyss, or deep, of God's judgments, 88 ; of man's heart, 136 . Accuser, the devil the great, false, 328 ; false accusers entangled, 221 , See Devil . Achish, 75 , 197 . Adam, transgression of, 16 ; type of Christ, 131 ; meaning of name, 474 . Advent, day of second, not known, 15 . See Christ and Judgment . Adversity. See Tribulation . Æman, i.e. Heman, the Israelite, 424 . Æthan, 429 . Ahithophel, 20 . Allophyli, 218 , 219 . Almsgiving, one of the wings of prayer, 140 ; the Lord requires it, 171 ; poor can give alms, 605 ; a fixed sum to be set aside, 668 . Altar of God, who only can approach it, 139 . Amalek, 398 . Ammon, 398 . Amorites, 625 . Angels, ministered to Christ, 227 ; the redeemed equal to, 259 ; abode of, 415 ; bodies of, 416 ; greatness of, 472 ; food of, 625 ; office or function, 627 . Angels, rebel, fell through pride, 591 . Anger, definition of, 16 ; anger of God, 382 , 399 ; terribleness of His anger, 443 . Anointed, 151 , 622 . See Christ . Ant as an example, 137 . Antichrist, "that Wicked," 532 ; Jews deceived by, 532 . Apollinarians, 411 . Apollos, 281 . Apostles, the twelve, wrought miracles, 272 ; designated as rams, 335 ; number of a mystery, 421 ; words of, reached unto end of the world, 430 ; anointed by the Holy Spirit, 623 . Arians and Arian heresy, 217 , 297 , 592 , 615 . Aristotle the philosopher, 640 . Ark of Noah, type of the Church, 421 . Asaph, 334 , 335 , 348 , 367 , 386 . Ashes, mark of penitence, 497 . Asp, or adder, 232 , 233 , 451 . Assur, 398 . Assyrians, 386 . Augustin on lying, 13 ; anxious to be understood, 99 , 285 ; alludes to Sermon on the Ten Plagues, etc., 375 ; relations to the See of Rome, 591 . Aurelius, 467 . Avarice. See Covetousness .   Babes, to be fed with milk, 217 ; afterwards with bread, 615 . Babylon, means "confusion," 268 , 604 ; type of captivity of Christians, 604 . Baldness. See Core . Baptism, passage through the Red Sea type of, 392 , 533 ; for remission of sins, 192 ; laver of regeneration, 367 ; why the Lord Jesus was baptized, 450 . Barabbas, 396 . Basan, or Bashan, 295 , 625 . Basilica of St. Peter, 152 ; Christian churches called basilicæ, 594 . Basilisk, 451 . Beasts of the wood, 512 . Beauty, of Christ as God and man, 146 , 148 ; of soul in confession, 472 . Being, God alone absolute, 441 , 442 . Belief. See Faith . Benjamin, how applied to St. Paul, 296 ; meaning of name, 387 . Birth, natural and spiritual, 231 ; natural, brings guilt from Adam, 192 , 252 , 253 . Bishops, called "fathers" by the Church, 155 ; superintendents or guardians, 606 ; under the one chief Shepherd, 606 , 607 . Blasphemers, enemies of God, 455 , 504 , 665 . Blessed, happiness of the, 423 , 545 . Blindness of mind and heart, 18 ; judicial punishment of sin, 308 . Blood of Christ our propitiation, 613 . See Christ . Body, human, four portions or elements of, 16 ; garment of the soul, 502 . Bones in Body of the Lord, 81 , 82 , 496 ; the bone made in secret, 638 . Bow, refers to the Scriptures, 25 ; bow of the wicked, 94 . Bread for the soul the word of God, 99 ; bread of the heart, 176 ; Christ the Living Bread, 621 . Building, Christians are God's, 498 ; built as stones in the Heavenly City, 593 , 594 . Burden of Christ light, 291 .   Cæcilianus, bishop of Carthage, 42 . Cain, mark set on, 124 , 241 ; built a city, 252 ; connection with Babylon, 268 . Calling, of God's free grace, 15 . Calvary, 132 . Canaan, woman of, 295 . Captivity of Christians typified by Babylon, 604 . Carthage. See Tarshish . Catholic Church, 283 , 473 , 489 , 501 . Catholics, 228 . Cedars of Libanus, the righteous like to, highly exalted, 456 . Cherubim, 386 . Chrism, 64 , 678 . Christ, the Mediator, 68 ; Angel of the great counsel, 75 ; Body of, 81 ; the seed of Abraham, 124 ; man, 162 , 540 ; born of a Virgin, 193 ; Rock on which the Church is built, 249 , 632 ; temptation of, 249 ; Lamb without spot, 265 ; food of angels, 372 ; descent into hell (hades), 427 ; Judge of the whole world, 474 ; flesh of our life, 485 ; the anointed one, the Messiah, 504 , 622 . See Incarnation . Christians, must suffer troubles in this world, 219 , 310 ; persecuted, 342 , 511 , 610 , 632 . Church, inherits eternal life, 11 ; assailants of the, 39 ; Body of Christ, 81 ; Eve type of, 131 ; blessed, 166 ; works done out of, 401 , 402 ; ark of Noah type of, 42 ; the city of God, 484 ; city of the saints, Catholic, 677 . Chusi, or Hushai, 20 , 21 . Cicero, 512 , 513 . Circumcelliones, miscreants, 42 , 218 , 470 , 622 , 623 . City of God, the Church, 484 . Cities, two opposed, Jerusalem and Babylon, 268 . Clergy and clerks, 291 . Commandments, God's, man of himself too weak to keep them, 561 , 562 ; love, the mark of their breadth, 576 . Confession, twofold, of sin and of praise, 27 , 68 , 155 , 632 , 633 ; benefit of, 70 , 283 ; always needful, 490 ; of sins of ignorance and negligence, 528 . Confirmation, 64 . Conscience, an altar, 185 ; testimony of, 208 . Consolation, in the desert of this world, 260 ; in hope, 604 . Conversion, difficulty of, 17 ; work of God's grace, 323 ; must not be delayed, 497 , 498 . Core, or Korah, 132 , 140 , 155 , 400 . Cornelius, 478 . Country, the heavenly. See Jerusalem and The City of God . Covetousness, hateful to our Lord, 479 ; root of all evils, 565 . Creation, beauty of, 27 ; not to be preferred to the Creator, 389 , 390 . Crispina, martyr, 591 , 633 . Cross of our Lord a key, 155 ; virtue hidden in, 247 ; mark of, on foreheads of Christians, 650 . Crown, Christ's crown of thorns, 6 . Cyprian, martyr, 92 , 102 , 418 ; table of, 391 .   Daniel, prophecy of, 164 . Darkness, not made by God, but ordered by Him, 27 ; term used for rulers of this world, 79 . David, "ecstasy" of, 68 , 70 ; his sin and fall no warrant for other men to sin, 190 ; type of Christ, 209 , 225 ; meekness of, 616 , 617 . Day of the Lord. See Advent and Judgment . Days of the week, 459 , 460 . Dead, do they know in Hades what transpires on earth? 538 . Death, of the righteous and wicked, 78 , 79 ; is certain, 117 ; definition of, 174 . Degrees, songs of, 112 ; meaning of, 589 , 596 , 598 ; same in number as steps of the temple, 681 . Deluge, ark of the Church refuge from, 67 ; of persecutions, 511 . Denary, 545 . Detraction, a stumbling-block to the weak, 188 ; must not seek revenge for, 537 . Devil, the, fell through pride, 242 ; the tempter, 299 ; false accuser, 328 ; lion and dragon, 457 ; serpent, 517 ; persecuted Christ, persecutes His Church, 652 ; warfare between Christians and the devil, 654 , 655 . Doeg the Edomite, 197 , 201 . Dogs, use of the word, 295 , 296 . Donatists, schismatics, 42 , 228 , 470 ; claimed to be the only true Christians, 414 , 473 , 592 , 640 , 641 , 670 . Donatus, 216 , 298 . Dove, type of love, 212 . Drunkenness, spiritual, so called. See Inebriation .   Eagle, explanation of characteristics, 285 , 506 . Earth, God's saints on, 48 ; lower places of, meaning of, 262 ; God's footstool, 485 ; things of, cleave to Christians, 564 . Eastertide, type of everlasting happiness, 545 ; follows Lent with praise and feasting, 673 . Ecstasy of David, 68 , 70 ; trance or transport of mind, 296 , 555 . Edom, or "earthly," 244 ; name for Esau, 631 . Egypt, ten plagues of, and meaning, 375 ; land of Ham, 523 ; emblem of this world, 550 . Election of the Gentles, 625 . Elijah, 181 , 545 . Endor, 399 . Envy, defined, 524 ; entices to sin, 642 ; the devil the great envier, 642 . Ephraim, meaning of name, 247 , 386 . Ephrata, 617 . Epicurus, philosopher, 349 ; named "hog," 349 ; teaching of, 349 . Episcopus. See Bishop . Epithalamia, 146 . Esau, type of the proud, etc., 162 ; type of carnal men, 631 . Esther, Queen, 197 . Eternity, eternal, meaning of, 3 ; our refuge, 442 . Etham, 347 . Ethiopia and Ethiopians, 298 , 346 . Eucharist, sacrament of the, how spoken of, 75 ; for rich and poor alike, 169 ; mystery of eating and drinking in, 485 , 486 . See Sacraments . Eunomians, 297 . Eve, type of the Church, 131 , 607 , 608 ; our flesh compared to, 170 . Evil, sent on men in just judgment, 80 ; bodily, comes on good and bad alike, 384 . Examples, effect of, 589 , 590 , 643 . Exultation of the just, 209 ; in the Lord, 467 , 468 ; exult with fear, 679 . Eye of God on those who look to Him, 71 ; wantonness of eyes condemned, 190 ; eye of the flesh, 480 , and of the heart, 480 ; eyes of Christ's Body, the Church, 426 . Ezekiel, prophet, song of, Ps. lxv. , 267 .   Face of God, meaning of expression, 44 , 286 , 298 . Faith, path to knowledge, 29 ; of the fathers same as ours, 195 ; in Christ cleanses, 438 ; necessary to reconciliation, 522 . Faithful, the, God's tabernacle on earth, 134 , 606 . Fasting, one of the wings of prayer, 140 , 423 ; fast of Lent enjoined in Old Testament and by our Lord, 545 ; of Christ, 304 ; on heathen festal days, 484 . Father, the, first Person in the Blessed Trinity, 301 , 289 ; Abba, 381 . Fear of God a safeguard, 13 ; two kinds of fear, chaste and servile, 55 ; Christians need have no fear, 64 ; fear of damnation, 170 ; flight of the mind, 286 ; Christ our Lord's death changed fear to love, 451 ; one of the leaves of the door of the heart, 649 ; in working out our salvation, 653 . Felix the martyr, sermon on, 609 . Field, God's field, the world, 677 . Finger of God, refers to the Holy Ghost, 29 ; fingers for the Body of Christ's warfare, 654 . Fire, purging or cleansing, 103 ; destroying, 103 ; of God's judgment, 180 ; used for affliction, 278 ; used in exorcism before Baptism, 278 . Flesh, lust of the, 32 ; fleshly desires, 64 ; infirmity of the, 129 ; resurrection of the, 196 , 259 ; all flesh, how to come to God, 269 ; frailty of the, inherited from Adam, 406 . Food of men and angels, even the Incarnate Lord, 625 . Forgiveness, on confession and amendment, 193 ; promised, to prevent despair, 498 ; of others, so as to obtain mercy, 547 . Foundation, our, is Christ, 510 , 594 . Free will, man punished because he sins through, 498 ; gift of God, 545 ; divine grace needed to enable man to serve God, 579 ; man has free will, 637 . Friendship, danger of worldly, 631 . Fulgentius, 91 .   Gaiuseius, 646 . Gath, David in, 218 . Gehenna. See Hell . Generation, of generations, 329 , 502 ; years of a, 521 . Gentiles, called in, 478 ; vast numbers of, in the Church, 626 . Getulia, 675 . Giant, the Lord termed Giant of giants, 427 . Gideon, fleece of, 158 , 329 , 634 ; and three hundred that lapped, 295 . God , finger of, 29 ; attributes of, 35 , 141 , 150 , 184 , 240 , 353 , 502 , 557 ; in three Persons, 195 ; anger of, 383 , 399 ; face of, 44 , 286 , 298 ; to be loved for His own sake, 223 , 341 ; repentance of, 531 ; workmanship of, in Christ, 653 . Gods, use of term in Scripture, 178 , 478 , 479 . Good, God alone truly so, 557 ; good and bad in the Church militant, 166 , 167 , 489 , 590 , 591 ; good gifts of God, 87 ; good gifts of Heavenly Jerusalem, 270 . Gospel, good news of salvation, 531 , 532 ; preachers of the, to be supported, 513 ; Gospels four in number, 635 . Grace of God, leads to confession, 117 ; in Christ abundantly, 147 , 148 ; all good comes through, 287 ; virtue of the Sacraments, 367 . Groaning, of heart and flesh, 106 ; of God's servant, 107 .   Hades. See Hell . Hagarenes, 398 . Haggai the prophet, 546 , 547 , 679 . Hail in Egypt, meaning of, 375 . Halleluia, meaning of double, 532 ; song of the future life, 673 . Ham, land of Egypt, 523 . Hand, right, used for preference, 538 ; safety in God's right hand, 635 . Hands, lifted up in prayer, 261 ; of the Lord Jesus stretched out on the cross, 427 . Happiness of this world, not promised by the Lord, 93 ; a dream, 339 , 340 ; a pitfall for the ungodly, 463 ; checkered with trials, 465 . Hatred, God's, in what it consists, 12 ; hating wrongfully a dangerous temptation, 110 ; is darkness and death, 211 . Head of the Church is Christ, 642 ; head of the ungodly the devil, 642 . Heart, the, an abyss, 136 ; wings of, faith, hope, and charity, 401 ; should be in heaven, 452 ; straight heart and wicked heart, 493 ; the two leaves of, 649 . Heaven, used for books of both Testaments, 29 ; foundation of what, 396 ; how to be bought, 466 ; heaven of heavens, 502 ; figure of God's mercy, 501 ; all holy souls, 596 . Hell (Hades), place of waiting before the judgment, Lazarus in Paradise, 17 ; Rich man in Gehenna, 17 ; upper and lower, 415 , 416 ; no escape in Hades from God's presence, 637 . Heresies, why allowed, 26 ; like torrents, 233 . Heretics, false prophets, 23 ; names of, 217 , 297 , 645 ; characteristics of, 367 , 615 , 669 . Hermon, Mount, 135 , 433 , 623 . Herod, slaughter of the innocents by, 165 . Hippolytus, 70 . Holocaust, 184 , 197 , 279 , 633 . Holy Ghost, finger of God, 29 , 451 ; came down at Pentecost, 157 , 451 ; sword of the Lord, 457 ; sevenfold operations of, 681 . Hope, in God, 35 , 121 , 614 ; of immortality, 519 ; comforted by, in our pilgrimage, 604 , 660 , 663 . House of God, 486 , 606 , 618 . Humble, the, praise God, 73 ; God gives grace to, 534 , 535 ; God exalts, 549 . Humility, road to life, 49 ; of the publican, 126 ; commended, 77 , 117 , 371 , 518 ; our strength, 457 ; of the Lord Christ, 607 . Hymns, sung in churches, 143 ; songs of praise, 333 ; of God's saints, 677 . Hyssop, 193 , 194 .   Idithun, 112 , 117 , 119 , 251 , 254 ; to whom applied, 360 . Idols and Idolatry, refutation of, 477 , 478 ; rage of idolaters against Kingdom of Christ, 483 ; madness of idol worshippers, 632 . Idumæans, 398 . See Edom . Image of God in soul of man, 140 , 177 . Incarnation of Christ, 146 ; born of a Virgin, 193 ; the Word and flesh, i.e. God and man, 540 . See Christ . Inebriation, so called, spiritual, effects of, 2 , 89 ; refreshing the people of God, 272 . Infants. See Babes . Inheritance, Christians co-heirs with the Lord, 178 ; of Old Testament in contrast with that of the New, 292 . Innocence, to be kept with care, 102 ; of heart, 380 ; righteousness included in, 492 . Innocents, murdered by Herod, crowned by Christ, 165 . Intercession of Moses, power of, 529 . Ishmaelites, 398 ; type of worldly seeking Christians, 590 . Israel, "seeing God," 356 ; Christians called by this name, 550 .   Jabin, 398 . Jacob, meaning of his two names, 369 ; Jacob and Esau, two nations, 437 , 631 . See Esau . Jannes and Jambres, 96 . Jebus and Jebusites, 268 . Jeremiah, song of, 267 , 315 . Jerusalem, 36 , 268 ; Jerusalem and Babylon, the world and the Church, contrasted, 252 ; same as Sion, 268 ; the Heavenly Jerusalem, 414 , 593 . Jews, caused the Lord's crucifixion, 264 ; judicially blinded, 308 ; named from Judah, 355 ; how superior to other nations, 408 , 468 ; many converted, 461 ; convicted by the resurrection of the Lord, 618 . Joab, 244 . Job, a pattern to Christians, 224 ; answer of, to his wife, 224 ; holy Job, 281 ; tempted by the devil by God's permission, 446 . John the Baptist, a burning light, 622 ; boldness of, 648 ; killed by Herod, 648 . Jonadab, 315 . Jordan, land of, 135 ; figure of baptism, 135 . Joseph, husband of Virgin Mary, 381 . Joseph, the patriarch, 386 ; a type of Christ, 392 , 522 . Joy, of the saints in the Church, 293 ; joy in God, 406 ; coupled with fear, 415 ; impure joy, 604 ; in tribulation, 639 . Judas Iscariot, case of, 538 , 539 ; bag entrusted to, 668 ; in Hades, 538 . Judge, God judges His people, 63 ; our Lord as Son of man, Judge at the last day, 179 , 351 , 474 . Judgment, day of last, 15 , 91 , 148 , 442 , 474 ; God's judgments a great deep, 136 ; Christ's assessors at the judgment, 181 ; temporal judgments a warning, 246 . Julian the apostate, 602 . Justice, twofold, 562 ; God's, combined with mercy, 491 , 507 . Justification, of the ungodly, 22 , 545 ; God's free gift, 240 ; precedes good works, 545 . See Confession , Faith , Grace .   Kedar, 590 . Kingdom of heaven, in this world, 197 ; how to be bought, 547 . See Babylon and Jerusalem . King, Christ our anointed. See Christ . Kishon, 399 . Knowledge, distinguished from wisdom, 629 ; accompanied by charity and humility. See God . Korah. See Core .   Lamb, Christ the immaculate, 265 . Land of the living, kingdom of the saints, 101 ; land of the dying, 101 ; land of where all is forgotten, 428 . Law, written and unwritten, 1 ; of Moses promises temporal rewards mostly, 445 ; Gospels, law of faith and love, 564 , 577 ; threefold, given in Paradise, implanted by nature, written in letters, 580 . Lazarus and Rich Man in the parable, 17 , 78 , 94 , 173 , 416 . Lazarus, brother of Martha and Mary, raised from the dead, 500 . Lent, type of misery of life, 545 , 673 . Lies and liars, hateful to God, 12 , 31 ; some rather lax views of Augustin's as to, 12 ; toil of lying, 643 . Life, considered as twofold, of the flesh and of the spirit, 16 , 323 ; our true life is love, 211 ; old and new, 445 ; sickness and death, 505 , 662 ; in hope of eternal life, 519 . See Death and Eternity . Light, Christ the light of God, 139 ; two kinds, i.e. of the sun and of God, 479 ; rising before light, meaning of, 607 . Lion, type of what, 188 , 189 , 227 , 516 . Locust, 375 . Lot, daughters of, 247 ; children of, 398 . Love, foot of the soul, 37 ; our root, 174 ; Holy Spirit's love shed abroad in our hearts, 291 ; wings of the two commandments of the new law, 291 ; all good works summed up in, 445 ; God loves us always, 452 ; law of the City of God, 484 ; exceeding broad commandment, 576 ; strong as death, 595 . Luciferians, heretics, 297 . Lust, depraved love, 37 ; burning fire, 234 ; lust and fear, causes of all sins, 389 . Luxury a slippery way, 80 .   Macarius, 42 , 97 . Maccabees, 77 , 306 , 381 . Macedonians, heretics, 297 . Man, old and new, 16 ; consists of soul and flesh, 105 ; made in image of God, 498 ; created in and fallen in Adam, 571 , 572 . See Adam and Christ . Manasses, 247 , 386 . Manes and Manichees, heretics, 297 , 645 , 667 . Manna, 287 . Martyrs, and their persecutors, 42 ; sermon on Feast of the Martyrs, 128-132 ; case of, when exposed, 248 ; spirits of, in Paradise, 382 ; "the bones" of, 647 . Mary Magdalene, 284 , 645 . Mary the Virgin, 54 , 55 , 83 , 146 . Maximianists, heretics, 212 , 218 . Melchisedek, 72 , 543 , 619 . Members of the body. See Christ and the Church . Mercy, greatness of God's, 150 ; joined with truth, 434 ; every man needs mercy of God, 491 ; works of, commended, 474 , 547 , 654 . Merit, our calling and election not of, 15 ; no merit in man, 189 , 410 ; grace not given on account of, 513 . See Grace and Works . Mesopotamia, 244 . Messiah. See Christ . Midian, Madian, 398 . Ministers of the Gospel, unworthiness of, no bar to God's grace, 42 , 43 . Moab, 247 , 398 . Monasteries, 439 . Monks, evil lives of some, 490 ; why so called, 623 ; Ps. cxxxiii. in defence of, 622-624 . Moon, used in various applications in Scripture, 41 , 329 , 515 ; as to origin of light of, 41 . Moses, man of God, prayer of, Ps. xc. , 441-446 ; a priest, 486 ; God's ways made known to, 507 ; books of, how typified, 321 , 654 ; punishment of, 486 , 487 . Mouth, of God, His revelations, 562 ; what comes out of, from the heart, 604 , 633 ; door of restraint needed for, 645 . Mysteries, the great, of God, 640 , 641 .   Name, of Christ, knowledge of Him, 484 ; of God, "I Am," 502 . See God . Necessity mother of all employments, 402 . Neighbor, every man our neighbor, 48 . See Love . Night, type of wickedness, lying, etc., 12 ; type of life here, 361 , 494 , 569 , 638 . Nineveh, 193 . Noah, ark of, 421 . North, what it represents, 165 . Novatians, heretics, 217 . Numbers, mystical meanings of, 15 , 16 , 181 .   Obedience, parents to be obeyed, 315 ; road to knowledge, 577 ; even wicked masters have right to, 602 . Oil, used for spiritual joy, 60 ; for the Holy Spirit, 540 ; "oil of a sinner" flattery, 646 . Onagers, 512 . Organ, instrument of music, mystically used for the saints, 682 . Orphans, God the protector of, 39 , 664 .   Pagans, blamed Christians for all misfortunes which occurred, 390 ; cowards compared with Christian martyrs, 647 . Pannonia, 271 . Parable, i.e. comparison or similitude, 304 , 366 . Paradise referred to, 95 , 382 , 580 . Pardon. See Forgiveness . Parents, to be obeyed, and when not, 315 ; sins of, visited on children, 538 . Passion, our Lord's, described in Ps. lxix. , 300 ; teaches us to look for eternal, not temporal, good, 444 ; suffering of Christ's Body, the Church, 251 . Patience, a gift of God, 254 ; the patience of Christ, 417 . Patriarchs, called "Christs," 522 . Paul, the Apostle, conversion of, 149 ; greatest of sinners, pattern of the grace of God, 315 , 672 ; in what sense to occupy a throne of judgment at the last day, 421 . Peace, to be found only in part in this life, 77 ; exhortations to peace in the Church, 591 , 603 , 677 ; Christ is peace, 603 ; Christ the true peacemaker, 606 . Pelagius, heretic, 241 . Penitential Psalms, seven, 15 . Perfect, the, repay not evil, 21 ; none really perfect, 116 ; an example to other Christians, 121 ; to be judges with the Lord at last day, 449 . Perpetua, martyr, 168 . Persecution, three kinds endured by the Church, 39 ; great persecutions inflicted on the Church, 448 ; why God permits persecution, 449 ; persecutors almost extinct through the Church's prayers, 484 . Persons in the Godhead, 301 . Peter the Apostle, threefold denial of the Lord, and threefold confession, 128 ; monument of, in Rome, 152 ; chief among the Apostles, 536 ; remembered in Rome, 647 . Pharaoh, king of Egypt, 625 . Pharisees, pride and outward purity of, 493 . Philistines, 398 . Philosophers, pagan, some hold the soul to be immortal, but all rejected the resurrection, 437 . Photinus, heretic, 297 . Physician, Christ the true, 90 . Pilate, Pontius, 264 . Plato the philosopher, 646 . Pleasure of the flesh, 31 ; compared to mire, 549 . See Lust . Possession, God ours, and we God's, 663 . Powers of this world signified by mountains, 157 ; obedience due to the powers that be, 602 . Praise of God man's chief work, 148 ; manifest grounds for, 196 ; everlasting employment of the blessed, 402 ; prayer and praise, 520 , 545 ; God's works praise Him, 659 , 674 . Prayer, two kinds, outward and inward, 107 ; two wings of, 140 , 423 ; perseverance in, 280 ; the Lord Jesus prays for us and in us, and is prayed to by us, 410 ; the Lord's Prayer pattern of all prayer, 652 . Precepts. See Law . Predestination, secret with God, 671 , 680 . Pride, deadly sin, 32 , 56 ; pride of the devil, 242 ; pride of Adam and his race, 324 ; mother of envy, 493 . Priest, Christ our Priest and Sacrifice, 623 . See Christ and Sacrifice . Primacy of Peter, 536 . Promises of Old and New Testaments not the same, 342 ; fulfilled, an earnest of those not fulfilled, 660 . Prophets, foretell the future, 80 , 142 ; Christ speaks in the, 635 , 651 ; heretics false prophets, 23 . Propitiation. See Sacrifice . Proselytes, 664 . Prosperity, perils of, 190 ; not the lot of Christians in this world, 207 ; does not make men happy, 638 ; Christians must not be lifted up by, nor depressed by adversity, 638 . See Job . Providence of God, over all, 663 ; sin of not believing in, 653 . Psalms, though one book, divided into five books, 681 . Psaltery, 229 ; mystical meaning of, 678 . Punishment of the wicked, 234 ; how angels are employed in punishing, 376 , 377 . Pythagoras, philosopher, 513 , 646 .   Redemption by and through Christ, 505 . See Christ and Sacrifice . Refuge, God is our, 156 , 317 . Repent, in what sense God is said to repent, 531 , 619 . Resurrection, the Christian's faith in, 501 ; rejected by heathen philosophers, 437 ; our hope of, 614 ; the resurrection-body, 654 . Righteous, delivered by God out of trouble, 77 ; blessing on, 98 ; sure of rest at the last, rejoice in hope, 609 . See Grace , Prosperity , Tribulation . Righteousness, beauty of, 270 ; God's gift, 316 ; summed up in innocence, 492 . See Justification . Rome, curies or tribes in ancient, 594 ; Peter and Paul remembered in, 647 .   Sabbath, type of everlasting rest, 103 ; Christian sabbath in the heart or good conscience, 453 . Sabellius, heresy of, 11 , 297 . Sacraments, difference between Old and New Testament sacraments, 342 ; result when administered by ungodly men, 640 ; chief means of binding up bruises of heart, 666 . Sacrifice, of repentance, 9 ; of praise, 183 ; of righteousness, 196 ; love the fire of our sacrifices, 224 ; of humility, 615 ; our Lord's sacrifice a pure offering, 678 . See Christ . Saints, supposed to be represented by number of fishes in the nets, 181 ; in Paradise, interceding for the living, 418 ; differ in glory in heaven, 688. See Righteous and Good . Salvation, Christ our, 90 , 621 ; Christ salvation of God, 588 ; of free grace, 652 . See Grace . Saul, king of the Jews, 50 ; Saul, i.e. Paul the Apostle, 316 . See Paul . Schism and schismatics, 216 , 218 . See Donatists . Scripture, both difficult and clear passages in, 43 ; remedy for sick souls, 91 ; mysteries in, 459 , 667 ; all written for Christ, 634 . Selah, Sursum Corda, 8 . Septuagint version, 427 . Simon Magus, 450 , 615 . Sinai, Mount, meaning of name, 288 , 293 . Sin, Sinners, must be punished, 150 , 239 ; Christ alone without sin, 192 ; original sin washed away in baptism, 192 , 252 , 253 ; all men sinners, 436 , 560 , 645 . See Baptism . Sion the fatherland, same as Jerusalem, 268 ; type of the Church militant, 500 ; the true heavenly Sion, 620 . Solomon, son of David, 606 . Son of God, same substance as the Father, 301 . See Christ . Songs of Degrees. See Degrees . Soul, bread of the Word of truth, 260 ; nature of the, 528 , 529 , 662 ; love the virtue of, 510 ; by faith and hope is in Christ, 631 ; made in image of God, 668 . See Salvation , Body , Image of God . Spirit, Holy. See Holy Ghost . Stephen, proto-martyr, 237 . Suffering. See Tribulation . Swearing, forbidden to men, 430 ; what God hath sworn will surely happen, 620 . Synagogue, the murderer of the Lord, 335 , yet out of it came forth Saul, or Paul, the great Apostle, 335 . Syria, 245 .   Tabor, Mount, 433 . Tarshish, supposed by some to be Tarsus in Cilicia, by others to be Carthage, 166 . Temple of God, the beauty of righteousness, 270 ; how man is a part of, 596 ; heathen temples closed in Augustin's time, 637 . Temptation, of the Lord threefold, 32 ; sets forth three classes of man's temptation, 32 ; can be overcome only by God's help, 442 ; assails Christians after remission of sins in baptism, 504 . See Devil . Testament, Old prefigured by New, 405 ; Old revealed in New, New revealed in Old, 531 . See Promises . Three Children, Song of the, 77 , 674 . Time, our time very short here, 93 , 94 ; six times or periods of history, 457 ; of mercy and judgment, 491 ; two times of Christ, humiliation and majesty, 544 . See Mercy and Judgment . Titus, emperor, 380 , 381 . Tongue, dispersion of tongues, 213 ; deceitful tongue, 589 ; Christian's tongue the Song of Jerusalem, 631 . Tribulation, Christ delivers His people in, 145 ; greatest, is an evil conscience, 156 ; strengthens us, 313 ; profitable to us, 186 ; accompanies us all through life, 361 . See Grace and Prayer . Trinity, one God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 11 ; Sabellian heresy concerning, 11 ; different errors concerning, 297 , 298 ; three Persons, one Substance, 301 , 629 . Truth, alone makes blessed, 9 ; to be overcome by, is glorious, 235 ; joined with mercy, 434 ; must strive for, unto death, 575 ; lying is toilsome, truth easy, 643 . See Mercy and Augustin .   Ungodly, compared to grass, 174 ; flourish for a time, perish for ever, 208 ; miserable, though apparently happy, 336 . Unity of the Catholic Church, 328 , 501 , 591 ; unity recommended, 677 . See Church . Usury condemned, 99 , 612 .   Virginity, 451 , 452 ; parable of five virgins, lessons in, 670 .   White Mass, 660 . Wicked. See Ungodly . Wine of the Lord, 514 . Wisdom, book of, 172 . Wives and husbands, 223 . Word of God, Christ Jesus, 502 ; godhead and manhood inseparable, 6 ; became flesh so as to be man's food, 372 ; the written word is bread of the righteous, 99 ; a well of life to the receiver, 347 ; was heard read standing, 402 . Works, love the root, good works the fruit, 199 , 200 ; faith works by love, 445 . See Grace , Justification , Righteousness . World, Christ sends both fire and sword into, 245 ; six ages of the, 456 ; Christians must use, not serve, the world, 474 .   Zechariah the prophet, 546 , 547 , 676 . Zion. See Sion . Ziphites, 206 , 207 , 208 .