Laity, duty of, towards priests, 366; have liberties that priests have not, ib.; equal in chief benefits, 392. Lamb, priest and people partake of one, 392. Lamp, of the Spirit, not to be quenched, 370; robbers first put out, 371; bright, admits to bridechamber, 372; lighted, can light others, 396. Land, how to use it in serving God, 233. Laodicea, epistle from, probably written from thence to St. Paul, 314. Laughter, arising from present things is condemned by Christ, 246; at admonition, miserable, 367. Law, the, not is loss, but is counted loss for Christ, 235; like a bridge to the Gospel, ib.; or as a man counts silver when he found gold, ib.; it is loss by comparison, ib.; good as the chaff is to the corn, ib.; not absolutely loss, but for Christ, ib.; but a doctrine of men, now the time (of Christ) is come, 289. Laws, father's authority upheld by, 366; fear of, hinders many bad actions, 382; hurt not those who fear them, 383. Law-suits, men talk much of, 384; and take pains about, ib. Laying on, of hands is through the cross, 242. Lazarus, raising of, 356; rich man despised, 374; needed his help afterwards, ib. Leopard, Daniel's vision of, 328. Letter, forged as from St. Paul, 377. Letters, from heaven, 387; of kings, read in church, ib. Life, is of several kinds, 195; what it is not to live this present life, ib.; this present, worth living if we live in faith, 196; not life if it has no fruit ib.; good or bad as we make it, ib.; the present a good state, 225; future is better than a good state, ib.; to risk it for saints is martyrdom, 226; cannot be without pain, 254; the present, compared to a nest of mire and sticks, 267; the virtuous, a good thing, 280; the present, should be no cause of care to a Christian, 290. Light, children of, 362. Lightning, coming of Christ, evident as, 378. Like-mindedness, not so great as to be of one mind, 203. Likeness of man said of Christ, because he was not equal in everything to man, 214. Listlessness, arises from looking at the faults of others, 229; puts Christians out of the state of grace, 276. Littlemindedness, as bad as sloth, 367. Longsuffering, is towards one that we can requite, 264. Loss of money, made a gain by patience, 337; relieved by giving alms, 338. Lot, his choice proves fertility of plain of Jordan, 357; did not save Sodom, 358; his love to God, ib.; Abraham bore wrong from, 369. 999 Homilies on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians