Joseph, the husband of Mary, genealogy of, why traced, [970]6, [971]11, [972]14; his descent from David proved by his marriage, [973]11; his espousals were to shelter the Virgin, [974]15; his conduct proved the miraculous birth, [975]23; encouraged to adopt the Child, [976]25; referred to the prophets, [977]32; praised for self-restraint, [978]23, and for obedience, [979]33.
Joseph, of Arimathæa, emboldened by the Cross, 522.
Josephus, to be believed, because a zealous Jew, [980]457.
Judah, incest of, why mentioned in the Gospel, [981]15, [982]17.
Judas, ruined by avarice, [983]61, [984]193, [985]482, [986]488; irritated by reproach, [987]96; had received grace, [988]168; had been once elect, [989]392; hardness of, [990]482, [991]499; deaf to all warning, [992]482; not excused by predestination, [993]486; utter ruin of, [994]508; downward progress of, [995]514.
Judgment, of others blamed, [996]397; of our own soul, commended, [997]271.
Judgment, The, why compared to threshing, [998]72; certainty of, [999]86; day of a theatre, [1000]132; suddenness of, [1001]146; will be equitable to all, [1002]242; foreseen by Isaiah, [1003]260; is partly present, partly future, [1004]267; fairness of, [1005]270; expectation of, in the early church, [1006]342; why named in the Monks' Grace, [1007]342; shewn in the Transfiguration, [1008]349; how to be thought of, [1009]460; how proved, [1010]462; why hidden, [1011]465; not really delayed, [1012]466; justice of, shown, [1013]476.
Julian, miracles in the time of, 21.
Kingdom, the, rewards, guides, and wars of, [1014]6; glories of, [1015]7; a New Polity, begun at the Baptism of Jesus, [1016]44; shown to be distant, [1017]458; is our inheritance, [1018]476; yet of grace, [1019]477.
Labor, pleasantness of, [1020]331.
Lamech, what the sin of, [1021]446.
Landlords, oppressions of, [1022]377.
Laughter, excess of, reproved, 26, 41.
Law, the, given in terrors, [1023]2, [1024]8; was typified in Phares, [1025]16, [1026]17; given in consequence of Gentile grossness, [1027]38; ceased at the Baptism of Christ, [1028]78; enlarged by Christ, [1029]103; with new sanctions, [1030]106; how fulfilled by Christ, [1031]107, [1032]108; not evil, though defective, [1033]107; retaliation of, really merciful, [1034]109, [1035]123; how permitted evil, [1036]120; an education for the gospel, [1037]121; respected by Christ in His charge to the leper, [1038]173; abrogation of, hinted by Christ, [1039]316, [1040]329, [1041]458; how hangs on love, [1042]431; put for the whole Old Testament, [1043]435; in morals confirmed, in ceremonials repealed, [1044]436, [1045]441; how measured punishments, [1046]455; rites of, when ceased, [1047]491.
Life, inequalities of, solved by the doctrine of a judgment, [1048]86, [1049]461; a prison, [1050]90; full of joy as of sorrow, [1051]330; different ages, and sins of, [1052]490.
Lord's Day, the, how to be spent, 31; little improved, [1053]73.
Luke, addresses heathens, [1054]4; his genealogy fuller than Matthew's, [1055]7; imitates the style of Paul, [1056]20; added to Matthew's account, [1057]24, [1058]96, [1059]178, [1060]201, [1061]205, [1062]206, [1063]471.
Lust, a possession of the Devil, [1064]193; leads to cruelty, [1065]300; how best cured, [1066]371; comes of drunkenness, [1067]429; invites Devils, [1068]430; forbidden in thought, [1069]515.
Luxury, why compared to thorns, [1070]283; in feasting reproved, [1071]301, and in dress, [1072]307; pain of, [1073]330; lust the cause of, [1074]356; destructiveness of, [1075]430; sin of, [1076]467.
Lysias, compared with Pilate, [1077]512.
Maccabees, praise of the, [1078]241.
Macedonians, heresy of the, [1079]77.
Manichæans, heresy of the, [1080]108, [1081]181, [1082]305, [1083]317, [1084]343. (See [1085]Creatures.)
Marcion, heresy of, [1086]47, [1087]252, [1088]274, [1089]492.
Marriage, Jewish law of, [1090]11, [1091]12, [1092]22, [1093]25, [1094]428; a great mystery, [1095]42; duties of, [1096]49; protected by Christ, [1097]119; law of, explained by Christ, [1098]382; prudent, in youth, [1099]371; abuse of, [1100]443.
Martyrs, the, the real conquerors, [1101]505.
Mary the Virgin, the parents of, not named by Matthew, [1102]6, [1103]11, [1104]12; protected by her marriage, [1105]15, [1106]22; character of, considered in the Annunciation, [1107]24; the perpetual virginity of, not contradicted by Matthew, [1108]33; made illustrious by her stay in Egypt, [1109]53; vanity of, reproved, [1110]279.
Mary, of Bethany, promise to, [1111]314; the faith of, [1112]486; fame of, [1113]481; an example of liberality in church offerings, [1114]482.
Matthew, the humble condition and high graces of, [1115]2; wrote in Hebrew for the Jews, [1116]3; Christ spoke in, [1117]6; difficulties of, [1118]6; wrote before Mark, [1119]20; call of, [1120]198; how trained by Christ, [1121]205; virtues of, [1122]295; candor of, [1123]345.
Meats, question of, indirectly settled, [1124]317; Christ's law of, [1125]318; Manichæan doctrine of, reproved, [1126]343.
Meditation, the benefits of, [1127]12; neglect of, too common, [1128]271.
Meekness, duty and benefits of, [1129]93, [1130]123, [1131]478, 519; better than honor, [1132]166; the true mode of following Christ, [1133]472.
Mercy, man's different from God's, [1134]94; benefits of, [1135]102; sometimes lies in severity, [1136]109; of both Covenants, [1137]109; preferred to sacrifice, [1138]200; God's, a reproof to ours, [1139]235; of kind answering, [1140]235; enforced by the mercies of Christ, [1141]286; of Christ, shewn in severity, [1142]340; brings ease, [1143]350; how to be shewn to the brethren, [1144]372; how towards heathens, [1145]373; to be shewn to Christians, for Christ's sake, [1146]378; is for others, not ourselves, [1147]436; must be had before death, [1148]471.
Ministry, the, responsibility of, [1149]97; has need of gentleness, [1150]197; and caution, [1151]203; how a harvest, [1152]213; how like sheep and doves, [1153]220; made strong in weakness, [1154]220; must have Scripture knowledge, [1155]294; warned in the Transfiguration, [1156]346; sin of, heinous, [1157]455; should be free from secular care, [1158]509.
Miracles, why told differently in the Gospels, [1159]3; use of, [1160]20, [1161]192; ceased when no longer wanted, [1162]20; some under Julian, [1163]21; why few at first, [1164]44, [1165]52; declared the Creator, [1166]104; did not save the unholy, [1167]168; alternated with doctrine, [1168]172; confirmed by prophecy, [1169]180; abundance of, [1170]185; Christ's care to prove, [1171]197, [1172]206; inferior to obedience, [1173]218; defended by Christ, [1174]264; nothing without holiness, [1175]290; why always followed the predictions of the Passion, [1176]353; sometimes followed, sometimes went before faith, [1177]354; some wrought by the garments of Christ, 516.
Mirth, excess of, censured, 41.
Monks, holiness of the Egyptian, [1178]54; some, never drank, [1179]149; number of the, [1180]223; their grace before meat commended, [1181]342; devotion of, an example to seculars, [1182]344; their retreats, dress, devotion, labors, music, contrasted with the stage, [1183]417, etc.; have the wedding garment, [1184]423; soldiers of Christ, [1185]424; converse with angels, [1186]425; nobility of, [1187]425; victorious over the vices, [1188]429; humility of, [1189]438.
Moses, mission of, contrasted with Christ's, [1190]1, [1191]2, [1192]10; prayer of, once rejected, [1193]34; self-denial of, [1194]55; the sons of, rejected for unworthiness, [1195]59; why at the Transfiguration, [1196]346; an example of forgiveness, [1197]381; how honored by Christ, [1198]436; why loved by God, [1199]474.
Mourning, for sin, blessed, 40, [1200]93; excess of, censured, [1201]208, [1202]330; profitable for the soul, [1203]263.
Mutilation, a device of Satan, [1204]384.
Mysteries, the. (See [1205]Holy Communion.)
Names, significance of, in Holy Scripture, 21; used to represent events, 32.
Nativities, casting of, censured, [1206]454.
Nature, proved not evil, against the Manichæans, [1207]360, [1208]366; often symbolized by Christ, [1209]462.
Nazareth, why our Lord lived at, [1210]58; His second visit to, [1211]296.
Nebuchadnezzar, pride of, 28; repentance of, [1212]84; did justice to the virtue of the Three Children, [1213]99; received a revelation, [1214]168.
Necessity, doctrine of, disproved, [1215]181; not implied in our Lord's preference of the apostles [1216]284-6; in what sense taught by Christ, [1217]462.
Necromancers of Antioch censured, [1218]249.
Neutrality, impossible to Christians, [1219]266; not enough for salvation, [1220]472.
Ninevites, the, a reproach to the Jews, 38; the repentance of, deferred God's wrath, [1221]274, [1222]392.
Nobility, what it is, to Christians, [1223]16; pride of, condemned, [1224]17; is no substitute for virtue, [1225]34; reproved by Christ at Nazareth, [1226]59; vanity of the common, [1227]361; real, in John the Baptist, [1228]362; in the Monks, [1229]425.
Oaths, against God's glory, [1230]120.
Obedience, to be joined with prayer, [1231]161; the end of our Lord's teaching, [1232]171; the best miracle, [1233]219; joins to Christ, [1234]280; necessary to salvation, [1235]392; must be perfect, [1236]395; easiness of, 532.
Offenses, why not removed, [1237]364; why foretold, [1238]364, [1239]367.
Oneness, of God, why often mentioned, [1240]432, [1241]438.
Parable, the, of the relapsed demoniac, applied to the Jews, [1242]275; of the Sower, why the first, [1243]281; of the Tares, against heresy, [1244]288; not to be explained literally throughout, [1245]292, [1246]394.
Parasites, encouragement of, unchristian, [1247]302; a cruelty, [1248]302.
Parents, wickedness of, not dangerous to good sons, [1249]55; goodness of, not a shelter to the evil, [1250]59; in what sense to be hated by Christians, [1251]233.
Passion, the, when first predicted by Christ, [1252]334; prediction of, preceded and followed by miracles, [1253]353; foreshown at the Transfiguration, [1254]349, in Galilee, [1255]358, in the way to Jerusalem, [1256]397; warnings of, not understood, [1257]398; why a baptism, [1258]399; how Christ prepared the disciples for, [1259]477; how foreshown by Mary of Bethany, [1260]482; why took place at the Passover, [1261]485, [1262]491; a mystery, [1263]492; denied by what heretics, [1264]492; by whom caused, 516; how our glory, 516; description of, 517; of what a lesson, 518.
Passions, the, how to be mortified, 27, [1265]74, [1266]336; must be tamed as beasts, [1267]370; sleep in children, [1268]385; when to be checked, [1269]513.
Passover, the, why observed by Christ, [1270]485, [1271]491; how broken by the Jewish rulers, [1272]503.
Patience, how taught us by God, [1273]67; subdues calumny, [1274]99; blessing of, [1275]126; duty of, [1276]127, [1277]197; praised in the woman of Canaan, [1278]323; victory of, [1279]504.
Patriarchs, inspiraion of the, [1280]1; church of, appeared first, then withdrawn, [1281]16, [1282]17; humble parentage of, [1283]16; praise of, [1284]59.
Paul, an example of humility, [1285]19, [1286]439; love of Christ, [1287]28; obedience, [1288]39; zeal, [1289]40; disinterested labor, [1290]54, [1291]378; thankfulness, [1292]175; repentance, [1293]198-9; spiritual power, [1294]223; final triumph, [1295]331; sometimes used temporal sanctions, [1296]114; conversion of, seasonable, [1297]394.
Paul, of Samosata, denied the Divinity of Christ, [1298]47.
Peace, salutation of, enjoined to the apostles, [1299]216; sin of breaking, in the church, [1300]217; of Christians, to be gained only by war, [1301]232.
Peace-makers, blessing of the, [1302]94.
Persia, first heard of the Messiah, 37, 38, 40, [1303]44, [1304]47, [1305]51.
Persecution, suffered unjustly, does away sin, and increases reward, [1306]56; puts us in communion with the prophets, [1307]95; real gain, [1308]169, and happiness, [1309]170; Christian preparation for, [1310]224; injures the doer most, [1311]270; from relations, foretold, [1312]393.
Peter, humility of, [1313]19; style of his Epistle, [1314]20; call of, [1315]87; first fall of, [1316]311; forward zeal of, [1317]317, [1318]318, [1319]472; second "offence" of, [1320]335, [1321]473; his all-forsaking, and reward, [1322]391; had sometimes the first place, [1323]401; indulged in freedom of speech, by Christ, [1324]450; last presumption of, [1325]493; why suffered to fall, [1326]494; how affected by his fall, [1327]497, [1328]502; denial of, harmonized, [1329]507; finally blessed in poverty, 533.
Pharaoh, an example of God's long-suffering, [1330]84; why, being sinful, received a revelation, [1331]168; shown inferior to Abraham, [1332]403; dream of, why repeated, [1333]498.
Pharez, a type of the Jewish Church, [1334]15-17.
Pharisees, design of the, against John, [1335]68; righteousness of, real, but defective, [1336]107; ignorant of the scriptures, [1337]201; how "wise and prudent," [1338]251; enraged with the disciples, [1339]255, with Christ's healing, [1340]259, on account of envy, [1341]265; false sons of Abraham, [1342]269; why they asked, and were refused a sign, [1343]273, [1344]328-29; unbelief of, foreseen, [1345]274; self-convicted of adding to the law, [1346]350; of breaking it, by Christ, [1347]350, by Isaiah, [1348]351; why put questions often, [1349]381; never abashed, [1350]388; gave a third of their goods in charity; never repented, [1351]412, [1352]426; vainglory of, [1353]433, [1354]437, [1355]441, [1356]446; when in real authority, supported by Christ, [1357]436; yet rebuked for hardness, [1358]437; corrupters of youth, [1359]440; whence ruined, [1360]442; how worse than their fathers, [1361]444. (See [1362]Jews.)
Pharisee, the proud, lost for want of humility and charity, [1363]17, [1364]92, [1365]396, in spite of almsgiving, [1366]396.
Philistines, the, taught the truth by the heifers, 39.
Philosophers, the Grecian, doctrines of, unnatural and devilish, [1367]5; despised by Christians, [1368]54; despised externals, [1369]59, [1370]100; contrasted with John the Baptist, [1371]65; a shame to evil Christians, [1372]100; contrasted with the apostles, [1373]222.
Pilate, character of, compared to that of Lysias, [1374]512.
Plato, the Republic of, censured, [1375]5; and contrasted with Christ's, [1376]6.
Pleasure, when innocent, [1377]250; of labor, [1378]331.
Plotinous, his doctrine of souls refuted, [1379]191.
Poor, the, ill-treatment of, censured, [1380]236; represented by the apostles, [1381]391; only a tenth part of the population, [1382]407; how Christ's brethren, and ours, [1383]475.
Poverty, a furnace, 29; outward and inward care of, 30; of the rich man in torment, [1384]60; praise of voluntary, [1385]92; Christ's gradual training for, [1386]150; real lightness of, [1387]254; glory and reward of, [1388]295-6; real dignity of, [1389]500, 532.
Praise, danger of, [1390]96; love of, a snare, [1391]263.
Prayer, for others, not always effectual, 34, [1392]374; requires perseverance, [1393]67, [1394]155; never unreasonaable, [1395]156; Christ's rule of, [1396]132; forgiveness, the special moral of the Lord's, [1397]137; enjoined after hard commands, [1398]160; two conditions of, [1399]161; a remedy for sin, [1400]268; requires purity of tongue, and of heart, [1401]319; Hezekiah's, [1402]331; blessedness of concord in, [1403]374.
Preaching, a school, [1404]73; why necessary, 523.
Predestination, no excuse for Judas, [1405]486; objections from, how answered, [1406]487.
Profaneness, censure of, [1407]74; sin of listening to, [1408]248.
Promises, the, of Christ always conditional, [1409]392.
Prophets, the, why appealed to personal revelations, [1410]20; disregarded by the Jews, [1411]38; of the Philistines, seconded by God, [1412]39; maintained the doctrine of Providence, [1413]57; the works of some lost, [1414]58 (note); anticipated the history of John, [1415]64; rebuked pride, [1416]68; double sense of, [1417]72; persecution of, [1418]95; how fulfilled by Christ, [1419]104; confirmed by miracle, [1420]180; accuracy of, [1421]260, [1422]406; all had wives, [1423]344.