Paul of Samosata, [2303]206; in what way heretical, and how his heresies fall before St. Paul's text, [2304]206-07; said our Lord was a mere creature, [2305]214; his doctrine refuted, [2306]271.
Peace, we are at peace with God, through virtue, [2307]247; must be maintained with God and our neighbor, [2308]248; restored between men and angels, [2309]273; the frequent mention of it in the church, [2310]ib.; not the Bishop's, but Christ's, by means of him, [2311]274; is an umpire in the heart between anger and charity, [2312]296; human peace cometh of revenging, [2313]ib.; prayer for, [2314]395.
Peacemakers, always imitate the Son of God, [2315]248; why called the sons of God, [2316]273.
Pearson, Bp., an argument of, [2317]353 (note 2) .
People, should obey priests with good will, [2318]366; many of, excel ruler, [2319]391; equal with priests in chief blessings, [2320]391; partake of one Baptism, one Lamb, with him, [2321]ib.
Perfecting, implies deficiency, [2322]341.
Perfection, not in the Law, nor in Angels, but in Christ only, [2323]280-81; goes beyond commandments, [2324]344.
Persecuted, God's glory to reward, [2325]385.
Persecution at an end, [2326]182; why permitted, [2327]324; at Beroea, [2328]328; at Philippi, [2329]329; endurance of, proves the Gospel, [2330]329; men that will not hear of hell are not ready for, [2331]383; patience under, [2332]385.
Persecutors, will be punished, [2333]328, [2334]334; shall be confounded at glory of saints, [2335]385.
Persians, king of the, wears his beard of gold, [2336]292; empire of, [2337]389.
Persuasion, of God, [2338]385, and note 1.
Peter, St., had common convenience of clothing, [2339]228; freed by prayers of others, [2340]326, [2341]391; refuses honor for miracles, [2342]339; chief of Apostles, [2343]360; not told time of consummation, [2344]360; improve grace given, [2345]370.
Phalanx, pushing through, [2346]335.
Phantom, our Lord so called by the Marcionites, [2347]214.
Pharaoh, punishment of, [2348]358.
Pharisee, spoiled good works by pride, [2349]378.
Pharisees, made men sons of hell, [2350]362, [2351]366; in Moses' seat, and to be obeyed, [2352]366.
Philemon, Epistle to, written while St. Paul was in bonds, [2353]257; written upon close of St. Paul's preaching, [2354]257; probably with the Colossians at one time, [2355]ib.
Philippi, persecution at, [2356]329; named from its founder, a colony, [2357]181; the seller of purple converted there, [2358]ib.; keeper of the prison believed there, [2359]ib.; St. Paul and Silas scourged there, [2360]ib.; St. Paul's preaching had a remarkable commencement here, [2361]ib.; had shown great readiness for the Faith, [2362]182.
Philippians, of a city in Macedonia, [2363]182; sent Epaphroditus to St. Paul in prison, [2364]ib.; patterns of charity, [2365]ib.; partook of St. Paul's sufferings, [2366]200; their virtue made St. Paul illustrious, [2367]222; had attained to a life of love, concord, and peace, [2368]240; had at some time been negligent in well-doing, [2369]249; the first to think of giving to St. Paul, [2370]251; their gifts would turn to their salvation, [2371]252; they were poor men, handicraftsmen, [2372]ib.; Epistle to, written while St. Paul was in bonds, [2373]257; Timothy sent to, [2374]334.
Philosopher, true, not grieved by things of this life, [2375]193.
Philosophers, speak of future punishment, [2376]359; of changes of fortune, [2377]379.
Philosophy, heathen, not true wisdom, [2378]193-94; true, not to wish for revenge, [2379]338.
Physicians, trusted when they have foretold symptoms, [2380]335; defile their hands to cure, [2381]346; must displease the sick, [2382]366; useless, going to, unless for remedy, [2383]387.
Photinus, in what way heretical, [2384]206; how his heresy falls before St. Paul's text, [2385]ib.
Piety, belongs to man alone of creatures, [2386]218.
Pilot, Christ a, [2387]355.
Pity, [2388]201.
Places, loved on account of friends, [2389]321.
Plants, wonderful growth of, [2390]352-354.
Plane-tree, golden, made by an ancient king, [2391]291-92.
Pleasure, less in splendid feasts, than in poor ones, [2392]261; is not the life of Christians, [2393]289.
Plenty, inclines to evil, and requires great virtue in the use of it, [2394]250.
Poets, speak of future punishment, [2395]359; of great men's falls, [2396]379.
Pomegranates, of Sodom, full of ashes, [2397]357.
Poor, to feast them is to make God our debtor, [2398]260; called to Christ, [2399]292, [2400]294; it is no good to feed them and live voluptuously one's self, [2401]ib.; sometimes oppress the poorer, [2402]370; exemplary in thankfulness, [2403]373; sit at Church doors, [2404]ib.; are dogs of God's palace, [2405]374; communicate with the great, [2406]ib.; descendants of, may he great, [2407]374; pride cured by sight of, [2408]ib.; best guests to entertain, [2409]ib.; Christ comes in, [2410]ib.; contempt of, comes of pride, [2411]378; dishonor to, provokes God, [2412]395.
Potiphar, unreasonable, [2413]380.
Poverty, a happiness, [2414]191; false reasons for fearing it, [2415]193; good or bad, according to the disposition, [2416]ib.; is good or bad, according to a man's will, [2417]233; the procurer of heaven, [2418]ib.; distresses most men, [2419]349; furnace of, [2420]373; comforted in house of mourning, [2421]384.
Power of Christ, cause of men's working greater deeds than himself, [2422]205; persons in power ever changing like dust, [2423]290.
Practice, of the commands of Christ brings us His gifts, [2424]206.
Prætorium, palace of Nero so called, [2425]181; palace so called, [2426]189.
Praise, when rightly given and withheld, [2427]208; men should not live dependent on it, or do praiseworthy actions for its sake, [2428]248.
Prayer, assists the dead, [2429]197; a consolation at all times, [2430]246; should be joined with thanksgiving, [2431]ib.; not acknowledged without thanksgiving, [2432]247; frequent, makes persons listless, therefore they must join watching with it and thanksgiving, [2433]305; a Saint's prayer, [2434]ib.; remembering others in, [2435]324; of others useful, if we do our part, [2436]326; made for all men, [2437]ib.; expressed from love, [2438]341; due to pastors, [2439]372; houses of, [2440]373; of arrogant, not heard, [2441]ib.; of St. Paul for Thessalonians, [2442]390; he asks theirs, [2443]ib.; St. Chrysostom asks earnestly, and more on his own account, [2444]ib.; united, powerful, [2445]391; for people bold in St. Chrysostom, [2446]ib.; yet he makes it in private as well as in public, [2447]ib.; seals precepts, [2448]395; for peace, [2449]ib.; in salutation, [2450]ib.
Prayer of the Faithful, Lord's Prayer so called, [2451]306.
Preachers, of strife taught as St. Paul did, against their will, as instruments of the devil, [2452]190.
Presbyters, sometimes called Bishops, [2453]184; could not lay hands on a Bishop, [2454]ib.
Pride, to be corrected by thanking God for our wisdom, [2455]204; makes men even unlike the devil, [2456]205; haughtiness not courage, [2457]ib.; cause of Satan's fall, [2458]216; is worse than folly, [2459]217; the evils that come from it in a man's temper, [2460]ib.; natural good qualities and blessings should not make men proud, [2461]ib.; makes a man lower than irrational creatures, [2462]218; shown in thinking fine houses superfluities, etc., a gain, [2463]232; attendant on the feasts of the heathen, [2464]262; cure of, in seeing the poor, [2465]374; exclaimed against, [2466]ib.; comes of not knowing God, [2467]378; beginning of sin, [2468]ib.; of Pharisee, spoiled good works, [2469]ib.; a constant misery, [2470]379; a sign of wanting reason, [2471]ib.; of rich at Church, [2472]387.
Priest, should be obeyed with good-will, [2473]366; hated for reproving, [2474]ib.; authority of, sanctioned by Christ, [2475]ib.; gives up the world for his office, [2476]ib.; imparts the Holy Mysteries, [2477]367; communicates first but equally with people, [2478]392.
Priests, grudging to support them upbraided, [2479]226-27.
Prize, the, the Christian runs for in heaven, [2480]239; it is far more precious than gold or jewels, [2481]ib.; those who could gain it must follow example of runners in a race, [2482]ib.; Christ gives it in heaven, [2483]ib.
Proclamation, the, is made further known when St. Paul is bound, [2484]306-07.
Prodigal Son, an example to those that sin after Baptism, [2485]238.
Prophecies, about Christ and Antichrist, [2486]389.
Prophesyings, true and false, [2487]371.
Prophets, slain by Jews, [2488]333; speak as from God, [2489]355; speak irresponsibly at the time, [2490]371; less listened to than king's messengers, [2491]387.
Proselytes, not circumcised on the eighth day, nor of the stock of Israel, [2492]231.
Providence, signs of, [2493]283.
Proving all things, what, [2494]371.
Prudentius, on St. Lawrence, [2495]336 (note 2) .
Psalms, singing a less irksome way of gaining instruction than reading, [2496]301; the warnings they contain for the practice of virtue, [2497]302.
Pulpit, not opened to all, [2498]371.
Punishment, example of, necessary to lead bad-principled to virtue, [2499]220; all sin incurs, [2500]344; comes of evil will, [2501]347; temporal, for those who knew not eternal, [2502]358; instances of, [2503]358-59; from God not to be questioned, [2504]358; present unequal, [2505]359; for not obeying the Gospel, [2506]382, [2507]384; of others not to be rejoiced in, [2508]382; the heavier for delay, [2509]384; future, proved eternal, [2510]ib.; of disorderly by withdrawing from them, [2511]394, [2512]396.
Purity, blessedness of, [2513]342; enjoined on Timothy, [2514]344.
Reader, at Church speaks God's words, [2515]387.
Reason, cannot comprehend mysteries, [2516]236, [2517]282; pride shows want of, [2518]379; overwhelmed by ill discourses, [2519]383.
Reasoning, not used to the docile, [2520]352; on some things unwise, [2521]354; like swimming without boat or pilot, [2522]ib.; good not to indulge in, [2523]380; conclusive, from God's justice, [2524]382.
Rebecca, an example for a bride, [2525]317.
Reconciliation, the way of, through Christ, [2526]272.
Red Sea, burial to Egyptians, generation to Israelites, [2527]290.
Rejoicing in Christ arises from mourning for sins, [2528]246.
Relations, domestic, intent of, [2529]369.
Remembrance, good, what, [2530]340.
Remission, of sins, given in baptism, [2531]238.
Repetition, needful, [2532]386; in Holy Scriptures complained of, [2533]388.
Report, of actions, greatest near the spot, [2534]328; credible from those who might envy, [2535]ib.
Reprieve, [2536]356.
Reproof, preparation for, [2537]380, [2538]393.
Restitution, should exceed wrongful gains, [2539]369.
Resurrection, the, a motive to good living, [2540]212; no tidings of, in Job's time, [2541]222; that of Christ, known only by faith, not reason, [2542]236; one which leads to honor, one to punishment, [2543]236; the glorious one to be attained by going through the like sufferings with Christ, [2544]237; doctrine of, believed by only a few of those who live in sin, [2545]269; men rewarded in it according to desert, [2546]ib.; prefigured in Enoch, Elias, Jonah, Noah, fiery furnace, generation of plants, and of man, [2547]283; of Christ an encouragement, [2548]328, [2549]363; future, a comfort in troubles, [2550]349; belief in, stays sorrow for deaths, [2551]ib.; sorrow in spite of believing, [2552]352; first Resurrection [2553]ib.; objections to, [2554]353-54; of garments supposed by some, [2555]353; in a moment, [2556]356; comes unawares, [2557]ib.; some said already past, and why, [2558]377; lively picture of, [2559]382; time of, not known, [2560]386.
Retribution, to come, [2561]357-360; future, just, [2562]381; exceeds actions, both good and evil, [2563]382.
Revenge, best found in taking none, [2564]367.
Reward, according to proportion of righteousness, [2565]381; more desired than revenge, [2566]382.
Rich, not refused by Christ, [2567]374; but warned of their danger, [2568]ib.; man, despised Lazarus, [2569]ib.; asked his help in vain afterwards, [2570]ib.; men, advised to entertain the poor, [2571]ib.; fall anyhow in war, [2572]374; goods of, often confiscated, [2573]ib.; man would have escaped hell had he feared it, [2574]ib.; make a show in church, [2575]387; think they do a favor in coming to church, [2576]ib.
Riches, cause of unnumbered evils, [2577]183; bring trouble, [2578]191; make unable to receive pleasure, [2579]192; their value shown in instance of Dives and Lazarus, [2580]ib.; how to be rich indeed, [2581]193; should be joined with great mercy, [2582]201; no cause for being proud, [2583]217; may deprive men of future consolation, [2584]228; the conditions of, are loss accompanied with inexpressible trouble, and without gain, [2585]231-32; men must soon leave them, [2586]232; their ill effects, [2587]ib.; are a good, if used as a means to gain heaven, [2588]ib.; love of, shows unreadiness for trial, [2589]335; love of, increased by gazing, [2590]338; of ancients, in things necessary, [2591]ib.; a disgraceful memorial, [2592]369; ill-gotten, to be restored with addition, [2593]ib.; desire of, comes of pride, [2594]378; vanity of, proved by death, [2595]384; of God are the faithful, [2596]385; must be despised if we are to despise self, [2597]393.
Righteousness, not according to Christ is a simply moral life, [2598]189; the kind which comes from man's own diligence is not to be compared with that which is God's gift through faith, [2599]235; reward according to, [2600]381.
River of fire, [2601]365.
Robber, watchfulness defeats, [2602]362; armor needed against, [2603]363; covetous man a, [2604]369; first puts out lamp, [2605]371.
Robbers, crucified with our Lord, both of them impious at one time, [2606]215.
Robbery, a work of darkness, [2607]362; hard dealing more cruel than, [2608]369.
Roman, laws. See [2609]Laws. Empire, what withheld Antichrist, [2610]388; fall of, predicted, [2611]ib.; but covertly, [2612]ib.
Rudiments, same as elements, the sun and moon, [2613]284.
Rule, a, is destroyed by addition or subtraction, [2614]240.
Ruler, incurs enmities, [2615]366; obedience due to, [2616]ib.; should be gentle, [2617]367; interest of, is the people's, [2618]391; should excel in virtue rather than in honor, [2619]397.
Rulers, fall of, frequent, [2620]379; men seek favor of, [2621]380; none Christian at first, [2622]381; why now to be prayed for, [2623]391; most assailed by Satan, [2624]ib.
Runners, in a race an example for Christians in their course to heaven, [2625]239.
Sabbath, was broken for the sake of circumcision, [2626]230; breaking of, punished, [2627]359.
Sabellius, the Libyan, [2628]206; what his heresy was, [2629]ib.; how his heresy falls before St. Paul's text, [2630]207.
Sacraments, keys of heaven, [2631]367.
Sacrifice, the, [2632]273.
Saints, they that wait on them sharers of their crown, [2633]185; to wait on them makes up for inability to fast, [2634]ib.; how they live not this present life, [2635]195; to be received with honor, [2636]225; service to them no favor, but a debt, [2637]226; it is a free service, and brings a reward on the giver, [2638]227; united by afflictions, [2639]253; pray with thanksgiving for every person and thing, [2640]305; those that attend on them share their troubles, [2641]312; and sharers of their sufferings share their crowns, [2642]ib.; the way to share with them, [2643]ib.; prayers of, useful, [2644]326, [2645]393; not to the careless, [2646]ib.; to be sought, [2647]327; spread a perfume of virtue, [2648]ib.; all things not revealed to, [2649]339; remembrance of, warms us, [2650]343; God glorified in, [2651]385; shall come with Christ, [2652]386.