Councils, secular, customs of, [851]400.
Country, one's, how to be advanced, [852]471.
Courage from a good conscience, [853]396.
Cowards realize groundless fear, [854]445.
Cowardice unbecoming men, [855]446.
Creation, not to be disparaged, [856]335; dishonors fawners, [857]386; a proof of God's love for us, [858]391; when written of, in Scripture, [859]394; testifies to God, [860]401, [861]407; mode of above the power of Nature, [862]403; consists of contraries harmonized, [863]404; decay of, without Providence, [864]408; deified, [865]408; why subject to decay, [866]409, [867]411; like the Apostles under persecution, [868]409; mutual dependence of parts, [869]411; neither all at rest nor all in motion, [870]419; the parts not understood ought to amaze, [871]421.
Creature, use of word, [872]411, n.
Criminals, wretched appearance of at the bar, [873]396.
Cross, the, a symbol of salvation, [874]448; sign of, not a charm, [875]470, n.
Crown, given for overcoming sin, [876]438; inferior to chains, [877]447; humanity gained by Theodosius, [878]485.
Custom, no match for fear, [879]437; easier overcome than concupiscence, [880]469.
Cyprian, St., on intercession of Saints, [881]389, n.
Dancing, feats in, [882]470, n.
Danger of arguing about nature, [883]403, n.; unconcern of Saints for, [884]448; of relapsing under prosperity, [885]452.
Daphne, a suburb of Antioch, [886]457, n.
David, though small, a victor, [887]458.
Davison vindicates the idea of sacrifice, [888]422, n.
Day, unvarying and equal with night, [889]402.
Death, proves vanity of riches, [890]351; no subject of alarm, [891]372; eagerness of St. Paul for, [892]372; base if in sin, but not so from violence, [893]373; evil to sinners only, [894]373; an unjust brings into special communion with the Saints, [895]374; unjust permitted by God, [896]374; what is, [897]374, [898]390; having it before our eyes, [899]376; soldier fearing, ignoble, [900]376; dreaded for want of self-mortification, [901]384; full of joy to the godly, [902]461; courted by the monks of Antioch, [903]463.
Debtors, treatment of, [904]362.
Debts, God's remission of to men, and a creditor's compared, [905]478.
Deer, escaped from a snare, [906]441.
Degradation, attaching to athletics, [907]470.
Demosthenes, bad habit of: how cured, [908]394.
Desertion of the Philosophers in distress, [909]454.
Dice-playing to be shunned, [910]442.
Differences, seeming, reconciled, [911]403, [912]469.
Difficulties for God's sake, [913]477; none can stand against the fear of God, [914]480.
Dignity of a city is its virtue, [915]456; of no avail at the Judgment, [916]457.
Discipline, course of usual, [917]334, n.; under Christianity a preparation for trials, [918]366; moral from war, [919]435.
Discontent from going to feasts, [920]440.
Discourse, subjects of, at conventions, [921]406.
Diseases, their origin, [922]407.
Disposition, makes sad or cheerful, [923]460, [924]463.
Dog, shameless, [925]420.
Doubt, Ninevites doubted the consequences of their repentance, [926]377.
Dove, an example of simplicity, [927]420.
Dress, finery in, how cured, [928]450; not to be despised or admired, [929]466.
Drunkenness, [930]335.
Eagle, under man's dominion, [931]416; a king so styled, [932]467.
Ear, fasting of the, [933]359; to be closed against slander, [934]360.
Earth, diurnal motion of a type, [935]402, n.; supported on water, [936]403; productiveness of, [937]404.
Earthquake, alluded to, [938]345, n.; [939]362.
Easter, mercy suited to, [940]355; act of human mercy at, [941]383, n.
Eating a meal no reason for staying away from church, [942]400, [943]406; moderation favors attendance, [944]400.
Edification, mutual of members of a household in religious practice, [945]379, [946]480.
Elements, harmony and opposition of, [947]404; weakness and dependence of, [948]410.
Elijah, of like passions with us, [949]340; his poverty, [950]353; twofold, [951]353, [952]396.
Elisha, his inheritance, [953]353; changed the water, [954]396, [955]411.
Emotions, high term for, [956]386.
Emperor, see [957]Theodosius, vengeance expected from, [958]345; has no equal on earth, [959]346; inferior to a Bishop, [960]356; a fellow-servant, [961]361.
Emulation, in religious practice, [962]370, [963]379; in reforming the community advantageous, [964]389; spirit of, promotes self-restraint, [965]430.
Enemies, none to be held, [966]363, [967]370; not reconciled without a third person, [968]408; Jews knew righteousness prevailed in Israel, [969]435; misfortunes of, rejoiced in, [970]461; the sight of possessions of, disturbs, [971]474; good and bad fortune alike annoys, [972]474; the worse, the more reason for forgiving, [973]475; implacable, how treated by God, [974]475; the worst softened by gentleness, [975]475; like a limb cut off, [976]476; duty of making friends of, [977]478; are alone enough to cause insecurity, [978]479.
Ephraim, St., quotations from, [979]389, n.
Episozomenes, title of a Sunday, [980]464.
Equanimity from true wisdom, [981]454.
Esther, prayer of, saved the Jews, [982]356.
Ether, consistence of, [983]409, n.
Eucharist, a greater gift than Elisha's, [984]354; doctrine of, [985]354, n.; fasting or sufficiency at, [986]400; an oblation distinct, [987]422, n.; efficacy for remitting sin, [988]444, n.; the prize of fasting during Lent, [989]471; not to be approached unless healed of sins, [990]472; prohibited the resentful, [991]472; and the swearer, [992]481; hands washed before receiving, [993]479; object of exclusion from, [994]481.
Evils, temporal, of little moment, [995]372; the worse make the less unfelt, [996]374, [997]428; warded off by repentance, [998]376; cannot touch the righteous, [999]385; God merciful amidst, [1000]393; past, remembrance of, [1001]426; a source of pain, [1002]444, [1003]457; must run to God under, [1004]448; an occasion of thanksgiving, [1005]452; felt according to the disposition, [1006]459; comfort from, [1007]463.
Evil speaking, mischief of, [1008]359, [1009]370; pleasure of, [1010]360; causes quarrels, [1011]361; hinders pardon: spoils fasting, [1012]361; breaking away from, [1013]363.
Examination of our path necessary, [1014]440.
Example, partakes of our own nature, [1015]340; the irrational animals are, [1016]420; the old referred to the young for, [1017]420; effects of, [1018]405, [1019]429; of pilots in a storm, [1020]446; of one city upon the whole world, [1021]438; the giver of, precedes, [1022]487.
Excellences, natural, liable to fail, [1023]448.
Excuses for not seeking reconciliation, [1024]474, [1025]475, [1026]478; concerning inveterate swearing, [1027]479.
Eye, government of the, [1028]359; a surer organ than the ear, [1029]401; beauty and power of, [1030]414; eyebrows like eaves, [1031]415; of God, [1032]475.
Faith, shewn by works, [1033]373; like an eagle's wing, [1034]416.
Fall, sin of, [1035]393; the human body changed after, [1036]413, [1037]417; of another bewailed is pleasing to God, [1038]461.
Fame, injured by enemies, [1039]479.
Famine, relieved by the people of Antioch, [1040]456.
Fasting of Timothy, [1041]33; easily misjudged, [1042]334; moderation urged, [1043]335; a help to prayer: bodily, not enough, [1044]357, [1045]370, [1046]406, [1047]459; of Ninevites accepted, [1048]358; due honor of, [1049]359; of the eye, ear, and tongue, [1050]359, [1051]406; general practice, [1052]370, [1053]388, [1054]450, n.; together with danger facilitates repentance, [1055]378; made easy by custom, [1056]388; from sin, [1057]406, [1058]472; indulgence before and after, [1059]438; without fresh gains a loss, [1060]459; well used welcomed, [1061]459; omission of, may be excused, [1062]472.
Fathers, the view of, about the earth, [1063]403, n.; upon oaths, [1064]470, n.; strong statements of, as in the Bible, [1065]477, n.; most such, in punishing their children, [1066]392; first severe then indulgent, [1067]449; grieve more when absent, [1068]483.
Favour, the overcoming bad habits accounted by God a, [1069]412; Divine, bestowed on Jerusalem, [1070]467; the forgiving others a, asked by God, [1071]478.
Fear, needful to holy men, [1072]334; a chastisement for carelessness, [1073]347; of the Lord true riches, [1074]351; a punishment, [1075]355; awakens conscience, [1076]363; of harm from man ignoble, [1077]366; a good man firm against, [1078]369; without the fear of hell death terrible, [1079]374; of hell profitable, [1080]374, [1081]439; prevents magnanimity, [1082]376; of Rulers promotes order, [1083]381; effect of, on public morals, [1084]382, [1085]439; a most powerful motive, [1086]392, [1087]437; God's wrath a cure of bad habits, [1088]394; of scorpions from sin, [1089]417; prevents bad passions, like a soldier on guard, [1090]439; breeds virtue, [1091]439; why Christ broadly taught, [1092]440; groundless made real, [1093]446; an ocean of joy, [1094]460; of God overcomes quickly, masters, [1095]479; purifies like a furnace, [1096]480.
Feasts, evil of frequenting, [1097]440; beget envy, [1098]440.
Festival, of Easter an argument for mercy, [1099]355; in celebration of martyrs, [1100]464.
Festus, how approached by St. Paul, [1101]448.
Fingers, unequal, [1102]416.
Fire worshipped by the Persians: then worshipped, [1103]367; rivers of, [1104]386; purgatorial, [1105]387, n.; in a forest, [1106]389; its property of rising, [1107]404; used in torture, [1108]474.
Firmament, use of word, [1109]404.
Fish, [1110]408; caught with baits, [1111]449.
Flavian, Bishop of Antioch, [1112]354, n.; leaves his sister almost dying, [1113]354, [1114]482; his boldness, [1115]355; prayers of, for his people, [1116]482; return from Constantinople, [1117]482; obstacles to his journey, [1118]483; magnanimity of, [1119]483; absent, grieved for Antioch, [1120]484; silent like Moses, [1121]484; will quit Antioch if unpardoned, [1122]488; proofs of forethought for the people, [1123]488.
Flattery of the great, [1124]474.
Flesh, an unruly steed, [1125]334.
Floods, [1126]470.
Flowers, [1127]408; yield a sweeter, than artificial smells, [1128]466.
Folly of laboring for worldly things, and not to be reconciled, [1129]479.
Food, carried away by guests, [1130]38.
Forgiveness of sin by forgiving others, [1131]473; brings our minds into peace, [1132]474.
Fountains, [1133]408.
Fowler, a zealous, [1134]441; enticements of, [1135]449.
Fox, cunning of, [1136]420.
Frailty of the body a cure for pride, [1137]413.
Fraternities for mutual religious help, [1138]417.
Freedom, in righteousness, not immunity from punishment, [1139]386.
Friend, a, shews dissatisfaction by silence, [1140]436.
Fruits of fasting, remain, [1141]459; from bitter roots, [1142]462.
Fund, common, [1143]452.
Gain, whatever promises, to be suspected, [1144]441; from evils, [1145]444.
Games, alluded to, [1146]339, [1147]405; presidents of, [1148]427, n.; participants of, excluded from the Communion, [1149]439, n.
Garment, oiled of wrestlers, [1150]339, n.; miraculous virtue of, [1151]396; a rich, how used, [1152]405.
Gazing at the beauty of a woman a snare, [1153]442.
Gentiles, see [1154]Heathen, signifying a worshipper of God, [1155]423.
Gifts, Divine, on the temple, [1156]456.
Glory of suffering for Christ, [1157]447; not happiness, [1158]460; in shewing mercy, [1159]485.
Gluttony, [1160]357; inexcusable before prayer: incapacitates, [1161]400; cured by considering St. Paul, [1162]450.
God, His work good, [1163]335; power of shewn in weakness, [1164]337, [1165]409; love of Him, its own reward, [1166]338; challenged Satan to try Job, [1167]339; cares more than we for the poor, [1168]341; not to be called in question, [1169]341, [1170]362; afflicts those He loves, [1171]342; His honour to be vindicated, [1172]343, [1173]347; cares for us more than ourselves, [1174]347; never weary of our prayers, [1175]356; blasphemed for our sins, [1176]359; His mighty longsuffering, [1177]361, [1178]362; tempers prosperity and adversity for our good, [1179]366; overrules Satan's worst efforts to his loss, [1180]367; if our friend, nothing matters, [1181]369; cares less for His repute than our salvation, [1182]378; does not punish when the threats affect, [1183]382; overrules the designs of men, [1184]383, [1185]447; judges sinners by the standard of the good, [1186]388; His love shewn in our punishment, [1187]392, [1188]413, [1189]431; otherwise only half good, [1190]392; deals with fallen man as a father, [1191]392, [1192]449; tenderness of in addressing Adam, [1193]393; His walking was in Adam's perception, [1194]396; His providence shewn in making the cure of the soul easy, [1195]397; instructs by the creation, [1196]401; His ordering of the seasons and the day, [1197]402; uses weak instruments to shew His power, [1198]404; glorified man in the works of creation, [1199]405; needs nothing, [1200]410; the source of all things, [1201]410; skill of in human frame, [1202]414; known by His works, [1203]421; mercy and wisdom of bringing Adam to confession, [1204]422; why He delays punishment, [1205]424; His goodness shewn in man's natural love of virtue, [1206]429; the leader of the Jews in war, [1207]435; silence toward Saul from gentleness, [1208]436; turns causes of evil to good, [1209]448; to believers is the whole fountain of cheerfulness, [1210]460; ordains suffering first, [1211]450; unceasingly gracious, [1212]452; reproaches for insensibility to the ills of others, [1213]462; fear of, the foundation of peace, [1214]463; insulted worse than man ever is, [1215]473; our Avenger, and despised when we avenge, [1216]475; like a friend in requiring forgiveness of others, [1217]478; never ceases to entreat us, [1218]478; assists earnest endeavours, [1219]480; exceeds hopes, [1220]482; takes occasion of offences to shew love, [1221]485; overrules all for good, [1222]489.
Gods, heathen, who, [1223]339; the vilest animals made, [1224]409; the Apostles held to be, [1225]409; ambition of some men to be held, [1226]413.
Good, what is, at one time is not always, [1227]401; temporal, yields pleasure to the reverent, [1228]463; temporal, is mutable and insufficient, [1229]460.
Gospel, the book of the, oaths taken on, [1230]443; preaching of promoted by conflicts, [1231]448; like a sunbeam, not bound, [1232]450; portions of worn by women and children, [1233]470.
Government, two sorts of, natural and elective, [1234]391.
Grave, robbing, [1235]393, n.
Greek Church, usage in fasting, [1236]370, n.; Fathers of, opinions of on Purgatory, [1237]387, n.
Gregory, St. Naz, on invocation of the Saints, [1238]390, n.; on Beatitudes, [1239]392, n.
Grief, a medicine only profitable when felt for sin, [1240]375, [1241]390; this the end of it, [1242]375, [1243]390; temporal ills, not cured by, [1244]375; produced by sin, [1245]419.
Grief, a wound, how to be treated, [1246]381; for infants as reasonable as for the dead, [1247]385; makes men inattentive to instruction, [1248]413; spreads darkness over every thing, [1249]426; for the ills of others pleasing to God, [1250]458; a refreshment, [1251]461; fruits of, sweet, [1252]463.
Guilt shared by those who give power to the sinner, [1253]331.
Habits, good to be formed, [1254]363; difficult to be overcome, [1255]388; easy, the subject being hard, [1256]388; mastered in a given time, [1257]370; almost mastered require less pains, [1258]405; in man acquired by free-will, [1259]420; easily conquered by fear, [1260]437; under severe training, [1261]449; easier to be overcome than nature, [1262]469.
Hades, where, according to the heathen, [1263]403, n.
Hair of eyebrows and head, [1264]415.
Hands of God, His power, [1265]403.