Letter of the monks to Theodosius, [1490]454.
Libanius, [1491]394, n.
Life, a burden, a cottage here, in heaven a palace, [1492]372; why made laborious, [1493]384; without religion dull and wearisome, [1494]385; a good, honours God, [1495]405; bordering on sin like walking along a precipice, [1496]443; in the country favourable to virtue, [1497]465.
Litanies, [1498]362, n.
Longsuffering of God, [1499]424.
Loss, by doing one's duty versus the gain, [1500]444; of children no grief to the good, [1501]461.
Love, its own reward, [1502]338, n.; shewn in patient endurance, [1503]341, [1504]342; in perseverance, [1505]342; takes interest in everything, [1506]356; of God absent, causes fear of death, [1507]374; glories in suffering, [1508]448; maternal, [1509]453; delights in all that belongs to the object of it, [1510]474; exercised in great offences, [1511]485; delights in the good of others, [1512]464.
Lucifer, consecrates Paulinus, Bishop of Antioch, [1513]354, n.
Lungs, position of, [1514]415.
Lust, by looking, [1515]443.
Luxury, tendencies of, [1516]442; unfit for trials, [1517]459; untimely in public troubles, [1518]464.
Madmen, never at rest, [1519]474.
Magee, Archbishop, on Sacrifice, [1520]422, n.
Magistrates, out of office bear the same titles, [1521]447.
Magnanimity of monks at Antioch, [1522]453.
Manichees, alluded to, [1523]335.
Manners, purity of, [1524]466.
Marcion, [1525]413, n.
Martyrs, shrines of, places of almsgiving, [1526]340; become mediators, [1527]389, n.
Martyrdom, of Abel, [1528]342; of St. John Baptist, [1529]343; crown of, how to win, [1530]343, [1531]347; has efficacy of Baptism, [1532]376, n.
Masters, approved by their scholars, [1533]455; insulted by injuries done to their servants, [1534]475.
Matter, heretical opinions about, [1535]413, n.
Meal, [1536]399, n.; principal among the Romans was supper, [1537]379, n.
Means effecting opposite ends, [1538]448; all to be adopted to win an enemy, [1539]477.
Mediator, the Bishop so employed with the Emperor, [1540]354.
Medicine, skill required to apply it, [1541]358; the end of, [1542]375; natural, [1543]395; from animals, [1544]395, n.
Meekness of the monks, [1545]455; does not anger an enemy, [1546]475.
Melchisideck a Gentile, [1547]423, n.
Members, the instruments of good and evil according to our choice, [1548]369; each its excellence, [1549]417; one cut off to be reunited, [1550]476.
Membranes, covering the brain, [1551]415.
Memorial, perpetual, of sin, [1552]466.
Men, all have much in common, [1553]343, a spiritual flock, [1554]355; soon tire of other's affairs, [1555]356; images of God, [1556]362; the race after the fall deserved destruction, [1557]392; command over the creation, [1558]411; gentler than brutes, [1559]416; to be measured by virtue, not natural gifts, [1560]457; self-taught in good and evil, [1561]422, [1562]428; in the Arts and Sciences, [1563]423; naturally at enmity with vice, [1564]429; disinterested in love and hatred, [1565]429; of well regulated minds not distracted by events, [1566]459; pleasure the aim of all, [1567]459.
Merchandise, spiritual, in doing God's bidding, [1568]477.
Merchants, labour in hope, [1569]450; cargo not distance their care, [1570]451; labour for enjoyment afterwards, [1571]459.
Mercy, shewn to others, procures mercy for ourselves, [1572]355; of judges at Antioch, [1573]454; makes kings glorious, [1574]485.
Merit, not proved by titles of honour, [1575]477.
Metropolis, avails naught for salvation, [1576]457.
Milk, for children a simile, [1577]401.
Minister, his people's conduct his glory, [1578]347.
Miracles, by relics, [1579]332, [1580]333, [1581]367; power of, limited, [1582]333; does not dispense with fasting, [1583]334; tempt the ignorant to worship men, [1584]338; an extraordinary, [1585]367; of the Apostles, not by their own power, [1586]409.
Miriam's punishment not remitted, [1587]475.
Misfortunes of others open men's hearts, [1588]429, n.; subdue our vanity, [1589]429; light, felt by the rich, [1590]460; without excuse before God, [1591]472.
Monasteries, [1592]455, n.
Monks, services of, [1593]453; effects of their intercession, [1594]454; account of one, [1595]455; undismayed, [1596]463.
Moral and Positive to Laws, difference between, [1597]421; moral teaching, [1598]447.
Mortality, human, for overthrowing pride, [1599]413.
Mortification, spiritual acts of, [1600]379; incumbent on all, [1601]384.
Moses, suffered for doing good, [1602]342; disregarded by the people in extreme distress, [1603]346; wherein he brought honey from the rock, [1604]352; his intercession, [1605]355; rod of, [1606]396; command over created things, [1607]411; his righteousness availed not the Jews, [1608]430.
Mothers miss their children at table, [1609]400; case of a mother at Antioch, [1610]453; grief often relieves, [1611]461.
Mourning, sight of, sobers: reminds of Judgment, [1612]440; calls forth sympathy from enemies, [1613]440.
Mourner, to others like a cloud parted by the sun's rays, [1614]346.
Multitude, the, influenced by fear and threats, [1615]392; of inhabitants avails nothing, [1616]457.
Murder, why not reasoned about, where forbidden, [1617]421; by exacting oaths, [1618]443.
Mutability of earthly good, [1619]460.
Nails, construction of, [1620]416.
Name, calling by, a mark of affection, [1621]393, n.; common to our Lord, [1622]393, n.; of God how pronounced in heaven, [1623]394.
National calamities ought to direct us to God, [1624]346; work national amendments, [1625]366.
Nature, overruled by the piety of Saints, [1626]367; what exists by, comforts, [1627]391; gifts of, commend the Giver, [1628]429; course of, not to be maligned, [1629]442; ties of, are a great obligation, [1630]453.
Nebuchadnezzar, change wrought in him, [1631]386; herald of his own defeat, [1632]386.
Neighbours, spiritual good of, to be furthered, [1633]452; afflictions of, to be shared, [1634]458; good of, an enjoyment, [1635]464.
Night, as good as day, [1636]395; succeeds day without change, [1637]402.
Ninevites, their fasting accepted, [1638]358; why, [1639]359; teach repentance and hope, [1640]376; forsook their sins, the city saved, [1641]377; their disadvantages in comparison with Jews and Christians, [1642]377, [1643]480; complete repentance of, from fear, [1644]480.
Noah, laughed at, [1645]481.
Noise from "spectacles" disturbed divine service, [1646]439.
Number, the, of fellows in sin no profit, [1647]388.
Oaths, testimony of the life instead, [1648]394; how Satan works amidst, [1649]398; only to be taken fasting, [1650]400; have caused the worst evils, [1651]432; binding others more dangerous, [1652]433; at the altar, [1653]443; either superfluous or perjury, [1654]444; caused the ruin of Jerusalem many times, [1655]467; signified in Ezekiel's parable, [1656]467; occasions of admitted by the Fathers, [1657]470, n.
Observances, formal, in religion use of, to good and bad Christians, [1658]479, n.
Occasions, passing, used for instructing, [1659]374, [1660]381, [1661]398, [1662]427, [1663]437, [1664]460, [1665]463, [1666]474.
Occurrences, incidental, often are of God, [1667]382.
Ocean, earth upon the, [1668]403, n.
Offences, of every man against God greater than towards other men, [1669]472; great, an occasion of shewing mercy, [1670]485.
Openness of Christ's declaration to His followers, [1671]449.
Order, in nature and human fellowship proclaims God, [1672]401, [1673]402.
Orders, holy, sin of giving to the unworthy, [1674]331.
Origen, an intercession of Saints, [1675]389, n.
Ownership, unreal and real, [1676]350, [1677]351.
Pambos, how he learned Scripture, [1678]332, n.
Paradise, St. Paul transported to, [1679]447.
Pardon, of others gains our own, [1680]355, [1681]477, [1682]488.
Partners in a shop, [1683]452.
Passion, God free from, [1684]392.
Passover, a time of mercy, [1685]355; reverenced by pardon of offences, [1686]479.
Pastor, bound to suffer for his people, [1687]354; efficacy to his intercessions, [1688]356; how to be regarded by his people, [1689]380; intercourse with each severally, [1690]389; like a husbandman and a pilot, [1691]399; invigorated by success, [1692]399; good of his flock, his good, [1693]412; to be followed trustfully, [1694]425; concern of, for all, [1695]430; living by husbandry: true philosophers, [1696]465.
Patience, [1697]341; of Lazarus, praised by St. Chrysostom, [1698]342, n.; punishes insolence, [1699]353.
Paul, St., teacher of the Gentiles, [1700]332, n.; care for Timothy, [1701]333; distrusted himself, [1702]334; kept humble by affliction, [1703]337; strong though in bonds, [1704]337; his example, [1705]342; hindered by Satan, [1706]342; adapts himself to hearers, [1707]349; his labours and reward, [1708]353; reproved sin, [1709]359, eagerness to die, [1710]373, [1711]385; advantages of Christians over St. Paul, [1712]373; his garments, virtue of, [1713]396; more than a lion, [1714]397; his illustrations from nature, [1715]407; recollection of his sins, [1716]419; proves a natural law, [1717]423; concern about one incestuous person, [1718]430; dangers of, for his mending, [1719]431; counted all things loss, [1720]441; feels paternal anxiety, [1721]443; glories in his sufferings for Christ, [1722]447, [1723]462; attempts to convert his judges, [1724]448; recommends continual joy, [1725]459; greatness of, in hiding good deeds, [1726]483.
Paulinus, Bishop of Antioch, [1727]354, n.
Peacock, [1728]408.
Penalty for swearing, [1729]389, [1730]399.
Penitential acts of use, [1731]378.
Penitents, discipline of, [1732]472, n.
Pentateuch, [1733]394, n.
Perfection, precepts of, [1734]348, [1735]349; how attained, [1736]370; St. Paul's height within the reach of every one, [1737]373; of art in the temple, [1738]456.
Perfume, spiritual, [1739]406; of flowers the best, [1740]466.
Perjury from the habit of swearing, in two ways, [1741]432, [1742]438; of both persons swearing the contrary, [1743]432; who forces another to, is guilty himself, [1744]432, [1745]439; the object of Satan, [1746]433; guilt of, shared by those privy to it, [1747]434; manifold from one oath, [1748]436.
Persecutors, benefitted by the virtue of their victims, [1749]387.
Perseverance in prosperity a test of virtue, [1750]452.
Peter, St., the first to preach Christ, [1751]356.
Pharisee, fasted in vain, [1752]357; his evil speaking, [1753]359.
Philoponus on the heavens, [1754]419, n.
Philosophers, cowardice of the heathen, [1755]454; the simple made, [1756]466.
Philosophy of this world shrinks from danger, [1757]454; worldly, falsified by deeds, [1758]455; pagan, is but in the garb, [1759]465; like a sword with a silver hilt and leaden blade, [1760]465; heathen, taught a few only, [1761]466.
Physician, spiritual, [1762]360, [1763]394; cures by contraries, [1764]378.
Piety, the chief good, [1765]369; abides, [1766]451.
Pilgrimages, [1767]340; to the dunghill of Job, [1768]371; use of, [1769]467.
Pilot, [1770]408; his chief concern, [1771]399; in storms, [1772]446, [1773]483.
Place, importance of, for the delivery of the law, [1774]394.
Plato, [1775]402, n.; on the human body, [1776]413, n.; on the motions of heavenly bodies, [1777]419, n.
Players, deprived of the holy Communion, [1778]439, n.
Pleasure depends on relish, [1779]352; present diminished, pain in view, [1780]450.
Plural number, use of, [1781]481, n.
Pole, balancing, [1782]470.
Poor, God's care for, [1783]341; represent Christ for us, [1784]349; trust in God, [1785]351; relish food and sleep, [1786]352.
Porch, of church for penitents, [1787]472, n.
Porphyrio, a bird greatly esteemed, [1788]408, n.
Porters, cajoled for favours, [1789]474.
Pot, the golden, of the temple, [1790]467.
Poverty, a benefit and protection, [1791]342, [1792]353, [1793]372; of Elijah, [1794]353; of Job, [1795]442; alleged to excuse almsgiving, [1796]475.
Power, of injuring the just, why granted, [1797]386; taken away easily, [1798]451; of judges, [1799]454.
Practice, laxity of, causes death to be feared, [1800]375; a matter of choice and endeavours, [1801]428; right, impossible without fear of God, [1802]439; the season of, is the test of religion, [1803]446; without questioning, [1804]447; of Saints proves Scripture, [1805]455.
Praise, of one another beside the purpose, [1806]380; to be suspected, [1807]441; of men from reconciliation, [1808]479.
Prayer, the only resource in trouble, [1809]346; power of, [1810]351; recommended, [1811]354, [1812]356; united powerful, [1813]356; of women, [1814]356; to be persevered in, [1815]362; inattention at, [1816]394, [1817]472; natural as a way of assisting the distressed, [1818]426; penitential, a special kind, [1819]427, n.; fruit of, never lost, [1820]451; most needful after deliverance, [1821]452; for fellows in affliction, [1822]458; the Lord's, taught in Baptism, [1823]355, n.; how entitled, [1824]478, n.; not to be used by halves, [1825]478.
Preaching, suits not extreme distress, [1826]346; may solace the suffering, [1827]346; to be heard for improvement, [1828]347; of the Gospel not bound as the preacher, [1829]450.
Precepts, three proposed to be learnt, [1830]363; moral without the reason, [1831]421; of the Gospel better carried in heart than on paper, [1832]470.
Preservation of the world by God, [1833]403.
Pride, [1834]348; how to check, in the rich, [1835]349; evil of, [1836]350; spiritual, on account of good works, [1837]337; remedied by considering the weakness of the body, [1838]413, [1839]417; preceded by ignorance, [1840]421.
Priest, our wound to be shewn to, [1841]360, n.; consoles the afflicted in adversity, [1842]483.
Prison, likeness to, [1843]345; emptied at Easter, [1844]383, [1845]486; senate of Antioch confined in, [1846]458, n.
"Prisoner," more glorious than any title to St. Paul, [1847]447.
Prodigal, the, unfit to manage an inheritance, [1848]450.
Promises, of God infinitely excellent, [1849]451.
Prophecy, not false because not accomplished, [1850]376.
Prosperity, no ground for security, [1851]369, [1852]450; present, heightened by contrast, [1853]425; transient, [1854]427.
Proverbial sayings against Providence, [1855]341, n.; of contempt for others, [1856]343.
Providence, denied by some, [1857]341; shewn in apparently accidental cases, [1858]382, [1859]383; in the deliverance of His children, [1860]386; in the use of weak means, [1861]404; proved from the human body, [1862]407; in Flavian's journey, [1863]483.
Publican, accepted without fasting, [1864]358.
Punishment, a medicine, [1865]375; of the prosperous twofold, [1866]384; inflicted by parents, [1867]392; severest for sins easily avoided, [1868]411; delayed for repentance, [1869]424; inflicted on Antioch beneficial, [1870]455; of an inexorable enemy, [1871]475.
Purgatory, doctrine of, [1872]387, n.
Pusillanimity, to be always dwelling on miseries, [1873]391; to look to man for comfort, [1874]445.
Questions, raised to win attention, [1875]333; on the permission of suffering, [1876]336, [1877]340; on brute animals fasting, [1878]358.
Quinquagesima, [1879]358, n.
Racing, ill effects of, [1880]442.
Rank not to be regarded in rebuking vice, [1881]430.
Reason, appropriates the superior powers of brutes, [1882]416; does not constrain, [1883]428, n.; given to avoid sin, [1884]441.
Reasons, of God s works, a few revealed, [1885]421; of God's laws not to be required, [1886]447.
Recollection of past evils useful, [1887]418.
Reconciliation, the one seeking has the whole merit, [1888]474; endeavours after, always acceptable to God, [1889]475; imputed to wrong motives, [1890]476; to God by the Crucifixion, [1891]476; every day makes, more difficult, [1892]476; only to please God, [1893]477; a cause of forgiveness, [1894]477; repulses must not quell, [1895]478; very easy, [1896]479.
Reflection on words of Scripture, [1897]391; from the sight of grief, [1898]440; on being laughed at for doing right, [1899]481.