Letter, forged as from St. Paul, [1913]377.
Letters, from heaven, [1914]387; of kings, read in church, [1915]ib.
Life, is of several kinds, [1916]195; what it is not to live this present life, [1917]ib.; this present, worth living if we live in faith, [1918]196; not life if it has no fruit [1919]ib.; good or bad as we make it, [1920]ib.; the present a good state, [1921]225; future is better than a good state, [1922]ib.; to risk it for saints is martyrdom, [1923]226; cannot be without pain, [1924]254; the present, compared to a nest of mire and sticks, [1925]267; the virtuous, a good thing, [1926]280; the present, should be no cause of care to a Christian, [1927]290.
Light, children of, [1928]362.
Lightning, coming of Christ, evident as, [1929]378.
Like-mindedness, not so great as to be of one mind, [1930]203.
Likeness of man said of Christ, because he was not equal in everything to man, [1931]214.
Listlessness, arises from looking at the faults of others, [1932]229; puts Christians out of the state of grace, [1933]276.
Littlemindedness, as bad as sloth, [1934]367.
Longsuffering, is towards one that we can requite, [1935]264.
Loss of money, made a gain by patience, [1936]337; relieved by giving alms, [1937]338.
Lot, his choice proves fertility of plain of Jordan, [1938]357; did not save Sodom, [1939]358; his love to God, [1940]ib.; Abraham bore wrong from, [1941]369.
Love, spiritual, a support in great trials, [1942]186; it was as a dew to the holy children, [1943]ib.; impossible to convey St. Paul's in words, [1944]188; is unbounded, [1945]189; indiscriminate, leads to weak friendships, and to receiving spurious doctrines, and makes to stumble, [1946]ib.; it should have respect to what is profitable, with understanding, [1947]ib.; maintained by believers standing in one mind, [1948]199; to love one another the best return for spiritual benefits, [1949]203; it is more to St. Paul than to deliver him from dangers, [1950]ib.; greater than like-mindedness, [1951]ib.; how much is meant by oneness of mind, [1952]ib.; shown for others by wrestling in spirit for them, [1953]224; increased by troubles from without, [1954]253; spiritual love alone steadfast, [1955]259; and like a queen over other friendships, [1956]ib.; instanced in St. Paul and Moses, [1957]ib.; is as the bond or root, without which there can be no perfection [1958]295; is more requisite from the governing to the governed than from the governed to the governing, [1959]304; puts down envy, [1960]313; labor of, [1961]324; true, would give the soul, [1962]330; possible, since Christ bids, [1963]331; want of, causes heresies, [1964]ib.; love dissembles favors, [1965]ib.; perpetuates heathenism, [1966]ib.; is indescribable, as a foreign plant, [1967]ib.; needs help of presence, [1968]334; should extend to all, [1969]341, [1970]348, [1971]380; makes unblamable, [1972]342; saints pleased God by, [1973]ib.; fire of, consumes all sin, [1974]ib.; Cain wanted, [1975]ib.; overcame St. Paul, [1976]ib.; why mentioned in passing, [1977]348; God teaches, [1978]ib.; of God to man, [1979]351; a breastplate, [1980]363; how to strengthen, [1981]ib.; overcomes distance, [1982]372; weak, shaken by affliction, strong, confirmed, [1983]380-81; should be equally balanced, [1984]381; danger of division in, [1985]ib.; must be for God's sake, [1986]ib.; of God, hindered by many things, [1987]393; toward God before ourselves, implies before money too, [1988]ib.
Love of money. See [1989]Wealth.
Lowliness, corrects vainglory, [1990]203; its power when found in two persons, [1991]204; shown in a broken heart, [1992]ib.; of mind, [1993]217.
Lust, to be cut off, [1994]344; and its occasions, [1995]345; a drunkenness, [1996]362; insatiable, [1997]379; cured by thought of hell-fire, [1998]ib.
Luxury, gives birth to affliction and pain, [1999]255; not to be envied, [2000]364; talk of, hurtful, [2001]384.
Macedonia country of the Philippians, [2002]181; St. Paul's cultured field, [2003]341.
Macedonians, once as renowned as the Romans, [2004]328; joined with others in St. Paul's crown, [2005]334; empire of, overthrown by Romans, [2006]328, [2007]389.
Madness, vice worse than, [2008]364.
Magistrates, scourge St. Paul more from impulse than wickedness, [2009]182.
Mammon, contradicts Christ's commands, [2010]211; hell and river of fire because of it, [2011]212; turns from love of God, [2012]393.
Man, is superior to brutes only through religion and virtue, [2013]218; and in things that concern the soul, [2014]ib.; may become an angel by practice of virtue, [2015]ib.; not worthy of the grace of God, [2016]266; greatness of his deliverance set forth, [2017]ib.; and of his own will under the power of darkness, [2018]275; could be persuaded to return to God only by Christ, [2019]ib.; can continue in this state only by continuing to have faith and hope in Christ, [2020]276; how he is changed by the Gospel, [2021]276; "the old man" does not mean the substance of flesh, but the bad moral choice, [2022]294; the new man is ever advancing to greater youthfulness, [2023]295; man imperfect when alone, [2024]318.
Manes, [2025]206.
Manichees, [2026]294 (note 5) , [2027]352 (note 2) .
Mansions, splendid, are a loss, [2028]232.
Marcellus, of Galatia, [2029]206; in what way heretical, [2030]207; how his heresy falls before St. Paul's text, [2031]ib.
Marcion, of Pontius, [2032]206; in what way heretical, [2033]207.
Marcionites, their heresy of our Lord being a phantom overturned, [2034]213, [2035]352 (note 2) .
Marriage, early recommended, [2036]346; of chaste persons blessed [2037]ib.; object of, [2038]ib.; second, of widows, [2039]349; feast at, occasions envy and discontent, [2040]384.
Marriages, satanical performances at, [2041]378; how marriage is a mystery, [2042]ib.; marriage union really a pure thing, dishonored from man's wickedness, [2043]319; how it is a mystery of the Church, [2044]ib.; a satanic pomp in, without significancy, [2045]320; pleasure will follow from celebration of a marriage in an orderly way, [2046]ib.; melancholy from such as then were common, [2047]ib.; the right way to keep the wedding feast, [2048]ib.
Martyrdom, is attained by lesser things more than by great, [2049]226; not now usual, [2050]336; may still be imitated, [2051]337.
Masters, duty of, to servants, [2052]305.
Medicine, bitter, useful, [2053]360; to be sweetened, [2054]337.
Memorial, a great house a, of covetousness, [2055]369.
Memory of good deeds makes men remiss and haughty, [2056]238.
Mercy, works of, must never be given up, [2057]182; should be worn as tokens about the necks of Christians, [2058]ib.; a means to convince unbelievers, [2059]183; must be done with caution and true faith, [2060]ib.; can only be done in this world, [2061]ib.; can open the gates of heaven, [2062]183; ofttimes called "righteousness," [2063]189; men soon led to it, no good in our nature so great as it, [2064]201; in the nature even of the fiercest, [2065]ib.; peculiar to power, [2066]ib.; the world established by it, [2067]ib.; most pleasing to God, [2068]ib.; priests, kings, and prophets anointed by it, [2069]ib.; signified by oil, [2070]ib.; it is over all men alike, [2071]ib.; without it all created things would perish, [2072]ib.; cause of light to men, [2073]202; to be merciful God's true character, and so man's, [2074]ib.; it is of it that all things are, [2075]ib.; it delivers from fire of hell, [2076]ib.; comes of love, [2077]ib.; without man's showing it, he shall have no forgiveness, [2078]ib.; must be shown to obtain mercy, [2079]365; where none the Spirit dwells not, [2080]371.
Metals, abuse of precious, through luxury, [2081]292.
Ministers of Christ not clothed by miracle, [2082]229; allowed to be in want that others may be profited, [2083]ib.; though unworthy, have God with them, [2084]274.
Miracle, standing, of fruits of Sodom, [2085]357.
Miracles, danger of men being honored for, [2086]339; of Antichrist, [2087]386, [2088]389.
Moderation, binding on all, not priests only, [2089]227; reasons why it should be shown to enemies and the bad, [2090]246.
Money sent by Philippians to St. Paul at Rome, [2091]226; to be employed in God's service, [2092]233; must be despised for the sake of God, [2093]393.
Monks, near Antioch, [2094]394 (note 2) .
Mortification, as necessary as it is continually to rub the rust off a bright statue [2095]294; of sin in members of the body necessary, [2096]296-97.
Moses, a schoolmaster to the Jews, [2097]277; his intercession, [2098]327; would not have saved Jews at last, [2099]ib.; seat of, [2100]366; conquered Amalek by prayer, [2101]391.
Mother, delights in her cares, [2102]392; her pangs before birth, spiritual parents' lasting, [2103]ib.; heavenly Jerusalem our, [2104]398.
Mothers should take care of their own characters, because their daughters take pattern from them, [2105]308-9.
Motives, temporal weigh with most men, [2106]348.
Mourning, house of, [2107]384.
Mouth, how to use it in God's service, [2108]233; door of our lamp, [2109]370; keep shut when insulted, [2110]ib.
Murmuring, an art of Satan's to take away reward of virtue, [2111]220; occasions stains, [2112]ib.; to be avoided at all times, [2113]223.
Mysteries, Apostles ordered a remembrance to be made of the dead in them, [2114]197; the mystery of God is to be brought to Him by His Son, [2115]280; priest makes partakers of, [2116]367.
Mystery, must be confessed somewhere, [2117]354.
Name, does not mean glory, [2118]215.
"Name of our Lord Jesus," everything done in it prospers, [2119]302.
Name of God, the great power of the, [2120]303.
Nature, human, may be looked on as one continued life from the first to the present time, [2121]277.
Necessity, notion of, from Satan, [2122]269-70.
Nero, emperor when Epistle to Philippians was written, [2123]186; a type of Antichrist, [2124]389.
Night, compared to a caravan of many fountains, [2125]192; children of, [2126]362.
Ninevites, escaped because they feared, [2127]383.
Noah, type of the Resurrection, [2128]283; a just man, [2129]326; could not have saved the Jews, [2130]ib.; his sons' conduct, [2131]342; days of, like the last, [2132]357; men in time of, perished from not fearing, [2133]383.
Number, change of, in speaking, [2134]372 (note 2) .
Obedience to others does not make us inferior to them, [2135]215; cause of exaltation, [2136]216; the duty of the wife to her husband, [2137]304.
Oil, a type of God's love to man, [2138]201; hence kings and priests anointed with it, [2139]ib.; type of mercy as being the cause of light, [2140]ib.; want of, quenches lamp, [2141]371.
Ointment, the Saints are like, [2142]327.
Oneness of mind, the force of it, [2143]203.
Onesimus, sent by St. Paul to the Colossians, [2144]310.
Oppressors, more cruel than robbers, [2145]369; poor as bad as rich, [2146]370.
Ornaments, gold, are a loss to the users, [2147]232; earthly chains to bind sin on, and strip Christ off, [2148]308; love of, incites vainglory, and is the cause of many evils, [2149]ib.
Orators, record vanity of human things, [2150]379.
Oratories, [2151]373.
Ornament, danger of, [2152]338; none like gravity, [2153]350; spiritual, [2154]351.
Palaces, splendid, no cause for pride, [2155]217; none like heaven, [2156]351; way to, borne with, though narrow, [2157]364; one who admits to, loved for it, [2158]367; great men of the world found at, [2159]373; churches the real, [2160]ib.
Palæstra, place in which runners in a race were trained, [2161]239.
Palestine, travelers in, called to witness on overthrow of Sodom, [2162]357; sufferings of the Jews in, [2163]358.
Paradise, plain of Jordan like, [2164]357, [2165]369.
Passions, tempt us as pagans did martyrs, [2166]336; insatiable in their nature, [2167]379.
Patience, a high praise, [2168]325; of Job, [2169]337; toward all men, [2170]367; puts the impudent to shame, [2171]ib.; proved in time, [2172]381; of Christ, [2173]393.
Patriarchs, examples how people should suffer the loss of children, [2174]299.
Patronage, change of religion for, [2175]381.
Paul, St., scourged at Philippi, [2176]181, see [2177]Philippi; gives high testimony to Philippians, [2178]ib.; in bonds when wrote Epistle to Philippians, [2179]ib.; let go afterwards, [2180]ib.; wrote it in his first imprisonment, [2181]ib.; consoles Philippians about his bonds, and exhorts to unanimity and humility, [2182]182; writes to encourage, not to rebuke, Philippians throughout, [2183]ib.; praises them for their well-doing, [2184]ib.; his great love for them, [2185]ib.; why he calls himself "servant" in writing to the Philippians, [2186]184; reason for his writing to the clergy of Philippi, [2187]ib.; his joy at their virtues, and constant readiness to assist him, [2188]185; to be loved by him, sign of being great, [2189]186; imprisoned under Emperor Nero, [2190]ib.; in what sense he calls God to witness, [2191]188; his bonds useful, [2192]189; cause of confidence to himself, [2193]ib.; did not mind grievous things of this life, [2194]193; rejoices though he has many enemies, [2195]ib.; his humble-mindedness and trust in God, [2196]194; would glorify Christ by life or death, [2197]ib.; not to die at this imprisonment, [2198]ib.; how dead as this present life, [2199]195; because he did not care for it, [2200]ib.; it would be by God's dispensation, not of man's sin, [2201]196; though in the midst of suffering chooses to live, [2202]198; in what way like the sun, [2203]199; why willing to stay on earth, [2204]ib.; not a flatterer, [2205]205; how he was humble and courageous, [2206]ib.; exhorts to humility by example of Christ, [2207]206; by awe at presence of the Holy Spirit, [2208]ib., and note 2; one text of his lays low many heresies at once, [2209]206; takes away fear of being debased because of humility by example of the Incarnation, [2210]212; his discretion in admonishing, [2211]219; his death like a drink-offering, and cause of rejoicing to the Philippians, [2212]222-23; frees the Philippians from suspicion of his giving comfort merely by sending Timothy, [2213]223; does all for Christ, [2214]ib.; tidings of the Philippians would give him courage, [2215]224; did not know all things absent by revelation, [2216]ib.; his dependence on God in everything, [2217]ib.; had not neglected them because he sent so late, [2218]225; his soul never free from sorrow, [2219]ib.; careful to teach Philippians humility, [2220]226; had more than one cloak, and lived the life of faith, [2221]228; provided his proper clothing, [2222]ib.; does not give exhortation without first commending, [2223]230; his high state as a Jew in birth and way of life, [2224]231; died to his body while alive, [2225]236; not confident of attaining to the resurrection that leads to Christ, [2226]ib.; his life one of contest to the end, [2227]237; taught by deeds as well as words, [2228]240; an example of the constancy of virtue under all circumstances, [2229]241; his care to recommend laborious persons, and the benefit of this, [2230]244; is refreshed at the advancement of his disciples, [2231]249; probable reason of his receiving at one time, and not at another, [2232]250; partly excuses the negligence of the Philippians, [2233]ib.; how he put down proud thoughts from well-doing and yet did not check it, [2234]ib.; his way of encouraging liberality and keeping independence, [2235]251-52; his grief for sinners remarkable, [2236]255; those of his epistles most holy which were written while he was in bonds, [2237]257; had not seen Colossians when he wrote to them, [2238]ib.; his presence everywhere a great thing, [2239]258; everywhere couples conduct with faith, [2240]264; first praises, then blames, [2241]265; his striving for his disciples, [2242]281; in all his epistles he tries to show that Christians are partakers with Christ, [2243]290; his lowliness of mind, [2244]306; his work prospered much more when he in bonds than out of them, [2245]ib.; reasons for his not putting everything into his epistles, [2246]309; his behavior to Agrippa, an instance of Christian wisdom, [2247]309; treated worse than the prophets were [2248]310; the considerate way in which he spoke of persons, [2249]ib.; his warnings how to deal with persons he calls "without," [2250]310-11; his wisdom instanced in his discourse to the Athenians, [2251]311; and in treatment of Elymas, [2252]ib.; his reminding the Colossians of his bonds a great support to them in trials, [2253]314-15; meaning of his wish to be accursed from Christ, [2254]317; his humility in placing others with himself, [2255]323; his thanksgivings and prayers for others, [2256]324; asked prayers of others, [2257]326; persecuted at Beroea, [2258]328; at Philippi, [2259]329; no flatterer, [2260]329, [2261]333; sought not honor, [2262]329-30; like a nurse, [2263]330; ready to endure hell, [2264]331; worked with his own hands, [2265]332, [2266]394; like a father, [2267]333; spoke to each singly, [2268]ib.; asked only that men would gain the kingdom, [2269]ib.; felt separation like an orphan, [2270]334; satisfied his love through others, [2271]ib.; his vehement love, [2272]334, [2273]341, [2274]372; hindered by Satan, [2275]334; by the Spirit, [2276]ib.; not all things revealed to, [2277]339; his thorn in the flesh, [2278]ib.; stayed in spite of danger, [2279]340; his labor, [2280]ib.; his joy at good report, [2281]ib.; his sufferings, [2282]ib.; firm, yet moved by love, [2283]342; exhorts by Christ, [2284]344; had no false delicacy, [2285]346; Christ spoke in, [2286]355; heard expressly from God about Judgment, [2287]ib.; checks curiosity, [2288]360; improved his gifts, [2289]370; had great confidence before God, [2290]371; sends kiss of charity, [2291]372; subscribed with his own hand, [2292]377-78; begins with prayer for grace, [2293]380; humility of, [2294]ib.; gloried in the Thessalonians, [2295]381; would have borne hell for God's will, [2296]383; wisely hinted the fall of the Roman Empire, [2297]388; prayer of, for Thessalonians, [2298]390; he asks theirs, [2299]390-92; indicates his dangers, [2300]390-91; had right to be maintained, [2301]394; humility of, in speaking of his own doings, [2302]396.