HOMILIES ON PHILIPPIANS, COLOSSIANS, THESSALONIANS. 573 Earth, imperfectly known to men, 354 ; shall give up the dead, 356 ; things of, quench grace, 370; way from, to heaven beset by de mons, 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 de ceive, 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 ad versaries, 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 hav ing, 395- Enmities, ruler must incur, 366; of great, not feared by first Chris tians, 381. Enmity, had its origin from the earth, 275- Enoch, type of the resurrection, 283. Envy, the causes of it, 191; to in dulge it makes us friends of Sa tan 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 Epaphroditm. 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 "Teach er " to the Philippians, 225 ; his sicknessand recovery, ib.; risked his life in going to visit St. Paul, ib.; the service of all the Phil ippians 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 Co- lossians, 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; pref aced with prayer for God s fa vor, 380; not all things given in, 39- Erythraean 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 l). 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; for mation of, 354; an inlet of dan ger, 370, 378; must care for whole body, 381. Ezekiel, his prayer rejected, 327; not on his own account, ib. ; his suf ferings, il>. ; his way of speak ing. 37 ! 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; in stances 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 ofsom 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 i). Fasting, foundation of chastity, 378; and prayer, not work of hands, 394- Fate, a cruel doctrine, 269; believed only by those that defined Pleas ure the " end " and did not love Virtue, ib. Father, name ofThe, enough to show His priority, 213; we stand be fore, 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 un der 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 edu cation of sons, 359; have to an noy 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 chil dren, 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 ofsofteningthemind, 212; needful for setting a high exam ple, 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. P ear, 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 in vite poor to, 374. Feet, how to use them in God s ser vice, 233. " Fellowship in the Gospel," what St. Paul means by it, 185. Fig tree, what it grows from, 353. Fire, appointed for avaricious, 21 1; see river of, 365 ; thought of, good, 382; makes riddance of thorns, 387; kills small insects far off, 389. Fiery furnace, type of the Resurrec tion, 283. Firstborn, of every creature, its mean ing, 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 byGod, was dishonored by the false teach ers of the Colossians, 289; of Christ, deniers of, 352. Folly, not so bad as haughtiness, 217; all sin so called; contrast be tween it and wisdom, 300. Forbearance, of God, 384. Forgive, not to, cause of greater harm