HOMILIES ON GALATIANS AND EPHESIANS.
Abraham, justified by faith, 25; his household a pattern of harmony and good government,
148; his hospitality and contempt of riches, 156.
Absalom, 122.
Achan, his sin brought calamities upon all, 79.
Adam, the parent stock of mankind, 143.
Adultery, an instance of the willfulness of sin, 57.
Agar, interpretation of, 34 (note) .
Allegory, what, 34.
Almsgiving, duty of, 45; the danger of omitting the duty, 69; enforced, 172.
Altar, Christian, 64.
Amattari, the family of, mentioned 1 Sam. x. 21; the text quoted in illustration of God's Pa-
ternal Government over the families of heaven and earth, 82 (and note) .
Ambition of those who wished to introduce circumcision, 42.
Angels, men become in the Gospel, 6; Priests called, 8-28; St. Paul received as, 32; their life
a pattern for Christians, 55; cannot confer spiritual gifts, 60; are taught the mystery of
the Gospel by the Church, 80; their knowledge limited, 80; orders of them alluded to,
81; as implied in the word "family," 82 (and note) ; surround Elisha and encamp unseen
as guardians of God's saints, 95; keep unity, 99; are a pattern of love and unity to us,
100; are present at the Christian mysteries, 120; represented as girded like soldiers, 165.
Anger, to be directed against the devil and against ourselves, 58, 163; forbidden against our
brethren, 118; its cure, 118; it is giving place to the devil, ib.; of momentary anger, 128.
Anomœans, 28 (note) .
Apostles, &c., Eph. iv. 11, 12; the subordination of the Christian ministry not defined in this
text, 104.
Apostolic vocation, prerogative of, 2.
Argument, not the way to attain spiritual wisdom, 60.
Arius, the heretic, 164.
Armor, of the Christian, 167.
Atonement, 4, 22, 23, 27; the marvelousness of it and its effects, 53.
Babylas, St., buried in his fetters, 96.
Baptism, not the Law, makes us sons, 4; a crucifixion with Christ, 22; regenerating with the
Word, 35; a confession of faith before and after it, 53 (and note) ; no second Baptism,
57, 73; raises Christians to sit together with Christ, 67; washes away sin, 69; the begin-
ning of righteousness, 114; the danger of sin after it, 171.
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