HOMILIES ON PHILIPPIANS, COLOSSIANS, AND THESSALONIANS.   Aaron, why he was not smitten with leprosy as Miriam, 274 . Abel, suffered through love, 342 ; shall meet Christ, 356 . Abraham, example of good use of riches, 240 ; his offering Isaac a type of our Lord's death, 283 ; bid sacrifice Isaac, that he might be rewarded, 331 ; an example to bereaved parents, 336 ; prayed for Sodom, 342 ; preferred God to all things, 350 ; heard even his wife for God's sake, 350 ; blessed in his family for this, 350 ; not heard for Sodom, 358 ; his reward greater for his not knowing the future, 361 ; had children, but was not covetous, 369 ; his hospitality, ib. ; wronged by Lot, ib. Accusation, false, met by explanation, true by acknowledgment and amendment, 392 . Achaia, churches of, 381 . Achan, sacrilege of, punished, 359 . Actions, tradition by, 344 , 394 . Acts, of mercy to be done against the last day, 202 ; noble acts not performed without daring, 226 ; evil actions spring from thoughts, 247 . Adam, first of mankind, 271 ; difference between him and a Christian, 287 . Adjuration, by Christ, once feared, now despised, 372 ; a woman rewarded for regarding, 373 . Admonition, indirect, most effective, 348 ; relieved by praise, ib. ; disliked, 366 ; should be gentle, 367 ; followed up with prayer, 371 ; of an offending brother, private, 395 . Admonitions, should be coupled with commendations, 219 . Adrian, sufferings of Jews from, 358 . Adultery, has worse effects than fornication, 248 ; is uncleanness, 342 ; forbidden to men as well as to women, 345 ; a work of darkness, 362 ; most insulting if open, 370 . Affliction, of self, now a virtue, at Day of Judgment an unprofitable reflection, 245 ; a benefit, 253 ; no one free from it even in this world's contests, 253 ; from it ease springs, 255 ; admits spiritual joy, 325 (see Trial ) ; the lot of Christians, 335 ; less felt when we have great blessings, 350 ; grace and comfort in, 380 ; unity a help in, 380-81 ; shakes the weak, confirms the strong, 380 ; comfort in, 382 ; a temptation against love of God, 393 . Ahithophel, example of flattery, 205 . Alexander the coppersmith, 391 . Alexander, called the Macedonian, 328 ; his conquests prophesied of, ib. Alms, adorn the soul, root out covetousness, raise soul toward heaven, bring blessings, assist the dead, 197 ; a help to catechumens, ib. ; measured by the purpose of the giver, 251-52 ; are a sweet savor to God, ib. ; should be given in proportion to the property a person has, 294 ; are a more beautiful clothing than golden ornaments, 307 ; surpassed by thanksgiving and losses, 337 ; giving, relieves one's losses, 338 ; stores for, 338 ; oil of our lamp, 371 ; are for those who cannot support themselves, 394 . Almsgiving, to ministers a gain to the giver, 187 ; the right disposition of giving, 187 ; removes sins of the giver, ib. ; should be to the poorer before the richer, ib. ; not to a saint in abundance, ib. ; should be without nice curiosity, 188 ; its good effects on man's nature, 248 ; does more good to the giver than the receiver, 249 ; shown to be the best thing by time present and future, 263 . Amalek, conquered by Moses' prayer, 391 . Ambassadors, honor due to, 330 . Amulets, used in sickness, 336 ; applied by old women, 298 ; a device of Satan's, ib. ; the use of them condemned by the better sort of heathens, ib. Ananias, sin and punishment of, 359 . Anarchy, Antichrist's opportunity, 389 . Anchor, hope of Resurrection, 377 . Angels, Colossians' notion about them refuted, 270 ; created by the Son, 271 ; all things done by them are of Christ, ib. ; aforetime enemies to man, were reconciled to him by Christ, 272 ; could not persuade men to reconciliation, for they could not bind Satan, 275 ; not needed since men are "knit" to Christ, 276 ; notion about them answered again by Christ's being in Christians, 280 ; Colossians' notion about them arose from some false teacher, out of his vainglory, 288 ; it caused them to let go their hold of Christ, and so be lost, 289 ; attend on children, 351 ; work of in the Resurrection, 355-56 ; host of, described as surrounding Christ, 382 . Anointing, metaphorically, for encouraging, 378 . Antichrist, might seem a sign of Christ's coming, 362 ; is not an exact one, ib. ; will come first, and so far a sign, 378 ; Christ left no room for his deceit, 378 ; he that shall come in his own name , ib. ; called the Apostasy, 386 ; will not setup idolatry, ib. ; will be worshiped in God's temple, i.e., in Churches, ib. ; miracles of, ib. ; is not Satan, 386 ; what withheld, the Roman Empire, 388-89 ; Nero a type of, 389 ; Christ's mere appearing shall destroy, ib. ; permitted for silencing of unbelievers, ib. Antioch, monks near, 394 (note 2) . Apollinarius, of Laodicea, 206 ; his followers denied that our Lord took a soul, 214 . Apostasy. See Antichrist . Apostles, The, examples how we should meet pride arising from our wisdom, 205 ; a type, and their life-giving laws, 240 ; taught and then left those they had taught to teach in their place, 301 ; their ignorance no hindrance to the spread of the Preaching, 307 ; rejoiced in suffering, 325 ; chosen as unworldly, 329 ; at first curious about the time of Consummation, 360 ; not so afterwards, ib. ; not informed, ib. ; St. Peter chief of, ib. Appearing, not said of the Father, but of the Son, 207 . Archippus, probably held some office in the Church at Colossæ 257 , 314 ; a person to whom St. Paul would have the Colossians entirely subject, 315 . Archangel, 355-56 . Arians, like Greeks in making a greater and a lesser God, 207 . Aristarchus, was brought up from Jerusalem fellow-prisoner with St. Paul, 310 . Arius of Alexandria, 206 ; how his heresy falls before St. Paul's text, 207 . Ark, one hundred years building, 357 ; resting-place of, ib. Armor, spiritual, 363 . Army, the Church like an, 367 . Article, the, often not placed, and yet the word God means The Father, 209 . Artisans, oppress their poorer fellows, 370 . Arts, knowledge of, should not make men proud, 217 ; to be used in God's service in serving one another, not to withdraw men from spiritual things, 233 . Ascalon, country beyond, 357 ; men of, conquered by Samuel's prayer, 391 . Assyrians, king of, conquered by Hezekiah's prayer, 391 . Atoms, notion of, 353 . Avarice, souls sacrificed to, 346 ; wickedness of, 368 ; vain excuses for, answered, 368-69 ; its bad effects, 210 ; consists in loving money at all, 211 ; hinders from seeing Christ's face, ib. ; is a root of evils, ib. ; hinders from being Christ's servant, ib. Audacity, examples of, 205 ; is shown in causeless rage, 206 .   Baptism, called a seal, 197 ; men freed from sin by, and have the Holy Ghost given them, 237 ; men are delivered, as it were, from a fever and wholly diseased state by it, ib. ; it gives remission of sin, grace, and wealth, 238 ; prodigal son an example for those that have sinned after baptism, ib. ; is through the cross, 242 ; the way prepared for it by the things done of old in water, 283 ; is a circumcision of spirit, 285 ; not burial only, but resurrection, ib. ; a death unto sin, 286 ; prefigured in Red Sea, 290 ; its destroying and new-making effects no cause for marvel from what goes on in nature, 290 ; called sleep by heretics, 352 ; too often deferred, 361 ; St. Greg. Naz. on this practice, 361 (note 3) ; priest has one with people, 392 . Beasts, wild, do not hurt unless straitened, 368 ; man inferior to in bodily qualities, 379 . Beauty, no cause for being proud, 217 . Bee, lesson from, in that it dies in stinging, 368 ; commended in Scripture, ib. Beggars, adjure by Christ in vain, 373 ; succeed by praising ladies' beauty, ib. ; driven to low jesting and juggling, ib. ; and to loose music, ib. ; thankful under great privations, ib. ; at churches, ib. ; cruel treatment of, 395 . Begging, a shameful thing, 348 ; misery of, 368 . Beginning, used for first impulse, or for grounding, 378 . Belief, of things in heaven increased from what takes place on earth, 283 . Believers, sins of, punished, 359 . Belly, the many ways men make it their god, 243 ; moderation a boundary to it, as the sand to the sea, ib. Benjamin, tribe of, that in which the priest's portion was, 231 . Beræa, persecution at, 328 . Bishops, sometimes called presbyters and deacons, 184 ; have authority from Christ by succession, 274 ; come from God, ib. ; are ambassadors from God, 274-75 . Bishop (see Chrysostom , Priest , Ruler ) , responsibility of, 372 . Blasphemers, hated by God, taken up by the devil and the demons, 209 . Blood, resisting unto, 385 . Body, the, may be made spiritual, and at length shine in heaven like Christ's body, 243 ; shall be made immortal by the power of Christ, 244 . Body (see Resurrection ) , formation of, a mystery, 353-54 ; unity of, requires care of all parts, 381 ; place of head in, 397 . Bonds, a furtherance to the Gospel, 182 , 189 ; a confirmation of the Gospel, 186 ; give confidence to others, 190 ; cause preaching both from envy and for good-will, ib. ; the great service they are to St. Paul and to his work, 306 ; a contrast between his and those the women bound their hair with, 307 ; St. Paul's, a support under all kinds of tribulations, 315 ; and in temptations to luxury, 315-16 . Books, Christian and heathen, 379 . Bowels, of Christ, force of the expression, 188 . Breastplate, of faith and love, 363 . Brethren, used as a mark of honor, 230 ; murdered by refusing sustenance, 359 ; disorderly, to be punished, not starved, 393-94 ; nor utterly cut off, 395 . Bride, with what ornaments she should be adorned, 320 . Brutes, superior to man, 217 . Bulimy, ravenous disease called, 379 . Busybodies, never satisfied, 379 .   Cain, envied for want of love, 342 ; his sin punished, 359 ; his sin equaled, ib. ; had no written law, ib. Calling, Christian, requires good life, 345 ; many fall from, 385 ; God's will in our, 363 , 385 . Canticles, mystical interpretation of, 352 . Care, undue, takes away the native force of the soul, 229 . Catechumens, do not benefit by remembrance in the Mysteries, only by alms, 197 . Catasta, 336 (note 2) . Ceiling, gilded, common in houses of the rich, 232 . Cæsar's household, obedient to St. Paul's preaching, 253 . Chapels of martyrs, 373 ; some built by Constantine, ib. (note 1) ; poor at doors of, ib. ; alms at (reference in note 1) . Chariot, 206 . Charmer, unpitied if bitten, 365 . Charms (see Amulets ) , offered in sickness, 336-37 ; to be rejected for fear of God, ib. Chastity, specially called holiness, 342 ; blessing of keeping till marriage, 346 ; sometimes found in heathens, 347 ; first practice of, keeping the eyes, 378 ; foundation of, fasting, ib. Cheerfulness, right in all events, 223 . Children, of nobles, wear golden ornaments round the neck, as those of high birth, 182 ; put it off when men, 183 ; require to be indulged, 277 ; loss of, not a new suffering, and a gain to them, 299 ; may be wept for, but without blasphemous words, ib. ; at Constantinople had learnt songs and dances of Satan; should be instructed in psalms and hymns, 301 ; should never be left to intermix freely with servants or friends even, ib. ; the many virtuous lessons they may be instructed in from the Psalms, 302 . Children, term used by St. Paul when he would correct or show fondness for, 229 ; loss of, too great grief for, 349 ; what children happy, 351 ; good, meet their fathers, 356 ; eaten by women, 358 ; curiosity of, 360 ; made an excuse for avarice, 368 ; God may take away if made an excuse, 369 ; patriarchs had, but were not covetous, ib. ; why given, ib. ; should be taught to fear judgment, 383 ; to be regulated, 384 ; cares for, sweet to a mother, 392 . Children, the three, refreshed in the furnace, 325 ; ventured without knowing they should escape, 361 . Christ, how glorified in St. Paul's life or death, 194 ; exhorts disciples by examples of himself, the Father, and prophets, 206 ; called the great God by St. Paul, 207 ; His not seizing to Himself equality proves Him not lesser than the Father, 208 ; His divinity not matter of robbery, but His right, natural to Him, 213 ; His emptying Himself His own act, ib. ; if a mere creature, did not humble Himself in washing disciples' feet, 214 ; in what ways like and unlike other men, ib. ; underwent no change or degeneracy in becoming a servant, ib. ; proved to have taken a soul against the Apollinarians, 214-15 ; was not servile in becoming willingly obedient to His Father, but greatly honored Him, 215 ; His humiliation corresponding to His height, ib. ; His death greater humiliation than His being a servant, ib. ; the most ignominious death of all, ib. ; humbled as man, ib. ; exalted as man, ib. ; His glory, honor, or dishonor is the Father's too, 216 ; His obedience, His exaltation, ib. ; can be known only by faith, 235 ; fellowship in His sufferings and death through faith, 236 ; comes Himself to take His friends to heaven, 244 ; the grief it will be to be rejected from His kingdom at the judgment, 245 ; men are saints because of their faith in Him, 258 ; His names symbols of His benefits to man, ib. ; He cometh to us through the poor, 260 ; present at the table of the poor, 261 ; the greatness of His work in redemption, 267 ; First of the Church, as the Adam of men, 271-72 ; still suffers in His members, 276 ; does many things for them now, ib. ; reasons why He came at this time, not in old time, 277-79 ; in Him is hid all wisdom, 281 ; "fullness of Godhead" in Him means that God dwelleth in Him, 285 ; blotted out the bond that was against man by His death, 286 ; and then tore it in two, ib. ; conquered Satan on the cross, ib. ; His death public, His Resurrection private, ib. ; so beautiful it is not possible to tell, 295 ; is put on by clothing the soul with virtues, 308 ; present at marriages, 319 ; with His angels, 320 ; glorified in suffering, 325 ; waiting for, 328 ; His resurrection a ground of hope, 328 , 363 ; known by the Jews, though slain by them, 333 ; foretold affliction to lighten it, 335 ; suffered for us while enemies, ib. ; he that can give to, rich, 338 ; death of, proves incarnation real, 352 ; is in the faithful, 353 ; our Pilot, 355 ; words of, recorded only by St. Paul, ib. ; voice of, raises the dead, ib. ; honor of meeting, 356 ; checked curiosity about the end, 360-61 ; comes as a thief, and why, 361 ; comes suddenly, though preceded by Antichrist and Elias, 362 ; command of, to obey rulers, though bad men, 366 ; comes to table in the poor, 374 ; proclaimed at hand to induce disappointment, 377 ; spoke particularly of consummation to provide against deceivers, 378 ; coming of, to be like lightning, ib. ; taught humility by washing disciples' feet, 379 ; suffering for, glorious, 385 ; coming of, will be with gathering of saints, 385-86 ; followers of Antichrist would in no case have believed, 389 ; did not openly call Himself God, ib. ; excuses for not believing, taken away through Antichrist, 389 ; came in the Father's name, ib. ; called the Love of the Truth, ib. ; friend of man, 390 ; glory of, to save men, ib. ; is present where men pray together, 392 ; to be waited for, 393 ; forbade idleness, 394 . Christians, of old, sharers of St. Paul's sufferings, 200 ; if they glorify Christ, and live not rightly, insult Him, and worse than heathen, 216 ; enemies to the cross, who seek ease and luxury, 242 ; called faithful because of mysteries intrusted to them never intrusted to others, 258 ; a call to have a portion of the Saints in Light, 266 ; translated into it by Christ, ib. ; yet prefer ease and luxury in this world, 267 ; contrasts between state of, at baptism and Adam's state in Paradise, 287 ; can only be kept in state of purity by a virtuous life, 287-88 ; are risen with Christ therefore their life is not this life, nor will it appear till He appears, 289 ; compare to a corpse, 290 ; have all one royal form, viz., that of Christ, 297 ; should make the sign of the cross, and not use amulets, 298 ; should not always be learning, but should be able after a time to teach others also, 301 ; wisdom with which they should treat those that are not Christians, 309 ; in having put on Christ, are clothed with ornament enough, 307 . Christian, so may you die, a form of adjuration, 372 ; first all friends, 331 ; appointed to trials, 335 ; present, have borne nothing, ib. ; are not ready for war, ib. ; in peace should provide for war, 336 ; are Christ's in death or life, 363 ; first, as one family, hence withdrawal much feared, 395-96 . Christ-mongers, some call, 348 . Christs, false, provided against, 378 . Chrysostom, St., admires St. Paul more for his grief at sinners than for his many trials, 254-55 ; is not afraid to warn people of their sins because he may be left with a small congregation, 293 ; the mind with which he had spoken of the defects of his people, ib. ; his hearty joy at the mention of St. Paul's bonds, 306 ; straitened for an example of friendship, 331 ; his argument about fornication, 342 ; apostrophizes Joseph, 343 ; urges to immediate forgiveness, ib. ; talks like a matchmaker, 346 ; must speak of unclean things for remedy, ib. ; calls his charge his own body, ib. ; in fear of punishment because of his office, 359 ; promises to prove that hell is not against God's mercy, 359-60 ; grieves for scorners, 365 ; complained of for discipline, 366 ; prayed for the people, though unworthy to do so, 371 ; asks their prayers on account of his responsibility, 372 ; and on account of Satan's assaults, 391 ; feels for the people as a father, 391 ; asks to hear any complaint, 392 ; wishes his charge multiplied, though heavy, ib. ; spiritual children of, ib. ; pangs for, ib. ; preached as bishop once or twice a month, 396 ; asks help in teaching, 397 . Church, the, the bride of Christ and of His flesh, 319 ; the real palace, 373 ; poor around doors of, ib. ; lessons from this, 374 ; rich are vain and showy in, 387 ; reverence in, 388 ; called in God , for distinction from other assemblies, 324 ; of Constantinople, unworthy to be so called, ib. ; offenders removed from, 336 ; order of, like that of an army, 367 ; they that war on, say they know God, 378 ; whole, claims our love, 381 ; tradition of, 390 ; each once like one family, 396 ; glory of, lost for want of love, ib. Churches, Antichrist shall be seated in, 386 . Circumcision, might be performed to the breaking of the Sabbath, 230 ; nothing but "concision" when the law was no more, 230 ; what true circumcision is, ib. ; only a type, 231 ; how it differed from baptism, 285 . Coiner, coineth but in vain, 388 . Colony, Philippi so called, 181 . Colossæ, a city of Phrygia 256. Colossians, Epistle to the, written while St. Paul was in bonds, and after that to the Romans, 257 ; later than that to the Philippians, ib. ; their fruitfulness after they had received grace, 259 ; are brought unto God by ministers of Christ, not by angels, ib. ; praised for their way of life, 265 ; blamed for their doctrines, ib. ; must be brought unto God by His Son, no more by angels, 264 ; their love for St. Paul, 280 ; saw him constantly in the spirit, ib. ; their steadfastness in faith, 281 ; warned against their notion about angels by being bid walk in Christ, 284 ; warned against some false philosophizer that would gradually undermine them, ib. Commands, different at the end of some Epistles, 303 . Commandments, perfection goes beyond, 344 . Commendation, needs qualifying, 385 ; carefully guarded, 393 . Concision. See Circumcision , 230 . Conscience, a terror to those that live in crime, 248 ; constantly tells men they sin, but they refuse to know it, 269 . Constantine, built chapels to martyrs, 373 (note 1) . Constantinople, St. Gregory Nazianzen at, 361 (note 3) ; Constantine built chapels to martyrs in, 373 (note 1) . Consummation, curiosity about time of, 360 ; curiosity checked, ib. ; time of, best not known, 361 ; death is to each one, 360 ; now going on, 360-61 ; Christ spoke particularly of, to exclude deceivers, 378 ; Thessalonians perplexed about, ib. Contention, nature of man fond of, 217 ; does away with peace, 248 . Contentious, the, require arguments from reason as well as Scripture, 212 . Contentment, in all states not easy, and requires discipline and trial, 250 . Contrite spirit, God loves, 278 . Conversation, about hell, useful, 382-83 ; of other men's matters, dangerous, 383 . Corinth, fornicator of, quenched the spirit, 370 ; cured by withdrawing from him, 396 . Corinthians, were not poor, 332 ; Timothy sent to, 335 ; reasoned with, because indocile, 353 . Cornelius, example for a soldier, 241 ; prayer of, 326 . Correction, by means of hard sayings, 211-12 . Covenant, the nature of a, 287 . Covetousness, its bad effects, 248 ; more cruel than robbery, 369-70 ; to be checked, 370 . Courage, not haughtiness, 205 (see Pride ) ; examples of true courage, 205 ; is shown in the absence of self-love, 206 ; has scope through uncertainty, 361 . Craticula, 336 (note) . Cross, the, must be borne by Christians, 242 ; its power, ib. ; Christians exhorted to sign themselves with it, 298 . Cupping-glass, draws out disease, 387 . Curiosity, must not be indulged, 277 , 279 ; natural to man, 360 ; indulgence promotes, ib. ; especially about the consummation, ib. ; belongs to an imperfect state, ib. ; reasons against, ib. ; excuse for, to answer heathens, ib.   Daniel, his humility shows us how we should meet the pride that comes from wisdom, 204 (see Apostles and Joseph ) ; thought a god, 327 ; could not have saved Jews, ib. Darkness, works of, 362 ; vice a, 363 ; is over the earth, 370 . Daughters, of men, 357 ; Lot would have given up, for the sake of God's servants, 358 . David, example of humility, 205 (see Humility ) ; an example how to behave in a kingdom, 241 ; Samuel sent to anoint, 339 ; care of people for, 391 . Day, sons of, 362 ; to be such our own part, ib. ; of the Lord comes as a thief, 326 , 360 ; of judgment, circumstances of, 355 ; darkness to some, light to others, 362 ; comes as travail on a woman, but partially foreknown, 362 ; as a thief to men in darkness, ib. ; last, will show who have believed, 385 ; falsely proclaimed at hand, 386 . Deacon, bids silence for lessons, 387 . Dead, of all ages, raised, 356 ; raised and gathered before caught up, ib. ; all await the end, 361 ; by nature and in sin compared, 363-64 ; one who wrongs us is in sin, 368 ; therefore we need no revenge, ib. ; burial of, 379 . Death, no shame to a Christian, 194 ; only a coming to life to the Christian, 196 ; in itself indifferent, ib. ; several causes of the fear of, 198 ; that by the Cross most ignominious, 215 ; of the just matter of joy, 223 ; that of desperately bad, cause of more joy, ib. ; if really death, sad, 349 ; horror of being led to, 356 ; eternal more terrible, ib. ; consummation to each one, 360 ; time of, best unknown, 361 ; fear of, restrains many, ib. ; vice a, 363 ; going to, by a broad road unenviable, 364 ; thought of, humbling, ib. Deceit, a good kind of, 284 . Deeds, teach, not words only, 240 ; make the teacher to be reverenced and obeyed by disciple, ib. ; "of the old man" means that of the bad moral choice, 294-95 . Deep, how to traverse safely, 355 . "Defense, of the Gospel," the expression explained, 190 . Delay, folly of, 325 ; makes forgiving harder, 343 ; of Judgment is for our repentance, 384 . Deluge, disbelieved till it came, 356 ; of Hell, 357 . Demons, statues in houses so called, 232 ; praised in song at heathen feasts, 262 ; beset way from earth to heaven, 371 . Desire, the end for which it is implanted in the mind, 233 ; to be limited except in heavenly things, 370 . Despair, none to, though late, 325-26 ; makes any one bold, 361 ; men should not be driven to, 395 . Despondency, relieved by example, 349 . Difficulties, met by difficulties, 353-54 ; of others turned to our good, 378 . Disciples, Christ washed feet of, 379 ; in schools are also teachers, 397 . Discipline, Church, thought odious, 366 . Discourses, of Hell, profitable, 359 ; thought unpleasant, 382 ; qualify the soul; 383-84 ; are to it as wind to ships, 383 ; to be applied to all, 384 ; preferred by many to lessons, 388 ; yet not heeded by them, 388 ; less effective than life, 396 . Dishonor, for Christ's sake glorious, 385 . Disease, produced by carelessness, 364 ; sin a, ib. ; to be expected, 367 . Disorderly, who are, 367 , 394 ; not to starve to death, 394 . Dispensation, may have two meanings, 277 . Disputing, what it means, 220 . Dives. See Rich man . Divinity, not spoken of as unequal in Scripture, 207 . Diviners, not consulting, makes loss a gain, 337 ; may learn something of Satan, ib. ; going to them pleases him, ib. Doctrines, not to be forsaken for human respects, 381 . Docetæ, 352 (note 2) . Dogs, the poor are, of God's palace, 374 . Draught, of wind puts out lamp, 370 . Dress, should not make men proud, 217 . Drunkenness, any vice a, 362 ; causes sleep, 364 . Duties, should be done not from nature only, but from higher motive of pleasing God, 304 .   Ear, formation of, 354 ; sin may enter by, 370 . Ears, how to use them in God's service, 233 . Earth, imperfectly known to men, 354 ; shall give up the dead, 356 ; things of, quench grace, 370 ; way from, to heaven beset by demons, 371 . Ease, in this world is not the way to heaven, 255 ; in this world is not the life of Christians, 289 . Edification, mutual, 366 . Education, soul the chief object in, 346 . Egypt, bad character of, 358 . Egyptians, drowned, 358 ; irascible and unforgiving, 380 . Elation, more disease to the soul than dropsy to the body, 217 . Elect, the, worth suffering for, 325 ; to be gathered by Angels, 355 ; honored by meeting Christ, 356 ; Antichrist might well-nigh deceive, 386 . Eli, and his sons, punished, 359 ; sin of, not unimitated, ib. Elias, example of courage, 205 ; type of the Resurrection, 283 ; to come before Christ, 362 , 378 , 390 ; example of poverty, 240 . Empire, Roman, 388 . Endurance, Christian, convinces adversaries, 200 . Enemies, spiritual, enumerated, 336 ; to be talked to concerning Hell, 384 . Enemy, an, should be treated as a real friend, 249 ; softened by kindness, 343 ; good of not having, 395 . Enmities, ruler must incur, 366 ; of great, not feared by first Christians, 381 . Enmity, had its origin from the earth, 275 . Enoch, type of the resurrection, 283 . Envy, the causes of it, 191 ; to indulge it makes us friends of Satan's, to resist it makes us sharers in our brother's pleasure, 312 ; he that resists it, makes his own soul brighter than his whose grace he envies, and gains three crowns, 313 ; makes to fight against God and His Church, and puts a man in punishment, 313 ; likened to a savage beast, ib. ; of Cain from want of love, 342 ; bred at marriage feasts, 384 . Epaphras, See Epaphroditus . Epaphroditus, sent by clergy of Philippi to St. Paul, 184 ; sent to the Philippians by St. Paul, 223 ; St. Paul's fellow-soldier, 224 ; "Messenger" or "Teacher" to the Philippians, 225 ; his sickness and recovery, ib. ; risked his life in going to visit St. Paul, ib. ; the service of all the Philippians fulfilled through him, 226 ; the bearer of the Epistle to the Philippians, 249 ; bearer of alms to St. Paul, 252 ; brought St. Paul the account of the Colossians, 258 ; commended by St. Paul, 314 ; a Colossian, ib. ; St. Paul's great praise of him, 315 . Ephesians, Epistle to, written while St. Paul was in bonds, 257 . Ephesus, Elders of, 355 . Epistle to Hebrews, called one of St. Paul's writings, 184 ; second to Thessalonians, occasion of, 377 ; one forged as from St. Paul, 377 , 386 ; token of a true, 377 ; prefaced with prayer for God's favor, 380 ; not all things given in, 390 . Erythræan sea, 358 . Eternity, of future punishment, 384 . Eve, clothed herself with the garment of sin, and became unseemly, 307 . Evil, not to be rendered for evil, 367 ; much less for good, ib. ; all to be abstained from, 371 . Evil-speaking, true or false, against superiors brings harm to the speaker, 228 ; love allows not, 381 . Eusebius, of Constantine's building chapels, 373 (note 1) . Example, must be from a stronger case, 208 . Examples, of different kinds, in Holy Scripture that each Christian may follow as he is able, 240 . Excuses, vain and inconsistent, 388 . Execution, horror of going to, 356-57 . Executioner, abhorred, 347 . Eyes, the right way of employing them in God's service, 233 ; formation of, 354 ; an inlet of danger, 370 , 378 ; must care for whole body, 381 . Ezekiel, his prayer rejected, 327 ; not on his own account, ib. ; his sufferings, ib. ; his way of speaking, 371 .   Faith, alone comprehends mysteries, 236 ; is perfected by doing works like Christ's works, ib. ; coupled with conduct everywhere by St. Paul, 264 ; causes solidity when it shuts out reasonings, 282 ; instances of the need of it in things above human conception, 282-83 ; implies willingness to suffer, 324 proved by it, ib. ; strong, of Thessalonians, 328 ; what could be lacking in, 341 ; in Mysteries, 354 ; needed everywhere, ib. ; sails of, 355 ; a breastplate, 363 ; how strengthened, 363 , 380 ; weakness in, 367 ; design of some to subvert, 377 ; weak, shaken by affliction, strong confirmed, 381 ; work of, is patience, 385 ; not given to all, 391 . Faithful, are God's riches, 385 . Fans, used in Holy Eucharist, 205 (note 1) . Fasting, foundation of chastity, 378 ; and prayer, not work of hands, 394 . Fate, a cruel doctrine, 269 ; believed only by those that defined Pleasure the "end" and did not love Virtue, ib. Father, name of The, enough to show His priority, 213 ; we stand before, when judged by Christ, 342 ; Christ came in the name of, 389 . Father, St. Chrysostom feels as a, 391 ; is to many in the spirit, 392 ; even to those baptized by others, ib. ; all Christians at first as under one, 396 . Fathers, duty of, to their children, 304 ; reward children for virtue as pleasing them, 332 ; should keep sons in chastity, 346 ; good children meet, 356 ; neglect education of sons, 359 ; have to annoy their sons, 366 ; but can do so unresisted, ib. ; relation of, to sons, why appointed, 369 ; even as such have claims on children, 372 ; would not lose their children, though burdened, 392 . Fathers, old, wait for us, 356 . Fault, to be spoken of to the persons concerned, 392 . Favorers, 312 . Favor, of God. See Grace , 380 . Fear of God is better than all things, 197 ; not so powerful as shame to bring us to right tone, 201 ; a means of softening the mind, 212 ; needful for setting a high example, 219 ; in achieving temporal, much more spiritual matters, ib. ; produced by remembrance of God's presence everywhere, ib. ; should not cast down because God works with man, 220 ; of man often more persuasive than fear of hell, 226 . Fear, 382 ; if early learned, not soon effaced, 383-84 ; we should hear with, in church, 388 . Feast, differences between a Christian and a heathen, 262 ; best to invite poor to, 374 . Feet, how to use them in God's service, 233 . "Fellowship in the Gospel," what St. Paul means by it, 185 . Fig tree, what it grows from, 353 . Fire, appointed for avaricious 211 ; see river of , 365 ; thought of, good, 382 ; makes riddance of thorns, 387 ; kills small insects far off, 389 . Fiery furnace, type of the Resurrection, 283 . Firstborn, of every creature, its meaning, 270 ; another meaning, 271 ; from the dead, 352 . Flattery, not humility, is shown by courting for the things of this life, 206 . Fleetness, should not make men proud, 217 . Flesh, the, hath been honored by God, was dishonored by the false teachers of the Colossians, 289 ; of Christ, deniers of, 352 . Folly, not so bad as haughtiness, 217 ; all sin so called; contrast between it and wisdom, 300 . Forbearance, of God, 384 . Forgive, not to, cause of greater harm to oneself, 202 ; we should, like Joseph, 343 ; while the heart is warm, ib. ; to, a means of pardon, ib. Forgiveness, our own, increased by warning others of like sins, 268-69 ; of what character it should be, 295 ; and is nothing without love, ib. Form, in a simple being, implies one substance, 209 ; does not mean "work" of a servant, but real humanity, 214 . Fornication, its bad effects on man's nature, 248 ; opposed to love, 342 ; to be shunned for sanctification, 344 ; those who commit, are like filthy swine, ib. ; worst in the married, 345 ; all, forbidden, ib. ; the young to be kept from, 345 ; early, makes bad husbands, 346 ; twenty-three thousand slain for it, 358 ; law against, then new to them, ib. ; quenches the Spirit, 370 ; never satisfies, 379 ; how corrected, 396 . Free will (see Will ) , 220 , 362 . Friend, a faithful, how good, 330 ; times and places loved for, 331 ; loves to be indebted, ib. ; and to have his friend so, ib. ; Christ is the, of man, 390 . Friendship, of many, brings hurt, 189 ; many kinds of friendship, 259 ; it is a cold kind that comes of giving great feasts, 263 ; become rare, 330 ; examples of, in first Christians, ib. ; rewarded by God, 332 . Fullness, means Godhead, 272 . Funeral, sight of, humbling, 379 .   Gain, loss made a, 337 ; not to be sought from loss of others, 370 ; Heavenly, to be desired without limit, ib. Gains, dishonest, how to be rid of, 369 ; example of Zaccheus, ib. ; little, great covetousness shown in seeking, 370 . Galatians, return to observance of the law, 198 ; quench the Spirit, 370 . Garment, God gives a glorious, 350 ; Joseph's, rather showed him innocent, 380 ; wedding, he that had not, cast out, 385 . Garments, stores of, no real gain to the possessors, 232 . Gaza, country beyond, 357 . General, specially attacked in war, 391 ; all succor him, ib. Generation, of Christ, greater mystery than his Resurrection, 236 ; can be comprehended only by faith, not reason, ib. (see Resurrection ) ; spiritual, type of the Son's eternal generation, 283 . Gentiles, once were "dogs," but the Jews had now taken their place, 230 . Gifts, God's, to be used in His praise, 233 ; not what withheld Antichrist, 381 ; for they had long ceased, ib. Glory, not to be obtained, except by fleeing from it, 217 ; of God to impart good, 385 ; of suffering for Christ, ib. ; great, of glorifying God, ib. Glorying, of St. Paul in his converts, 381 . God, everywhere called great in the Scriptures, 207 ; all mankind acknowledge Him to be just, 212 ; His glory does not consist in man's worship, 215-16 ; when the Son is honored or dishonored He is, 216 ; everywhere present, 219 ; His longsuffering motive for repentance, ib. ; works with man only when he has a good will to work, not to make him careless, 220 ; gives the desire and fulfillment of the good works, ib. ; His working with man does not take away his free-will, ib. ; men flee from Him by sin, 237 ; to know His will spiritual wisdom is needful, 264 ; to know His essence, continual prayers, ib. ; longsuffering is said of Him, patience never, 265 ; His love known by seeing His Son delivered up, ib. ; His gifts cannot be used unless He gives strength, ib. ; does not do things on a sudden, but with consideration of man's weakness, 277 ; the Church in Him, 224 ; sinners not so, ib. ; raised up Christ, 328 ; His trusting implies approval, 329 ; acts like a friend in dissembling claims, 331 ; promises His Son as reward for Abraham, ib. ; rewards us for what is good for us, 332 ; well-doing his gift, 341 ; true virtue that in His sight, 342 ; is insulted by uncleanness, and avenges, 345 ; teaches love of brethren, 348 ; blasphemed through idlers, ib. ; jealous of our trusting in man, 350 ; takes away what we prefer to him, ib. ; protects the widow, ib. ; and the fatherless, 351 ; His undeserved goodness, 350 ; speaks more kindly than a husband, 351 ; nature of, inscrutable, 354 ; His power ends difficulty, ib. ; seen in a manner by prophets, 355 ; spoke to St. Paul, ib. ; Resurrection His work, 356 ; will do what He threatens, 357 ; did so to old world, and to Sodom, ib. ; must punish if impartial, 359 ; infinite goodness of, 363 ; mercy of, to the merciful, 365 ; image of, not to be insulted, 368 ; salvation of, His purpose, 372 ; admits the poor to His courts, 374 ; not knowing, the beginning of pride, 378 ; knowing, cures pride, 379 ; St. Paul invokes favor of, 380 ; favor of, to Joseph, ib. ; praise due to, for our good actions, ib. ; justice of, to be seen at last, 381 ; must punish on His own account, 382 ; the King most to be feared, ib. ; forbears, that we may prepare, 384 ; does all His part to save us, ib. ; punishment of those who know not, 384 ; coming of, in itself implies vengeance, 385 ; it is light to some, darkness to others, ib. ; glorified in His saints, ib. ; the faithful His riches, ib. ; imparting good, His glory, ib. ; gratification or persuasion of, ib. ; speaks in Church lessons, 387 ; letters from, ib. ; all good ascribed to, 390 ; care 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 . Hand-writing, St. Paul's cause of emotion to the Colossians, 314 . Hardships, present lot of Christians, 329 . Harlot, ways of, pleasant to loose minds, 346 ; dishonor of being united to, 347 ; hired for wedding-feasts, 317 ; to do so like mixing vinegar with wine, 318 . Haughtiness. See Pride , 204 . Head of a family should be its teacher, 397 ; husband is, of wife, ib. ; office of, in the body, ib. Health, good, should not make men proud, 217 . Hearing, quick, should not make men proud, 217 . Heart, the source of good and evil, 342 . Heathens, sometimes chaste, 347 ; grief at deaths suitable to, 349 ; answers to, about Resurrection, 353 ; no better answer by knowing time of Consummation, 360 ; asked when should be Resurrection, 361 ; shame they should see Christians despise adjuration, 372 ; use of their histories, 379 . Heaven, compared to palaces, 351 ; orphans shine in, ib. ; not to be attained with self-indulgence, 364 ; way to, beset by demons, 371 ; opened in description, 382 . Hell, appointed for avaricious, 212 (see Avarice ) ; a warning to bad men, ib. ; though intolerable, yet not equal to the pain of being dishonored at the judgment, 245 ; deluge a proof of, 357 ; Sodom a proof of, ib. ; not known to ancients, 358 ; thought of, implanted in us for good, 359 , 382 ; St. Chrysostom in fear of, 359 ; sons of, 362 , 366 ; thought of, makes trouble seem nothing, 382 ; should be talked of, 382-83 ; thought of, keep from falling into it, 383 ; he that will not hear of, not ready for persecution, ib. ; St. Paul would have borne for God's will, ib. ; fear of, guides the soul, 384 ; rich man would have escaped had he feared, ib. ; some think mild and temporary, 384 ; those refuted, ib. Helmet, spiritual, preserves reason, 363 . Heretics, do great and good works, but without a reward, 191 ; their way of interpreting, "He thought it not robbery," 212 ; say Christ was humbled not as He is Man, 215 ; that "Name" means glory , ib. ; and that God's glory consisted in that all worship Him, ib. ; their notions of God false, 216 ; the wisdom of the Spirit leads them to undertake the fight that they may fail, 234 ; blot out words of Scripture when against them, ib. ; entrapped by St. Paul's words on the Law, ib. Hezekiah, heard, and why, 326 ; triumphed over king of Assyria by prayer, 391 . History, proves vanity of earthly things, 379 . Holiness, chastity specially called, 342 ; implies all virtues, ib. Homily, unnecessary, 388 . Hope, source of all good, 194 ; helmet of, 363 ; an anchor, 377 ; false in the notion that Hell is temporary, 384 ; good, supports the soul, 390 . Holy Spirit, His words are as a two-edged sword in a phalanx, 206 ; given in Baptism, 237 . Holy Scriptures, apply human words to God, 252 . Honor, takes place between a greater and a lesser, 209 . Horse race, 206 . Horse, soul compared to, 384 . Hospitality, to the poor, has a reward at the Judgment, 262 ; of Abraham, 369 ; to the poor, 374 . House, a, a memorial of covetousness, 369 . Houses, how to use them in serving God, 233 ; fallen, of the great, an admonition, 379 . Human nature, imperfect, 192 . Humility, the greatest safety for disciples against their enemies, 182 ; Joseph's, 204 ; Christ's cause of men's working greater deeds than Himself, 205 ; not adulation or meanness, ib. ; shown in David, ib. ; examples of, ib. ; is shown when one shows respect to another, for things pleasing to God, 206 ; taught by examples of Christ, ib. ; must be an emptying one's self from free choice, 213 ; what true humblemindedness is, 208 ; always a way to be exalted, 216 ; the good things that spring from it, 217 ; arises from considering our own failings, 229 . Hunger, should be relieved, 368 ; to perish by no disgrace, ib. ; to make others do so, a crime, ib. Husband, duty of, to his wife, 304 ; bound to keep to his wife alone, as she to him, 345 ; not to be idolized, 350 ; what comes of a, ib. ; should teach by example, 396 (and see Wife ) ; head of the wife, 397 ; his obligations to her, ib. ; should take spiritual food, like a swallow, to the nest, ib. Husband and wife, make but one man, 318 ; what kind of one parents should seek for their daughters, 320 . Husbandman, desires to see his land when fruitful, 341 ; must attend to the seed sown, 386 ; natural, has to do with lifeless earth, ib. ; not so spiritual, 387 ; he must root out thorns, ib. Hymns, diviner things than psalms, 301-02 ; that of the Angels which the faithful know, 302 ; when a person is about his business, he may sing a hymn in his heart, ib.   Idleness, mischief of, 348 ; of Christians is an offense to heathens, ib. If, used for because , as assuming certainty, 382 . Ignorance, often cause of sorrow, 352 . Illumination. See Baptism . Images, set up in houses of rich, 232 . Image, the, why it is not said of an Angel, yet is of a man, 270 . Image, of God, in man, 368 ; of a king, not safe to insult, ib. ; impressed on wax while warm, 383 . In, said of the Son as of the Father, 324 ; in Jesus, 353 ; used for through , 385 , 390 . Incarnation, proved real by Christ's death, 352 ; unforeseen, 356 . See Flesh . Indolence, cause of men's believing in fate, 269 . Industry, benefit of, 348 . Initiated, know the order of service, 371 . Injustice, injures the doer of it most, 249 . Insult, not bearing, a weakness, 367 ; to a man is to Christ, 368 ; not returning, a lesson, 396 . Intercession. See Prayer . Intercessions, good for all, 197 . Interpretation, mystical, 352 . Inworking, of God, requires good-will in man, 186 . Iron. See Soul , 212 . Israel, conquered thirty-two kings by prayer, 391 .   Jacob, prayer of, 326 ; an example to pastors, 332 ; had children, yet not covetous, 369 ; wronged by Laban, but never defrauded him, ib. Jacob's ladder, type of the Cross, 283 ; he deceived his father, by an economy, 285 . Jailor, his business full of wickedness, 182 ; his sudden conversion, and that of all his family, ib. Japheth and Shem, blessed for loving their father, 342 . Jeremiah, his prayer rejected, 327 ; his way of speaking, 371 . Jerusalem, temple at, not the only seat of Antichrist, 386 ; above, our Mother, 398 . Jason, made to give security, 324 . Jesus, called Justus, probably a Corinthian, 310 ; to sleep in, what, 352 (note 4) , 353 . Jews, corrupt Christianity under a show, 182 ; an example with what mind men should give to Priests, 226 ; still in an imperfect state from excess of listlessness, 277 ; were as children under Moses, ib. ; the wilderness was a school to them, 278 ; Egypt as the tablet on which their letters were written, ib. ; like children in wishing to return to Egypt, ib. ; their doctrines those of children, ib. ; were humored in their passions like children, ib. ; in all respects imperfect like children, 279 ; prayer not heard for, 326 ; persecutors of Christ and His Church, 333 ; and that not for truth's sake, ib. ; slew prophets whose books they use, ib. ; enemies of all men, ib. ; wrath on them, 334 ; their sufferings, 358 . Job, heard for his friends, 326 ; he could not have saved the Jews, ib. ; his patience better than almsgiving, 337 ; wrestled with Satan, ib. ; tried through his wife, 340 ; mourned little for his children from love to God, 350 ; thankful in all circumstances, 367 ; prayers of, for his children, 392 ; prayer of, for his sons, not for temporal blessings, but for pardon of sin, 197 ; Satan attacked his soul to make him more approved, 210 ; an example of suffering without murmuring, 221 ; the grievousness of his sickness, ib. ; and his state worse than ours, because it was before the gift of grace, and the tidings of the Resurrection, 222 ; gave thanks in his pain, 265 . John, St., the Baptist, example of courage, 205 ; came in spirit and power of Elias, 389 . Jonas, type of the Resurrection, 282-83 . Jordan, plain of, like Paradise, 357 ; now burnt and desolate, ib. Joseph, his example shows us how we may overcome the pride that comes from our wisdom, 204 ; contrast between him and the Egyptian woman, 307 ; how tempted by his mistress, 342-43 ; firm, yet moved by tears, 343 ; forbore revenge, ib. ; an instance of the power of grace, 380 ; how hardly treated, ib. Josephus, records punishment of the Jews, 358 . Joy to be shown for just, dead as well as living, 196 ; of the world soon over, and bringeth grief, 254 ; spiritual in affliction, 325 ; on suffering enables to render good for evil, 367 . Judæa, Churches of, persecuted, 324 , 333 , 341 ; Christians of, lost their goods, 349 . Judaizing Teachers, why called dogs, no longer children, 230 . Judas, the traitor, fell, from his love of money, 210 ; his hardness of heart, 211 ; his fall told by all the Evangelists, that we may dread it, ib. Judgment, to be dishonored in the, worse than pain of hell, 245 ; the nearness of it, a consolation to the good, 244 ; Day of, is night and winter to sinners, day to the just, 267 ; Christian who disbelieves it cannot be called a Christian, 268 ; none disbelieve it, 269 ; to disbelieve it not reasonable, 269-70 ; commencement of, 355 ; not disproved by prosperity of wicked, 362 ; suddenness of, ib. ; terrors of, to scorners, 365 ; deceivers proclaimed at hand to induce disappointment, 377 ; just, of God, 382 ; children to be taught about, 383 ; future, less talked of than earthly, 384 ; and less prepared for, ib. ; delayed that we may repent, ib. Justice, its good effects, 161 .   Kindness, softens an enemy, 343 . King, Eternal, fear of, 382 ; honor of meeting, 355 ; reprieve from, 356 ; poor admitted with, to Christ's Table, 374 ; none Christian at first, 381 ; fear of, keeps from much evil, 382 ; letters of, read in churches, 387 . Kings, not free from affliction, 253 ; instances to show this, 254 ; their kingdom not like the kingdom of heaven, ib. ; use the bees' work, 368 ; Israel conquered, 32 ; by prayer, 391 . Kingdom of God, worth bearing all for, 333 , 382 ; of heaven, obtained through Priests, 367 . Kiss, of charity, given through others, 372 . Knowledge, brings condemnation without practice, 206 ; without action, leads to punishment, 265 .   Labor, in vain, 340 ; of hands recommended, 348 ; spiritual, made an excuse for idleness, ib. Laity, duty of, towards priests, 366 ; have liberties that priests have not, ib. ; equal in chief benefits, 392 . Lamb, priest and people partake of one, 392 . Lamp, of the Spirit, not to be quenched, 370 ; robbers first put out, 371 ; bright, admits to bridechamber, 372 ; lighted, can light others, 396 . Land, how to use it in serving God, 233 . Laodicea, epistle from, probably written from thence to St. Paul, 314 . Laughter, arising from present things is condemned by Christ, 246 ; at admonition, miserable, 367 . Law, the, not is loss , but is counted loss for Christ, 235 ; like a bridge to the Gospel, ib. ; or as a man counts silver when he found gold, ib. ; it is loss by comparison, ib. ; good as the chaff is to the corn, ib. ; not absolutely loss, but for Christ, ib. ; but a doctrine of men, now the time (of Christ) is come, 289 . Laws, father's authority upheld by, 366 ; fear of, hinders many bad actions, 382 ; hurt not those who fear them, 383 . Law-suits, men talk much of, 384 ; and take pains about, ib. Laying on, of hands is through the cross, 242 . Lazarus, raising of, 356 ; rich man despised, 374 ; needed his help afterwards, ib. Leopard, Daniel's vision of, 328 . Letter, forged as from St. Paul, 377 . Letters, from heaven, 387 ; of kings, read in church, ib. Life, is of several kinds, 195 ; what it is not to live this present life, ib. ; this present, worth living if we live in faith, 196 ; not life if it has no fruit ib. ; good or bad as we make it, ib. ; the present a good state, 225 ; future is better than a good state, ib. ; to risk it for saints is martyrdom, 226 ; cannot be without pain, 254 ; the present, compared to a nest of mire and sticks, 267 ; the virtuous, a good thing, 280 ; the present, should be no cause of care to a Christian, 290 . Light, children of, 362 . Lightning, coming of Christ, evident as, 378 . Like-mindedness, not so great as to be of one mind, 203 . Likeness of man said of Christ, because he was not equal in everything to man, 214 . Listlessness, arises from looking at the faults of others, 229 ; puts Christians out of the state of grace, 276 . Littlemindedness, as bad as sloth, 367 . Longsuffering, is towards one that we can requite, 264 . Loss of money, made a gain by patience, 337 ; relieved by giving alms, 338 . Lot, his choice proves fertility of plain of Jordan, 357 ; did not save Sodom, 358 ; his love to God, ib. ; Abraham bore wrong from, 369 . Love, spiritual, a support in great trials, 186 ; it was as a dew to the holy children, ib. ; impossible to convey St. Paul's in words, 188 ; is unbounded, 189 ; indiscriminate, leads to weak friendships, and to receiving spurious doctrines, and makes to stumble, ib. ; it should have respect to what is profitable, with understanding, ib. ; maintained by believers standing in one mind, 199 ; to love one another the best return for spiritual benefits, 203 ; it is more to St. Paul than to deliver him from dangers, ib. ; greater than like-mindedness, ib. ; how much is meant by oneness of mind, ib. ; shown for others by wrestling in spirit for them, 224 ; increased by troubles from without, 253 ; spiritual love alone steadfast, 259 ; and like a queen over other friendships, ib. ; instanced in St. Paul and Moses, ib. ; is as the bond or root, without which there can be no perfection 295 ; is more requisite from the governing to the governed than from the governed to the governing, 304 ; puts down envy, 313 ; labor of, 324 ; true, would give the soul, 330 ; possible, since Christ bids, 331 ; want of, causes heresies, ib. ; love dissembles favors, ib. ; perpetuates heathenism, ib. ; is indescribable, as a foreign plant, ib. ; needs help of presence, 334 ; should extend to all, 341 , 348 , 380 ; makes unblamable, 342 ; saints pleased God by, ib. ; fire of, consumes all sin, ib. ; Cain wanted, ib. ; overcame St. Paul, ib. ; why mentioned in passing, 348 ; God teaches, ib. ; of God to man, 351 ; a breastplate, 363 ; how to strengthen, ib. ; overcomes distance, 372 ; weak, shaken by affliction, strong, confirmed, 380-81 ; should be equally balanced, 381 ; danger of division in, ib. ; must be for God's sake, ib. ; of God, hindered by many things, 393 ; toward God before ourselves, implies before money too, ib. Love of money. See Wealth . Lowliness, corrects vainglory, 203 ; its power when found in two persons, 204 ; shown in a broken heart, ib. ; of mind, 217 . Lust, to be cut off, 344 ; and its occasions, 345 ; a drunkenness, 362 ; insatiable, 379 ; cured by thought of hell-fire, ib. Luxury, gives birth to affliction and pain, 255 ; not to be envied, 364 ; talk of, hurtful, 384 .   Macedonia country of the Philippians, 181 ; St. Paul's cultured field, 341 . Macedonians, once as renowned as the Romans, 328 ; joined with others in St. Paul's crown, 334 ; empire of, overthrown by Romans, 328 , 389 . Madness, vice worse than, 364 . Magistrates, scourge St. Paul more from impulse than wickedness, 182 . Mammon, contradicts Christ's commands, 211 ; hell and river of fire because of it, 212 ; turns from love of God, 393 . Man, is superior to brutes only through religion and virtue, 218 ; and in things that concern the soul, ib. ; may become an angel by practice of virtue, ib. ; not worthy of the grace of God, 266 ; greatness of his deliverance set forth, ib. ; and of his own will under the power of darkness, 275 ; could be persuaded to return to God only by Christ, ib. ; can continue in this state only by continuing to have faith and hope in Christ, 276 ; how he is changed by the Gospel, 276 ; "the old man" does not mean the substance of flesh, but the bad moral choice, 294 ; the new man is ever advancing to greater youthfulness, 295 ; man imperfect when alone, 318 . Manes, 206 . Manichees, 294 (note 5) , 352 (note 2) . Mansions, splendid, are a loss, 232 . Marcellus, of Galatia, 206 ; in what way heretical, 207 ; how his heresy falls before St. Paul's text, ib. Marcion, of Pontius, 206 ; in what way heretical, 207 . Marcionites, their heresy of our Lord being a phantom overturned, 213 , 352 (note 2) . Marriage, early recommended, 346 ; of chaste persons blessed ib. ; object of, ib. ; second, of widows, 349 ; feast at, occasions envy and discontent, 384 . Marriages, satanical performances at, 378 ; how marriage is a mystery, ib. ; marriage union really a pure thing, dishonored from man's wickedness, 319 ; how it is a mystery of the Church, ib. ; a satanic pomp in, without significancy, 320 ; pleasure will follow from celebration of a marriage in an orderly way, ib. ; melancholy from such as then were common, ib. ; the right way to keep the wedding feast, ib. Martyrdom, is attained by lesser things more than by great, 226 ; not now usual, 336 ; may still be imitated, 337 . Masters, duty of, to servants, 305 . Medicine, bitter, useful, 360 ; to be sweetened, 337 . Memorial, a great house a, of covetousness, 369 . Memory of good deeds makes men remiss and haughty, 238 . Mercy, works of, must never be given up, 182 ; should be worn as tokens about the necks of Christians, ib. ; a means to convince unbelievers, 183 ; must be done with caution and true faith, ib. ; can only be done in this world, ib. ; can open the gates of heaven, 183 ; ofttimes called "righteousness," 189 ; men soon led to it, no good in our nature so great as it, 201 ; in the nature even of the fiercest, ib. ; peculiar to power, ib. ; the world established by it, ib. ; most pleasing to God, ib. ; priests, kings, and prophets anointed by it, ib. ; signified by oil, ib. ; it is over all men alike, ib. ; without it all created things would perish, ib. ; cause of light to men, 202 ; to be merciful God's true character, and so man's, ib. ; it is of it that all things are, ib. ; it delivers from fire of hell, ib. ; comes of love, ib. ; without man's showing it, he shall have no forgiveness, ib. ; must be shown to obtain mercy, 365 ; where none the Spirit dwells not, 371 . Metals, abuse of precious, through luxury, 292 . Ministers of Christ not clothed by miracle, 229 ; allowed to be in want that others may be profited, ib. ; though unworthy, have God with them, 274 . Miracle, standing, of fruits of Sodom, 357 . Miracles, danger of men being honored for, 339 ; of Antichrist, 386 , 389 . Moderation, binding on all, not priests only, 227 ; reasons why it should be shown to enemies and the bad, 246 . Money sent by Philippians to St. Paul at Rome, 226 ; to be employed in God's service, 233 ; must be despised for the sake of God, 393 . Monks, near Antioch, 394 (note 2) . Mortification, as necessary as it is continually to rub the rust off a bright statue 294 ; of sin in members of the body necessary, 296-97 . Moses, a schoolmaster to the Jews, 277 ; his intercession, 327 ; would not have saved Jews at last, ib. ; seat of, 366 ; conquered Amalek by prayer, 391 . Mother, delights in her cares, 392 ; her pangs before birth, spiritual parents' lasting, ib. ; heavenly Jerusalem our, 398 . Mothers should take care of their own characters, because their daughters take pattern from them, 308-9 . Motives, temporal weigh with most men, 348 . Mourning, house of, 384 . Mouth, how to use it in God's service, 233 ; door of our lamp, 370 ; keep shut when insulted, ib. Murmuring, an art of Satan's to take away reward of virtue, 220 ; occasions stains, ib. ; to be avoided at all times, 223 . Mysteries, Apostles ordered a remembrance to be made of the dead in them, 197 ; the mystery of God is to be brought to Him by His Son, 280 ; priest makes partakers of, 367 . Mystery, must be confessed somewhere, 354 .   Name, does not mean glory, 215 . "Name of our Lord Jesus," everything done in it prospers, 302 . Name of God, the great power of the, 303 . Nature, human, may be looked on as one continued life from the first to the present time, 277 . Necessity, notion of, from Satan, 269-70 . Nero, emperor when Epistle to Philippians was written, 186 ; a type of Antichrist, 389 . Night, compared to a caravan of many fountains, 192 ; children of, 362 . Ninevites, escaped because they feared, 383 . 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 loved by him, sign of being great, 186 ; imprisoned under Emperor Nero, ib. ; in what sense he calls God to witness, 188 ; his bonds useful, 189 ; cause of confidence to himself, ib. ; did not mind grievous things of this life, 193 ; rejoices though he has many enemies, ib. ; his humble-mindedness and trust in God, 194 ; would glorify Christ by life or death, ib. ; not to die at this imprisonment, ib. ; how dead as this present life, 195 ; because he did not care for it, ib. ; it would be by God's dispensation, not of man's sin, 196 ; though in the midst of suffering chooses to live, 198 ; in what way like the sun, 199 ; why willing to stay on earth, ib. ; not a flatterer, 205 ; how he was humble and courageous, ib. ; exhorts to humility by example of Christ, 206 ; by awe at presence of the Holy Spirit, ib. , and note 2; one text of his lays low many heresies at once, 206 ; takes away fear of being debased because of humility by example of the Incarnation, 212 ; his discretion in admonishing, 219 ; his death like a drink-offering, and cause of rejoicing to the Philippians, 222-23 ; frees the Philippians from suspicion of his giving comfort merely by sending Timothy, 223 ; does all for Christ, ib. ; tidings of the Philippians would give him courage, 224 ; did not know all things absent by revelation, ib. ; his dependence on God in everything, ib. ; had not neglected them because he sent so late, 225 ; his soul never free from sorrow, ib. ; careful to teach Philippians humility, 226 ; had more than one cloak, and lived the life of faith, 228 ; provided his proper clothing, ib. ; does not give exhortation without first commending, 230 ; his high state as a Jew in birth and way of life, 231 ; died to his body while alive, 236 ; not confident of attaining to the resurrection that leads to Christ, ib. ; his life one of contest to the end, 237 ; taught by deeds as well as words, 240 ; an example of the constancy of virtue under all circumstances, 241 ; his care to recommend laborious persons, and the benefit of this, 244 ; is refreshed at the advancement of his disciples, 249 ; probable reason of his receiving at one time, and not at another, 250 ; partly excuses the negligence of the Philippians, ib. ; how he put down proud thoughts from well-doing and yet did not check it, ib. ; his way of encouraging liberality and keeping independence, 251-52 ; his grief for sinners remarkable, 255 ; those of his epistles most holy which were written while he was in bonds, 257 ; had not seen Colossians when he wrote to them, ib. ; his presence everywhere a great thing, 258 ; everywhere couples conduct with faith, 264 ; first praises, then blames, 265 ; his striving for his disciples, 281 ; in all his epistles he tries to show that Christians are partakers with Christ, 290 ; his lowliness of mind, 306 ; his work prospered much more when he in bonds than out of them, ib. ; reasons for his not putting everything into his epistles, 309 ; his behavior to Agrippa, an instance of Christian wisdom, 309 ; treated worse than the prophets were 310 ; the considerate way in which he spoke of persons, ib. ; his warnings how to deal with persons he calls "without," 310-11 ; his wisdom instanced in his discourse to the Athenians, 311 ; and in treatment of Elymas, ib. ; his reminding the Colossians of his bonds a great support to them in trials, 314-15 ; meaning of his wish to be accursed from Christ, 317 ; his humility in placing others with himself, 323 ; his thanksgivings and prayers for others, 324 ; asked prayers of others, 326 ; persecuted at Berœa, 328 ; at Philippi, 329 ; no flatterer, 329 , 333 ; sought not honor, 329-30 ; like a nurse, 330 ; ready to endure hell, 331 ; worked with his own hands, 332 , 394 ; like a father, 333 ; spoke to each singly, ib. ; asked only that men would gain the kingdom, ib. ; felt separation like an orphan, 334 ; satisfied his love through others, ib. ; his vehement love, 334 , 341 , 372 ; hindered by Satan, 334 ; by the Spirit, ib. ; not all things revealed to, 339 ; his thorn in the flesh, ib. ; stayed in spite of danger, 340 ; his labor, ib. ; his joy at good report, ib. ; his sufferings, ib. ; firm, yet moved by love, 342 ; exhorts by Christ, 344 ; had no false delicacy, 346 ; Christ spoke in, 355 ; heard expressly from God about Judgment, ib. ; checks curiosity, 360 ; improved his gifts, 370 ; had great confidence before God, 371 ; sends kiss of charity, 372 ; subscribed with his own hand, 377-78 ; begins with prayer for grace, 380 ; humility of, ib. ; gloried in the Thessalonians, 381 ; would have borne hell for God's will, 383 ; wisely hinted the fall of the Roman Empire, 388 ; prayer of, for Thessalonians, 390 ; he asks theirs, 390-92 ; indicates his dangers, 390-91 ; had right to be maintained, 394 ; humility of, in speaking of his own doings, 396 . Paul of Samosata, 206 ; in what way heretical, and how his heresies fall before St. Paul's text, 206-07 ; said our Lord was a mere creature, 214 ; his doctrine refuted, 271 . Peace, we are at peace with God, through virtue, 247 ; must be maintained with God and our neighbor, 248 ; restored between men and angels, 273 ; the frequent mention of it in the church, ib. ; not the Bishop's, but Christ's, by means of him, 274 ; is an umpire in the heart between anger and charity, 296 ; human peace cometh of revenging, ib. ; prayer for, 395 . Peacemakers, always imitate the Son of God, 248 ; why called the sons of God, 273 . Pearson, Bp., an argument of, 353 (note 2) . People, should obey priests with good will, 366 ; many of, excel ruler, 391 ; equal with priests in chief blessings, 391 ; partake of one Baptism, one Lamb, with him, ib. Perfecting, implies deficiency, 341 . Perfection, not in the Law, nor in Angels, but in Christ only, 280-81 ; goes beyond commandments, 344 . Persecuted, God's glory to reward, 385 . Persecution at an end, 182 ; why permitted, 324 ; at Berœa, 328 ; at Philippi, 329 ; endurance of, proves the Gospel, 329 ; men that will not hear of hell are not ready for, 383 ; patience under, 385 . Persecutors, will be punished, 328 , 334 ; shall be confounded at glory of saints, 385 . Persians, king of the, wears his beard of gold, 292 ; empire of, 389 . Persuasion, of God, 385 , and note 1. Peter, St., had common convenience of clothing, 228 ; freed by prayers of others, 326 , 391 ; refuses honor for miracles, 339 ; chief of Apostles, 360 ; not told time of consummation, 360 ; improve grace given, 370 . Phalanx, pushing through, 335 . Phantom, our Lord so called by the Marcionites, 214 . Pharaoh, punishment of, 358 . Pharisee, spoiled good works by pride, 378 . Pharisees, made men sons of hell, 362 , 366 ; in Moses' seat, and to be obeyed, 366 . Philemon, Epistle to, written while St. Paul was in bonds, 257 ; written upon close of St. Paul's preaching, 257 ; probably with the Colossians at one time, ib. Philippi, persecution at, 329 ; named from its founder, a colony, 181 ; the seller of purple converted there, ib. ; keeper of the prison believed there, ib. ; St. Paul and Silas scourged there, ib. ; St. Paul's preaching had a remarkable commencement here, ib. ; had shown great readiness for the Faith, 182 . Philippians, of a city in Macedonia, 182 ; sent Epaphroditus to St. Paul in prison, ib. ; patterns of charity, ib. ; partook of St. Paul's sufferings, 200 ; their virtue made St. Paul illustrious, 222 ; had attained to a life of love, concord, and peace, 240 ; had at some time been negligent in well-doing, 249 ; the first to think of giving to St. Paul, 251 ; their gifts would turn to their salvation, 252 ; they were poor men, handicraftsmen, ib. ; Epistle to, written while St. Paul was in bonds, 257 ; Timothy sent to, 334 . Philosopher, true, not grieved by things of this life, 193 . Philosophers, speak of future punishment, 359 ; of changes of fortune, 379 . Philosophy, heathen, not true wisdom, 193-94 ; true, not to wish for revenge, 338 . Physicians, trusted when they have foretold symptoms, 335 ; defile their hands to cure, 346 ; must displease the sick, 366 ; useless, going to, unless for remedy, 387 . Photinus, in what way heretical, 206 ; how his heresy falls before St. Paul's text, ib. Piety, belongs to man alone of creatures, 218 . Pilot, Christ a, 355 . Pity, 201 . Places, loved on account of friends, 321 . Plants, wonderful growth of, 352-354 . Plane-tree, golden, made by an ancient king, 291-92 . Pleasure, less in splendid feasts, than in poor ones, 261 ; is not the life of Christians, 289 . Plenty, inclines to evil, and requires great virtue in the use of it, 250 . Poets, speak of future punishment, 359 ; of great men's falls, 379 . Pomegranates, of Sodom, full of ashes, 357 . Poor, to feast them is to make God our debtor, 260 ; called to Christ, 292 , 294 ; it is no good to feed them and live voluptuously one's self, ib. ; sometimes oppress the poorer, 370 ; exemplary in thankfulness, 373 ; sit at Church doors, ib. ; are dogs of God's palace, 374 ; communicate with the great, ib. ; descendants of, may he great, 374 ; pride cured by sight of, ib. ; best guests to entertain, ib. ; Christ comes in, ib. ; contempt of, comes of pride, 378 ; dishonor to, provokes God, 395 . Potiphar, unreasonable, 380 . Poverty, a happiness, 191 ; false reasons for fearing it, 193 ; good or bad, according to the disposition, ib. ; is good or bad, according to a man's will, 233 ; the procurer of heaven, ib. ; distresses most men, 349 ; furnace of, 373 ; comforted in house of mourning, 384 . Power of Christ, cause of men's working greater deeds than himself, 205 ; persons in power ever changing like dust, 290 . Practice, of the commands of Christ brings us His gifts, 206 . Prætorium, palace of Nero so called, 181 ; palace so called, 189 . Praise, when rightly given and withheld, 208 ; men should not live dependent on it, or do praiseworthy actions for its sake, 248 . Prayer, assists the dead, 197 ; a consolation at all times, 246 ; should be joined with thanksgiving, ib. ; not acknowledged without thanksgiving, 247 ; frequent, makes persons listless, therefore they must join watching with it and thanksgiving, 305 ; a Saint's prayer, ib. ; remembering others in, 324 ; of others useful, if we do our part, 326 ; made for all men, ib. ; expressed from love, 341 ; due to pastors, 372 ; houses of, 373 ; of arrogant, not heard, ib. ; of St. Paul for Thessalonians, 390 ; he asks theirs, ib. ; St. Chrysostom asks earnestly, and more on his own account, ib. ; united, powerful, 391 ; for people bold in St. Chrysostom, ib. ; yet he makes it in private as well as in public, ib. ; seals precepts, 395 ; for peace, ib. ; in salutation, ib. Prayer of the Faithful, Lord's Prayer so called, 306 . Preachers, of strife taught as St. Paul did, against their will, as instruments of the devil, 190 . Presbyters, sometimes called Bishops, 184 ; could not lay hands on a Bishop, ib. Pride, to be corrected by thanking God for our wisdom, 204 ; makes men even unlike the devil, 205 ; haughtiness not courage, ib. ; cause of Satan's fall, 216 ; is worse than folly, 217 ; the evils that come from it in a man's temper, ib. ; natural good qualities and blessings should not make men proud, ib. ; makes a man lower than irrational creatures, 218 ; shown in thinking fine houses superfluities, etc., a gain, 232 ; attendant on the feasts of the heathen, 262 ; cure of, in seeing the poor, 374 ; exclaimed against, ib. ; comes of not knowing God, 378 ; beginning of sin, ib. ; of Pharisee, spoiled good works, ib. ; a constant misery, 379 ; a sign of wanting reason, ib. ; of rich at Church, 387 . Priest, should be obeyed with good-will, 366 ; hated for reproving, ib. ; authority of, sanctioned by Christ, ib. ; gives up the world for his office, ib. ; imparts the Holy Mysteries, 367 ; communicates first but equally with people, 392 . Priests, grudging to support them upbraided, 226-27 . Prize, the, the Christian runs for in heaven, 239 ; it is far more precious than gold or jewels, ib. ; those who could gain it must follow example of runners in a race, ib. ; Christ gives it in heaven, ib. Proclamation, the, is made further known when St. Paul is bound, 306-07 . Prodigal Son, an example to those that sin after Baptism, 238 . Prophecies, about Christ and Antichrist, 389 . Prophesyings, true and false, 371 . Prophets, slain by Jews, 333 ; speak as from God, 355 ; speak irresponsibly at the time, 371 ; less listened to than king's messengers, 387 . Proselytes, not circumcised on the eighth day, nor of the stock of Israel, 231 . Providence, signs of, 283 . Proving all things, what, 371 . Prudentius, on St. Lawrence, 336 (note 2) . Psalms, singing a less irksome way of gaining instruction than reading, 301 ; the warnings they contain for the practice of virtue, 302 . Pulpit, not opened to all, 371 . Punishment, example of, necessary to lead bad-principled to virtue, 220 ; all sin incurs, 344 ; comes of evil will, 347 ; temporal, for those who knew not eternal, 358 ; instances of, 358-59 ; from God not to be questioned, 358 ; present unequal, 359 ; for not obeying the Gospel, 382 , 384 ; of others not to be rejoiced in, 382 ; the heavier for delay, 384 ; future, proved eternal, ib. ; of disorderly by withdrawing from them, 394 , 396 . Purity, blessedness of, 342 ; enjoined on Timothy, 344 .   Reader, at Church speaks God's words, 387 . Reason, cannot comprehend mysteries, 236 , 282 ; pride shows want of, 379 ; overwhelmed by ill discourses, 383 . Reasoning, not used to the docile, 352 ; on some things unwise, 354 ; like swimming without boat or pilot, ib. ; good not to indulge in, 380 ; conclusive, from God's justice, 382 . Rebecca, an example for a bride, 317 . Reconciliation, the way of, through Christ, 272 . Red Sea, burial to Egyptians, generation to Israelites, 290 . Rejoicing in Christ arises from mourning for sins, 246 . Relations, domestic, intent of, 369 . Remembrance, good, what, 340 . Remission, of sins, given in baptism, 238 . Repetition, needful, 386 ; in Holy Scriptures complained of, 388 . Report, of actions, greatest near the spot, 328 ; credible from those who might envy, ib. Reprieve, 356 . Reproof, preparation for, 380 , 393 . Restitution, should exceed wrongful gains, 369 . Resurrection, the, a motive to good living, 212 ; no tidings of, in Job's time, 222 ; that of Christ, known only by faith, not reason, 236 ; one which leads to honor, one to punishment, 236 ; the glorious one to be attained by going through the like sufferings with Christ, 237 ; doctrine of, believed by only a few of those who live in sin, 269 ; men rewarded in it according to desert, ib. ; prefigured in Enoch, Elias, Jonah, Noah, fiery furnace, generation of plants, and of man, 283 ; of Christ an encouragement, 328 , 363 ; future, a comfort in troubles, 349 ; belief in, stays sorrow for deaths, ib. ; sorrow in spite of believing, 352 ; first Resurrection ib. ; objections to, 353-54 ; of garments supposed by some, 353 ; in a moment, 356 ; comes unawares, ib. ; some said already past, and why, 377 ; lively picture of, 382 ; time of, not known, 386 . Retribution, to come, 357-360 ; future, just, 381 ; exceeds actions, both good and evil, 382 . Revenge, best found in taking none, 367 . Reward, according to proportion of righteousness, 381 ; more desired than revenge, 382 . Rich, not refused by Christ, 374 ; but warned of their danger, ib. ; man, despised Lazarus, ib. ; asked his help in vain afterwards, ib. ; men, advised to entertain the poor, ib. ; fall anyhow in war, 374 ; goods of, often confiscated, ib. ; man would have escaped hell had he feared it, ib. ; make a show in church, 387 ; think they do a favor in coming to church, ib. Riches, cause of unnumbered evils, 183 ; bring trouble, 191 ; make unable to receive pleasure, 192 ; their value shown in instance of Dives and Lazarus, ib. ; how to be rich indeed, 193 ; should be joined with great mercy, 201 ; no cause for being proud, 217 ; may deprive men of future consolation, 228 ; the conditions of, are loss accompanied with inexpressible trouble, and without gain, 231-32 ; men must soon leave them, 232 ; their ill effects, ib. ; are a good, if used as a means to gain heaven, ib. ; love of, shows unreadiness for trial, 335 ; love of, increased by gazing, 338 ; of ancients, in things necessary, ib. ; a disgraceful memorial, 369 ; ill-gotten, to be restored with addition, ib. ; desire of, comes of pride, 378 ; vanity of, proved by death, 384 ; of God are the faithful, 385 ; must be despised if we are to despise self, 393 . Righteousness, not according to Christ is a simply moral life, 189 ; the kind which comes from man's own diligence is not to be compared with that which is God's gift through faith, 235 ; reward according to, 381 . River of fire, 365 . Robber, watchfulness defeats, 362 ; armor needed against, 363 ; covetous man a, 369 ; first puts out lamp, 371 . Robbers, crucified with our Lord, both of them impious at one time, 215 . Robbery, a work of darkness, 362 ; hard dealing more cruel than, 369 . Roman, laws. See Laws . Empire, what withheld Antichrist, 388 ; fall of, predicted, ib. ; but covertly, ib. Rudiments, same as elements, the sun and moon, 284 . Rule, a, is destroyed by addition or subtraction, 240 . Ruler, incurs enmities, 366 ; obedience due to, ib. ; should be gentle, 367 ; interest of, is the people's, 391 ; should excel in virtue rather than in honor, 397 . Rulers, fall of, frequent, 379 ; men seek favor of, 380 ; none Christian at first, 381 ; why now to be prayed for, 391 ; most assailed by Satan, ib. Runners, in a race an example for Christians in their course to heaven, 239 .   Sabbath, was broken for the sake of circumcision, 230 ; breaking of, punished, 359 . Sabellius, the Libyan, 206 ; what his heresy was, ib. ; how his heresy falls before St. Paul's text, 207 . Sacraments, keys of heaven, 367 . Sacrifice, the, 273 . Saints, they that wait on them sharers of their crown, 185 ; to wait on them makes up for inability to fast, ib. ; how they live not this present life, 195 ; to be received with honor, 225 ; service to them no favor, but a debt, 226 ; it is a free service, and brings a reward on the giver, 227 ; united by afflictions, 253 ; pray with thanksgiving for every person and thing, 305 ; those that attend on them share their troubles, 312 ; and sharers of their sufferings share their crowns, ib. ; the way to share with them, ib. ; prayers of, useful, 326 , 393 ; not to the careless, ib. ; to be sought, 327 ; spread a perfume of virtue, ib. ; all things not revealed to, 339 ; remembrance of, warms us, 343 ; God glorified in, 385 ; shall come with Christ, 386 . Salvation, hope of, a helmet, 363 ; ground for such hope, 363 , 372 ; by sanctification and belief, 390 ; of man, Christ's glory, ib. Salutation, a proof of good-will, 253 ; in St. Paul's own writing, 377-78 , 395 ; prayer called a, 395 . Samson, lost in marriage, not from marriage, but his own free will, 241 . Samuel, prayed in vain for Saul, 326 ; with effect for Israel, 326 , 391 ; prophecy restored in, 327 ; knew not whom to anoint of himself, 339 . Sanctification, fornication opposed to, 344 ; through the Spirit, 390 ; faith needed after, ib. Sapphira, sin and punishment of, 359 . Satan, allowed to ravage upon unfruitful souls, 210 ; likened to different wild creatures according to his disposition, ib. ; great or small in power as men choose, ib. ; cannot enter man's soul except God permit him, ib. ; fell by pride, 216 ; received his death-stroke from a dead body, 286 ; did what he could to make Christ's death private, ib. ; the deviser of charms, 298-99 ; hinders human purposes, 334 ; an enemy ever urgent, 336 ; his robbing Job, 337 ; his means of divination, ib. ; robbers his servants, ib. ; his crafty assaults, ib. ; attacks men through others' trials, 339-40 ; suggester of questioning God's justice, 358 ; ever lying in wait, 364 ; foretold things future, 371 ; but falsely, ib. ; would cut off hope of Resurrection, 377 ; suborned false teachers, ib. ; fills children with false notions, 378 ; Antichrist like him in pride, ib. ; by which he fell, ib. ; specially attacks rulers, 391 . Saul, not saved by Samuel's prayer, 326 ; sinned in sparing against commandment, 359 . Schools, of learning, scholars teach in, 397 . Scorners, miserable and unreasonable, 365 . Scribes and Pharisees in Moses' seat, 366 ; not to be imitated, ib. Scripture, without reason not enough to persuade the contentious, 212 ; shows admiration for jewels out of regard for man's weakness, 234 ; should be read not lightly, but with earnestness, 301 ; makes suffering less burdensome, ib. ; better than men-teachers, 300 ; not to know it the cause of all defects in practice, 301 ; hearkening to, keeps up good thoughts, 382 ; chief things plain in, 388 ; read in known language to the people, ib. ; people challenged to give account of, ib. Seed, analogy of, 352-53 ; sown on a rock, 367 ; spiritual, needs culture, 386 ; devil carries away, if neglected, ib. Self-command, makes man superior to irrational creatures, 218 . Self-denial, now a means of escaping future punishment, 245 . Self-indulgent, deny the cross, and are worthy of tears, 242 ; their belly their god, ib. Seller of purple converted at Philippi, 181 . Senses, all originate in the head, 397 . Sentences, what indisputable, 382 . Servant, of Jesus Christ, a high rank, 184 . Servants, duty of, to their masters, 304-05 ; should serve heathen masters with the same care they would Christian, 305 ; to be spoken to concerning hell, 384 . Service, lessons in, 387 ; silence called for in, ib. Severity, not needed where there is no guilt, 220 . Shame, is not in being bound for, but in betraying Christ, 195 ; implanted in our nature by God, more powerful than fear to bring us to virtue, 201 ; sense of, motive to improvement, 224 . Shem, loved his father, 342 . Shimei, examples of audacity, 205 . Ship, lightened in dangers, 338 ; Scriptures, a, 355 ; wind to, as discourse to soul, 383 . Sickness, recovery from, a mercy, and how, 225 . Silas, scourged at Philippi, 181 . Silvanus, St., named before Timothy, 323 ; implied in plural, 341 . Sin, more object of dread, if we lament for it in others, 196 ; many things lead to our avoiding it, 201 ; why called "upon earth," 294 ; those who walk in, are not in God, 324 ; frustrates prayer for us, 326 ; all, defiles, 342 ; to shun, no praise, 344 ; punished temporally to teach men, 358 ; instances of, punished, 358-59 ; different characters of, 359 ; leads to certain death, 367 ; pride the beginning of, 378 ; to be cut off by talking of hell, 384 . Sinners, dying in sin without hope, 196 ; must be pained here that they may escape the river of fire, 212 ; know they sin by their conscience, 269 ; think one that rebukes them austere only, 320 . Sinai, angels at Mount, 355 . Slave, female, about to be sold with her husband, 372 ; may teach a master virtue, 397 . Slaves, scourged, 372 ; adjure their masters, ib. Sleep, comes over the virtuous without fear, 248 ; spiritual, danger of, 326 , 363 , 393 ; in Jesus not death, 352 ; our helplessness in, humbling, 379 . Sloth, to avoid it we must do the labors within our measure, 191 . Sodom, sin of, surpassed, 357 ; fruits of, full of ashes, ib. Soil, spiritual, not inanimate, 386 . Soldier, rewarded for wounds, 335 ; always keeps to exercise and arms, ib. ; an example to Christians, 336 ; in heaven a child may be made, 351 . Son, why it is said of man, but never of Angel, 270 ; The, the image of God, 270 ; not a creature because called Firstborn, ib. ; "before all things," ib. ; first in the Church, ib. ; types of His eternal generation, 283 ; same words applied to as to the Father, 324 ; given for us, 363 ; generation of, above reasoning, 354 ; of God, he who knows, is not proud, 378 ; named before the Father, 390 . Sophronius, 206 ; in what way heretical, 207 ; how his heresy falls before St. Paul's text, ib. Sorrow, not to be without hope, 389 ; excuses for, ib. ; comfort in, 350 ; often caused by ignorance, 352 ; for sinners, ib. Soul, Christian, noble in life or death, 194 ; brought into tune by hard sayings, 212 ; the truly wise is disturbed by nothing, 241 ; the diseased is ever changing, 242 ; is delighted with sweet savors, 252 ; that of servants, free in its service, 305 ; to give, hard, 330 ; defiled by all sin, 342 ; chief object in education, 346 ; notion of its transmigration, 353 ; thought to be consumed by fire, ib. ; a vicious, dead and dry, 363 ; fear of hell should be seated on, 383-84 ; shaken, can make no effort, 390 . Speech, heavy, good to correct the soul, 212 ; rules for, in dealing with people of different estates, 311 ; rules for it in a teacher, ib. Spirit, the Holy, comes through mercy, 201 ; man nothing but by Him, 258 ; gives joy in suffering, 325 ; lamp of, not to be quenched, 370 ; flame of, what strengthens, 371 ; gifts of, Satan would abuse, ib. ; fire of, cures thorny land, 387 ; clergy fathers in, 392 ; unclean, false prophets spoke by, 386 . Spirits, wicked, 371 ; discernment of, ib. Steadfastness, cannot be shaken by deceit or trial, 281 . Stores, of bread, wine, and oil, 338 . Strangers, all Abraham had at their service, 369 . Strength, should not make men proud, 217 ; to be employed in God's service, 233 . Subscription, to letters in sender's own writing, 378 ; of St. Paul, a token, 395 . Suffering, for Christ, joyous, 325 ; rejoicing in, enables one to render good for evil, 367 ; for Christ is glory, 385 . Sufferings, for Christ, are of grace, 200 ; their dignity, 236 ; make men comformable to Christ's death, ib. ; are lightened by thinking of harder ones, 299 ; and by thanksgiving, 300 ; knowledge of Scripture lightens them, ib. Sun of Righteousness, melts away all hardness, 343 . Superior, a, draws his disciple towards him, by showing concern for him, 225 . Surfeit, worse than hunger, 261 .   Tabitha, raised by prayer, 326 . Table, holy, poor admitted to, with the rich, 374 ; equally with the emperor, ib. ; an example for our entertainments, ib. Tables, description of two sorts, 260 . Teacher, spiritual, surpasses a natural father in kindness, 203 ; leads on his disciple by deeds, not words only, 240 ; must use discretion in teaching hard things, 311 ; should be ready for hardship, 332 ; claims of, to support, 332 , 394 ; troubles of, try disciples, 335 ; good, cares for his disciples, 340 ; obliged to incur enmities, 366 ; obedience to, enjoined, ib. ; not every one made, ib. ; patience good in, 367 ; head of a family should be at home, 397 ; so relieving the teacher of the Church, ib. Teaching, affects us with compunction, 397-98 . Tears, excessive, spring from passion, not true affection, 197 ; St. Paul's better than the fountain in Paradise, 316 ; such tears Christ pronounces blessed, ib. ; those for others' sins are better than the sight of Christ, ib. ; should be used when we entreat a sinning brother, 317 ; overcame St. Paul, 342 . Temple, of God, in which Antichrist shall sit, 378 . Temptation, uses of term, 335 (note 2) ; may be where no wavering, 340 ; endangers grace, 370 ; God glorified in, 385 ; may turn from love of God, 393 . Thankfulness, right under all events, 223 ; for good of others, 380 ; present things cause for, 390 . Thanksgiving, a duty in grievous as well as pleasant things, 247 ; may be given even in anguish, 265 ; the good effects of it in evil, 298 ; lightens suffering, 300 ; for every person and thing should be joined with prayer, 305 ; in all things, true philosophy, 367 ; of many, when prayer of many is answered, 391 . Theaters, tempt to uncleanness, 347 ; talking of, useless and dangerous, 382 . Thessalonians, new converts, 323 ; praise of, implied in thanksgiving, 324 ; their sufferings, ib. ; and joy in them, 328 ; called elect, 325 ; an example, 325 , 327 praised everywhere, 328 ; were poor, 332 ; proved sincere by trials, 396 ; joined with others in St. Paul's crown, 334 ; honored by his sending Timothy, ib. ; praised for love of brethren, 348 ; had lost their goods, 349 ; many of the, prophesied, 371 ; occasion of the second Epistle to, 377 ; perplexed about the last times, 378 ; heard of in distant places, 381 ; St. Paul gloried in, ib. ; check to proud thoughts in, 385 ; so commended as to learn trust in God, 393 ; admonished about idleness, 394 . Thorns, riches are, 386 ; feed sulky camels, 387 . Thought. See Reason . Threats of God will be performed, 357 . Time, spent with unbelievers, made useful to their salvation, 310 ; examples given, 311 . Times, accused by St. Chrysostom, 201 ; loved because of friends, 321 ; question about deferred, 377 . Timothy, St., with St. Paul, when he wrote Epistle to Philippians, 181 ; shown to be a Bishop, 184 ; sent to the Philippians, 223 ; the only one like-minded with St. Paul, 224 ; Epistle to, written later than that to the Philippians, 238 ; Epistle to, written while St. Paul was in bonds, 257 ; probably later than that to Colossians, ib. ; why named after Silvanus, 323 ; why sent by St. Paul, 334-35 ; hard to be spared, 340 ; brought good news, ib. ; bid keep himself pure, 344 . Toil, to seek remission from, is to leave off seeking the things of Christ, 224 ; toil distinguished from labor, 340 (note 4) . Tradesmen, hard on poorer tradesmen, 370 . Tradition, by actions, 344 , 394 ; of the Church, to be received, 390 . Traffic, spiritual, carried on by giving to the good, 251 . Tragedies, ancient, please because they are formed from true incidents, 254 . Travail, time of, not exactly known, 362 . Travelling, should not make men proud, 217 . Trials, less grievous if foretold, 335 ; he who cannot bear is feeble-minded, 367 ; is "sown on a rock," ib. ; thought of hell prepares for, 383 ; God glorified in, 385 . Tribulation for Christ is glory, 385 . Tribulations according to Christ, bring joy, 229 . Trumpet, at the Resurrection, 356 . Truth, he that resists it wounds himself, 191 . Tychicus, bearer of the Epistle to the Colossians, 258 ; sent by St. Paul to the Colossians, 309 . Tyrants, reduced to sit on ground, 379 .   Unanimity, the greatest safety for disciples against their enemies, 182 ; comes of humility, ib. Unbelief, prevalent at all times, 267 ; it arises from a bad conscience, 268 ; punishment increased by it, 269 . Unbelievers, are with the condemned at death, 197 . Uncleanness, expresses a class of sins, 294 ; legal, opposite of holiness, 342 (note 1) . Understanding, how to use it in God's service, 233 ; the, gets dizzy at things faith does not stagger at, 282 . Unity, the work of the Holy Spirit, 200 ; breakers of, rend Christ's members, 273 . Universe, not made by chance, 283 . Usurpers, fear to lay aside what they have usurped, 213 .   Vainglory, the evils that come of it, 203 ; cause of men's thinking, dress, ornaments, and fine houses, a gain, 232 ; leads men to use God's gifts for enjoyment merely, 234 ; turns from love of God, 393 . Valentinus, 206 . Vice, practice of, increases it, 220 ; at enmity with man's nature, 247 ; purged out by thought of hell, 359-60 ; a drunkenness, 362 ; life of, a dream, 363 ; a death, ib. ; a darkness, ib. ; seizes us when we think not, 364 . Vienne, martyrdoms at, 336 (note 2) . Vineyard, God's, type not of Jerusalem only, but of the soul, 209 . Virgins, may appear at a wedding to attend on the bride, 318 ; should be modest at all times and states, ib. ; parable of the ten, 355 , 372 , 385 . Virtue, advancement in it the only thing to be sought, 199 ; entirely a gift from God, 200 ; many natural affections lead to it, 201 ; belongs to man alone of all creatures and makes him superior to them, 218 ; practice of, will make a man an angel, ib. ; practice of, increases it, 220 ; in the midst of affliction, shines like stars in the night, 222 ; path of, easier to poor than rich, 233 ; perfection of, attained by constant striving, 239 ; shines forth under all circumstances, 241 ; makes men at peace with God, 247 ; is friendly to man's nature, 248 ; required in knowing how to abound, as well as to be in want, 250 ; planted everywhere in the later times by God's grace, 279 ; called wisdom, 300 ; rewarded by God, as if His gain, 332 ; true, that in God's sight, 342 ; two-fold, in shunning evil and doing good, 344 ; promoted by uncertainty of life, 361 ; consistent with a married life, 396 . Vision of Christ seen by a woman, 372-73 . 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 . Words, idle, will be punished, 228 ; terrible enough without further explanation, 384 ; love must be more than, 393 . Work, of faith, what, 324 , 385 ; of hands, how made spiritual, 348 . Works, of darkness, what, 362 ; good do not make prayers for us needless, 393 ; love of God to be shown in, ib. ; tradition through, 394 . World, the, thought a God by some, 360 ; end of, see Consummation , etc. Wrath, the, of God, against Jews, 334 ; of God, testimonies of, 358 ; to be forborne, 343 . Wrong, the doers of, pitiable, 368 ; how to revenge, 367 ; more cruel when with contempt, 370 .   Yokefellow, brother or husband of some one at Philippi, 244 . Young men, to be kept from fornication, 346 ; are able to resist the temptation, 347 ; blamed for going to theaters, ib.   Zeal, makes up for late beginning, 325 . Zeba, example of flattery, 205 .