Diogenes, censure of, [487]222.
Disciples, why from Galilee, [488]88; distinguished from the multitudes, [489]91; why sent on circuit, [490]212. (See [491]Apostles.)
Dispensation. (See [492]Incarnation.)
Disposition, in men's own power, [493]282.
Dives, why damned, [494]60, [495]84, [496]430, [497]454, [498]455.
Divinity of Christ, declared by John, [499]3 (note); concealed at first, [500]45, [501]71, [502]104; tokens of, in the Epiphany, [503]47; first declared by the Spirit, [504]71; doubted by Satan, [505]81; intimated in words of Christ, [506]95, [507]99; hid from the Jews, [508]103, [509]116, [510]127, [511]151, [512]167; confessed by the leper, [513]172, by the Centurion, [514]179; in two miracles, [515]190-1; by His answering to men's thoughts, [516]195, [517]211; by the two blind men, [518]211; in His answer to John, [519]239; in His sayings of John, [520]245, [521]246; in His thanksgiving, [522]251; in His revealing the Father, [523]252; in Isaiah's prophecy, [524]260-1; in His acts of authority, [525]304; by Peter and others, [526]333; in His charge to Peter, [527]333; by His Coming in Glory, [528]341; in the Transfiguration, [529]346; in the miracle of the Tribute, [530]358; in His answer to the rich young man, [531]387; in His Entry into Jerusalem, [532]405; by the children in the Temple, [533]409; in the Parable of the Marriage Feast, [534]421; to the Lawyer, [535]432; in the question about David's Lord, [536]433; in the Garden, [537]497-503; to Caiaphas, [538]504.
Divorce, why allowed to the Jews, [539]119; why not to Christians, [540]119.
Docetæ, refuted by Christ's burial, [541]273.
Doctrine, summary of Christian, [542]3; why taught by familiar things, [543]38; revealed gradually, [544]45; which, first taught, [545]71; without practice vain, [546]167; supported by miracles, [547]172; not to be pressed unseasonably, [548]203; may vary according to the persons addressed, [549]236; seldom put forward by Christ, [550]395.
Doing and teaching, why joined, [551]106.
Dress, excess of, censured, 26, [552]307, 527; hinders devotion, [553]308; leads to sin, [554]308; to pride, 528.
Economy. (See [555]Incarnation.)
Election, of the wise men, 39; time and extent of, [556]394; is of grace, but requires work, [557]423; belongs to all believers, [558]457.
Elijah, despair of, [559]149; boldness of, [560]170, [561]290; why at the Transfiguration, [562]346; in what sense, come already, [563]352; how to come hereafter, [564]353.
Elisha, why, would not see Naaman, [565]173.
End, signs of the, [566]66, [567]458; suddenness of the, [568]464; to be in the night, [569]464; why concealed from us, [570]465; is not near, [571]470.
Envy, misery of, [572]262; of the countrymen of Christ, [573]296; rebuked in the laborers in the vineyard, [574]394.
Epiphany, mystery of the, [575]47.
Error, worse than ignorance, [576]454.
Esau, self-rejected, [577]15, [578]59.
Eunuch, the Ethiopian, believed after search, [579]6.
Eunuchs, how far praised, [580]384, [581]470.
Evangelists, candor of, [582]482, [583]506, 531.
Evil, cause of, [584]366; not necessary, [585]367.
Evil speaking, sinful and dangerous, [586]13, [587]26, [588]111; not to be listened to, [589]248.
Example, force of, [590]99; of Christ and His saints to be followed, [591]396; to be found in deserts, [592]439; neglect of, dangerous, [593]456; of some, condemns others, [594]476.
Excommunication, threatened by St. Chrysostom, [595]123, [596]496.
Expense, sinfulness of, [597]468.
Faith, in hell necessary, [598]85; why not required at first by Christ, [599]89; must be followed by practice, [600]167, [601]395; examples of, [602]172, [603]176, [604]179, [605]195, [606]205, [607]321, [608]354, [609]404, [610]486; need of, [611]311; in the doers only, has worked miracles, [612]354; how a mustard seed, yet moves mountains, [613]355; hindered by fear, [614]411.
Faithful, the, will endure to the end, [615]463.
Falling back, after baptism, dangerous, [616]276, [617]395; how recovered, [618]427.
Fasting, benefits of, [619]74, [620]80; of Christ, how ordered, [621]81; Christian rule of, [622]140; why not enjoined to the disciples, [623]202; inferior to charity, [624]291; a help to prayer and almsgiving, [625]356; when commendable, [626]468.
Fear, of men censured, [627]229.
Fig-tree, the, an example of vengeance, [628]410.
Forbearance, duty of, [629]369, [630]372.
Forgiveness, how gained from God, 35; how connected with John's baptism, [631]63; not to be had in the next world, [632]90; gained by forgiving, [633]102; hope of, taught by the Lord's Prayer, [634]135; depends on ourselves, [635]136; duty of, unlimited, [636]376, [637]379; forfeited by cruelty, [638]379; benefits all parties, [639]380; reasons for, [640]478.
Fornicator, guilt of, how measured, [641]455.
Free-will, not destroyed by grace, 39; allowed by Christ, [642]364; proved by our own conduct, [643]365; of Judas asserted, [644]486; needs God's help, [645]494; of Christ, [646]498, [647]503.
Friendship, Christian motives of, [648]375.
Gabriel, appearance of, explained, 24.
Genealogy, the, difficulties of, [649]6, [650]20; why mentions bad women, [651]6, [652]17; why omits three kings, [653]6; the vestibule of the Gospel, [654]8; sum of the gospel, [655]10; of females, not traced, [656]11; why divided in three parts, [657]20.
Gentiles, call of the, signified, 26; in the star, 38, in the wise men, [658]47, in "these stones," [659]69, in Christ's settling at Capernaum, [660]86, [661]180, by Isaiah, [662]260, in the ass's colt, [663]405, by the children in the temple, [664]409, in parables, [665]416, [666]421, in Mary of Bethany, [667]481; spiritual pride of, [668]59; condition of, before Christ, [669]87, [670]251; sin and punishment of, [671]242; to be respected in our lives, [672]277.
Gentleness, needful to the ministry, [673]197.
Glory, personified, and shown worthless, [674]363.
God, spake to the patriarchs, [675]1; to Moses, [676]2; in the apostes, [677]2; kingdom of, described, [678]6; speaks in divine service, [679]7; threatens hell, [680]7; city and court of, described, [681]7, [682]8; present at baptism of Christ, [683]44; deceives His enemies, [684]51; appeared in fire, [685]71; long-suffering of, [686]84, [687]154, [688]197; why must reward His saints, [689]85; how our Debtor, [690]100; rewards His own work in us, [691]115; how we may resemble, [692]127; is invisible, [693]133; why mentioned in the Lord's Prayer, [694]134, why in the sermon, [695]137; cannot agree with mammon, [696]146; sure bounty of, [697]152; unfailing goodness of, [698]156; providence of, [699]228; how gives to him that hath, [700]285; how near to His servants, [701]336; appears ever in clouds, [702]348; wills the salvation of all, [703]368; His gifts to man, [704]376; calls each in his season, [705]394; throne of, inaccessible, [706]399; has given His bond for our alms, [707]408; why sometimes speaks uncertainly, [708]415; a Teacher of good works, [709]434; unity of, why declared in Holy Scriptures, [710]432, [711]438; hates bloodshed, [712]447; why speaks as if ignorant, [713]465.
Godliness, how gainful, [714]417.
Good name, to whom, useful, 519.
Good-will, value of, [715]510.
Good works, our own to be forgotten, [716]18; magnified by humility, [717]19; spoiled by pride, [718]100; necessary to salvation, [719]395, [720]495; which the best, [721]468; the best furniture, [722]500.
Gospel, the, contrasted with the law, [723]1; excellency of, [724]4; how higher than the law, [725]23, [726]167; described Isaiah, and John, [727]64; all things raised by, [728]78; how a light, [729]87; comprises the law, [730]109; how brings war, [731]232; raised the standard of faith and practice, [732]241; how soon spread, [733]452; triumph of, [734]453; how a testament, [735]491.
Gospels, the, why several, [736]3; harmony of, [737]3; accepted by all heretics, [738]4; simple purity of, [739]5, [740]6; letters of the Divine King, [741]8; nature of, [742]14; object of, the life of Christ, [743]298; written in mildness, [744]300.
Habit, no excuse for sin, [745]122; how broken through, [746]122; danger of evil, [747]515.
Hannah, sorrow of, blessed, 41.
Harvest, one here, one hereafter, [748]293.
Heart, the, how a treasure, [749]269.
Heaven, glories of, [750]7, [751]8; by what usury gained, [752]35; first named by John, [753]65; why opened at Christ s baptism, [754]76; unseen but certain, [755]85; to be sought before all else, [756]153; will be given impartially, [757]400.
Hebrews, wickedness of the old, [758]1.
Hell, object of, [759]7; descent to, [760]9; first named by John, [761]63; proved by John, [762]72; typifed by the furnace, [763]73; prepared for avarice, [764]79; proportioned to present impurity, [765]84; confessed by devils, [766]84; when first mentioned by Christ, [767]111; why less than Heaven, [768]129; intolerable, [769]164; pains of, [770]276; mention of profitable, [771]277; how described by Christ, [772]389; not prepared for us, [773]476.
Heretics, involuntary witnesses to the truth of Holy Scripture, [774]4; reproved by the monks' grace, [775]343, by Christ's blessing children, [776]360; how to be dealt with, [777]288; meant by the tares, [778]287; denied the Passion, [779]492. (See [780]Marcion, etc.)
Herod, folly of, [781]45; an example of the profane, [782]48.
Herod (Antipas), overcome by John, [783]171; marriage of, why illegal, [784]298.
Herodias, aggravated sin of, [785]299.
Hezekiah, prayer of, commended, [786]331.
High priest, how, more than one, [787]477.
Holy Spirit, gift of, higher than Holy Scripture, [788]1; how came on the apostles, [789]1; signs of, [790]2, [791]77; equality of, [792]2, [793]77; inspired the evangelists, [794]4; descents of, showed the new dispensation, [795]10; absolute need of, [796]12; His operation in the Incarnation, [797]22, [798]25; moved the Magi, Cyrus, Paul, [799]39; why appeared in fire, [800]40, [801]71; why first named by John Baptist, [802]71; an earnest of judgment, [803]72; why descended on Christ, [804]76; why as a dove, [805]77; a token of Heaven, [806]86; gifts of, sometimes without holiness, [807]168; what the blasphemy against, [808]266; effect of, upon the apostles, [809]401; gift of, always ready, [810]413; saves not the unwilling, [811]495.
Honor, contrasted with meekness, [812]166.
Humanity, raised to heaven by Christ, [813]2, [814]78.
Humanity (of Christ), the bond between earth and heaven, [815]10; how proved by Paul and Matthew, [816]22; denied by Valentinus and others, [817]22 (note); preached earlier than the Godhead, [818]215; shewn in the Epiphany, [819]47, [820]50, in His fasting, [821]81, in His sleeping [822]119, in His sailing, [823]195, in feeling the crowd, [824]206, in His prayer to God, [825]304, in His agony, [826]497. (See [827]Incarnation.)
Humility, the crown of virtue, [828]17; examples of, [829]19; why first named in the sermon, [830]92; the true wisdom, [831]175; happiness, [832]362; neglect of, fatal, [833]295; the way to glory, [834]401; in the Monks, [835]438, also in seculars, [836]439.
Hypocrisy, what it is, [837]132, [838]141; provoked the severity of Christ, [839]427; ruined the scribes, [840]440; worse in Christians, [841]441.
Idolatry, grossness of, [842]5.
Ignorance, better than error, [843]454.
Incarnation, the, declared by the three first Evangelists, [844]3; binds Heaven and earth, [845]10; reserved at first, [846]15, [847]52; account of, [848]22, [849]32; when first taught, [850]45; shown in the fasting, and temptation, [851]80, in His retiring to the desert place, [852]303, in His question to Peter, [853]332; His care to prove it, [854]417, [855]497; the great mercy of God, [856]175.
Indulgence, cruelty of, [857]108, [858]123; unfits for Heaven, [859]467.
Innocents, the murder of, why permitted, [860]55; was foretold, [861]57.
Insolence, against charity, [862]111; to the poor, censured, [863]236; to be suffered, not acted, [864]473.
Intemperance, evils of, [865]283; vileness of, [866]356; lasting debasement of, [867]357; its punishment, [868]357; mother of lust, [869]429; power of, overcome by the Monks, [870]429; sinfulness of, [871]467.
Intercession, duty of, [872]189; not always effectual, [873]34, [874]374.
Investment, which the best, [875]460.
Isaiah, Evangelical propecies of, 32, [876]63, [877]240, [878]260, [879]285, [880]337.
Israel, a figure of believers, [881]45.
Jacob, an example of freedom from care, [882]149; of forbearance, [883]270; trial of, [884]310.
James, the brother of our Lord, his character, 33.
Jerusalem, old names of, 32; council of, 33; destruction of, foretold, [885]422.
Jesus, mysteries in the name of, 25.
Jewels, shewn useless, 529.
Jews, the, account of their unbelief, [886]15, [887]76, [888]87, [889]119, [890]273, [891]406; their pride of birth, [892]16; gained nothing from Abraham, [893]59, [894]69; envious disposition of, [895]43; reproved by Heathens, [896]38; were first favored in the gospel, [897]45, [898]422; yet outrun by the Gentiles, [899]47; said, and did not, [900]167; confusion of, [901]170; unthankful, [902]175; convicted by their inconsistency, [903]246; punishment of, foretold, [904]275, [905]395, [906]415, [907]421; blindness of, proved wilful, [908]284; asked no right questions, [909]246, [910]286, [911]292; final conversion of, by Elijah, [912]353; how to be judged by the apostles, [913]392; craft of, [914]410; cowardice of, [915]411; how bidden, [916]421; their troubles from God, [917]451; hated by all, [918]452; why to flee, [919]457; how much and why punished, [920]457; madness of, against Christ, [921]477, [922]506, 516; government of, changed, [923]482; how broke the Passover, and why, [924]503, [925]512; perverted justice in the trial of Christ, [926]503, [927]511; resisted all warning, [928]508, [929]513, yet not all reprobated, [930]513; sole authors of the Passion, 516; used all cruelties, 516; how convicted themselves, 525. (See [931]Pharisees.)
Job, patience of, [932]84; righteous, [933]107; bore all but reproach, [934]96; charitable interference of, [935]101; not a slave to wealth, [936]147, [937]225; virtues of, eminent, [938]224, under special disadvantages, [939]225, as compared with other saints, [940]225; prevailed by his piety, without miracle, [941]290; trials of, ordered by God, [942]192, [943]310.
John, the Baptist, humility of, [944]19; time of his preaching, [945]61; why sent, [946]62; how baptized for Remission, [947]62; how prepared for Christ, [948]63; effect of his preaching, [949]63, [950]65; austerity of, [951]64; great before grace, [952]65; why did no miracles, [953]87; disciples of, envious of Christ's, [954]201; message of, explained, [955]238; how predicted the Cross, [956]240; equalled the prophets in knowledge, [957]240; clear from charge of fickleness by Christ, [958]243; stood between the law and the gospel, [959]244; his system contrasted with Christ's, [960]246; murder of, how aggravated, [961]300; in what sense, Elias, [962]353.
John, the Evangelist, purpose of his Gospel, to establish the Godhead, [963]3 (note); not jealous of Peter after Pentecost, [964]401; why did not speak of the destruction of Jerusalem, [965]458; the most spiritual in doctrine, [966]482.
Joseph, an example of forgiveness, [967]381, of self-denial, [968]505; a type of Christ, [969]505.