Instruction, spiritual, stored in the mind, 388; like picking a flower, 399; increases obligations, 424; conveyed formerly by things, 401; given in church, 406; to be obeyed on trust, 425; in virtue by temporal ills, 429; requires personal ardor and promptness, 430, 480; like water from a well, for use afterwards, 446; in morals precedes that in revealed truth, 446; inattention to, excused by dullness, 475. Instruments, weakness of, shews God's power, 409. Insult, effect of, our own fault: recoils when slighted, 353; towards aggressors an offence to God, 440; from one under high patronage, 444. Intemperance, before and after fasting, 439. Intentions, provided by God are rewarded, 341; known to God, 475. Intercession to be made for Antioch, 346; arguments used in, 383; of the poor, 351, n.; bold, of monks, 453, 454; of saints departed, 389, n. Invocation of saints and angels, 389, n. Iron softened by water, 403. Isaiah commands the sun, 411.   Jacob, his care of Laban's sheep, 354. Jailor at Philippi, 450. Jephthah's vow allowed by God, 434. Jerusalem, temple at, 456; wretchedness of, 457; favours of God bestowed on, 467; a vine, 467. Jesus of Nazareth, the common name of our Lord, 393, n. Jews in distress could not listen, 346; reproved for not looking to God, 356; saved by Esther's prayer, 356; oppressed in Egypt to increase their desire of Canaan, 384; would not name Christ from hatred, 393; gave no heed to Moses, 413. Jewels, the pride of some women, 449. Job, his character shewn by affliction, 338, 341; his wrestling with Satan: tried as gold, 339; Antioch compared to him, 344; safest when poor, 353; his trust in God, 366; loved before grace, or the old covenant, 366; rewarded for retaining godliness, 369; dunghill of, in Arabia, 371; consolation to be derived from, 371; his body, preciousness of, 371, 372; an instance of the merit of suffering, 385; silence of his friends, 412; a Gentile, 423, n.; his virtue lofty in prosperity and adversity, 442; losses of, led him to God, 445, 461. John, St., Baptist, to be followed in reproving sin, 343; his martyrdom a warning against oaths, 432, 470. Jonah's flight of no avail, 378; how taught mercy, 378; forced by God, 382; author of the book of, 480, n. Jonathan's eating the honey, 434; if slain, a double misery to Saul, 434. Joseph sold, 363; wept, 488. 750 Homilies on the Statues