INDEX OF SUBJECTS.   Abel , wherefore slain, 446 . Abraham, humility of, 175 , 439 ; heartiness of, 237 ; varied life of, 330 ; craft of, 350 . Aceldama, how a witness of the truth, 508 . Adam, temptation of, 80-1 , 92 ; life of described, 417 . Adoption, may be useless, 59 ; intimated by Christ, 94 . Adultery, the Jews' law of, 23; Christ's law of, 116-9 ; evils of, 300 . Advent, the first, 38; the second, 448 , 458 ; will be in the night, 464 , 470 ; is not near, 470 . Agony, the, how ordered and why, 497 . Almsgiving, merit of, 30, 35, 73 , 268 , 314 , 325 , 408 , 467-8 , 482 , 500 ; duty of, 295 , 395 , 408 , 441 , 496 , 523, 533; rule of, 100 , 131 , 235 , 325 , 433-5 , 509 ; examples of, 395 . (See Charity .) Andrew, 87-8 . Angels, ministry of, 30, 83 , 368 , 502 , 527. Anger, how to be tamed, 23; when right, 110 ; evils of, 127 , 319 , 479 , 518; how caused, 429 . Anointing, cures effected by, 217 . Antichrist, coming of, 458 , 464 . Antioch, people of, ceremonious, 129 ; riotous, 217 ; profane, 248 ; given to theatricals, 248 ; worldly, 370 ; ungrateful to God, 377 ; uncharitable, 390 , 509 , 523; luxurious, 430 ; population of, 510 . Antony, St., praise of, 54 . Apostles, the, inspiration of, 2 , 222 ; how victorious, 4 , 14 , 57 ; how rulers of the kingdom, 6 ; teachers in the Church, 73 ; reward of, sure, 85 , 227 , 229 ; call of, 87-8 ; represented all Christians, 91 ; above the Prophets, 97 ; slow to understand the truth, 104 , 190 , 318 , 327 , 398 , 502 ; firmness of, 169 ; how trained by Christ, 190 , 212 , 215 , 227 ; mission of, how seasonable, 213 ; list of, 213 ; why not sent to Samaritans, 214 ; why to be provided for, 215 ; to bid peace, 216 ; first mission of, prophetic, 219 ; how like sheep and doves, 220 ; how proved in the Acts, 221 ; aids and trials of, 221 ; above heathen heroes, 222 ; case of, worse than ours, 224 ; when to flee, 227 ; will be justified, 227 ; boldness of, 228 ; how to confess Christ, 229 ; how to hate life, etc., 233 ; how encouraged by Christ, 234 ; how humbled, 251 ; kindness of, 284 ; how leavened the Church, 290 ; why employed in the miracle of loaves, 305 ; why washed not, 315 ; why sharply rebuked, 318 ; begin to believe, 327 ; varied life of, 330 ; why questioned at Cæsarea Philippi, 332 ; confession of, inferior to Peter's, 333 ; leaders of, who, 345 ; lovers of mankind, 389 ; how to be judges, 393 ; how warned of the Passion, and why, 398 ; when first perfect, 401 ; reconciled by Christ, 401 ; how all equal, 438 ; deaths of, predicted, 446 ; physicians of the soul, 448 ; eager for the Advent, 450 ; why warned of the Jews'troubles, 451 ; triumph of, 453 ; encouraged against troubles, 458 ; how prepared for the Passion, 477 , 502-3 ; why against Mary of Bethany, 481 ; flight of, predicted, 493 ; what taught, at the Agony, 498 ; what, at the Betrayal, 502-3 ; commission of, 531; blessed in poverty, 533. Aristippus, censure of, 222 . Ascension, a proof of Christ's equality with the Father, 45 . Astrology, condemned, 36, 454 . Axe, moral of the, 69 .   Babylonish captivity, why mentioned in the genealogy, 20 , 40 . Baptism (of Christ), twofold, 10 ; a second beginning of the, gospel, 44 ; virtue of the, 71 ; humiliation of, 75 ; reasons for, 62 , 75 . Baptism (of John), how for remission of sins, 62 ; prepared for Christ's, 63 ; effect of, on the Jews, 63 ; of what value, 70 , 71 . Baptism, sin after, dangerous, 26, 59 , 60 , 78 ; how to be recovered, 467 ; followed by temptation, 80 ; makes men brothers, 475 . Beatitudes, the, connection of, 96 ; the seeds of Christian doctrine, 105 . Beauty, what it is, and where, 231 . Bethlehem, the glory of, 39, 44 , 47 ; the slaughter at, 55-7 . Blessing, frequent use of, in the early Church, 216, (note) . Blind men at Jericho, praise of, 404 . Body, the, decay of, how a benefit, 230 . Brethren, of Christ, 33, 522, note. British Isles, 481 .   Cain , sin of, what, 182 , 513 . Canaan, woman of, why praised, 322 . Carefulness, reasons against, 147 , 153 . Centurion, the, faith of, 176-8 . Charity, of timely interference, 101 ; which the greatest, 126 ; extent of, 127 ; contrasted with riches, 166 ; the root of all good, 291 ; true motive of, what, 374 ; how to be shown, 468 ; easiness of, 472 . (See Almsgiving .) Children, wherein our example, 385 . Children, the Three, humble confession of, 18 , 92 ; glory of, 22 , 99 , 226 ; temperance of, 55 . Christ, law of, simple, 5 ; twofold birth of, 9 ; why called Jesus, 10 , 25 ; why traced up to David, 10 ; why to Thamar, 15 ; reserved in teaching the Incarnation, 15 , 44 ; birth of, full of mysteries, 22 ; how to be called Immanuel, 32 ; brethren of, why so called, 33 ; witnessed by His enemies, 44 ; revealed Himself gradually, 44 ; favored the Jews first, 45 ; why sent into Egypt, 51 ; why settled at Nazareth, 58 ; why came to John's baptism, 62 ; His baptism far greater than John's, 71 ; why taught by natural emblems, 72 ; indwelling of, mysterious, 73 ; why humbled Himself to be baptized, 75 ; why went into the desert, 80 ; why fasted, 80 ; temptation of, contrasted with Adam's, 82 ; in temptation represented us, 83 ; why went into Galilee, 86 ; why waited for John's imprisonment, 87 ; reserved His doctrine at first, 87 ; preached to all, through His disciples, 91 ; why referred sometimes to His Father's power only, 103 ; how fulfilled the law, 104 ; and enlarged it, 105 , 108 ; legislates with authority, 107 ; uses temporal sanctions, 114 ; why begins with the second table, 115 ; straitened the law of marriage, 119 ; how far forbids display, 131 ; what most loves and hates, 137 ; prepares to teach greater strictness, 148 ; why teaches from the lower creatures, 148 , why from the lilies, 150 ; why referred often to the Father, 151 ; acted what He taught, 151 ; why enjoins reserve, 159 ; law of, how easy, 162 ; why repeated John's threat, 164 ; forbearing, even in judgment, 165 ; often enforces obedience, 168 , 170 ; joined miracles with doctrine, 172 ; intimates His Divinity to the leper, 172 ; His care to keep Himself in our minds, 175 ; draws out men's faith, 176 , 206 , 404 ; encourages high thoughts of Himself, 177 ; why repeated His miracles, 185 ; rejects some, invites others, 186-7 ; answers to men's thoughts, 186 , 196 , 264 , 329 , 387 ; intimates His Divinity in healing the demoniacs, 191 , in the cure of the paralytic, 196 ; careful to prove His miracles, 197 ; why sat with sinners, 200 ; reproved ignorance of Holy Scripture, 201 ; teaches reserve and caution, 204-5 ; how prepared for His miracles, 206 ; merciful according to faith, 211 ; why went on circuit, 212 ; why sent out the Twelve, 213 ; His merciful care for them, 215 ; how much worked in them, 223 ; will own His saints, 229 ; how sent war, 232 ; encourages His ministers, 234 ; His mercy contrasted with ours, 235 ; His answer to John's message, 239 ; His account of John, 245 ; how superior to John, 246 ; His joy in the gospel, 251 ; declares His Divinity, 252 ; His yoke, how easy, 253 ; straitened the law of the sabbath, 257 ; His reserve and its end foretold, 260 ; defends His miracles, 264 ; foresaw the Jews' unbelief, 274 ; how like Jonah, 274 ; why rebuked His kindred, 279 ; His treatment of His Mother, 280 ; willed the Jews' salvation, 285 ; His Mercy, a reason for ours, 286 ; His cure for His countrymen, 297 ; why prayed in some miracles only, 304 ; His Divinity recognized, on the sea, 312 ; how far condemned tradition, 315 ; prepares to abrogate Judaism, 316 ; His doctrine of meats, 318 ; what favoured, in the woman of Canaan, 323 ; why refused a sign, 329 ; why reproved His disciples, and in what spirit, 329-30 ; how asserted His Divinity to Peter, 333 ; how long reserved as to His Passion, 334 ; what teaches by Peter, 335 ; extent of His promises, 337 ; would have willing service, 339 ; how to be followed, 340 ; Merciful in severity, 340 ; why Transfigured, 345 ; always spake of His Passion after His miracles, 353 ; His care of the possessed, 355 ; shewed His Sonship by the tribute money, 358 ; His care for little ones, 368 ; aims wholly at repentance, 373 ; who "gathered in His Name," 374 ; His love, the source of ours, 375 ; our pattern of forgiveness, 380 ; His law of marriage, 383 ; recommended what, in children, 385 ; reproved what, in the rich young man, 388 ; His promises conditional, 392 ; prepared the twelve for His Passion, 398 ; why gives not Heaven Himself, 400 ; His care to reconcile the Twelve, 401 ; His care to shew the faith of those whom He healed, 404 ; His power shewn in entering the city, 405 ; His self-denial, 405 ; His wisdom in answering the elders, 411 ; His severity to the Pharisees, 427 ; draws men on to own His Godhead, 432 ; why referred to David, 432 ; respects authority even in the bad, 436 ; predicts His Passion, 445 ; His Judgment, 448 ; His grief for Jerusalem, 447 ; why warned the Jews, 448 ; His power shewn in the time of preaching the gospel, 452 ; how to come to Judgment, 459 ; would be followed of choice, 460 ; is all in all to Christians, 461 ; forbids curiosity, 463 ; why spoke as if ignorant of the Day, 464-5 ; how overcame Satan, 473 ; is in His poor, 475 ; how declared His Passion, 477 ; how loved His enemies, 477 ; His considerateness, 481 ; why kept the Passover, 485 ; His Mercy to Judas, 486 , 491 , 498 , to the Jews, 503 , 512 , 521; why partook of the Supper, 492 ; why ate and drank after His rising, 492 ; why went into Galilee, 493 ; why needed to pray, 494 ; yielded Himself freely, yet shewed His Power, 499 , 503 ; how to be entertained, 500 ; glorious under insult, 504 ; why silent before Pilate, 511 ; suffered in all His members, 516; why spake aloud on the Cross, 521; is in His poor, 522; how to be embraced, 527; how always present with His Church, 531; (See Divinity , Humanity , Economy , Passion , etc.) Christians, must be more righteous than Jews, 258 ; more than the Pharisees, 395 ; to fight for one another, 369 ; to act rightly, without respect to others, 396 ; guilt of, extreme, 455 ; should obey Christ of choice, 460 ; vanquished because of their own unsoundness, 523; arms of, 524. Church, the, in the Patriarchs, 16 ; fidelity of, shewn in Ruth, 17 ; is the "Salt of the earth," the "Light," the "City," the "Candle," 97-8 ; how increased, 290 ; the last appeal, 373 ; charity of, 407 ; trials of, 452 ; triumph of, 453 ; whereon built, 494 . (See Kingdom , Gospel .) Church Offerings, how far commendable, 313 , 482 . Church Service, God speaks in, 7 ; how to be improved, 73 ; a spiritual school, 122 ; sin of irreverence in, 139 , 216 ; preparation for, 319 ; lewd looks in, reproved, 443 . Circumcision, law of, how far, and when, repealed, 316 . City of God, its glories, 7 , 8 , 10 , 78 , 79 . Commandment, the eighth, how implied in the ninth, 120 . Communion, Holy, how to be improved, 31; deserted for the stage, 48 ; why private, 160 ; how a sacrifice of thanksgiving, 174 ; intended for a bond of brotherly love, 218 ; sin of profaning, 242 ; dignity of, 312 ; could not soften Judas, 491 ; the profane not to be received at, 123 , 496 . (See Sacraments .) Concord, blessedness of, 374 . Confession, the truest thanksgiving, 18 . Consolation, whence to be sought by mourners, 209 ; sources of, in death, 331 . Continence, a gift, but attainable, 384 . Corinthians, sin of, 41; repentance of, 13 . Covetousness, how punished here, 60 ; akin to sensuality, 61 ; blinds the soul, 143 ; dangerous, 144 ; unnatural, 145 , 194 ; heathenish, 152 ; a madness, 193 , 320 ; how wasteful, 194 ; in feasts, reproved, 301 ; exhortation against, 426 ; how to be cured, 449 ; extreme guilt of, 475 ; in Judas, 482 ; description of, 483 ; nakedness of, 488 ; self-wounded, 489 ; the worst vice, 489 ; ensnaring, 499 ; insatiable, 499 ; miserable, 500 ; forbidden even in thought, 515 ; a slavery, 532. Courtiers, life of, a slavery, 362 . Craftsmen, sinful ingratitude of, 377 . Creatures, the, not evil, 343 , 356 , 365 , 384 . (See Manichæans.) Cross, the, beginning of remission, 62 ; predicted by John, Isaiah, and David, 240 ; offence of, when removed, 334 ; must be borne as a Crown, 335 ; sign of, its use and power, 336 , 518; glory of, shewn at the Transfiguration, 346 ; the beginning of Grace, 436 ; will be seen at the Judgment, 459 ; power of, 520-1. Cyrus, moved by God, 39.   David , why first in the genealogy, 10 , 21 ; repentance of, 14 , 181-4 ; humility of, 19 , 56 , 96 , 149 , 175 ; Son of, title of honor, 210 ; profaneness of, why defended by Christ, 256 ; strong in virtue, weak in sin, 270 ; pleased God without miracles, 290 ; forbearance of, 386 ; true judgment of, 396 ; his testimony to Christ, 433 ; sin of, heinous, 455 . Death-bed, full of comfort to the good, 331 . Demoniac, the relapsed, a type of the Jews, 275 . Despair, danger of, 514 . Devil, the, not sensual, 27; encourages play, 42 ; his craft in the Temptation, 181 ; his activity for our ruin, 83 ; how believes, 84 ; how fell, 92 ; being defeated, departs, 99 ; how to be resisted, 124 ; how "the wicked One," 136 ; power of, limited, 220 ; ought to mourn, 208 ; why cannot stand divided, 264 ; cast out by the Disciples, 265 ; his fall prophesied, 266 ; strives to bring reproach on nature, 355 ; how to be cast out, 355 ; devised self-mutilation, 384 ; an example of pride, 403 ; more obeyed than Christ, 407 ; loves lewd company, 430 ; tempts by vain glory, 434 ; his mode of attack, 487 , 513 . Diogenes, censure of, 222 . Disciples, why from Galilee, 88 ; distinguished from the multitudes, 91 ; why sent on circuit, 212 . (See Apostles .) Dispensation. (See Incarnation .) Disposition, in men's own power, 282 . Dives, why damned, 60 , 84 , 430 , 454 , 455 . Divinity of Christ, declared by John, 3 (note) ; concealed at first, 45 , 71 , 104 ; tokens of, in the Epiphany, 47 ; first declared by the Spirit, 71 ; doubted by Satan, 81 ; intimated in words of Christ, 95 , 99 ; hid from the Jews, 103 , 116 , 127 , 151 , 167 ; confessed by the leper, 172 , by the Centurion, 179 ; in two miracles, 190-1 ; by His answering to men's thoughts, 195 , 211 ; by the two blind men, 211 ; in His answer to John, 239 ; in His sayings of John, 245 , 246 ; in His thanksgiving, 251 ; in His revealing the Father, 252 ; in Isaiah's prophecy, 260-1 ; in His acts of authority, 304 ; by Peter and others, 333 ; in His charge to Peter, 333 ; by His Coming in Glory, 341 ; in the Transfiguration, 346 ; in the miracle of the Tribute, 358 ; in His answer to the rich young man, 387 ; in His Entry into Jerusalem, 405 ; by the children in the Temple, 409 ; in the Parable of the Marriage Feast, 421 ; to the Lawyer, 432 ; in the question about David's Lord, 433 ; in the Garden, 497-503 ; to Caiaphas, 504 . Divorce, why allowed to the Jews, 119 ; why not to Christians, 119 . Docetæ, refuted by Christ's burial, 273 . Doctrine, summary of Christian, 3 ; why taught by familiar things, 38 ; revealed gradually, 45 ; which, first taught, 71 ; without practice vain, 167 ; supported by miracles, 172 ; not to be pressed unseasonably, 203 ; may vary according to the persons addressed, 236 ; seldom put forward by Christ, 395 . Doing and teaching, why joined, 106 . Dress, excess of, censured, 26, 307 , 527; hinders devotion, 308 ; leads to sin, 308 ; to pride, 528.   Economy . (See Incarnation .) Election, of the wise men, 39; time and extent of, 394 ; is of grace, but requires work, 423 ; belongs to all believers, 457 . Elijah, despair of, 149 ; boldness of, 170 , 290 ; why at the Transfiguration, 346 ; in what sense, come already, 352 ; how to come hereafter, 353 . Elisha, why, would not see Naaman, 173 . End, signs of the, 66 , 458 ; suddenness of the, 464 ; to be in the night, 464 ; why concealed from us, 465 ; is not near, 470 . Envy, misery of, 262 ; of the countrymen of Christ, 296 ; rebuked in the laborers in the vineyard, 394 . Epiphany, mystery of the, 47 . Error, worse than ignorance, 454 . Esau, self-rejected, 15 , 59 . Eunuch, the Ethiopian, believed after search, 6 . Eunuchs, how far praised, 384 , 470 . Evangelists, candor of, 482 , 506 , 531. Evil, cause of, 366 ; not necessary, 367 . Evil speaking, sinful and dangerous, 13 , 26 , 111 ; not to be listened to, 248 . Example, force of, 99 ; of Christ and His saints to be followed, 396 ; to be found in deserts, 439 ; neglect of, dangerous, 456 ; of some, condemns others, 476 . Excommunication, threatened by St. Chrysostom, 123 , 496 . Expense, sinfulness of, 468 .   Faith , in hell necessary, 85 ; why not required at first by Christ, 89 ; must be followed by practice, 167 , 395 ; examples of, 172 , 176 , 179 , 195 , 205 , 321 , 354 , 404 , 486 ; need of, 311 ; in the doers only, has worked miracles, 354 ; how a mustard seed, yet moves mountains, 355 ; hindered by fear, 411 . Faithful, the, will endure to the end, 463 . Falling back, after baptism, dangerous, 276 , 395 ; how recovered, 427 . Fasting, benefits of, 74 , 80 ; of Christ, how ordered, 81 ; Christian rule of, 140 ; why not enjoined to the disciples, 202 ; inferior to charity, 291 ; a help to prayer and almsgiving, 356 ; when commendable, 468 . Fear, of men censured, 229 . Fig-tree, the, an example of vengeance, 410 . Forbearance, duty of, 369 , 372 . Forgiveness, how gained from God, 35; how connected with John's baptism, 63 ; not to be had in the next world, 90 ; gained by forgiving, 102 ; hope of, taught by the Lord's Prayer, 135 ; depends on ourselves, 136 ; duty of, unlimited, 376 , 379 ; forfeited by cruelty, 379 ; benefits all parties, 380 ; reasons for, 478 . Fornicator, guilt of, how measured, 455 . Free-will, not destroyed by grace, 39; allowed by Christ, 364 ; proved by our own conduct, 365 ; of Judas asserted, 486 ; needs God's help, 494 ; of Christ, 498 , 503 . Friendship, Christian motives of, 375 .   Gabriel , appearance of, explained, 24. Genealogy, the, difficulties of, 6 , 20 ; why mentions bad women, 6 , 17 ; why omits three kings, 6 ; the vestibule of the Gospel, 8 ; sum of the gospel, 10 ; of females, not traced, 11 ; why divided in three parts, 20 . Gentiles, call of the, signified, 26; in the star, 38, in the wise men, 47 , in "these stones," 69 , in Christ's settling at Capernaum, 86 , 180 , by Isaiah, 260 , in the ass's colt, 405 , by the children in the temple, 409 , in parables, 416 , 421 , in Mary of Bethany, 481 ; spiritual pride of, 59 ; condition of, before Christ, 87 , 251 ; sin and punishment of, 242 ; to be respected in our lives, 277 . Gentleness, needful to the ministry, 197 . Glory, personified, and shown worthless, 363 . God, spake to the patriarchs, 1 ; to Moses, 2 ; in the apostes, 2 ; kingdom of, described, 6 ; speaks in divine service, 7 ; threatens hell, 7 ; city and court of, described, 7 , 8 ; present at baptism of Christ, 44 ; deceives His enemies, 51 ; appeared in fire, 71 ; long-suffering of, 84 , 154 , 197 ; why must reward His saints, 85 ; how our Debtor, 100 ; rewards His own work in us, 115 ; how we may resemble, 127 ; is invisible, 133 ; why mentioned in the Lord's Prayer, 134 , why in the sermon, 137 ; cannot agree with mammon, 146 ; sure bounty of, 152 ; unfailing goodness of, 156 ; providence of, 228 ; how gives to him that hath, 285 ; how near to His servants, 336 ; appears ever in clouds, 348 ; wills the salvation of all, 368 ; His gifts to man, 376 ; calls each in his season, 394 ; throne of, inaccessible, 399 ; has given His bond for our alms, 408 ; why sometimes speaks uncertainly, 415 ; a Teacher of good works, 434 ; unity of, why declared in Holy Scriptures, 432 , 438 ; hates bloodshed, 447 ; why speaks as if ignorant, 465 . Godliness, how gainful, 417 . Good name, to whom, useful, 519. Good-will, value of, 510 . Good works, our own to be forgotten, 18 ; magnified by humility, 19 ; spoiled by pride, 100 ; necessary to salvation, 395 , 495 ; which the best, 468 ; the best furniture, 500 . Gospel, the, contrasted with the law, 1 ; excellency of, 4 ; how higher than the law, 23 , 167 ; described Isaiah, and John, 64 ; all things raised by, 78 ; how a light, 87 ; comprises the law, 109 ; how brings war, 232 ; raised the standard of faith and practice, 241 ; how soon spread, 452 ; triumph of, 453 ; how a testament, 491 . Gospels, the, why several, 3 ; harmony of, 3 ; accepted by all heretics, 4 ; simple purity of, 5 , 6 ; letters of the Divine King, 8 ; nature of, 14 ; object of, the life of Christ, 298 ; written in mildness, 300 .   Habit , no excuse for sin, 122 ; how broken through, 122 ; danger of evil, 515 . Hannah, sorrow of, blessed, 41. Harvest, one here, one hereafter, 293 . Heart, the, how a treasure, 269 . Heaven, glories of, 7 , 8 ; by what usury gained, 35 ; first named by John, 65 ; why opened at Christ s baptism, 76 ; unseen but certain, 85 ; to be sought before all else, 153 ; will be given impartially, 400 . Hebrews, wickedness of the old, 1 . Hell, object of, 7 ; descent to, 9 ; first named by John, 63 ; proved by John, 72 ; typifed by the furnace, 73 ; prepared for avarice, 79 ; proportioned to present impurity, 84 ; confessed by devils, 84 ; when first mentioned by Christ, 111 ; why less than Heaven, 129 ; intolerable, 164 ; pains of, 276 ; mention of profitable, 277 ; how described by Christ, 389 ; not prepared for us, 476 . Heretics, involuntary witnesses to the truth of Holy Scripture, 4 ; reproved by the monks' grace, 343 , by Christ's blessing children, 360 ; how to be dealt with, 288 ; meant by the tares, 287 ; denied the Passion, 492 . (See Marcion , etc.) Herod, folly of, 45 ; an example of the profane, 48 . Herod (Antipas), overcome by John, 171 ; marriage of, why illegal, 298 . Herodias, aggravated sin of, 299 . Hezekiah, prayer of, commended, 331 . High priest, how, more than one, 477 . Holy Spirit, gift of, higher than Holy Scripture, 1 ; how came on the apostles, 1 ; signs of, 2 , 77 ; equality of, 2 , 77 ; inspired the evangelists, 4 ; descents of, showed the new dispensation, 10 ; absolute need of, 12 ; His operation in the Incarnation, 22 , 25 ; moved the Magi, Cyrus, Paul, 39 ; why appeared in fire, 40 , 71 ; why first named by John Baptist, 71 ; an earnest of judgment, 72 ; why descended on Christ, 76 ; why as a dove, 77 ; a token of Heaven, 86 ; gifts of, sometimes without holiness, 168 ; what the blasphemy against, 266 ; effect of, upon the apostles, 401 ; gift of, always ready, 413 ; saves not the unwilling, 495 . Honor, contrasted with meekness, 166 . Humanity, raised to heaven by Christ, 2 , 78 . Humanity (of Christ), the bond between earth and heaven, 10 ; how proved by Paul and Matthew, 22 ; denied by Valentinus and others, 22 (note) ; preached earlier than the Godhead, 215 ; shewn in the Epiphany, 47 , 50 , in His fasting, 81 , in His sleeping 119 , in His sailing, 195 , in feeling the crowd, 206 , in His prayer to God, 304 , in His agony, 497 . (See Incarnation .) Humility, the crown of virtue, 17 ; examples of, 19 ; why first named in the sermon, 92 ; the true wisdom, 175 ; happiness, 362 ; neglect of, fatal, 295 ; the way to glory, 401 ; in the Monks, 438 , also in seculars, 439 . Hypocrisy, what it is, 132 , 141 ; provoked the severity of Christ, 427 ; ruined the scribes, 440 ; worse in Christians, 441 .   Idolatry , grossness of, 5 . Ignorance, better than error, 454 . Incarnation, the, declared by the three first Evangelists, 3 ; binds Heaven and earth, 10 ; reserved at first, 15 , 52 ; account of, 22 , 32 ; when first taught, 45 ; shown in the fasting, and temptation, 80 , in His retiring to the desert place, 303 , in His question to Peter, 332 ; His care to prove it, 417 , 497 ; the great mercy of God, 175 . Indulgence, cruelty of, 108 , 123 ; unfits for Heaven, 467 . Innocents, the murder of, why permitted, 55 ; was foretold, 57 . Insolence, against charity, 111 ; to the poor, censured, 236 ; to be suffered, not acted, 473 . Intemperance, evils of, 283 ; vileness of, 356 ; lasting debasement of, 357 ; its punishment, 357 ; mother of lust, 429 ; power of, overcome by the Monks, 429 ; sinfulness of, 467 . Intercession, duty of, 189 ; not always effectual, 34 , 374 . Investment, which the best, 460 . Isaiah, Evangelical propecies of, 32, 63 , 240 , 260 , 285 , 337 . Israel, a figure of believers, 45 .   Jacob , an example of freedom from care, 149 ; of forbearance, 270 ; trial of, 310 . James, the brother of our Lord, his character, 33. Jerusalem, old names of, 32; council of, 33; destruction of, foretold, 422 . Jesus, mysteries in the name of, 25. Jewels, shewn useless, 529. Jews, the, account of their unbelief, 15 , 76 , 87 , 119 , 273 , 406 ; their pride of birth, 16 ; gained nothing from Abraham, 59 , 69 ; envious disposition of, 43 ; reproved by Heathens, 38 ; were first favored in the gospel, 45 , 422 ; yet outrun by the Gentiles, 47 ; said, and did not, 167 ; confusion of, 170 ; unthankful, 175 ; convicted by their inconsistency, 246 ; punishment of, foretold, 275 , 395 , 415 , 421 ; blindness of, proved wilful, 284 ; asked no right questions, 246 , 286 , 292 ; final conversion of, by Elijah, 353 ; how to be judged by the apostles, 392 ; craft of, 410 ; cowardice of, 411 ; how bidden, 421 ; their troubles from God, 451 ; hated by all, 452 ; why to flee, 457 ; how much and why punished, 457 ; madness of, against Christ, 477 , 506 , 516; government of, changed, 482 ; how broke the Passover, and why, 503 , 512 ; perverted justice in the trial of Christ, 503 , 511 ; resisted all warning, 508 , 513 , yet not all reprobated, 513 ; sole authors of the Passion, 516; used all cruelties, 516; how convicted themselves, 525. (See Pharisees .) Job, patience of, 84 ; righteous, 107 ; bore all but reproach, 96 ; charitable interference of, 101 ; not a slave to wealth, 147 , 225 ; virtues of, eminent, 224 , under special disadvantages, 225 , as compared with other saints, 225 ; prevailed by his piety, without miracle, 290 ; trials of, ordered by God, 192 , 310 . John, the Baptist, humility of, 19 ; time of his preaching, 61 ; why sent, 62 ; how baptized for Remission, 62 ; how prepared for Christ, 63 ; effect of his preaching, 63 , 65 ; austerity of, 64 ; great before grace, 65 ; why did no miracles, 87 ; disciples of, envious of Christ's, 201 ; message of, explained, 238 ; how predicted the Cross, 240 ; equalled the prophets in knowledge, 240 ; clear from charge of fickleness by Christ, 243 ; stood between the law and the gospel, 244 ; his system contrasted with Christ's, 246 ; murder of, how aggravated, 300 ; in what sense, Elias, 353 . John, the Evangelist, purpose of his Gospel, to establish the Godhead, 3 (note) ; not jealous of Peter after Pentecost, 401 ; why did not speak of the destruction of Jerusalem, 458 ; the most spiritual in doctrine, 482 . Joseph, an example of forgiveness, 381 , of self-denial, 505 ; a type of Christ, 505 . Joseph, the husband of Mary, genealogy of, why traced, 6 , 11 , 14 ; his descent from David proved by his marriage, 11 ; his espousals were to shelter the Virgin, 15 ; his conduct proved the miraculous birth, 23 ; encouraged to adopt the Child, 25 ; referred to the prophets, 32 ; praised for self-restraint, 23 , and for obedience, 33 . Joseph, of Arimathæa, emboldened by the Cross, 522. Josephus, to be believed, because a zealous Jew, 457 . Judah, incest of, why mentioned in the Gospel, 15 , 17 . Judas, ruined by avarice, 61 , 193 , 482 , 488 ; irritated by reproach, 96 ; had received grace, 168 ; had been once elect, 392 ; hardness of, 482 , 499 ; deaf to all warning, 482 ; not excused by predestination, 486 ; utter ruin of, 508 ; downward progress of, 514 . Judgment, of others blamed, 397 ; of our own soul, commended, 271 . Judgment, The, why compared to threshing, 72 ; certainty of, 86 ; day of a theatre, 132 ; suddenness of, 146 ; will be equitable to all, 242 ; foreseen by Isaiah, 260 ; is partly present, partly future, 267 ; fairness of, 270 ; expectation of, in the early church, 342 ; why named in the Monks' Grace, 342 ; shewn in the Transfiguration, 349 ; how to be thought of, 460 ; how proved, 462 ; why hidden, 465 ; not really delayed, 466 ; justice of, shown, 476 . Julian, miracles in the time of, 21.   Kingdom , the, rewards, guides, and wars of, 6 ; glories of, 7 ; a New Polity, begun at the Baptism of Jesus, 44 ; shown to be distant, 458 ; is our inheritance, 476 ; yet of grace, 477 .   Labor , pleasantness of, 331 . Lamech, what the sin of, 446 . Landlords, oppressions of, 377 . Laughter, excess of, reproved, 26, 41. Law, the, given in terrors, 2 , 8 ; was typified in Phares, 16 , 17 ; given in consequence of Gentile grossness, 38 ; ceased at the Baptism of Christ, 78 ; enlarged by Christ, 103 ; with new sanctions, 106 ; how fulfilled by Christ, 107 , 108 ; not evil, though defective, 107 ; retaliation of, really merciful, 109 , 123 ; how permitted evil, 120 ; an education for the gospel, 121 ; respected by Christ in His charge to the leper, 173 ; abrogation of, hinted by Christ, 316 , 329 , 458 ; how hangs on love, 431 ; put for the whole Old Testament, 435 ; in morals confirmed, in ceremonials repealed, 436 , 441 ; how measured punishments, 455 ; rites of, when ceased, 491 . Life, inequalities of, solved by the doctrine of a judgment, 86 , 461 ; a prison, 90 ; full of joy as of sorrow, 330 ; different ages, and sins of, 490 . Lord's Day, the, how to be spent, 31; little improved, 73 . Luke, addresses heathens, 4 ; his genealogy fuller than Matthew's, 7 ; imitates the style of Paul, 20 ; added to Matthew's account, 24 , 96 , 178 , 201 , 205 , 206 , 471 . Lust, a possession of the Devil, 193 ; leads to cruelty, 300 ; how best cured, 371 ; comes of drunkenness, 429 ; invites Devils, 430 ; forbidden in thought, 515 . Luxury, why compared to thorns, 283 ; in feasting reproved, 301 , and in dress, 307 ; pain of, 330 ; lust the cause of, 356 ; destructiveness of, 430 ; sin of, 467 . Lysias, compared with Pilate, 512 .   Maccabees , praise of the, 241 . Macedonians, heresy of the, 77 . Manichæans, heresy of the, 108 , 181 , 305 , 317 , 343 . (See Creatures .) Marcion, heresy of, 47 , 252 , 274 , 492 . Marriage, Jewish law of, 11 , 12 , 22 , 25 , 428 ; a great mystery, 42 ; duties of, 49 ; protected by Christ, 119 ; law of, explained by Christ, 382 ; prudent, in youth, 371 ; abuse of, 443 . Martyrs, the, the real conquerors, 505 . Mary the Virgin, the parents of, not named by Matthew, 6 , 11 , 12 ; protected by her marriage, 15 , 22 ; character of, considered in the Annunciation, 24 ; the perpetual virginity of, not contradicted by Matthew, 33 ; made illustrious by her stay in Egypt, 53 ; vanity of, reproved, 279 . Mary, of Bethany, promise to, 314 ; the faith of, 486 ; fame of, 481 ; an example of liberality in church offerings, 482 . Matthew, the humble condition and high graces of, 2 ; wrote in Hebrew for the Jews, 3 ; Christ spoke in, 6 ; difficulties of, 6 ; wrote before Mark, 20 ; call of, 198 ; how trained by Christ, 205 ; virtues of, 295 ; candor of, 345 . Meats, question of, indirectly settled, 317 ; Christ's law of, 318 ; Manichæan doctrine of, reproved, 343 . Meditation, the benefits of, 12 ; neglect of, too common, 271 . Meekness, duty and benefits of, 93 , 123 , 478 , 519; better than honor, 166 ; the true mode of following Christ, 472 . Mercy, man's different from God's, 94 ; benefits of, 102 ; sometimes lies in severity, 109 ; of both Covenants, 109 ; preferred to sacrifice, 200 ; God's, a reproof to ours, 235 ; of kind answering, 235 ; enforced by the mercies of Christ, 286 ; of Christ, shewn in severity, 340 ; brings ease, 350 ; how to be shewn to the brethren, 372 ; how towards heathens, 373 ; to be shewn to Christians, for Christ's sake, 378 ; is for others, not ourselves, 436 ; must be had before death, 471 . Ministry, the, responsibility of, 97 ; has need of gentleness, 197 ; and caution, 203 ; how a harvest, 213 ; how like sheep and doves, 220 ; made strong in weakness, 220 ; must have Scripture knowledge, 294 ; warned in the Transfiguration, 346 ; sin of, heinous, 455 ; should be free from secular care, 509 . Miracles, why told differently in the Gospels, 3 ; use of, 20 , 192 ; ceased when no longer wanted, 20 ; some under Julian, 21 ; why few at first, 44 , 52 ; declared the Creator, 104 ; did not save the unholy, 168 ; alternated with doctrine, 172 ; confirmed by prophecy, 180 ; abundance of, 185 ; Christ's care to prove, 197 , 206 ; inferior to obedience, 218 ; defended by Christ, 264 ; nothing without holiness, 290 ; why always followed the predictions of the Passion, 353 ; sometimes followed, sometimes went before faith, 354 ; some wrought by the garments of Christ, 516. Mirth, excess of, censured, 41. Monks, holiness of the Egyptian, 54 ; some, never drank, 149 ; number of the, 223 ; their grace before meat commended, 342 ; devotion of, an example to seculars, 344 ; their retreats, dress, devotion, labors, music, contrasted with the stage, 417 , etc.; have the wedding garment, 423 ; soldiers of Christ, 424 ; converse with angels, 425 ; nobility of, 425 ; victorious over the vices, 429 ; humility of, 438 . Moses, mission of, contrasted with Christ's, 1 , 2 , 10 ; prayer of, once rejected, 34 ; self-denial of, 55 ; the sons of, rejected for unworthiness, 59 ; why at the Transfiguration, 346 ; an example of forgiveness, 381 ; how honored by Christ, 436 ; why loved by God, 474 . Mourning, for sin, blessed, 40, 93 ; excess of, censured, 208 , 330 ; profitable for the soul, 263 . Mutilation, a device of Satan, 384 . Mysteries, the. (See Holy Communion .)   Names , significance of, in Holy Scripture, 21; used to represent events, 32. Nativities, casting of, censured, 454 . Nature, proved not evil, against the Manichæans, 360 , 366 ; often symbolized by Christ, 462 . Nazareth, why our Lord lived at, 58 ; His second visit to, 296 . Nebuchadnezzar, pride of, 28; repentance of, 84 ; did justice to the virtue of the Three Children, 99 ; received a revelation, 168 . Necessity, doctrine of, disproved, 181 ; not implied in our Lord's preference of the apostles 284-6 ; in what sense taught by Christ, 462 . Necromancers of Antioch censured, 249 . Neutrality, impossible to Christians, 266 ; not enough for salvation, 472 . Ninevites, the, a reproach to the Jews, 38; the repentance of, deferred God's wrath, 274 , 392 . Nobility, what it is, to Christians, 16 ; pride of, condemned, 17 ; is no substitute for virtue, 34 ; reproved by Christ at Nazareth, 59 ; vanity of the common, 361 ; real, in John the Baptist, 362 ; in the Monks, 425 .   Oaths , against God's glory, 120 . Obedience, to be joined with prayer, 161 ; the end of our Lord's teaching, 171 ; the best miracle, 219 ; joins to Christ, 280 ; necessary to salvation, 392 ; must be perfect, 395 ; easiness of, 532. Offenses, why not removed, 364 ; why foretold, 364 , 367 . Oneness, of God, why often mentioned, 432 , 438 .   Parable , the, of the relapsed demoniac, applied to the Jews, 275 ; of the Sower, why the first, 281 ; of the Tares, against heresy, 288 ; not to be explained literally throughout, 292 , 394 . Parasites, encouragement of, unchristian, 302 ; a cruelty, 302 . Parents, wickedness of, not dangerous to good sons, 55 ; goodness of, not a shelter to the evil, 59 ; in what sense to be hated by Christians, 233 . Passion, the, when first predicted by Christ, 334 ; prediction of, preceded and followed by miracles, 353 ; foreshown at the Transfiguration, 349 , in Galilee, 358 , in the way to Jerusalem, 397 ; warnings of, not understood, 398 ; why a baptism, 399 ; how Christ prepared the disciples for, 477 ; how foreshown by Mary of Bethany, 482 ; why took place at the Passover, 485 , 491 ; a mystery, 492 ; denied by what heretics, 492 ; by whom caused, 516; how our glory, 516; description of, 517; of what a lesson, 518. Passions, the, how to be mortified, 27, 74 , 336 ; must be tamed as beasts, 370 ; sleep in children, 385 ; when to be checked, 513 . Passover, the, why observed by Christ, 485 , 491 ; how broken by the Jewish rulers, 503 . Patience, how taught us by God, 67 ; subdues calumny, 99 ; blessing of, 126 ; duty of, 127 , 197 ; praised in the woman of Canaan, 323 ; victory of, 504 . Patriarchs, inspiraion of the, 1 ; church of, appeared first, then withdrawn, 16 , 17 ; humble parentage of, 16 ; praise of, 59 . Paul, an example of humility, 19 , 439 ; love of Christ, 28 ; obedience, 39 ; zeal, 40 ; disinterested labor, 54 , 378 ; thankfulness, 175 ; repentance, 198-9 ; spiritual power, 223 ; final triumph, 331 ; sometimes used temporal sanctions, 114 ; conversion of, seasonable, 394 . Paul, of Samosata, denied the Divinity of Christ, 47 . Peace, salutation of, enjoined to the apostles, 216 ; sin of breaking, in the church, 217 ; of Christians, to be gained only by war, 232 . Peace-makers, blessing of the, 94 . Persia, first heard of the Messiah, 37, 38, 40, 44 , 47 , 51 . Persecution, suffered unjustly, does away sin, and increases reward, 56 ; puts us in communion with the prophets, 95 ; real gain, 169 , and happiness, 170 ; Christian preparation for, 224 ; injures the doer most, 270 ; from relations, foretold, 393 . Peter, humility of, 19 ; style of his Epistle, 20 ; call of, 87 ; first fall of, 311 ; forward zeal of, 317 , 318 , 472 ; second "offence" of, 335 , 473 ; his all-forsaking, and reward, 391 ; had sometimes the first place, 401 ; indulged in freedom of speech, by Christ, 450 ; last presumption of, 493 ; why suffered to fall, 494 ; how affected by his fall, 497 , 502 ; denial of, harmonized, 507 ; finally blessed in poverty, 533. Pharaoh, an example of God's long-suffering, 84 ; why, being sinful, received a revelation, 168 ; shown inferior to Abraham, 403 ; dream of, why repeated, 498 . Pharez, a type of the Jewish Church, 15-17 . Pharisees, design of the, against John, 68 ; righteousness of, real, but defective, 107 ; ignorant of the scriptures, 201 ; how "wise and prudent," 251 ; enraged with the disciples, 255 , with Christ's healing, 259 , on account of envy, 265 ; false sons of Abraham, 269 ; why they asked, and were refused a sign, 273 , 328-29 ; unbelief of, foreseen, 274 ; self-convicted of adding to the law, 350 ; of breaking it, by Christ, 350 , by Isaiah, 351 ; why put questions often, 381 ; never abashed, 388 ; gave a third of their goods in charity; never repented, 412 , 426 ; vainglory of, 433 , 437 , 441 , 446 ; when in real authority, supported by Christ, 436 ; yet rebuked for hardness, 437 ; corrupters of youth, 440 ; whence ruined, 442 ; how worse than their fathers, 444 . (See Jews .) Pharisee, the proud, lost for want of humility and charity, 17 , 92 , 396 , in spite of almsgiving, 396 . Philistines, the, taught the truth by the heifers, 39. Philosophers, the Grecian, doctrines of, unnatural and devilish, 5 ; despised by Christians, 54 ; despised externals, 59 , 100 ; contrasted with John the Baptist, 65 ; a shame to evil Christians, 100 ; contrasted with the apostles, 222 . Pilate, character of, compared to that of Lysias, 512 . Plato, the Republic of, censured, 5 ; and contrasted with Christ's, 6 . Pleasure, when innocent, 250 ; of labor, 331 . Plotinous, his doctrine of souls refuted, 191 . Poor, the, ill-treatment of, censured, 236 ; represented by the apostles, 391 ; only a tenth part of the population, 407 ; how Christ's brethren, and ours, 475 . Poverty, a furnace, 29; outward and inward care of, 30; of the rich man in torment, 60 ; praise of voluntary, 92 ; Christ's gradual training for, 150 ; real lightness of, 254 ; glory and reward of, 295-6 ; real dignity of, 500 , 532. Praise, danger of, 96 ; love of, a snare, 263 . Prayer, for others, not always effectual, 34, 374 ; requires perseverance, 67 , 155 ; never unreasonaable, 156 ; Christ's rule of, 132 ; forgiveness, the special moral of the Lord's, 137 ; enjoined after hard commands, 160 ; two conditions of, 161 ; a remedy for sin, 268 ; requires purity of tongue, and of heart, 319 ; Hezekiah's, 331 ; blessedness of concord in, 374 . Preaching, a school, 73 ; why necessary, 523. Predestination, no excuse for Judas, 486 ; objections from, how answered, 487 . Profaneness, censure of, 74 ; sin of listening to, 248 . Promises, the, of Christ always conditional, 392 . Prophets, the, why appealed to personal revelations, 20 ; disregarded by the Jews, 38 ; of the Philistines, seconded by God, 39 ; maintained the doctrine of Providence, 57 ; the works of some lost, 58 (note) ; anticipated the history of John, 64 ; rebuked pride, 68 ; double sense of, 72 ; persecution of, 95 ; how fulfilled by Christ, 104 ; confirmed by miracle, 180 ; accuracy of, 260 , 406 ; all had wives, 344 . Providence, doctrine of, maintained by the prophets, 57 ; urged by Christ to console the apostles, 228 . Psalms, study of, profitable, but neglected, 13 ; chanted in the church, 73 . Publican, the, saved by penitence, 198 ; a lesson not to despair, 449 . Publicans, the, virtue of, a shame to Christians, 128 ; trade of, mean, 199 ; why Christ sat with, 200 ; wickedness of, proved, 373 ; comparative obedience of, 422 . Punishment, scale of, under the gospel, 111 ; under the law, 455 ; two kinds of, 373 . Purification, the, waited for by Mary, 58 ; law of, enlarged by the Pharisees, 314-5 ; must be inward, 319 . Purity, blessing of, 94 ; required for prayer, 319 ; Christ's law of, 441 .   Rabbi , title of, why forbidden, 438 . Rahab, why mentioned in the genealogy, 17 . Reconciliation, religious duty of, 112 , 478 . Regeneration, by the Spirit in baptism, asserted, 10 , 41 , 62 , 78 . Relapse after baptism, dangerous, 276 ; how to be recovered, 467 . Repentance, blessed in Hannah, 41; good works, a great part of, 66 ; more needful than bodily cure, 89 ; why ought to be painful, 89 ; not be had after death, 90 , 241 ; proved not in vain, by the example of David, 182 ; its power to avert wrath, shown in the Ninevites, 392 ; striking example of, at Antioch, 412 ; of Manasseh, Paul, and others, 413 ; its labor small, its gain great, 414 ; accepted in believing Jews, 513 . Repetitions, when forbidden in prayer, 133 ; why used in Holy Scripture, 498 . Reproach, the greatest trial, 96 ; effect of, on Job and others, 96 ; when undeserved and for Christ's sake, alone glorious, 99 ; overcome by virtue, 99 ; endured by Christ, 380 . Reserve, examples of, in Christ's life and teaching: in the Nativity, 10 ; in the Incarnation, 14 , 15 , 44 ; in the Epiphany, 52 ; in His early life, 63 ; in John's report of Him, 71 ; in the temptation, 82 ; commanded in the Sermon, 159 ; in retiring from the Gergesenes, 193 ; from the Scribes, 198 ; in teaching the resurrection and other mysteries, 202 ; in doing miracles, 207 ; in delaying to heal, 210 ; after sending out the Twelve, 238 ; how long continued, 260 , 345 ; before Pilate, 511 . Restitution, duty of, 326 . Resurrection, the, truth of, argued from reason, 85-6 ; shown in the raising of Jairus's daughter, and Lazarus, 206 ; proved real by the history of Jonah, 273 ; shown in the parable of the marriage feast, 421 ; why denied by the Sadducees, 428 ; how contained in the Old Testament, 429 ; foretasted by the monks, 429 ; should be rejoiced at by Christians, 460 ; natural emblems of, 462 , 472 ; to be at night, 470 ; our best support in trouble, 479 ; how most commonly proved, 492 . Resurrection of Christ, proved by men's faith, 34; reserve in teaching the, 202 ; foretold by John, 240 ; signs of the, 521; how proved by the Jews' behavior, 525, and by that of the apostles, 526; why so early in the day, 526; witnessed by the guard, 530. Revenge, sinfulness of, 271 ; reasons against, 478 . Reviling, the author of, suffers most, 320 ; may be borne, by the example of Christ, 380 ; brings to hell, 395 . Reward, of Christians certain, 85 ; is both spiritual, 95 , and temporal, 96 ; partly given here, 169 ; accumulation of, in Isaiah, 337 ; will be given impartially, 402 ; of God's grace, not our merit, 476 . Riches, contempt of, the true wealth, 30, 35; taught gradually by Christ, 142 ; dependence on, unsafe, 60 ; disquiet of keeping, 142 ; peril of pursuing, 144 ; love of, unnatural, 144 , 320 ; how overcome, 145 ; cast out of God's service, 146 ; compared with charity, 166 ; love of, condemned in the rich young man, 388 ; engrossing power of, 388 ; may be renounced by grace, 389 ; duties of, considered, 407 ; why given to the wicked, 454-5 ; vanity of, 461 ; a trust, 467 ; inflame desire, 484 . Righteous, the, so called ironically, 201 . Righteousness, is the fulfilling of the commandments, 62 , 76 ; includes all virtue, 94 , 106 ; of the Jews, real but insufficient, 107 ; how much, required of Christians, 122 . Romans, object of the Epistle to, 59 .   Sabbath , the, law of, why strict at first, 257 ; why straitened by Christ, 257 ; kept, at home, 525. Sacraments, the Jewish, ended by Christ, 78 ; represent Christ, 313 ; are spiritual, 495 ; now to be received, 405 ; from whom to be withheld, and why, 496 . Sadducees, the case proposed by, probably fictitious, 428 . Saints, the, intercession of, how received, 35; why kept waiting by God, 67 ; sufferings of, to be rewarded, 85 ; mourned for others, 93 ; the final glory of, 349 ; some actually, and all figuratively, removed mountains, 355 ; can not be envious, 394 ; our best patterns, 396 ; why admired, 402 ; how conquered, 505 . Samaritan, the good, a shame to Christians, 101 . Samuel, could not prevail for Saul, 34; sons of, rejected for sin, 59 . Saul, injured himself most, in his treatment of David, 270 ; ruined by pride, 361 ; malice of, contrasted with David's goodness, 385 ; ensnared by Satan, from small sins to greater, 513 . Scripture, Holy, given for our frailty, 1 ; gift of, aggravates sin, 1 ; harmonious connection of, 4 ; how to be used at preaching, 6 ; its necessity for all, shown by examples, 13 ; helps repentance, 14 ; a mirror of the soul, 27 ; a cure of sin, 28 ; late translations of, 32 ; teaches by examples from the animal creation, 49 ; both New and Old Testaments to be studied by ministers, 294 ; neglect of, impoverishes the soul, 294 ; speaks according to men's own notions, 355 ; the Monks' food, 419 ; why uses repetitions, 498 . Self-denial, persuasive force of, 278 ; of the apostles, our pattern, 278 ; what it is, 339 ; the best victory, 504 . Self-examination, duty of, urged, 271 . Selfishness, excludes from heaven, 469 . Sensuality, an excess of folly, beyond the devil's, 84 ; the soul's vermin, 90 ; a demoniacal possession, 193 ; how best cured, 390 ; sinfulness of, 467 . Septuagint, the, the writers of, above suspicion, from their time of writing, 32. Sexes, the, both impartially treated in, Holy Scripture, 117 . Sheep, Christians warned to be productive, by the name of, 475 . Sickness, the consequence of sin, 89 , 185 . Signs, imply something beyond nature, 33; use of, to draw the attention of the dull to new dispensations, 77 ; why refused to Satan, and to the Jews, 81 , 328 ; of Jonas, explained, 273-4 , 520; of the Cross, used for self-admonition, 518. Sin, why not always equally punished here, 86 ; the cause of sickness, 89 ; pleasant in act, bitter in effect, 89 ; a chain, a jailor, 90 ; used synonymously with its punishment, 129 ; a burden here, 171 ; dangerous in believers, 181 , yet not hopeless in any, 181 , is worse in us than we think, 242 ; a heavier yoke than Christ's, 253 ; which, the unpardonable, 266 ; the least, dangerous, 268 ; remedies for, 268 ; ours against God, greater than men's against us, 376 ; the sense of, should teach mercy, 378 ; foulness of, before God, 442 ; guilt of, how measured, 455 ; different at different ages, 490 ; how long blinds men, 507 ; progress of, described, 513 . Sinners, when to be avoided, when not, 200 ; need never despair, 412 ; why rich, 454 ; condemned by the example of the righteous, 476 . Slander, harms itself most, 270 . Sloth, dangerous in church rulers, 288 ; rebuked in the Parable of the Talents, 472 . Sodomites, lust of, began in surfeit, and luxury, 42 , 80 , 356 ; why not named in chap. xxiv., 464 . Soldiers, wickedness of the, at Antioch, 377 . Solomon, parentage of, an argument against pride, 16 , 361 ; prayer of, heard, because right, 161 . Son, the, different from servants, 420 ; is One with the Father, 421 ; not really ignorant of the last day, 465 . (See Christ .) Songs, profaneness and lewdness of those heard on the stage, 13 , 248 , 419 ; compared with the Monks' music, 419 . Soul, state of the departed, 191-2 ; will be brought up for judgment, 271 ; is commonly neglected for the body, 272 , 370 ; loss of, irreparable, 341 ; the chief part of man, 341 ; should be first thought of, in education, 371 ; meant by the inside of the cup and platter, 441 ; treatment of, 448 ; the apostles, the best physicians of, 448 . Sower, the, not to blame, but the ground, 281 . Star, the, was not natural, 37; object of, to reprove the Jews, 38; the course of, accounted for, 46 ; witnessed to Christ's Divinity, 47 . Stephen, an example of forgiveness, 381 . Stewardship, the, of God's gifts, how dispensed to Christians, 466 . Strife, in public, to be repressed, 101 ; shameful to Christians, 102 ; monstrous, after prayer, 138 ; after Holy Communion, 218 . Suffering, needful for our own sakes, 338 ; but left free to us, 339 ; is greater than charity, 388 ; of saints here, proves a judgment, 462 ; the truest conquest, 505 ; its many benefits, 518. (See Passion .) Supper, the, was celebrated in the fifth day of the week, i.e. the day before the feast, 485 . Swine, the, why destroyed by Christ, 192 . Swords, why granted to the apostles in the garden, 502 . Sympathy, want of, among Christians, condemned, 478 . Synagogue, the, denounced as unfaithful by the prophets, 17 .   Temple , the, remains of, existing in time of St. Chrysostom, 450 . Temptation, why follows baptism, 80 ; comes in solitude, 81 ; Adam's and Christ's, compared, 81 ; Christ's includes all, 83 ; may be avoided, if possible, 80 , 86 ; the last generally the worst, 83 . Thamar, Christ's descent from, shows His perfect humanity, 15 . Theatres, at Antioch, the whole day wasted at, 7 , 42 , 49 ; corrupting effect of, on men's minds, 13 ; scenes of lawlessness, 26 , 42 ; gross mockery of the mysteries of marriage at, 42 ; spectacle of females swimming in, 48 , fatal to public morals, 49 , and insulting to the sex, 50 ; attract evil acquaintance, 118 ; unnatural acting of both sexes at, 249 ; the cause of frequent adulteries, and necromancy, 249 ; all encouragement of, blamed, 250 ; expenses of, enormous, compared with men's alms, 407 ; devilish company, and music of, compared with the Monks' choir, 418 , their contrary effects, upon spectators, 419 . Themistocles, how inferior to the apostles, 222 . Till, implies nothing for the time to come, 33. Tongue, the, abuse of, reproved, 7 , 13 , 26 ; must be clean for prayer, 319 ; a talent for what use, 472 ; how to be made like Christ's, 473 ; how like Satan's, 473 . Transfiguration, the, a vision of future glory, 345 . Travellers, zeal and exactness, of, a reproach to Christians, 7 . Tribute, Cæsar's, and God's, compatible, 427 . Truth, duty of always witnessing to the, 174 . Types, use of, to prepare for extraordinary events, 10 .   Uncharitableness , inexcusable in lovers of pleasure, 407 ; is every where denounced, 467 ; a sin against Christ Himself, 475 ; evils of, to the church, 509 . (See Covetousness .) Unprofitableness, danger of spiritual, 472 . Usury, comparison of heavenly and earthly, cruelty of the latter, 35; forbidden to Christians, 350 , and even to Gentiles, 351 ; evils of, 351 .   Vainglory , defeats itself, 18 , 386 ; makes us hateful to God and man, 18 , 386 ; rebuked in the second temptation, 80 ; spoils our good actions, 100 ; condemned in the Sermon, 130 , in Christ's cure of the leper, 173 ; the nurse of covetousness, 142 ; the source of unthankfulness, 175 ; hinders self-knowledge, 175 ; observed in the Virgin Mary, 279 ; folly of, 361 ; a slavery, 362 ; real baseness of, 402 ; is in the devil, and the wicked, 402-3 ; in good works the worst, 433 ; betrays the soul to shame, 434 ; in trifles, condemned, in the Pharisees, 437 . Violence, most hurtful to the doer, 518. Virginity, called youth, in Holy Scripture, 33; of Mary, declared perpetual, 33; how far recommended by Paul, 93 ; not necessary to salvation, and so inferior to alms-giving, 295 , 314 , 468 ; indirectly recommended by Christ, 383 ; but must be voluntary, and spiritual, 384 ; a gift, but attainable, 384 ; spoiled by selfishness, 470 ; lies in renouncing riches, 471 . Virtue, home the best school of, 74 ; the Christian scale of, 126 , 128 ; to be followed for her own sake, 141 ; has her reward even here, 169 ; to be shown in the world, for heathen's sake, 277 ; possible to all classes, 278 ; the best affinity to Christ, 280 ; must be perfect, 282 ; better than miracles, 291 ; poetical description of, 294 ; must be added to faith, 395 ; the best furniture, 500 . Voice, from Heaven, why sent, 77 , 348 .   Watchfulness , must be perfect, to be useful, 283 ; the especial duty of church-rulers, 288 ; taught by Christ's seeming ignorance of the day, 465 . Way, the, easy though strait, 162 . Wild beasts, more tameable than Christians, 27. Wine, not the use, but the abuse of, evil (against the Manichæans), 356 . Wise men, the, journey of, rash, humanly speaking, 36; their adoration of the Child, absurd, except on faith, 37; were moved by God's grace, 39; their exceeding reverence hindered them from suspicion of Herod, 46 ; a type of the Gentiles, 47 ; an example of renouncing the world, for Christ, 47 . Woman, the, who was a sinner, blessed by repentance, 40. Woman, the, with the issue, praised for uncommon faith, 206 ; of Canaan, for perseverance under reproach, 323 . Women, vanity of, reproved by Isaiah and Paul, 117 ; to be reformed with caution, 203 ; of Antioch, condemned for painting the face, 203 ; "the Holy," in "old time," praised, 204 ; intemperance of, monstrous, 356 ; tyranny of, 386 ; their fashion of wearing little Gospels, 437 ; once modest, 443 ; reproved for love of jewels and dress, 527; how ought to be adorned, 529. Women, the, zeal of, at the Passion, 522; at the Resurrection, 527. Works, which the best, 468 ; necessary for salvation, 499 ; the best furniture, 500 . World, the, is undergoing a change, 106 ; compared to children's games, 165 ; need not be left for cloisters, 278 , 344 ; must be crucified in us, 336 ; love of, a slavery, 362 ; dangerous to salvation, 370 ; vanity of, 461 ; will be worst, at last, 464 .   Youth , the most important period of life, 309 ; blest, in chastity, 309 ; unbridled passions of, 370 , restrained by marriage, 371 .   Zacchæus , an example, of the benefits of Christian communion, 200 ; of a rich man, saved, 449 ; adorned his home with charity, 500 . Zeal, of Paul, and the early Christians commended, 40; of Peter, 332 , 493 , 501 ; of the women, at the Passion, 522; of Joseph of Arimathæa, 522. Zebedee's sons, request of, 398 . Zorababel, name of, symbolical, 21, 44 .