Voice, a fine, should not make men proud, 217; of Christ raises dead, 355; of Archangel,
355-56.
Want, inclines to evil things, 250.
War, spiritual, always our duty, 336.
Warning, should be gentle, 367.
Watchful, nothing will hurt him, 241.
Watchfulness, a security, 326, 362; in our power, 362; in vain without arms, 363; perpetual,
needed, 364.
Water, wonderfully transformed, 353; extinguishes a lamp, 370.
Way, narrow, requires care, 364; and light equipment, ib.; broad, leads to death, ib.
Weak, to be supported, 367; in faith, ib.; wish to see enemies punished, 381.
Wealth, not a cause of honor, but of dishonor, 290; its bad effects seen in a luxurious king,
291-92; its evils arise from the greediness of the desires, 292; makes men mad and turns
them into demons, 292; a mischievous thorn, 386-87; often lost for want of a wife, 397.
Well-doing, brings good, 249; well-doings of man are gifts of grace, 219-20.
Widows, unable to manage slaves, 349; excessive grief of, 356; comfort for, 350-51; children
of, may do well, 351; widows indeed, ib.
Wife, what her duty is to her husband, 304; wife and husband make but one man, 318-19;
how she should please her husband, 346; often ill-treated, 350; to be taught to fear hell,
384; will learn meekness of her husband, 397; and contempt of money, ib.; directed to
learn of her husband, ib.
Will, good, increased. by doing good, 220; free, not taken away by God's working with man,
ib.; it makes riches or poverty a gain to man, 233; of God must cast out every other
will, 314; the chief thing for amendment, 347; can turn a wrong into a benefit, 367;
ours must concur to our salvation, 393-395.
Wind, as, to a ship, so discourse to a soul, 383; help of God like a, 393.
Wisdom, is opposed to all luxury, 292; consists in a virtuous life, 300; not craftiness nor
hypocrisy, 309; shown in a proper way of behaving, to persons of all estates, 311.
Withdrawal, a severe punishment, 394, 396; success of, 396.
"Without," means Greeks, 310.
Witness, God an unseen, 332.
Women, who labored with St. Paul, recommended to care, 244; some warned to amend, or
not to come into the Church, 293; adorn their hair with trinkets of gold, 307; excessive
mourning of, 349; one taken, another left, 356; eating their own children, 358.
Word, The, appeared as Man, not to change from being God, or to be a Phantom, but to be
an example of humility, 214-15.
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