Nobleman, the, in John iv. different from the centurion in Matthew, [1678]123; an example of faith, [1679]124; but imperfect, [1680]ib.
Number, not admissible in the Deity, [1681]7.
Obedience, Christ's blessing on, [1682]261.
Obscurity, used to rivet attention, [1683]214.
Officers, the, of the Pharisees, an example of candor, and of its reward, [1684]186, [1685]187.
Offenses, danger of causing, [1686]206.
Oil, in the lamps, said of mercy, [1687]46 (note); of almsgiving, [1688]82.
Omnipotence, includes not the power of ceasing to be God, [1689]39.
Oracles of the heathen, not really prophetic, [1690]68.
Palestine, its scarcity of water, [1691]77.
Parable of the sower, [1692]9, [1693]43; laborers in the vineyard, [1694]33; the wedding garment, [1695]37; the sheepfold, [1696]213-215.
Paralytic of Bethesda, an example of patience under sickness, [1697]128; of meekness, [1698]ib.; his cure different from that in St. Matthew [ix. 2] in all its circumstances, [1699]ib.; his ready faith and courage, [1700]129; his disease was caused by sin, [1701]131; suffered longer than he sinned, [1702]131; Christ urged his sins to warn others, [1703]132; his cure was of grace, not merit, [1704]ib.; his grateful return and boldness, [1705]132; cure of, [1706]199, [1707]200.
Parents, obedience to, how limited, [1708]74; virtue of, aggravates the children's guilt, [1709]75.
Participation, Christ received not grace by, [1710]47.
Paschal Lamb, a type of Christ crucified, [1711]319.
Passion of Christ, the, foretold darkly, its benefits plainly, [1712]95; voluntary, [1713]199; a proof that His promise of life to man should be fulfilled, [1714]217; in what sense the cause of the Father's love towards Him, [1715]ib.; proves His Resurrection, how, [1716]218; His peculiar power shown therein, [1717]ib.; was voluntary, [1718]ib.; not commanded, but consented to by the Father, [1719]ib.; was to teach us to suffer patiently, [1720]315.
Passions, the, restraint of, not their absence, constitutes virtue, [1721]127; are some excuse for sin, [1722]14, [1723]130; make us voluntary slaves, [1724]215; only venial when natural, [1725]278.
Passover, the, when eaten by Christ, [1726]310.
Pastor, character of the true, [1727]44; not to change places, [1728]ib.
Patience, a duty of, [1729]20; a victory, [1730]ib.
Patriarchs knew Christ, [1731]30.
Paul of Samosata, forgot Christ's Eternity, [1732]16; madness of, [1733]29, [1734]59; account of, [1735]30 (note); his reading of John v. 27, [1736]ib.
Paul, St., an instance of God's longsuffering, [1737]36; humility of, [1738]35; spoke of the end by anticipation, [1739]121; an example of diligence without carefulness, [1740]158; overcame the world by his love of Christ, [1741]330.
Peace, Christ's, saves from all trouble, [1742]276.
Pearls, why the words of Scripture so called, [1743]3.
Penitent thief, his sudden change, [1744]3, [1745]42.
People, full of folly, [1746]14; weaker in the mass, [1747]15; most moved by fear of punishment, [1748]106; fickleness of, after miracles, [1749]156.
Perfection in virtue required, [1750]146.
Persecution, strengthens faith, [1751]279; foretold by Christ, [1752]284.
Perseverance, makes us worthy to receive, [1753]77; great example of, in the Paralytic of Bethesda, [1754]126; enjoined by Christ, [1755]282; its blessedness, [1756]284.
Person, God and Man, one in Christ, [1757]39; Christ's, described sometimes from His Humanity, sometimes from His Deity, [1758]94.
Personality of the Son, [1759]28.
Peter, St., first received the faith from Andrew, [1760]65; praised for his readiness to hear the Word, [1761]67; change of his name, [1762]68; his confession more perfect than Nathanael's, [1763]72; offended because ignorant of the Resurrection, [1764]82; his regard for John, [1765]117; in fear for himself, because called Satan, [1766]171; shadow of, raised a dead man, [1767]234; his reverence in refusing the washing, [1768]258; his vehement love in seeking it, [1769]ib.; his forbearance from asking at the Supper, [1770]263; recovers his boldness, [1771]267; taught self-distrust by his fall, [1772]268; contrasted with Thomas, [1773]269; his conduct before and after the gift of the Spirit, [1774]308; his love of Christ seen in his approaching the palace, his fear in staying without it, [1775]ib.; his stubbornness in the denial, [1776]309; his lethargy during Christ's examination, [1777]309, [1778]310; his denial related to teach self-distrust, [1779]310; his zeal at the sepulcher outstripped St. John's, [1780]321; his zeal at the lake, [1781]329; as the leader of the disciples, receives the charge of the flock, [1782]331; why thrice questioned, [1783]ib.; his martyrdom foretold, [1784]332; appointed "teacher of the world," [1785]ib.; his loving question about John, evaded by Christ, [1786]ib.
Pharaoh, an instance of reprobation, [1787]199.
Pharisees, hardened by seeing Christ's miracles, [1788]186; reproved by the conduct of their own officers, [1789]ib.; by Nicodemus, [1790]187; insolence of their appeal to the Scripture, [1791]ib.; ignorant, because unwilling to learn, [1792]189; superficial followers of Christ, [1793]213; their foolish obstinacy, [1794]239; their folly in seeking His death, who raised the dead, [1795]ib.; their false pretenses, [1796]ib. [see Jews].
Philip, St., his thoughtfulness and ready obedience to Christ's call, [1797]69; his brotherly love, [1798]70; why questioned by Christ about the loaves, [1799]151; his trial compared to Abraham's, [1800]152; his imperfect faith the reason of his question, [1801]271.
Philosophers, follies of the ancient, [1802]5; their uncertainty, [1803]ib.; their doctrines exploded, [1804]6; their vainglory, [1805]ib.; more zealous against, than we for, Christ, [1806]62.
Philosophy, of Christianity profitable, [1807]232; of the heathen failed, because it trusted to reason only, [1808]234.
Piety, an art, [1809]211.
Pilate, not hasty or malicious in judgment, [1810]310; less wicked than the Jews, [1811]311; instructed by Christ, [1812]311, [1813]313; desire to rescue Christ, [1814]313; declares his innocence, [1815]314; his fears of Christ, [1816]ib.; made no exact enquiry as to the charge of treason to Cæsar, [1817]ib.; his guilt in giving way against his conscience: his act was "allowed," not enforced, "from above," [1818]ib.; his cowardice, [1819]315; his guilt in not enquiring, [1820]316.
Plato, his disciples' enquiries, [1821]5; his visit to Sicily, [1822]6; style, [1823]ib.; inconsistency, [1824]ib.; doctrine of the Deity, [1825]7.
Pleasure, of sense vain and fleeting, of labor real and lasting, [1826]127; danger of resting in, [1827]156.
Pleasures of vice and virtue compared, [1828]330.
Poor, wiser, healthier, happier, than the rich, [1829]79; better off than the uncharitable, [1830]96; generally elated by prosperity, [1831]109.
Possessions, how to be turned to account, [1832]215.
Poverty, only evil here, [1833]159; its benefits shown by examples, [1834]281; the best estate to prepare for Heaven, [1835]298.
Power, words of, sometimes used for the will only, [1836]252.
Praise, love of, kept certain rulers from the faith, [1837]254.
Prayer, a way to pardon, [1838]29; for the dead, [1839]43 (note); needed, to understand the Scriptures, [1840]72; impatience in, rebuked, [1841]126; ours, as Christ's, should be for things spiritual, [1842]157; not suited to God, [1843]196; not consistent with Godhead, [1844]239; for all mankind, [1845]290.
Preachers, to be attended to more than performers, [1846]1, [1847]3; must arouse the sluggish, [1848]40.
Preaching, its labor lightened by the hearer's attention, [1849]76; reward of, not lost by the hearer's fault, [1850]105; without holiness an offense to unbelievers, [1851]141.
Presumption, dangerous, [1852]27; caused Adam's fall, [1853]28.
Pride, ruined the Jews, [1854]33; evils of, [1855]34, [1856]54; remedies of, [1857]34; separates the brethren, [1858]54; why more inexcusable than other vices, [1859]57; of Christian's shamed by Christ's washing the disciples' feet, [1860]260.
Priesthood, its dignity and danger, [1861]326; to be honored, because in Moses' seat, [1862]ib.; their unworthiness, hinders not the effect of the Sacraments, [1863]ib.; God dispenses grace by their hands, [1864]ib.
Prisons, the sobering effect of visiting, [1865]220; contrasted with theaters, [1866]ib.; the inmates of, sometimes better than others, [1867]221; all men were confined in, but delivered by Christ, [1868]ib.; St. Paul preached in with effect, [1869]222.
Prophecies, sometimes made unconsciously, [1870]241.
Prophecy, why more persuasive than miracles, [1871]68; impossible to devils, [1872]ib.; addressed to particular persons by Christ, [1873]113; of the future confirmed by the fulfillment of the past, [1874]140; given by the mouths of evil men, [1875]241; caused by, not the cause of the event, [1876]252, [1877]301; fulfillment of, in the parting of the garments, [1878]317; in the piercing of The Side, [1879]319.
Prophets, the, quoted by the Evangelists, [1880]44; speak of future events as past, [1881]46; sowed for the Apostle's reaping, [1882]120; Christ's agreement with, concerning the Judgment, [1883]141; wrongly compared with Christ, [1884]198; in what sense "saw" God, [1885]271.
Providence, implied in Christ being the Life, [1886]23; not perfectly developed before the Judgment, [1887]162.
Psalms, titles of, to teach attention, [1888]51.
Public amusements supersede religious duties, [1889]210.
Punishment, a proof of God's love, [1890]35; of those who received not Christ, [1891]36; of the wicked for the sake of the good, [1892]37; everlasting, [1893]43; to be avoided by holiness only, [1894]ib.; the fear of, the most powerful motive with most men, [1895]106; endures longer than the sin, [1896]131; redoubled after relapse, [1897]ib.; if not sent now, will be the more heavy hereafter, [1898]ib.; brings men to virtue, more than reward, [1899]137; delayed, but certain, [1900]157-162; not inherited, [1901]200; objection removed, [1902]201.
Pythagoras, his disciples' enquiries, [1903]5; in Magna Græcia, [1904]6; how conversed with brutes, [1905]ib.; his doctrines unprofitable, [1906]ib.
"Reaping," was kept for the Apostles', [1907]120; easier than sowing, [1908]ib.
Reason, unassisted, cannot reach Divine truth, [1909]5, [1910]27, [1911]87; failed to discover the nature of the soul and heaven, [1912]234.
Reasoning, human, inapplicable to God, [1913]17; uncertain, [1914]ib.; in Divine mysteries dangerous, [1915]86, [1916]87; unable to penetrate things natural, [1917]88.
Regeneration in Baptism, [1918]37; a real sonship, [1919]48; superior to natural birth, [1920]88; to be taken on trust as a mystery, not understood of angels, [1921]ib.; inferior to Christ's eternal birth, [1922]91; types of, in the Old Testament, [1923]92; doctrine of, received by faith, [1924]93; the work of the Spirit, [1925]126; shown in the Water from The Side, [1926]319.
Relationship, to Christ, did not profit His enemies, [1927]75; to good men, no protection to the wicked, [1928]ib.; earthly, useless without the spiritual, [1929]89.
Repentance, its efficacy to procure pardon, [1930]50; to avert judgment, [1931]121; is the not doing the same again, [1932]ib.; great difficulty of, [1933]260; a source of hope, [1934]295.
Repetitions, vain, consist in praying for vain things, [1935]157.
Reproach, to be borne patiently, after the example of Christ, [1936]312; injures only the author, [1937]ib.
Reserve, in teaching doctrine, [1938]13, [1939]93; of John Baptist, [1940]105; and Paul, [1941]ib.
Resurrection, the, implied in Christ, "The Life," [1942]22; of Christ glorious, [1943]42; witnessed by few only, [1944]61; the great Evidence, [1945]82; why not plainly foretold, [1946]ib.; doctrine of, most affects the obstinate, [1947]139; a token of, in the cure of the Paralytic, [1948]140; the general, is common to the godly and ungodly, [1949]161; the special, for the good only, [1950]ib.; belief of, destroys, Fatalism, [1951]163; belief in, the Essence of Christianity, [1952]ib.; confessed by devils, [1953]ib.; necessary to God's justice, [1954]ib.; the special, with, the general, without, reward, [1955]168; of Christ, proved by his death, [1956]218; the doctrine of, concerned in the raising of Lazarus, [1957]232; truth of, proved by the Apostles' acts, [1958]234; shown in the growth of seed, [1959]246; moral argument for, [1960]ib.; denied by heretics on heathen principles, [1961]247; foretold in Jacob's prophecy, [1962]251; compared to birth, [1963]291; Christ's, alluded to in "a man born into the world," [1964]ib.; the beginning of knowledge, [1965]292; various proofs of, in the burial-place, embalming, position of the clothes, [1966]320, [1967]321; why first made known to Mary Magdalene, [1968]323.
Retirement, frequently recommended by the example of Christ, [1969]151; its spiritual blessings, [1970]225.
Return, what, to be made to Christ, [1971]40.
Reverence, promoted by merely hearing the Word, [1972]192.
Revenge, the best is to return good for evil, [1973]261; of what sort to be employed by Christians, [1974]185.
Reward of the true pastors, [1975]43.
Riches, transitory nature of, here, [1976]57; how to be made lasting, [1977]58; the thorn of the humble, [1978]86; vanity of, [1979]118; only good here, [1980]159; abuse of, a betraying of Christ, [1981]172; dangerous to the soul, [1982]244; love of, hinders faith, [1983]254; their end is to be used, not hoarded, nor abused, [1984]69, [1985]299; the earthly to be despised for the heavenly, [1986]301.
Robber, the, compared with the Shepherd, [1987]213; is he that useth not the Scriptures, [1988]ib.
Romans, the, danger from, a mere pretense of the Pharisees, [1989]239.
Rulers, the, some believed in Christ, [1990]205; in general, believed not, [1991]214.
Sabbath, the, Gospels appointed to be read on, [1992]38; breach of, how the keeping of the Law, [1993]179.
Sabellians, denied the Personality of the Son, [1994]28, [1995]138.
Sabellius, separated the Father and the Son, [1996]271; his life and doctrine, [1997]274 (note); doctrine of, refuted by Christ's indwelling in His disciples, [1998]303.
Sacraments of the Jews, types of ours, [1999]48; of the Lord's Body and Blood, unites us with Christ, [2000]166; its usefulness, [2001]167.
Sacrifice, mercy preferred to, [2002]46; sin of making, with the fruits of injustice, [2003]270.
Saints, their merits no help to the sinner, [2004]175; the glory of, will consist in reflecting that of the Son, [2005]304.
Salvation, signified by the names of "Christ's meat," the "field," the "harvest," [2006]119.
Samaria, the woman of, an example of a soul healed by Christ, [2007]42; encouraged by Christ's appearance to approach Him, [2008]45; converted by prophecy, [2009]68; her considerateness, [2010]109; more reverent than Nicodemus, [2011]110; more attentive to the Word than the Jews, [2012]ib.; her patience in listening, a reproach to Christian congregations, [2013]ib.; bolder than Nicodemus, in bringing others to Christ, [2014]112; her candor in judgment, [2015]112; her meekness in bearing reproof, [2016]113; her desire to learn, [2017]117; her zeal for her countrymen, [2018]118; her prudence, [2019]ib.; in faith superior to those Jews who would have Manna from Christ, [2020]161; doubted, but with humility, [2021]198; a sinner, but received by Christ, [2022]221.