HOMILIES ON THE STATUES.
Abel, beloved of God, yet slain, [466]342; more blessed in his death than Cain, [467]374; died the first to instruct Adam, [468]414; his sacrifice good, [469]422.
Abraham, rich but not covetous: entertaining angels, [470]349; tent of, stronger than Sodom, [471]456.
Absolution, [472]356; at the altar, [473]443.
Accused at Antioch, tortured, [474]474.
Acrobats, [475]470.
Actions, few, for their own sake, [476]379; end of, [477]459, n.; the proof of philosophy, [478]465.
Adam, fell when idle, [479]353, [480]369; wretchedness of his fall, [481]393; what he merited, [482]392; fitted, by humiliation, to appear before God, [483]396; pride of, cast down, [484]413; his hiding was due to his sense of guilt, [485]422; his being made to confess, a mercy, [486]422.
Admonition, repeated, a shame, [487]379; obligation and advantage of, [488]425, [489]437; to be repeated, [490]452; not like seeing, [491]467; of others a duty, [492]481.
Adultery, self-condemned, [493]429; in desire, [494]443.
Advantages of nature and art not the dignity of a city, [495]457.
Alms, given at martyrs' shrines, [496]340; of less worth than thankfulness, [497]341; recompensed at the Judgment, [498]350; riches given for, [499]351; means of pardon, [500]351.
Altars, raised by the heathen to men, [501]338; by Christians only to God, though in memory of men, [502]338, n.; Christian, for remission of sin, [503]443.
Ambrose, St., obliged Theodosius to do penance, [504]383, n.; on invocation of Saints and Angels, [505]390.
Angels, applauded Job's victory, [506]339; invocation of, [507]390, n.; visited Jerusalem, [508]467.
Animals, wild, uses of, [509]395, [510]417; their fear of man lessened at the fall, [511]395; the vilest worshipped, [512]409; man dreads from sin, [513]417; their excellences not of free-will, and invariable, [514]420; sacrifice of, discussed, [515]422, n.; refugees of Antioch, destroyed by, [516]487.
Art, a pattern of industry, [517]420.
Antioch, old church of, [518]331, n.; blasphemy prevailing in, [519]343; hopes of reforming, [520]344; state of after sedition, [521]344, [522]425, [523]453; compared to Job, [524]344; disgraced and deserted, [525]345, [526]364, [527]454, [528]463; a mother of cities, [529]345, [530]355; shaken as with an earthquake, [531]345; fears of the inhabitants, [532]346, [533]412, [534]419, [535]453; character of, [536]347, [537]355; schism at, [538]354, n.; Christians first so named there, [539]345, n., [540]355, [541]438; amended by danger, [542]382, [543]383, [544]418, [545]439, [546]455; dealt with tenderly, [547]383, [548]419; deliverance from danger, [549]412, [550]452; spared on repentance, [551]418; inhabitants had recourse to God, [552]427, [553]439, [554]482; confiscation and disruption at, [555]427; again disturbed, [556]431; submission of the people to the Emperor, [557]437; cowardice in, [558]445; distinguished in virtue, [559]456; exhortation before calamities, [560]463; accused tortured, [561]474; prisoners at, their trust in God, [562]482; the dead insulted, [563]484; reproached for the sedition, [564]484; wretched state from terror, [565]486; public rejoicings at, [566]389.
Apostles, powerful both living and departed, [567]333; example of, [568]342; dwelt in Antioch, [569]355; words of, like music, [570]331; would have been too magnified, but for sufferings and infirmities, [571]337; persecutions of, why permitted, [572]409; despondent, were dull, [573]413; victorious by suffering, [574]449; few natural advantages of, [575]466.
Applause, in church, [576]347, [577]379, [578]394.
Armour, spiritual of the Bishop, [579]357, n.; of all Christians, [580]357.
Arms, of the righteous, [581]396; of brutes and men compared, [582]416.
Army, of Saul, wisely abstemious, [583]433; excessive hunger of, [584]434.
Art, great in the temple at Jerusalem, [585]456.
Artificer, finds his work as he left it, [586]430.
Ascension Day, Sunday before, how styled, [587]464.
Ash Wednesday, epistle for, [588]358, n.
Asiarchs, [589]427, n.
Ass, fondness to its master, [590]420.
Assurance, greater from not exacting oaths, [591]444.
Athanasius, St., strong against oaths, [592]470, n.
Athenian courts, [593]400, n.
Audience, of the powerful, artifices to obtain, [594]474.
Augustin, St., on the Sabbath, [595]422, n.
Avengers, [596]475.
Baptism, called initiation, [597]342, [598]354, [599]355; Lord's Prayer taught with, [600]355.
Barathrum, [601]361, n.
Basil, St., strong terms on the invocation of saints, [602]389, n., [603]390; strong against oaths, [604]470, n.; kept Valens from communion, [605]481, n.
Basilides, [606]413, n.
Baths, closed, [607]455; highly prized, [608]464.
Battle, kings lay aside their crowns in, [609]447.
Beatitudes, [610]392, n., [611]428.
Beauty of person not to be cherished, [612]397, [613]466; of woman a snare, [614]442; no criterion of merit, [615]458.
Bee, labouring for others, [616]420.
Beginning, a small, great results from, [617]405, [618]470.
"Believe me," a phrase instead of swearing, [619]398, n.; as a bridle, [620]481.
Bema, occupied by clergy alone, [621]465, n.
Benefits of God at the creation twofold, [622]395; doing, for others a duty, [623]451; never to be desisted from, [624]452; from reminding one another of duty, [625]399.
Birds, [626]408; finding nests robbed, [627]427; flying high escape snares, [628]441; caught, cannot use wings, [629]441.
Bishop, how regarded, [630]354, [631]356, [632]383; duty of, [633]355; a Priest, [634]355; a High Priest, [635]482; a Ruler and above emperors, [636]356; armour of, [637]357.
Blasphemy, evil of, [638]342, [639]361, [640]437; adds to trouble, [641]343; to be sharply corrected in others, [642]343, [643]347; a public wrong, [644]343; Job's wife tempts him to, [645]366.
Blessed bread given to those who do not communicate, [646]384, n.; the righteous alone to be held, [647]385; who called, in Scripture, [648]462.
Blessedness, real, what, [649]340.
Blessings, the chief, common, [650]351.
Blind, fallen into a pit, [651]451.
Body, human, frailer than matter, [652]404; elementary parts of, [653]407; becomes an earthen vessel, [654]409; by whom framed, [655]413; feebleness of, why, [656]413; as it was framed at first, [657]413, [658]417; might have been created better, [659]414; fineness of, [660]415; excellent as joined with the soul, [661]416; sustains injury in spite of prudence, [662]437; effects upon, of externals, [663]462.
Boldness of monks, [664]453, [665]454.
Bones of the skull, a defence, [666]415; around the heart, [667]415.
Brain, construction of, [668]415.
Bread, consecrated, reservation of for sick, [669]384, n.
Brutes, fasted with the Ninevites, [670]358.
Burdens, duty of bearing another's, [671]452.
Burial, pomp of, [672]358.
Business, worldly, the clergy engaged in, [673]465.
Butler, Bishop, on "Law of Nature," [674]428, n.
Cain, misery of, [675]345; consciousness of his sin and denial, [676]423.
Camp, place so called, [677]382, n.
Careless, Christian ready to fast, [678]431.
Carnival, [679]358, n.
Catechism, Church of England on Real Presence, [680]354, n.; on remission of sin in the Eucharist, [681]444, n.
Chains, how got rid of, [682]403; of St. Paul, [683]447; a security, [684]447; efficacy of St. Paul's, [685]450.
Charms, texts of Scripture as, [686]470; those used by Christians condemned, [687]470, n.
Chastity, learnt from Sodom, [688]466.
Children, unreasonable in their fears, [689]374; little ones by whom frightened and quieted, [690]381; to be taught public deliverances, [691]419, [692]489; under instruction from fathers and teachers, [693]429; pulling at a rotten cord, [694]432; murder of, prevented by not vowing, [695]434; fond of sweets, severe training for, [696]449; virtue of, proved, [697]453; wrestling at the top of a pole, [698]470; fear their fathers more than we fear God, [699]471.
Christ, teaching of, [700]348; scorned in the poor, [701]349; keeps for us what we give them, [702]350; left us His flesh and blood, [703]354; instructed after feeding, [704]400; instructs from irrational creatures, [705]420; taught the law of conscience, [706]428; instructs us to fear, [707]440; forbids oaths, [708]444; set against Himself by swearing on the Gospel, [709]444, [710]446; gave warning of sorrow before reward, [711]449; judgment of, on cities, [712]457; teaches reconciliation by His Sacrifice, [713]470.
Christianity, not universal, [714]401, n.; a stricter law than the Mosaic, [715]469.
Christians, the saviors of Antioch, [716]343; bear trials cheerfully, [717]346; soldiers and wrestlers, [718]357; all reproached for sins of any, [719]359; should admonish each other, [720]425, [721]451; name diffused worldwide, [722]438; instructors and comforters of unbelievers, [723]445; under training like heirs: with heaven in view like the merchant, [724]450; are citizens of heaven, [725]456.
Chrysostom, St., requests the people to check blasphemy, [726]343; silent for seven days: as Job's friends, [727]344; bewails Antioch, [728]345; hopes to cheer the people, [729]346; speaks at length, and warns, [730]347; applauded, [731]347, [732]379; made bishop, [733]354, n.; proposes three precepts for memory, [734]363; blesses God for comforting, [735]364; love and anxiety for his people, [736]380, [737]399, [738]443; like a mother for a sick child, [739]430; watchfulness over his flock, [740]399; regrets the absence of some, [741]400; repeats admonitions, [742]424, [743]443; rewarded through their obedience, [744]380, [745]389, [746]399; confidence for Antioch's rescue, [747]382; interpretation of 1 Cor. iii. 15, [748]387, n.; intercourse with his people, [749]389, [750]481; mode of dealing with the unreformed, [751]389; success of special preaching, [752]438; testimony of, as to relics, [753]396; opinion concerning the earth, [754]403; shape and motion of the heavens, [755]419; on the Sabbath, [756]422; notions about sacrifice, [757]422; admonitions about theatres ineffectual, [758]439; on remission in Eucharist, [759]443, n., [760]444; indignation over the people's irreverence, [761]445, [762]446; teaching, practical not doctrinal, [763]447; welcome to the country clergy, [764]465; forbids all oaths, [765]470, n.; offers to cure the swearer, [766]480; threatens, [767]481; gives thanks for Flavian's return, [768]482; his praises of city, Bishop, Emperor, etc., [769]482.
Church (building), old at Antioch, [770]331; not a place of amusement, [771]347; full in time of distress, [772]364; then resorted to by the wicked, [773]366; to be absent from sinful, disgraceful, [774]400, [775]406; no other place so good, [776]406; the fittest place for thanksgiving after deliverance, [777]419; a place of prayer, [778]443; feelings in, are not religious attainments, [779]446; part of, reserved for clergy, [780]465, n.; common talk in, [781]473; exclusion from, [782]481.
Church (community), prayers of, [783]356; injured by evil speaking, [784]359; Greek, its lenten observances, [785]359, n.; mother of the afflicted, [786]364, [787]386; influences all ranks, [788]481; censure of, for familiarity, [789]481.
Citizens of heaven, none without virtue, [790]457.
City, strength of, in virtue, [791]457; by virtue a pattern to the world, [792]471; contemptuous, infects others, [793]486.
Clouds, cause different productions, [794]419.
Commander of troops, [795]452, n.
Common cause, most injured by fall of the most eminent, [796]334.
Communication with others during self-discipline, [797]379, [798]481; to the absent, of religious instructions, [799]400; of the Pastor to all his flock, [800]389; object of, [801]401; with the wicked in guilt, [802]331; in sufferings marks affiliation, [803]340; in many things with all men, [804]343; of good with the disorderly, [805]464.
Confession, private to a Priest, [806]360; of sins overcome, [807]418; an encouragement to others to repent, [808]419; a condition of pardon, [809]422.
Confusion, prevented by fear of Rulers, [810]381.
Congregation, number of St. Chrysostom's, [811]380, n., [812]406; eager for instruction, [813]395; obedient to his counsels, [814]399, [815]406, [816]430; one bad member corrupts many, [817]430.
Conjurer's tricks shame our endeavours at virtue, [818]470.
Conscience, roused by fear, [819]363; a bad makes us suspicious: a scourge, [820]396; a good makes bold, [821]396; a natural law, [822]421; shewn from the case of Adam, [823]422; adds obligations to the enlightened, [824]424; proved from sense of shame and reproach, [825]428; facilitates virtue, [826]429; disturbed by having enemies, [827]479.
Consolation in adversity as witnessed by the Saints, [828]336; effects of, [829]346; is for the sad, [830]381; derived from religious communion with others, [831]383; derived from every part of the Bible, [832]391; from God's chastising in mercy, [833]431, [834]434; mode of, [835]444; in temporal distress to be sought from God's ministers, [836]445.
Constantine, instance of mildness, [837]486.
Constantinople, distance from Antioch, [838]361.
Contemplation of heavenly things like a view from an height, [839]441.
Conversation, on religious subjects how good, [840]388; cheering effects of, [841]489; reverted to by Saul's army, [842]433; in divine service wrong, [843]473.
Corn, ears of, [844]415.
Correction of others a means of self-correction, [845]405.
Corruptibility of creation, [846]409, [847]411.
Covetousness, [848]348; is poverty, [849]349; cured by considering the equality of day and night, [850]402.