HOMILIES ON GALATIANS AND EPHESIANS.
Abraham, justified by faith,
25
; his household a pattern of harmony and good government,
148
; his hospitality and contempt of riches,
156
.
Absalom,
122
.
Achan, his sin brought calamities upon all,
79
.
Adam, the parent stock of mankind,
143
.
Adultery, an instance of the willfulness of sin,
57
.
Agar, interpretation of,
34 (note)
.
Allegory, what,
34
.
Almsgiving, duty of,
45
; the danger of omitting the duty,
69
; enforced,
172
.
Altar, Christian,
64
.
Amattari, the family of, mentioned
1 Sam. x. 21
; the text quoted in illustration of God's Paternal Government over the families of heaven and earth,
82 (and note)
.
Ambition of those who wished to introduce circumcision,
42
.
Angels, men become in the Gospel,
6
; Priests called,
8-28
; St. Paul received as,
32
; their life a pattern for Christians,
55
; cannot confer spiritual gifts,
60
; are taught the mystery of the Gospel by the Church,
80
; their knowledge limited,
80
; orders of them alluded to,
81
; as implied in the word "family,"
82 (and note)
; surround Elisha and encamp unseen as guardians of God's saints,
95
; keep unity,
99
; are a pattern of love and unity to us,
100
; are present at the Christian mysteries,
120
; represented as girded like soldiers,
165
.
Anger, to be directed against the devil and against ourselves,
58
,
163
; forbidden against our brethren,
118
; its cure,
118
; it is giving place to the devil,
ib.
;
of momentary anger,
128
.
Anomœans,
28 (note)
.
Apostles, &c.,
Eph. iv. 11, 12
; the subordination of the Christian ministry not defined in this text,
104
.
Apostolic vocation, prerogative of,
2
.
Argument, not the way to attain spiritual wisdom,
60
.
Arius, the heretic,
164
.
Armor, of the Christian,
167
.
Atonement,
4
,
22
,
23
,
27
; the marvelousness of it and its effects,
53
.
Babylas, St., buried in his fetters,
96
.
Baptism, not the Law, makes us sons,
4
; a crucifixion with Christ,
22
; regenerating with the Word,
35
; a confession of faith before and after it,
53 (and note)
; no second Baptism,
57
,
73
; raises Christians to sit together with Christ,
67
; washes away sin,
69
; the beginning of righteousness,
114
; the danger of sin after it,
171
.
Bitterness, taints the whole character,
122
; is powerless,
122
; must be entirely eradicated,
125
.
Boasting in self ultimately leads to humility,
44
.
Body, not sinful, but the instrument of sin,
39
; not necessarily evil,
41
; nor opposed to the spirit,
41
; not evil in substance,
42
.
Body, not sinful in itself, but sins, when left to itself,
73
; should be in subjection to the soul,
74
; the compactness and sympathy of its members a type of those of the Church,
106
,
117
; its limits forbid covetousness,
58
; and excess,
138
; the Church is Christ's body,
62
; receives life from Him as the body from the head,
106
; as such must not be torn by schism,
ib.
Body and blood of Christ, partaken in the Eucharist,
63
.
Bonds, their great power,
85
et seqq.
;
a type of bondage by sin,
88
; see
Prison
.
Carnal, what acts are so called,
73
.
Cathari, a name indirectly assumed by the Novatians,
119 (and note)
.
Catholics, accused of being through ambition contentious against heretics,
7
.
Charity, can only be exercised in this life,
46
; to be extended to all,
ib.
Children, the Three Holy Children,
92
,
93
.
Children, admonished,
153
; their duty obedience,
153
; need not be made monks, but must be brought up as Christians,
154
; to be taught self-discipline and trained for immortality,
154
; require this training more for courts than for monastic life,
155
; they who train them are forming statues to Christ,
156
.
Chosen, how Christians are chosen,
55
; are made manifest by sealing,
56
.
Christ, His sufferings voluntary,
4
; the cause both of our hidden and of our visible life,
22
; was sacrificed for all men,
23
; yet loved each enough to die for him alone,
ib.
;
awful mysteriousness of His death,
23
; took on Him the curse of the Cross,
27
; in the baptized,
29
,
30
; Christians fulfill the Law one with and for another,
43
; our Mediator and Judge,
51
; above all principality and power,
61
; our Head,
62
,
105
; made man's nature His garment,
62
; His deep humiliation and high exaltation,
62
; specially present in the Eucharist,
65
; how He broke down the middle wall,
71
; and abolished the enmity,
72
; became a Jew by circumcision,
73
; a Gentile by being a curse,
ib.
;
united both Jews and Gentiles and slew the enmity by His Cross,
73
; the chief corner-stone,
75
; brought us to Himself,
75
; dwells in the faithful,
81
; His glory in the Church,
82
; the exemplar of love to enemies,
84
; and of forgiveness of injuries,
129
; led captivity captive,
104
; is the Head of the Church, and the Saviour of the Body,
144
; the Bridegroom of the Church,
144
; His love to the Church a pattern for husbands,
142-145
.
Christians, in all conditions called saints and faithful,
49
; their blessings spiritual,
50
; how chosen in Christ,
51
; in order to be unblamable,
51
; ought to be like Angels,
55
,
62
,
100
; how sealed by the Spirit,
56
,
120
; their privilege in having Christ for their head,
62
; are members of His body,
62
; partakers of His body in the Eucharist,
63
; are made to sit in heavenly places,
67
; are created unto good works,
68
; may not live in the flesh, but in heaven,
74
; are given what elder saints toiled after,
75
; are collectively and severally the temple of God,
75
; are bound as one body by mutual ties,
102
; all equal in Christ,
102
; alike in grace, differ in gifts,
103
; how light in the Lord,
133
; cannot serve God and mammon,
135
; must walk circumspectly and not give offense,
137
; must put on the whole armor of God,
160
; their conflict with the devil,
161
; must stand well and be braced up for the fight,
163
; how they are to keep the Passover,
165
; their warfare ceases in the land of promise,
166
; are here in a pilgrimage or campaign,
166
.
Chrysostom, St., did not preach to please,
79
; calls to public humiliation,
102
; offers to resign his dignity for the sake of unity,
108
; his times, manifold vices of,
78
,
79 (and note)
; neglect of Communion,
64
; degeneracy of teachers,
78
; Church offices salable,
ib.
;
the Church in conflagration through pride,
100
; treatment of slaves,
123
.
Church, name of, implies unity,
4
; divided into a thousand parties,
8
; represented by Sarah,
34
; its exaltation as the body of Christ,
62
; is Christ's fullness,
62
; shall continue till He comes,
76
,
82
; is one body in Him,
99
; binds all together by mutual good offices,
ib.
;
is like a house built of men's souls,
100
,
101
; set on fire by pride,
ib.
;
ought not to seek the support of bad men,
107
; is the spouse of Christ,
144
; her condition when He took her,
ib.
Circumcision, brings us under the Law,
37
; observed by St. Paul, not preached,
38
.
Clamor, forbidden,
123
; is the vehicle of anger, a special fault of women,
ib.
Commandments, the Ten, the order of them,
153
.
Communicants, unworthy,
79
; careless and formal,
108
; must refrain from reviling, and why,
120
.
Communion, Church, not to be expanded to take in bad men,
107
.
Concession, and command, difference between,
15
; condescension of the Apostles to the Judaists,
1-15
.
Corner-stone. See
Christ
.
Corruption, various meanings of the word,
171
.
Courtezans,
151
.
Covenants, old and new proceeded both from the Father and the Son,
6
.
Covetousness is idolatry in Christians,
133-34
; leads to the death of the soul,
134
.
Cross, destroys the need of the Law,
3
; removes the curse,
27
; the boast of Christians,
46
; raises them above the old Dispensation as well as above the world,
46
.
Curiosity, generally misdirected and misplaced,
141
.
Damsels, devoted to monastic life,
115-16
.
David, a guileless character,
123
.
Deacon, his office in dismissing the congregation,
64 (and note)
.
Death, of the soul, what it is,
134
; the second death,
172
.
Devil, why called the prince of this world,
66
; why of the power of the air,
ib.
;
takes advantage of men's quarrels,
119
; and of their covetousness,
162
; his wiles,
159
; his forces,
160
; maybe overcome,
160
; but is not to be wrestled with so much as trampled on,
162
; his fiery darts are doubts,
169
; and evil desires and sharp sorrows,
169
; to be slain by keeping the commandments,
169
.
Dispensation of grace,
76
.
Drunkenness, excludes from Heaven,
69
; its temporal ill effects,
138
.
Earnest, the meaning of the word explained,
56
; see
Spirit
.
Economy, of the Apostles about the Law,
15
; to be beneficial to the objects of it, must be concealed from them,
16
; of St. Paul in circumcising Timothy,
16
.
Education in Scripture remedies that in the Classics,
154
; consists in nurture, see
Children
.
Eli,
154
.
Elisha,
95
.
Ephesus, the metropolis of [Proconsular] Asia,
49
; the abode of St. John and of Timothy, and a great resort of philosophers,
ib.
;
its inhabitants advanced in knowledge,
49
.
Epiphany, the great festival of the Greek Church in remembrance of our Lord's Baptism and Birth,
63 (note)
; a season for Communicating,
ib.
Equality of ranks, inconsistent with peace,
147
; Christian equality,
102
; civil slavery not inconsistent with it,
142
; mutual service,
158
.
Eucharist, called the flesh of Christ,
41
; Christ's body and blood partaken in it,
63
; the preparation for it,
63
; profanation of it,
64
; neglect of it,
ib.
;
formalism of Communicating only at the seasons, danger of unworthy Communicating,
63
; inconsistency of coming to Service and not Communicating,
64
; unfitness not the fault of nature but of indolence,
65
; Christ specially present in the Eucharist,
65
; allusions to the Eucharistic Service,
120-21
; see
Sacrifice
.
Evidences, of the Gospel,
9
.
Evil, not necessarily connected with this life,
5
; not in our bodily substance but our will,
42
.
Faith, vitiated by a slight adulteration,
7
; to be defended in slight matters,
8
; slight perversion of, invalidates the ministerial authority,
8
; anterior to the Law,
26-27
; justifies without the Law,
26
; but not without love,
37
; ever sees Christ,
24
; gains miraculous and spiritual powers,
25
; as no force if the Law be added,
25
; makes us sons of God,
30
; always joined with love by St. Paul,
60
; will not save without works,
67
; a shield to protect ready believers,
169
.
Faithful, the, bear about the form of Christ,
30
; the body of Christ,
41
.
Falsehood, an instance of willful sin,
58
.
Fasting, a means of intercession,
101
.
Father and Son, one in will,
4
; one in act,
6
; reveal each other,
11
,
146
.
Fathers, their duties in the nurture of their children,
154
.
Faults, to be mildly corrected,
43
.
Fetters and bonds, gloried in by St. Paul,
84
, &c.
Fireworshipers,
110
.
Flesh, means not the body, but the depraved will,
41
.
Forgiveness, motives for it,
128-29
.
Foundation, καταβολή, a beautiful allusion contained in the word,
51
; Christ the foundation,
75
.
"Fullness of the times" was Christ's coming,
54
.
"Fullness of Christ" is the Church,
62
.
"Fullness of God" explained,
82
.
Galatians, nature of their error,
2
; feared to forsake the Law,
6
; justly called "foolish,"
23
; sons of Abraham as Isaac was,
34
; misled by party spirit,
40
.
"Gather together into one," the meaning of the expression,
54
.
Gentile customs,
8
.
Gentiles, raised above the privileges of the Jews,
71
; their calling a mystery,
80
; the vanity of their worship as directed to the creatures,
110
; it flattered men's evil passions,
111
.
God, loves us for His own Name's sake,
56
; a just apprehension of Him forbids us to doubt or rationalize,
60
; the knowledge of Him derived from His Spirit,
ib.
;
His goodness not to be presumed upon,
69
; kind to the unthankful,
139
; no respecter of persons,
159
.
Good-pleasure, the meaning of the word,
52
.
Government, in its origin paternal,
82
; must be centered in one,
146
; exemplified in a household,
159
.
Gospels, one in substance, though fourfold in form,
7
; easily perverted,
7
.
Gospel, no afterthought,
51
,
55
; may be in itself an offense, in the manner of preaching it should not be,
137
.
Grace, sets us free, makes us new, heirs and sons,
30
; the great change it produces in Christians,
52
; arrays the soul in spiritual beauty,
53
.
Guilelessness,
123
.
Habit, one sinful one may ruin us,
68
; evil ones must be cured by cultivating their opposites,
125-26
.
Hagar,
149
.
Hannah, an example to mothers,
154
; of watchfulness and prayer,
170
; her reverence and contrition,
170
.
Harlots, their treatment of their lovers,
83
.
Heretics, denied the Co-equality of the Father and the Son,
4
; considered this life essentially evil,
5
.
Herod, judgment upon,
90
.
Holiness in teachers more influential than miracles,
77
.
Holy children, as examples of triumph over affliction,
93
.
Hospitality, to he shown to the poor,
151
.
Household, the mistress's duty in the conduct of,
124
; when well ordered sheds a fragrance around,
143
; is a little city and its head a prince,
159
.
Husbands, to love their wives as Christ loved the Church,
144-45
; the husband the head of the family,
146
; the importance of him to the household,
148
; character of a good one,
149
; must show all forbearance,
150
; and wean his wife from the world,
ib.
Hymn, the Angelic Hymn, "Holy, Holy, Holy," sung in the Eucharistic service,
64 (and note)
,
121
,
165
.
Idolatry of Christians is covetousness,
134
; its origin,
135
.
Ignorance, to profess it more wise than to profess knowledge,
141
.
Incarnation, effects of,
30
.
Inheritance, by lot, according to a purpose,
55
.
Israelites, how they kept the Passover,
164
; how they fell,
165
; their history is a mystery or type,
ib.
Jailer at Philippi, conversion of,
87
.
James the Less, not the Lord's brother, though so called,
13
.
Jeremiah in prison,
94
.
Jericho,
166
.
Jerusalem, earthly and heavenly,
166
.
Jesting, forbidden to Christians,
130
; the character of one given to it,
131
; enormous when extended to Scripture,
131-32
.
Jesus, the Son of Nave, the type of Jesus the Son of God,
166
.
Jews, the hindrance to their conversion,
4
; their blessings earthly,
50
; how of old chosen by God,
51
; their privileges how stated by St. Paul,
71
; how Jews and Gentiles are made one,
71
.
Job, an example of protracted suffering,
172
.
John Baptist in prison,
94
.
Joseph in prison,
94
.
Judaizers opposed St. Paul,
2
; their ambition,
42
; in St. Chrysostom's day,
8
,
21
; heresy of,
11
.
Judgments, temporal, a call to repentance,
79
.
Julian, St., a recluse, his character,
156
.
Laver, of Baptism. See
Baptism
.
Law the, not evil, but weak and dangerous,
20
; death to, different meanings of,
22
; causes faith not to avail,
25
; curse of removed by the Cross,
27
; partially restrains sin,
28
; provided for self-knowledge and self-restraint,
29
; once led to, now leads from Christ,
29
; sometimes means Genesis, often the Old Testament,
33
; obedience to part of, subjects to the whole,
36
; abolished to make room for a higher rule of life,
39
,
42
; fulfilled by the various gifts of the faithful,
43
; the ceremonies of, abolished in Christ,
72
.
Lent-season,
63
.
Light, detects darkness by its own shining,
133
,
136
.
Lot, inheritance by lot implies that we are not chosen by merit,
55 (and note)
.
Love, God's love the cause of our being chosen,
52
; how to understand its extent,
82
; its effects and obligations upon man,
98
; always combined with faith,
60
,
171
; towards enemies enforced,
82
,
127-129
; its fruit unity and mutual confidence,
97-98
; is the condition of our receiving the Spirit,
105
; love between husband and wife,
149
.
Lowliness, the ground of all graces,
96
.
Man, the wonderful exaltation of his nature in Christ,
61
; his littleness and greatness,
62
; a fourfold consideration of him,
114
.
Manichees, considered the world essentially evil,
5 (note)
; and the body,
39
; paid divine honors to the heavenly bodies,
5
.
Manichees,
139 (and note)
.
Marcionites, allowed one Gospel only,
7
,
139 (and note)
.
Marks of the Cross,
47
.
Marriage, &c., some heretics forbade it,
147
; rules for,
151
.
Masters, their duties,
158
.
Mildness in correcting enjoined,
43
.
Minister, in what sense not applied to the Son,
54 (and note)
.
Ministers of the Gospel to be obeyed though wicked,
8
; unless they vitiate the faith,
8
; maintained by their disciples,
44
; mutual benefits of this,
45
; contrast in the case of Heathen teachers,
45 (note)
.
Monks,
165 (note)
; their self-denial,
248
.
Moses, an example of love to enemies,
83
.
Murder, an instance of voluntary sin,
57
.
Mystery, "of His will,"
53
; the calling of the Gentiles so called,
77
; of the Gospel made known to angels by the Church,
80
; the union of Christ and the Church so called,
146
.
Natural, what acts are so called,
73
.
Nature, does not force man to sin,
57
.
Necessity, not to be pleaded in excuse for sin,
57
.
Nineveh, its repentance an example to us,
101-2
.
Novatians, denied repentance to the lapsed,
25 (note)
.
Oaths, not necessary to beget confidence,
62
.
Obedience, slight breach of, punishable,
7
.
Passover, its historical and mystical meaning,
165
; how kept by Israelites, how to be kept by Christians,
165
.
Paul, St., followed Christ's example in his mode of preaching,
1
; his divine calling and commission,
2
; suddenness of his conversion a proof of its being divine,
10
; sincerity of his motives,
10
; his opposition to Christianity on religious motives,
ib.
;
called on account of his capacity,
10
; reason of his first journey from Antioch to Jerusalem,
11
; reason of his second journey,
14
; his fervency and humility,
12
; equal in dignity to St. Peter,
12
; his humility shown in his visit to St. Peter,
12
; his doctrine approved by the Apostles,
17
; his tenderness and skill,
31-2
; observed, but did not preach, circumcision,
38
; usual arrangement of his Epistles,
39
; why he wrote that to the Galatians with his own hand,
46
; a proof of God's love and power,
52
; had a foretaste of heavenly blessings,
56
; his sympathy and affectionateness,
59
; his gentleness,
65
; bound for the Gentiles' sake,
76
; saved by grace,
76
; had special revelation of the calling of the Gentiles,
77
; his zeal, endurance, and wisdom,
77
; attributed all to grace,
ib.
;
an example to teachers,
ib.
;
his great humility,
79
; his earnest supplication,
81
; example of love to enemies,
84
; glories in bonds,
85
; but not before Agrippa, and why,
95
; his skill as a spiritual physician,
118
; his simplicity and condescension in admonishing children,
153
; overcame Satan,
161
; the intensity of his love to Christ,
161
; asks his brethren's prayers,
168
.
Paul of Samosata, heretic,
104 (note)
,
164
.
Peter, St., boldness of his character,
18
; did not really dissemble at Antioch,
ib.
;
reasons why he appeared to do so,
19
; instructed not to spurn the Gentiles,
77
; his deliverance from prison by the Angel,
86
,
89-90
.
Poverty the lot of the Christian,
46
.
Prayer, the Lord's Prayer, how it should affect us,
120-21
; prayer unceasing required in Christians, and watchfulness,
169
; exemplified in the Canaanitish woman, the importunate widow,
ib.
;
and in Hannah,
170
.
Presence, real, of Christ in the Eucharist,
63-64
.
Priests, may be understood under the term "Angels,"
8
,
28
.
Prison, the blessedness of it for Christ's sake,
85
et seqq.
;
instanced in St. Paul, St. Peter, Three Holy Children,
93
; Jeremiah, Joseph, St. John the Baptist,
94
.
Privileges, Jewish and Christian compared,
51
; present privileges but an earnest,
56
; how enhanced in being bestowed through Christ,
52
; the consideration of them very awful,
62
.
Providence, instanced in mercies upon some, and judgments upon others,
90
; implied in the circumstances of men,
139
; in the order of nature,
140
; proved by analogy,
140
; yet wholly mysterious,
140-41
.
Psalms, the expression of Christian cheerfulness,
138
.
Punishment, degrees of it in hell,
69
.
Rationalizing, its absurdity and shallowness,
139-40
.
"Redeeming the time" explained,
137
.
Redemption, absolute redemption will be in the next world,
56
.
Regeneration, another needed by Galatians,
32
; effected by the Divine Words in baptism,
35
.
Repentance, possible after lapsing,
25
.
Reproof, is charitable, and to be given at any hazard,
136
.
Resurrection of Christ, effected by His own power,
3
.
Resurrection, more miraculous to persuade souls than raise the dead,
61
,
65
.
Reviling, shameful in Christians,
163
.
Riches. See
Covetousness
.
Righteousness, Jewish and Christian compared,
114
; is in respect of God, or man,
114
; is a garment,
115
.
Rites of the law, connected with each other,
37
.
Sabbath, strictness of under the Law,
7
; Judaic observance of excludes from grace,
21
.
Sacrifice, the Christian,
63-64
; preparation for it,
63
; see
Eucharist
.
Saints, a common name for Christians in all conditions,
50
; what a saint ought to be,
131
.
Salvation, is entirely of free grace, yet not exclusive of our virtue,
52
.
Samuel, the child of a good mother,
154
.
Sarah,
148
.
Satan, seduces gradually and secretly,
7
.
Schism, cuts off from the Spirit,
105
; implies want of love and of holiness,
106
; especially provokes God's anger--like the sin of those who mangled Christ's Body,
ib.
;
inexpiable by martyrdom,
106 (and note)
,
108
.
Schismatics, to be avoided,
106
.
Scripture, supreme authority of,
8
; sense of, not the words must be considered,
11
; profane use of,
131
; understatements of,
132
.
Seal, of the Spirit. See
Spirit
.
Self-indulgence, in Christian teachers impairs their power of converting and keeping in the fold,
77
.
Servants, to be taken care of,
148
,
159
; as brethren,
157
; their duties to serve with good will,
157-58
; taken to the theater, but not to church,
159
.
Sin, is evil, not the world,
5
; not to be excused by nature or necessity,
57
; its voluntariness instanced by various cases, with reference to the Commandments, murder, adultery, theft, perjury, assault, rapine,
57
et seqq.
;
would not be punished if of necessity,
ib.
;
the ground of discord,
97
; blinds the understanding,
112-13
; is self-destructive,
113
; is in omission as well as commission,
126
; is the only real evil,
140
; the source of corruption both of body and soul,
171
; should be put away by acts of mercy,
172
.
Slaves, how to be treated,
123-24
.
Slavery, how mitigated by the Gospel,
142
; is but a name,
157
; loses its meaning when it is made volluntary,
158
; its origin, it is the punishment of the sin of rebellion against parents,
159
.
Solitaries, Christians induced to be so by evil times,
78
.
Son and Spirit, oneness of Their power,
2
; sons of God we become through baptism,
4
; by the Word,
35
; in putting on Christ,
29-30
; in receiving the Spirit,
30
; out of the course of nature, as Isaac,
33
.
Soul, its relation to the Flesh and Spirit,
42
; should govern the body, yet requires the guidance of the Spirit,
73
; the death of,
134
.
Spirit, Holy, imparts righteousness,
37
; gift of not by Law, but faith, not by circumcision, but grace,
47
; Christians sealed by Him,
56
,
120
; the earnest of our inheritance,
56
,
166
; alone reveals mysteries,
60
; and the true knowledge of God,
ib.
;
the calling of the Gentiles,
80
; alone can strengthen against trial,
81
; His indwelling necessary to teach the love of God,
82
; binds the faithful in one body,
96
; His gifts manifold,
104
; yet have all one office to build up each and all in one faith,
105
; communicates life from the Head to the whole Church, as natural life is conveyed through the body,
105-06
; how grieved, especially by sins of the tongue,
120
; by bitterness,
121
; His grace typified by the pillar of fire,
165
; the sword of the Spirit,
169
.
Submission, mutual, is mutual service,
142
.
Suicide worse, and punished worse by God than murder,
5
.
Sunworship,
110
.
Superstitions,
8
,
79
,
111
.
Synagogue, the, represented by Agar,
34
.
Teachers, degeneracy of, their powerlessness to convert and guide,
77-78
.
Teachers of error, to be cut off, their followers to be spared,
38
.
Thanksgiving, universally a duty in Christians,
138-39
.
Theft, an instance of voluntary sin,
58
.
Times, how called evil,
137
.
Tithes, the danger of omitting them,
69
.
Tongue, its proper use,
119
,
131
; and discipline,
121
.
Trisagion, the Hymn so called. See
Hymn
.
Types, in the Old Testament, explained,
166
.
Unity of the Spirit, binds all together,
97
; its perfectness,
ib.
;
promotes virtue,
97
; kept by love,
98
; binds in one body the faithful of all ages,
99
; meant by St. Paul's expression, "a perfect man,"
105
; unity is the condition of our receiving life from the Spirit,
106
; is founded on the Divine Unity,
146
.
Unpopularity the lot of Christians,
46
.
Uzzah,
7
.
Valentinus, heretic,
164
.
Vanity, not in the works of God but those of man,
109
.
Vice, against nature,
58
.
Vigils, of the Church,
170 (and note)
.
Virtue, universal, required in Christians,
68
,
125
; promotes unity,
97
; must be active,
126
; and positive,
127
.
Wall, "middle wall of partition," explained,
72
.
Water with the Word regenerates,
35
.
Wealth, ill-gotten has no security,
58
; desires of it bounded by man's physical frame,
ib.
Will, in the Almighty precedent and consequent illustrated,
52
.
Will, evil, the cause of evil,
5
.
Will, unity of, between Father and Son,
4
.
Wisdom, not curious but submissive,
141
.
Wives, to submit themselves to their husbands in the Lord,
143
; in what their excellence consists,
145
; not to be chosen for beauty,
ib.
;
nor for riches,
145
,
151
; to reverence their husbands,
146
; not to be treated as slaves,
147
; marry for richer for poorer,
149
; to be formed by the husband and weaned from the world,
149-50
; and treated with love and honor,
152
. See
Women
.
Women, their self-denial and endurance,
115-16
; a pattern to men,
116
; their faults common to men, their excellencies their own,
116
; warned against clamor,
123
; especially in the treatment of their slaves,
124
; leniency of laws towards them,
124
.
Works, good, the fruit of the Spirit,
42
.
World, not essentially evil,
5
.
Wrath, "children of," explained,
66 (and note)
.