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 Resur-
rection, 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-indul-
gence, 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 intoler-
able, 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.
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