Salvation, hope of, a helmet, [2653]363; ground for such hope, [2654]363, [2655]372; by sanctification and belief, [2656]390; of man, Christ's glory, [2657]ib.
Salutation, a proof of good-will, [2658]253; in St. Paul's own writing, [2659]377-78, [2660]395; prayer called a, [2661]395.
Samson, lost in marriage, not from marriage, but his own free will, [2662]241.
Samuel, prayed in vain for Saul, [2663]326; with effect for Israel, [2664]326, [2665]391; prophecy restored in, [2666]327; knew not whom to anoint of himself, [2667]339.
Sanctification, fornication opposed to, [2668]344; through the Spirit, [2669]390; faith needed after, [2670]ib.
Sapphira, sin and punishment of, [2671]359.
Satan, allowed to ravage upon unfruitful souls, [2672]210; likened to different wild creatures according to his disposition, [2673]ib.; great or small in power as men choose, [2674]ib.; cannot enter man's soul except God permit him, [2675]ib.; fell by pride, [2676]216; received his death-stroke from a dead body, [2677]286; did what he could to make Christ's death private, [2678]ib.; the deviser of charms, [2679]298-99; hinders human purposes, [2680]334; an enemy ever urgent, [2681]336; his robbing Job, [2682]337; his means of divination, [2683]ib.; robbers his servants, [2684]ib.; his crafty assaults, [2685]ib.; attacks men through others' trials, [2686]339-40; suggester of questioning God's justice, [2687]358; ever lying in wait, [2688]364; foretold things future, [2689]371; but falsely, [2690]ib.; would cut off hope of Resurrection, [2691]377; suborned false teachers, [2692]ib.; fills children with false notions, [2693]378; Antichrist like him in pride, [2694]ib.; by which he fell, [2695]ib.; specially attacks rulers, [2696]391.
Saul, not saved by Samuel's prayer, [2697]326; sinned in sparing against commandment, [2698]359.
Schools, of learning, scholars teach in, [2699]397.
Scorners, miserable and unreasonable, [2700]365.
Scribes and Pharisees in Moses' seat, [2701]366; not to be imitated, [2702]ib.
Scripture, without reason not enough to persuade the contentious, [2703]212; shows admiration for jewels out of regard for man's weakness, [2704]234; should be read not lightly, but with earnestness, [2705]301; makes suffering less burdensome, [2706]ib.; better than men-teachers, [2707]300; not to know it the cause of all defects in practice, [2708]301; hearkening to, keeps up good thoughts, [2709]382; chief things plain in, [2710]388; read in known language to the people, [2711]ib.; people challenged to give account of, [2712]ib.
Seed, analogy of, [2713]352-53; sown on a rock, [2714]367; spiritual, needs culture, [2715]386; devil carries away, if neglected, [2716]ib.
Self-command, makes man superior to irrational creatures, [2717]218.
Self-denial, now a means of escaping future punishment, [2718]245.
Self-indulgent, deny the cross, and are worthy of tears, [2719]242; their belly their god, [2720]ib.
Seller of purple converted at Philippi, [2721]181.
Senses, all originate in the head, [2722]397.
Sentences, what indisputable, [2723]382.
Servant, of Jesus Christ, a high rank, [2724]184.
Servants, duty of, to their masters, [2725]304-05; should serve heathen masters with the same care they would Christian, [2726]305; to be spoken to concerning hell, [2727]384.
Service, lessons in, [2728]387; silence called for in, [2729]ib.
Severity, not needed where there is no guilt, [2730]220.
Shame, is not in being bound for, but in betraying Christ, [2731]195; implanted in our nature by God, more powerful than fear to bring us to virtue, [2732]201; sense of, motive to improvement, [2733]224.
Shem, loved his father, [2734]342.
Shimei, examples of audacity, [2735]205.
Ship, lightened in dangers, [2736]338; Scriptures, a, [2737]355; wind to, as discourse to soul, [2738]383.
Sickness, recovery from, a mercy, and how, [2739]225.
Silas, scourged at Philippi, [2740]181.
Silvanus, St., named before Timothy, [2741]323; implied in plural, [2742]341.
Sin, more object of dread, if we lament for it in others, [2743]196; many things lead to our avoiding it, [2744]201; why called "upon earth," [2745]294; those who walk in, are not in God, [2746]324; frustrates prayer for us, [2747]326; all, defiles, [2748]342; to shun, no praise, [2749]344; punished temporally to teach men, [2750]358; instances of, punished, [2751]358-59; different characters of, [2752]359; leads to certain death, [2753]367; pride the beginning of, [2754]378; to be cut off by talking of hell, [2755]384.
Sinners, dying in sin without hope, [2756]196; must be pained here that they may escape the river of fire, [2757]212; know they sin by their conscience, [2758]269; think one that rebukes them austere only, [2759]320.
Sinai, angels at Mount, [2760]355.
Slave, female, about to be sold with her husband, [2761]372; may teach a master virtue, [2762]397.
Slaves, scourged, [2763]372; adjure their masters, [2764]ib.
Sleep, comes over the virtuous without fear, [2765]248; spiritual, danger of, [2766]326, [2767]363, [2768]393; in Jesus not death, [2769]352; our helplessness in, humbling, [2770]379.
Sloth, to avoid it we must do the labors within our measure, [2771]191.
Sodom, sin of, surpassed, [2772]357; fruits of, full of ashes, [2773]ib.
Soil, spiritual, not inanimate, [2774]386.
Soldier, rewarded for wounds, [2775]335; always keeps to exercise and arms, [2776]ib.; an example to Christians, [2777]336; in heaven a child may be made, [2778]351.
Son, why it is said of man, but never of Angel, [2779]270; The, the image of God, [2780]270; not a creature because called Firstborn, [2781]ib.; "before all things," [2782]ib.; first in the Church, [2783]ib.; types of His eternal generation, [2784]283; same words applied to as to the Father, [2785]324; given for us, [2786]363; generation of, above reasoning, [2787]354; of God, he who knows, is not proud, [2788]378; named before the Father, [2789]390.
Sophronius, [2790]206; in what way heretical, [2791]207; how his heresy falls before St. Paul's text, [2792]ib.
Sorrow, not to be without hope, [2793]389; excuses for, [2794]ib.; comfort in, [2795]350; often caused by ignorance, [2796]352; for sinners, [2797]ib.
Soul, Christian, noble in life or death, [2798]194; brought into tune by hard sayings, [2799]212; the truly wise is disturbed by nothing, [2800]241; the diseased is ever changing, [2801]242; is delighted with sweet savors, [2802]252; that of servants, free in its service, [2803]305; to give, hard, [2804]330; defiled by all sin, [2805]342; chief object in education, [2806]346; notion of its transmigration, [2807]353; thought to be consumed by fire, [2808]ib.; a vicious, dead and dry, [2809]363; fear of hell should be seated on, [2810]383-84; shaken, can make no effort, [2811]390.
Speech, heavy, good to correct the soul, [2812]212; rules for, in dealing with people of different estates, [2813]311; rules for it in a teacher, [2814]ib.
Spirit, the Holy, comes through mercy, [2815]201; man nothing but by Him, [2816]258; gives joy in suffering, [2817]325; lamp of, not to be quenched, [2818]370; flame of, what strengthens, [2819]371; gifts of, Satan would abuse, [2820]ib.; fire of, cures thorny land, [2821]387; clergy fathers in, [2822]392; unclean, false prophets spoke by, [2823]386.
Spirits, wicked, [2824]371; discernment of, [2825]ib.
Steadfastness, cannot be shaken by deceit or trial, [2826]281.
Stores, of bread, wine, and oil, [2827]338.
Strangers, all Abraham had at their service, [2828]369.
Strength, should not make men proud, [2829]217; to be employed in God's service, [2830]233.
Subscription, to letters in sender's own writing, [2831]378; of St. Paul, a token, [2832]395.
Suffering, for Christ, joyous, [2833]325; rejoicing in, enables one to render good for evil, [2834]367; for Christ is glory, [2835]385.
Sufferings, for Christ, are of grace, [2836]200; their dignity, [2837]236; make men comformable to Christ's death, [2838]ib.; are lightened by thinking of harder ones, [2839]299; and by thanksgiving, [2840]300; knowledge of Scripture lightens them, [2841]ib.
Sun of Righteousness, melts away all hardness, [2842]343.
Superior, a, draws his disciple towards him, by showing concern for him, [2843]225.
Surfeit, worse than hunger, [2844]261.
Tabitha, raised by prayer, [2845]326.
Table, holy, poor admitted to, with the rich, [2846]374; equally with the emperor, [2847]ib.; an example for our entertainments, [2848]ib.
Tables, description of two sorts, [2849]260.
Teacher, spiritual, surpasses a natural father in kindness, [2850]203; leads on his disciple by deeds, not words only, [2851]240; must use discretion in teaching hard things, [2852]311; should be ready for hardship, [2853]332; claims of, to support, [2854]332, [2855]394; troubles of, try disciples, [2856]335; good, cares for his disciples, [2857]340; obliged to incur enmities, [2858]366; obedience to, enjoined, [2859]ib.; not every one made, [2860]ib.; patience good in, [2861]367; head of a family should be at home, [2862]397; so relieving the teacher of the Church, [2863]ib.
Teaching, affects us with compunction, [2864]397-98.
Tears, excessive, spring from passion, not true affection, [2865]197; St. Paul's better than the fountain in Paradise, [2866]316; such tears Christ pronounces blessed, [2867]ib.; those for others' sins are better than the sight of Christ, [2868]ib.; should be used when we entreat a sinning brother, [2869]317; overcame St. Paul, [2870]342.
Temple, of God, in which Antichrist shall sit, [2871]378.
Temptation, uses of term, [2872]335 (note 2) ; may be where no wavering, [2873]340; endangers grace, [2874]370; God glorified in, [2875]385; may turn from love of God, [2876]393.
Thankfulness, right under all events, [2877]223; for good of others, [2878]380; present things cause for, [2879]390.
Thanksgiving, a duty in grievous as well as pleasant things, [2880]247; may be given even in anguish, [2881]265; the good effects of it in evil, [2882]298; lightens suffering, [2883]300; for every person and thing should be joined with prayer, [2884]305; in all things, true philosophy, [2885]367; of many, when prayer of many is answered, [2886]391.
Theaters, tempt to uncleanness, [2887]347; talking of, useless and dangerous, [2888]382.
Thessalonians, new converts, [2889]323; praise of, implied in thanksgiving, [2890]324; their sufferings, [2891]ib.; and joy in them, [2892]328; called elect, [2893]325; an example, [2894]325, [2895]327praised everywhere, [2896]328; were poor, [2897]332; proved sincere by trials, [2898]396; joined with others in St. Paul's crown, [2899]334; honored by his sending Timothy, [2900]ib.; praised for love of brethren, [2901]348; had lost their goods, [2902]349; many of the, prophesied, [2903]371; occasion of the second Epistle to, [2904]377; perplexed about the last times, [2905]378; heard of in distant places, [2906]381; St. Paul gloried in, [2907]ib.; check to proud thoughts in, [2908]385; so commended as to learn trust in God, [2909]393; admonished about idleness, [2910]394.
Thorns, riches are, [2911]386; feed sulky camels, [2912]387.
Thought. See [2913]Reason.
Threats of God will be performed, [2914]357.
Time, spent with unbelievers, made useful to their salvation, [2915]310; examples given, [2916]311.
Times, accused by St. Chrysostom, [2917]201; loved because of friends, [2918]321; question about deferred, [2919]377.
Timothy, St., with St. Paul, when he wrote Epistle to Philippians, [2920]181; shown to be a Bishop, [2921]184; sent to the Philippians, [2922]223; the only one like-minded with St. Paul, [2923]224; Epistle to, written later than that to the Philippians, [2924]238; Epistle to, written while St. Paul was in bonds, [2925]257; probably later than that to Colossians, [2926]ib.; why named after Silvanus, [2927]323; why sent by St. Paul, [2928]334-35; hard to be spared, [2929]340; brought good news, [2930]ib.; bid keep himself pure, [2931]344.
Toil, to seek remission from, is to leave off seeking the things of Christ, [2932]224; toil distinguished from labor, [2933]340 (note 4) .
Tradesmen, hard on poorer tradesmen, [2934]370.
Tradition, by actions, [2935]344, [2936]394; of the Church, to be received, [2937]390.
Traffic, spiritual, carried on by giving to the good, [2938]251.
Tragedies, ancient, please because they are formed from true incidents, [2939]254.
Travail, time of, not exactly known, [2940]362.
Travelling, should not make men proud, [2941]217.
Trials, less grievous if foretold, [2942]335; he who cannot bear is feeble-minded, [2943]367; is "sown on a rock," [2944]ib.; thought of hell prepares for, [2945]383; God glorified in, [2946]385.
Tribulation for Christ is glory, [2947]385.
Tribulations according to Christ, bring joy, [2948]229.
Trumpet, at the Resurrection, [2949]356.
Truth, he that resists it wounds himself, [2950]191.
Tychicus, bearer of the Epistle to the Colossians, [2951]258; sent by St. Paul to the Colossians, [2952]309.
Tyrants, reduced to sit on ground, [2953]379.
Unanimity, the greatest safety for disciples against their enemies, [2954]182; comes of humility, [2955]ib.
Unbelief, prevalent at all times, [2956]267; it arises from a bad conscience, [2957]268; punishment increased by it, [2958]269.
Unbelievers, are with the condemned at death, [2959]197.
Uncleanness, expresses a class of sins, [2960]294; legal, opposite of holiness, [2961]342 (note 1) .
Understanding, how to use it in God's service, [2962]233; the, gets dizzy at things faith does not stagger at, [2963]282.
Unity, the work of the Holy Spirit, [2964]200; breakers of, rend Christ's members, [2965]273.
Universe, not made by chance, [2966]283.
Usurpers, fear to lay aside what they have usurped, [2967]213.
Vainglory, the evils that come of it, [2968]203; cause of men's thinking, dress, ornaments, and fine houses, a gain, [2969]232; leads men to use God's gifts for enjoyment merely, [2970]234; turns from love of God, [2971]393.
Valentinus, [2972]206.
Vice, practice of, increases it, [2973]220; at enmity with man's nature, [2974]247; purged out by thought of hell, [2975]359-60; a drunkenness, [2976]362; life of, a dream, [2977]363; a death, [2978]ib.; a darkness, [2979]ib.; seizes us when we think not, [2980]364.
Vienne, martyrdoms at, [2981]336 (note 2) .
Vineyard, God's, type not of Jerusalem only, but of the soul, [2982]209.
Virgins, may appear at a wedding to attend on the bride, [2983]318; should be modest at all times and states, [2984]ib.; parable of the ten, [2985]355, [2986]372, [2987]385.
Virtue, advancement in it the only thing to be sought, [2988]199; entirely a gift from God, [2989]200; many natural affections lead to it, [2990]201; belongs to man alone of all creatures and makes him superior to them, [2991]218; practice of, will make a man an angel, [2992]ib.; practice of, increases it, [2993]220; in the midst of affliction, shines like stars in the night, [2994]222; path of, easier to poor than rich, [2995]233; perfection of, attained by constant striving, [2996]239; shines forth under all circumstances, [2997]241; makes men at peace with God, [2998]247; is friendly to man's nature, [2999]248; required in knowing how to abound, as well as to be in want, [3000]250; planted everywhere in the later times by God's grace, [3001]279; called wisdom, [3002]300; rewarded by God, as if His gain, [3003]332; true, that in God's sight, [3004]342; two-fold, in shunning evil and doing good, [3005]344; promoted by uncertainty of life, [3006]361; consistent with a married life, [3007]396.