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
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Homilies on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians