A.

Abel, 42. (see Cain :) honoured for his
death, 134, 390, 402, 403.
Abortion, sin of procuring, 413.
Abraham, his unquestioning faith, 31,
32. why used to shew the value of
faith, 113. justified while uncircum-
cised, 117. the Jews, brought into
his house, ib. note m. circumcised
for the good of his descendants, 118.
who are multiplied by the faith, 122,
123. obstacles overcome by him in be-
lieving, 124. his unreasoning faith,
125, 162. not a manslayer, 280. His
hospitality, 377. earnest for truth
under disadvantages, 440. his care
for Sodom, 470. his humility, 482.
Abusiveness hurts the utterer, 390.
Adam, a type of Christ, 150, 152.
Adam's sin, 289.

Adam and Eve not equally punished,

Ahab, why out of spirits, 15.

Alms will be restored with increase,
105, 106, 107. asked by Christ in
His members, 110.

Alms-giving, privilege of, 261, 274.
Alms, grace to be sought by, even on
death-bed, 334, 336. measured by the
giver's means, 357, 373. compassion
a kind of, 358. styled a blessing,
475. fruitless from wrong motives,
477.
Allegory, spiritual instances of, (see
Abraham, Moses, Sodom, Tree of
Knowledge, Adam,) 323, note c. 333,
361, 362, 492, note n. moral in-
stances of, 42, 86.

Analogies from things seen to things
unseen, 69, 82, 96, 105, 106, 107,
108, 109, 110, 130, 143, 153, 175,
186, 194, 202, 268, 293, 317, 326,

Baptism, its might against past sin,
29. alike to all [see Hilary in Matt.]
makes men dead to sin, 157, 167.
is the Cross, 158, 167. forgotten
by some in a few days, 160.
secures against subsequent sins,
165, 216, 237. wherein like Christ's
Resurrection, 166. wherein unlike,
167. cannot be repeated, 168. placed
all passions in subjection, 176. gives
freedom of choice, 223, note y. pro-
mised of old, 287. analogy between
it and Isaac's birth, ib. an easy and
compendious way, 445.

Beggars, their impostures like our
prayers, 256.
Bishops, called Apostles at first, 489, n.
Body, not evil in itself, 170, 171. liable
to sin before Christ came, 172. why
called of death, 215. made spiritual by
grace, 224, 225, 235. duties towards,
236. to be received again, 257. its
analogy to the body politic, 394.

Cain, harmed himself most, 133. his
punishment, 134, 402, 403, 495.
Calling, not compulsory, 265..
Cappadocian shepherds, what they en-
dure for their sheep, 471. a lesson to
the Clergy, ib.

Celibacy, a freewill-offering, 191. pre-
valence of, 192, 223.
Charity, needful after justification, 99.
shewn in rejoicing as well as weeping
with others, 99, 100. is but fulfilling
a debt, 104. instances of, 105. the
condition of God dwelling in man, 130.
grievousness of the want of, 131.
Christ, meaning of, 7. His twofold

generation, 10. how proved the Son
of God, ib. manifestation of by Re-
surrection, &c. 11. His things called
the Spirit's, ib. Name of its power,
12. His things the Father's, 20. His
humble birth and estate, 28. crucified
a stumblingblock, 17, 28, 107. begs in
His members, 119. the victim on the
Lord's Table, 131. wept for Judas,
132. His Resurrection a proof of His
sinlessness, 136. the love He shewed
in dying for us, 142. atoned for actual
sins since the fall, 152. partaking in
His Death and Burial guarantee for
partaking in His Life, &c. 158. effects
of His Death, 168. His Power shewn
by man's helplessness,214. condemned
sin in none other flesh than ours, 218,
219. importance of this doctrine, ib.
note t. what having Him is, 226, 227.
His presence in His members, 262,
274,334, 361, &c. intercession of, 269.
to be esteemed above His own gifts,
274. His being justified cause of
righteousness to the rest, 289. in-
stances of His foreknowledge, 293,
294. the end of the Law, 308. His
kindness to Judas, 379, 380. lessons
to be learnt from it, ib. a Garment,
and a Root, 409. sundry Names of,
ib. 452. values men's souls as His
purchase, 422. maketh God's Wisdom
apparent, 445. His example of patient
endurance, 447. why He fulfilled the
Law, 454.

Christians, silenced by captivity under
sin, 85, 86. holy life of, best preach-
ing to the Gentiles, 332, 333. plots
against, 392. maligned as revolution-
ists, 394.

Children, folly of leaving them rich,

commended to God's care by making
Him joint-heir, 335.

Church, condemns Manichean doc-
trines, 214. the, a new world, 494,

note s.

Chrysostom, under a Bishop, 130. him-
self a Pastor, 472. insists on free-will,
(see Free-will.) does not thereby deny
grace, 250, note r. usually finishes his
Homilies with practical observations,
305. his teaching concerning repent-
ance, note upon 428. Confession and
Absolution, ib. his affectionate in-
timacy with St. Paul, 504. note c.
longs to visit his relics, 506.
Circumcision, the Jews' opinion of, 74,
note a. why not discussed at once,
75. three kinds of, 76, 77. aimed at
specially because the sabbath even
gave way to it, 79. behind the faith,
118. does not make men Abraham's
offspring, 119. useless without inward
circumcision, ib. necessary for carnal
men, ib. yet proclaims its own un-
availingness, 120.

Clergy, much sleeping a fault in, 471.
Clubs, among the poor, 412. noisiness
of reproved, ib.

Coequality of the Son and Holy Ghost,
hinted, 476.

Communion with others, sweetness of,
23. of Saints, belief in it the basis of
duties towards our neighbour, 101,
110, 130, 132, 179, 180, 261, 274,
334, 370, 438, 449, 452.
Compassion, a kind of alms, 358.
Conceit, described and rebuked, 368.
Conscience, clearness of, true source of
joy, 15. in the Law's stead, 65. invigo-
rates hope, 140. heathen testimony to,
ib.note g. its cheering power, 199, 437.
Covetousness, evils of, 177. worse than
robbery and murder, 178. vanities
and hardheartedness its attendants,
179. ills of, 202. compared to drunk-
enness, 231. cures of suggested, 233.
Creation, a witness, to the heathen, of
God, 36. its beauty and grandeur,
ib. a great system of teaching, ib.
40, 45, 56. serving it, Grecian, 41.
another meaning of, 273. is to enjoy
a great festal time, 333.
Creature, will be incorruptible again,246.
comfort in hope for great change, 247.
Cross, power of, against devils, 28. St.
Paul not ashamed of it, ib. its might,
29. forgiveness through it, 33. a spi-
ritual charm, 120.

D.

David and Abraham, quoted by St.
Paul, and why, 92. his forbearance,
101. God reconciled for his sake, 253.
his sin, 294. ready to die for his
flock, 469. his care for Absalom,
470.

Deacon, a symbol of the Spirit's inter-
cession, 252.

Deaconness, office of, 477, note.
Death, different kinds of, 175. that to
sin by remission and abstinence, 176.
a proof of Adam's sin, 150, 154. advan-
tage of reflecting on, 155. the conse-
quence of Adam's sin, 191. daily in
purpose, 271. instanced in the Apo-
stles, 272. from the faith, 421.
Death-bed, alms to be given on, 334,
336.

Demons, in some cases work with the
sober-minded, 456, note e.
Desire, not in itself sin, 208. indefinite
language of the Fathers before Pela-
gian controversy, ib. note a.
Despair, exhortation against, 333.
Devil, nestles in our souls, 163. know-

ledge of his devices a duty, 164.
Devils connected with idolatrous rites,
390, note e.

Division, the devil's weapon, 501.

Doctrine, use of the term, 175, note i.
Dreams, bad affright the wicked, 200.
sins in, 410, note c. life compared
to, ib.

Dress, ought to be simple, 483. the ex-
ample of Sara and Rebecca herein,
ib.
Drunkenness, its disgustingness, 30.

E.

Election, implies an approved character,
330, 339, note a.

Elijah, 280, 319, 328. Elijah's sacri-
fice, 362. blesses the widow's stuff,

109.

Elisha, 42.
Edomites, 287.

Endurance, why a godlike quality, 41.
moral upon, ib. to be attained by
training, 42. only way to glory, ib.
Enemies, use of open, 163.
Envy, 100. difficulty of being free from,
ib. is war against God when against
another's honour in the Church, 101.
its sacrilegiousness, ib. its satanical
character, 102, 103. instance of, in
Cain, ib. the cure of it, 104.
Epistles, read twice a week, 1. or oft-
ener, ib. number of, people ignorant
of, ib. dates of discussed with a view
to that of the Epistle to Romans, 2,
3. their order compared with the

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order of the twelve Prophets, 3. later
ones prove the advance of the Church,
4,420. characters of the different, (see
St. Paul.)

Error, manifold, 35.

Esau, 287, 290, 303. inferior to Jacob
in character only, 292.
Esculapius, 39.
Excommunication, 279.
Eucharist, the unforgiving may not re-
ceive, 381.

F.

Faith, able to grasp what reason can-
not, 12. its easiness, unreasoning,
26. its littleness compared to the re-
ward of it, 30. under the Old Testa-
ment men saved by it, 31. the mo-
ther of all blessings, 32. scorned for
its easiness, 62. not a new thing as
being foretold, 92. and typified, 93.
takes away boasting, 96. assists the
Law, 98. its seeming opposition to the
Law a perplexity to the Jews, 99. a
life of charity necessary after it, ib.
not to be ashamed of, 112. its power
set in a strong light, 113. lies in a
belief of God's power, 114. esta-
blishes the Law, 120. and the pro-
mise, 121. does not reason, and so is
unchanging, 125, 310. its excel-
lencies above works, 126. contem-
plated by the Fathers as fides for-
mata, 162, note n. that whereby men
come to salvation, 304. a chief cha-
racteristic of, to disregard calculation
from cause and effect, 310. by hear-
ing, 322. gives relationship to saints,
356. in a special sense, 437, note c.
Fasting, apt to make men despise
others, 419.

Father, manifested specially in the
Gospel, 8. implies Son, 114.
Fear of God, safeguard against Satan's
first encroachments, 50.

Fire, its effects on iron compared to
Spirit's on the flesh, 226.

Flesh, not evil in essence, 211, 213,

217, 221, 224, 227. (see Manichees.)
can be subject to God, 222.
Forbearance, present and future re-

wards of, 205. sign of love to Christ,
382. good results of, 383, 386, 388.
Forgiveness, duty of, 132, 133. duty of
before prayer, 255, 256. a condition
of being heard, 380.

Form, (pogon) opposed to unreality, 363.
Free-will, proof of existence of, 66, 209,
and note d. not denied by the simile
of the potter, 297.
Future glory, comparisons in attempt
to illustrate, 257. inadequate, ib.