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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series • VOL 13 • SECTION 260

Gomorrah, [1572]358.

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Gomorrah, [1572]358.

Good, to be returned for evil, [1573]367; of Heaven, may be desired without limit, [1574]370.

Goodness, of God, [1575]384-85.

Goods, only good when men do good with them, [1576]232; spoiling of, [1577]349; cruelly seized, [1578]369.

Good-will, in man, necessary to God's working, [1579]186.

Good works, done with bad motives, not good, and get a punishment, [1580]190; performance of them makes like to God, [1581]206; the desire of, and fulfillment comes from God, [1582]220.

Gospel, to share in its troubles is a blessedness, [1583]186-87; its progress throughout the world, [1584]259; mystery of, hidden in Christ, [1585]279; only made manifest now to the Saints, [1586]280; in what its great mystery consists, [1587]ib.; proved divine by persecution, [1588]324, [1589]329; preached for no ill purpose, [1590]ib.; a great gift, but easy to give, [1591]330; to be preached to all nations before Christ comes, [1592]378.

Grace, those are made partakers of it who partake of the sufferings of their ministers, [1593]186; not given in Job's time, [1594]222; given in baptism, quenched by sin, [1595]238; works with God's ministers, though unworthy, [1596]274; some quench, some improve, [1597]370; works by unworthy ministers, [1598]371; prayer for, in Epistles, [1599]380; consolation from, [1600]ib.; to endure trials, [1601]385; a pledge for the future, [1602]390; has made many laymen better than rulers, [1603]391.

Graciousness, towards those that oppose the truth, must not lapse into indifferentism, [1604]309.

Grapestone, wonderful growth of, [1605]354.

Grass, growth of barren, and mystery, [1606]354.

Greeks. See [1607]Heathens.

Greeks, how to argue with them, about Christianity, [1608]269; still in an imperfect state, from their own listlessness, [1609]277; how to answer their question, "why Christ came at this time," [1610]ib.

Gregory, St. Nazianzen, sermon of, against deferring baptism, [1611]361 (note 3) .

Gridiron, an instrument of martyrdom, [1612]336.

Grief, to be shown for sinners living, as well as when dying, [1613]196; but with secret, not open, sorrow, [1614]ib.; for sinners, tends to joy, and is evidence of a mind devoted to God, [1615]255; profitable to those that grieve, as leading them to repent for their own sins, [1616]ib.

Guests, poor, are the best, [1617]374; great and rich, are like masters, [1618]ib.

Hades, most said to be punished in, [1619]359.

Hadrian. See [1620]Adrian.

Ham, cursed through want of love, [1621]342.

Hand, of God, is strong, and able to support men, [1622]209.

Hands, the right way of using them in God's service, [1623]233.

Hand-writing, St. Paul's cause of emotion to the Colossians, [1624]314.

Hardships, present lot of Christians, [1625]329.

Harlot, ways of, pleasant to loose minds, [1626]346; dishonor of being united to, [1627]347; hired for wedding-feasts, [1628]317; to do so like mixing vinegar with wine, [1629]318.

Haughtiness. See [1630]Pride, [1631]204.

Head of a family should be its teacher, [1632]397; husband is, of wife, [1633]ib.; office of, in the body, [1634]ib.

Health, good, should not make men proud, [1635]217.

Hearing, quick, should not make men proud, [1636]217.

Heart, the source of good and evil, [1637]342.

Heathens, sometimes chaste, [1638]347; grief at deaths suitable to, [1639]349; answers to, about Resurrection, [1640]353; no better answer by knowing time of Consummation, [1641]360; asked when should be Resurrection, [1642]361; shame they should see Christians despise adjuration, [1643]372; use of their histories, [1644]379.

Heaven, compared to palaces, [1645]351; orphans shine in, [1646]ib.; not to be attained with self-indulgence, [1647]364; way to, beset by demons, [1648]371; opened in description, [1649]382.

Hell, appointed for avaricious, [1650]212 (see [1651]Avarice) ; a warning to bad men, [1652]ib.; though intolerable, yet not equal to the pain of being dishonored at the judgment, [1653]245; deluge a proof of, [1654]357; Sodom a proof of, [1655]ib.; not known to ancients, [1656]358; thought of, implanted in us for good, [1657]359, [1658]382; St. Chrysostom in fear of, [1659]359; sons of, [1660]362, [1661]366; thought of, makes trouble seem nothing, [1662]382; should be talked of, [1663]382-83; thought of, keep from falling into it, [1664]383; he that will not hear of, not ready for persecution, [1665]ib.; St. Paul would have borne for God's will, [1666]ib.; fear of, guides the soul, [1667]384; rich man would have escaped had he feared, [1668]ib.; some think mild and temporary, [1669]384; those refuted, [1670]ib.

Helmet, spiritual, preserves reason, [1671]363.

Heretics, do great and good works, but without a reward, [1672]191; their way of interpreting, "He thought it not robbery," [1673]212; say Christ was humbled not as He is Man, [1674]215; that "Name" means glory, [1675]ib.; and that God's glory consisted in that all worship Him, [1676]ib.; their notions of God false, [1677]216; the wisdom of the Spirit leads them to undertake the fight that they may fail, [1678]234; blot out words of Scripture when against them, [1679]ib.; entrapped by St. Paul's words on the Law, [1680]ib.

Hezekiah, heard, and why, [1681]326; triumphed over king of Assyria by prayer, [1682]391.

History, proves vanity of earthly things, [1683]379.

Holiness, chastity specially called, [1684]342; implies all virtues, [1685]ib.

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