Noah, type of the Resurrection, 283; a just man, 326; could not have saved the Jews, ib.; his sons' conduct, 342; days of, like the last, 357; men in time of, perished from not fearing, 383. Number, change of, in speaking, 372 (note 2) .   Obedience to others does not make us inferior to them, 215; cause of exaltation, 216; the duty of the wife to her husband, 304. Oil, a type of God's love to man, 201; hence kings and priests anointed with it, ib.; type of mercy as being the cause of light, ib.; want of, quenches lamp, 371. Ointment, the Saints are like, 327. Oneness of mind, the force of it, 203. Onesimus, sent by St. Paul to the Colossians, 310. Oppressors, more cruel than robbers, 369; poor as bad as rich, 370. Ornaments, gold, are a loss to the users, 232; earthly chains to bind sin on, and strip Christ off, 308; love of, incites vainglory, and is the cause of many evils, ib. Orators, record vanity of human things, 379. Oratories, 373. Ornament, danger of, 338; none like gravity, 350; spiritual, 351.   Palaces, splendid, no cause for pride, 217; none like heaven, 351; way to, borne with, though narrow, 364; one who admits to, loved for it, 367; great men of the world found at, 373; churches the real, ib. Palæstra, place in which runners in a race were trained, 239. Palestine, travelers in, called to witness on overthrow of Sodom, 357; sufferings of the Jews in, 358. Paradise, plain of Jordan like, 357, 369. Passions, tempt us as pagans did martyrs, 336; insatiable in their nature, 379. Patience, a high praise, 325; of Job, 337; toward all men, 367; puts the impudent to shame, ib.; proved in time, 381; of Christ, 393. Patriarchs, examples how people should suffer the loss of children, 299. Patronage, change of religion for, 381. Paul, St., scourged at Philippi, 181, see Philippi; gives high testimony to Philippians, ib.; in bonds when wrote Epistle to Philippians, ib.; let go afterwards, ib.; wrote it in his first imprisonment, ib.; consoles Philippians about his bonds, and exhorts to unanimity and humility, 182; writes to encourage, not to rebuke, Philippians throughout, ib.; praises them for their well-doing, ib.; his great love for them, ib.; why he calls himself "servant" in writing to the Philippians, 184; reason for his writing to the clergy of Philippi, ib.; his joy at their virtues, and constant readiness to assist him, 185; to be 1003 Homilies on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians