Tyrants, reduced to sit on ground, 379.
Unanimity, the greatest safety for disciples against their enemies, 182; comes of humility,
ib.
Unbelief, prevalent at all times, 267; it arises from a bad conscience, 268; punishment in-
creased by it, 269.
Unbelievers, are with the condemned at death, 197.
Uncleanness, expresses a class of sins, 294; legal, opposite of holiness, 342 (note 1) .
Understanding, how to use it in God's service, 233; the, gets dizzy at things faith does not
stagger at, 282.
Unity, the work of the Holy Spirit, 200; breakers of, rend Christ's members, 273.
Universe, not made by chance, 283.
Usurpers, fear to lay aside what they have usurped, 213.
Vainglory, the evils that come of it, 203; cause of men's thinking, dress, ornaments, and fine
houses, a gain, 232; leads men to use God's gifts for enjoyment merely, 234; turns from
love of God, 393.
Valentinus, 206.
Vice, practice of, increases it, 220; at enmity with man's nature, 247; purged out by thought
of hell, 359-60; a drunkenness, 362; life of, a dream, 363; a death, ib.; a darkness, ib.;
seizes us when we think not, 364.
Vienne, martyrdoms at, 336 (note 2) .
Vineyard, God's, type not of Jerusalem only, but of the soul, 209.
Virgins, may appear at a wedding to attend on the bride, 318; should be modest at all times
and states, ib.; parable of the ten, 355, 372, 385.
Virtue, advancement in it the only thing to be sought, 199; entirely a gift from God, 200;
many natural affections lead to it, 201; belongs to man alone of all creatures and makes
him superior to them, 218; practice of, will make a man an angel, ib.; practice of, in-
creases it, 220; in the midst of affliction, shines like stars in the night, 222; path of,
easier to poor than rich, 233; perfection of, attained by constant striving, 239; shines
forth under all circumstances, 241; makes men at peace with God, 247; is friendly to
man's nature, 248; required in knowing how to abound, as well as to be in want, 250;
planted everywhere in the later times by God's grace, 279; called wisdom, 300; rewarded
by God, as if His gain, 332; true, that in God's sight, 342; two-fold, in shunning evil
and doing good, 344; promoted by uncertainty of life, 361; consistent with a married
life, 396.
Vision of Christ seen by a woman, 372-73.
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