Samaritans, the, visited by Christ, but only in passing, [2023]107; origin and history of, [2024]ib.; only received the works of Moses, [2025]108; hated by the Jews, [2026]ib.; their call not intended by Christ, but deserved by their zeal, [2027]109; inferior to the Jews in purity of faith, [2028]115; received all from the Jews, [2029]116; why expected a Messiah, [2030]ib.; their reception of Christ, and candor in hearing Him, rewarded by the gift of faith, [2031]122; praised for believing without miracles, after teaching only, [2032]123, [2033]125; name of, a term of reproach against Christ, [2034]197.
Sanctification, of the Jews only negative, of Christians positive, [2035]48.
Satan, cast down by Christ's death, because not deserved by sin, [2036]250.
Scribes, the robbers of the fold, [2037]213.
Scripture, Holy, its elevating power, [2038]1, [2039]4, [2040]7, [2041]8; its taming power, [2042]10; its inspiration, [2043]2, [2044]4; safeguard of the soul, [2045]11; publicly read, [2046]38; mystery of, meant to excite our attention, [2047]51; the food and medicine of the languid soul, [2048]66; needs careful study, [2049]72; its preaching varied to include all, [2050]80; why imputes a will to things without life, [2051]91; significant in every word, [2052]95; copies of, to be studied, not shown, [2053]114; deters Devils from approaching, [2054]ib.; draw down the Spirit, [2055]ib.; general ignorance of, [2056]ib.; no part of, to be passed over, [2057]125; its universal use, [2058]128; its humility in expression, intended to excite attention, [2059]142; requires care to clear its obscurity, as gold in the mine, [2060]143; contradictions of, only apparent, [2061]ib.; what cautions to be observed in its interpretation, [2062]144; speaks to the majority, [2063]164; a charm for anger, [2064]175; has said nothing in vain, [2065]180; requires exact search, [2066]207; the only means to refute heresy, [2067]247; uses the same words in different senses of God and men, [2068]275; qualifications necessary for understanding it, [2069]301; neglect of, the cause of our little wisdom, [2070]316; and of our unfruitfulness, [2071]ib.; duty and benefits of searching it, [2072]333.
Sea, an inadequate type of Christ's fullness, [2073]47.
Seal, implies testimony to that which is sealed, [2074]159.
Self, to be conquered, [2075]19.
Self-deceit, danger of, [2076]75.
Self-judgment, the only way to escape God's, [2077]120-142.
Separation from the wicked, sometimes necessary, [2078]154, [2079]206.
Sermon, Christ's, after the Supper, was to comfort the Disciples, [2080]266; recalled, to their minds afterwards by the Spirit, [2081]265.
Servants, to be rebuked without clamor, [2082]92; how far different from sons, [2083]194.
Severity, use of, in rousing the dull, [2084]157.
Shame, is for the insulter, not the insulted, [2085]24.
Shepherd, distinguished from the robber, [2086]213, [2087]214; layeth down his life, [2088]215.
Sight, the most trustworthy sense, [2089]92; applied to Christ and God, means exact knowledge, [2090]104, [2091]137; said of God, signifies intellectual perception, [2092]269.
Signs, why refused to the Jews, [2093]81, [2094]84; of Jonas, why often used by Christ, [2095]82; asking for, a practice of tempters, [2096]84; not for the faithful, but heathens, [2097]ib.
Sin, its blindness, [2098]24; misery, [2099]ib.; madness, [2100]25; shamefulness, [2101]ib.; ways to put away, [2102]29; a fire, [2103]66; after Baptism, not unpardonable, [2104]96; of all will be revealed to all in the Judgment, [2105]121; buried in Baptism, [2106]ib.; more excusable when from natural passion, [2107]130; punished both in body and soul, [2108]131; how affected by blindness, [2109]213; its filthiness, [2110]189; to be put away only by Holy Baptism, [2111]190; the greatest bondage, [2112]ib.; only to be removed by God, [2113]194; freedom from, the only real liberty, [2114]ib.; worse in Christians than Heathens, [2115]250; cleansed in Baptism, and by alms, [2116]270; its offensiveness, [2117]ib.
Sin before birth, not possible, [2118]200.
Sinfulness, in what sense attributed to the blind man and his parents, [2119]200.
Sloth, its danger, [2120]29; is of willfulness, [2121]62.
Society, a remedy for human weakness, [2122]67.
Son of God, Christ and man differently so called, [2123]11; not greater than the Father, [2124]13; declared equal with the Father, [2125]14, [2126]52, [2127]53; not "younger" than the Father, [2128]17; of the same Essence [2129]18, [2130]53; Infinite, [2131]18; has attributes of Godhead ascribed to Him, [2132]18, [2133]24; personality of, [2134]28; begotten, [2135]ib.; left not heaven to be made man, [2136]36; alone of all hath seen God in His Essence, [2137]52; coeternal with the Father, [2138]53; addressed in the words, "Let us make man," [2139]116; independence of, [2140]189; to be glorified by works, not words only, [2141]ib.; His identity of Power and Essence with the Father, [2142]224; only different in being a Son, [2143]ib.; seeing and believing on Him is seeing and believing on the Father, [2144]254; the True God equally with the Father, [2145]297; why called the Messenger, [2146]299; His agreement with the Father, [2147]299, [2148]300; His glory from the Eternal Generation, [2149]304, [2150]311; His agreement with the Father proved by His pre-existence, [2151]305.
Sonship, of Christians real, of Jews nominal, [2152]44; of Christ implied in the word "Sent," [2153]138; and in "hath given," [2154]139.
Sophists, their rhetorical displays, [2155]1; their inflated style condemned by Socrates, [2156]6.
Sorrow, its use in calming the passions, [2157]219; immoderate, brings death, [2158]286.
Soul, weakened by earthly passions, [2159]8, [2160]31; being one cannot contain many desires at once, [2161]8, [2162]31; when unmoved by externals, [2163]11; its own mistress, [2164]42; healed by Christ, [2165]ib.; culture of, more difficult than of the earth, [2166]62; how may recover its appetite of spiritual food, [2167]66; its diseases produced by luxury, [2168]79; is invisible, yet most exposed to attack, [2169]ib.; real though invisible, [2170]88, [2171]91; how inferior to spirit, [2172]88; chastised through the body, [2173]131; but secured by the fear of God, [2174]193; darkened by grief, [2175]230; how best adorned, [2176]256.
Sowing, the, was done by the Prophets, [2177]120; harder than the reaping, [2178]ib.
Spectacle of the spiritual combat to be seen in Holy Scripture, [2179]114; of heathen theaters to be avoided, [2180]ib.
Spirit, the Holy [see Holy Ghost].
Spiritual life, its pleasures, [2181]295.
Spiritual sight is within the mind, [2182]170.
Spiritual things, superior to worldly, [2183]8; should occupy part of our time, [2184]10; objects of faith, not reason, [2185]27, [2186]87; perfection of, immediate, [2187]90; real though invisible, [2188]91; the substance and end of things temporal, [2189]156; folly of losing them for things temporal, [2190]159.
Spoilers of the flock, either active or passive, [2191]217.
State, love of, makes men depend on their slaves, [2192]298.
Stoning, why avoided rather than prevented by Christ, [2193]199.
Success, its intoxicating effect upon the careless, [2194]316.
Suffering for Christ's sake rewarded, [2195]212; the clearest witness of Christ's truth, [2196]217; and of St. Paul's, [2197]ib.; an offense, but wrongly, to weak Christians, [2198]227; for Christ's sake enjoined, [2199]284.
Tabernacle of David, Christ's human nature, [2200]39.
Teachers should speak with certainty, [2201]7; and a little at a time, [2202]16; like builders, [2203]27.
Temporal blessings given us as we can bear them, [2204]15.
Testimony, facts the best, [2205]49.
"Testimony of two," how applicable to God, [2206]188; of man, when credible, [2207]189.
That, expresses the consequence, not the final cause, [2208]227.
Theaters, indecency of, [2209]3; to be avoided, [2210]4; corrupting tendency of, [2211]66; corrupt their inmates more than prisons, [2212]220.
Thomas, St., his fear before, exceeded by his courage after, the Crucifixion, [2213]228; condemned for vain curiosity, [2214]327; his doubt was from unbelief, [2215]ib.; after receiving the Gift, perfect in faith, [2216]ib.
Thieves, the, did not obscure the Glory of the Cross, [2217]317.
Threatenings of God, their use, [2218]37.
Time disregarded in prophecies, [2219]46; waste of, in idle talkers condemned, [2220]66; "fullness of," in what sense said of the age of St. Paul, [2221]121; shortness of, urged, [2222]172; waste of, a sin and folly, [2223]211.
Title on the Cross, a shame to the Jews, [2224]317.
Titles of Christ (Shepherd, Door, &c.), their significance, [2225]214.
Tradition, to be kept, [2226]28.
Transmigration of souls asserted by the ancients, [2227]5; by Plato, [2228]7.
Trinity, the, the same expressions applied to each Person, [2229]23; proved by Isaiah's vision, [2230]252; Three Persons of, distinct, yet equal, [2231]289; Baptism, the common work of, [2232]ib.; Will of, one, [2233]ib.; Equality of the Three Persons, [2234]325; concurred in the call of the Apostles, [2235]326.
Truth, seen in Christ's fulfillment of the types, [2236]50; boldness of, [2237]99; rewards honest enquirers, [2238]122; its power with candid hearers, [2239]186; made illustrious by opposition, [2240]207; the kindness of speaking it in season, [2241]287.
Twelve, the, how detained by Christ, [2242]170; their affection for Him, [2243]171; they admit the Resurrection, [2244]ib.
Types of the Law, their relation to realities, [2245]48; how fulfilled in Christ's acts, [2246]50; became clearer and nobler as the Antitypes approached, [2247]126.
Unbelief, a transgression of God's Will, [2248]120; arises from unlawful curiosity, [2249]166.
Unbelievers, condemned already, because under sentence, [2250]97; punishment of, certain, [2251]ib.; to be judged by God's word, [2252]255.
Uncharitable, the, shamed by infidels, [2253]305; their manifold extravagancies, [2254]ib.
Union, of the Father and the Son, essential: of Christ and Christians, spiritual, [2255]275.
Universal, warnings most acceptable, [2256]106.
Universality, of Gospel offers, [2257]24, [2258]29, [2259]36.
Vainglory, tyranny of, [2260]14, [2261]30; meanness of, [2262]14; evil effects of, [2263]15; worse than fornication, [2264]98; ruined the Jews, [2265]ib.; the source of avarice and passion, [2266]ib.; of John's disciples, [2267]102; its evils, and examples of, [2268]ib.; hard to tame, [2269]ib.; hindered belief in the Jews, [2270]136; folly and danger of, [2271]103, [2272]136; hinders faith, [2273]254, [2274]255; leads to domestic show and expense, [2275]256.
Valentinus, [2276]30 (note); his heresy on the Resurrection, [2277]247.
Vinegar, offered to Christ in mockery, as to a criminal, [2278]319.
Virgin, the study of her history profitable, [2279]192; rebuked by Christ at Cana, cared for on the Cross, [2280]318; why entrusted to the beloved disciple, [2281]ib.
Virtue, has no merit without labor, [2282]127; the true wisdom, [2283]150; hated by the world as reflecting on itself, [2284]302.
Vision, the beatific, [2285]43; of the Divine Presence, not granted to all, [2286]61.
Voice, from Heaven, was to persuade the disciples, [2287]249.
"Was," twofold use of the word in Holy Scripture, [2288]12.
Watchfulness, need of, against Satan, [2289]79.
Water, at Cana, a type of worldly minds, [2290]78; a medium between air and earth, [2291]88; why used in Holy Baptism, [2292]89; virtue of, in Holy Baptism, [2293]90; "living," when from a spring, [2294]112; a type under the Law, [2295]126; useless without the Spirit, [2296]ib.
Waterpots, at Cana, why expressly mentioned by St. John, [2297]77.
Water and the blood, the life of the Church, [2298]319.
Wedding garment, a holy life, [2299]37.
Weeping of Christ proves His true humanity, [2300]233.
Wickedness, extreme folly of, [2301]150.
Widows, cared for by Christ, because unprotected, [2302]259.
Will, the, must be earnest, [2303]3; free to learn and believe or not, [2304]162; of Christ and the Father, one, [2305]ib.
Willful continuance in sin, the cause why men come not to the light, [2306]98.
Wind, a fit type of the Spirit, because lighter than solid bodies, [2307]91; real though invisible; [2308]ib.
Wine, at Cana, a type of strength of mind, [2309]78.
Wisdom, true, consists in despising present vanities, [2310]261.
Women, should keep at home, [2311]225; examples of their power for good or evil, [2312]ib.; best adorned by modesty, piety, and economy, [2313]226; the poor, reproved for indecency: the rich, for vanity, in mourning, [2314]230; sought new husbands by showing much grief for the old, [2315]231; exhorted to almsgiving instead of dress and ornament, [2316]256; to edify their husbands, [2317]ib.; boldness of, in standing by the Cross, [2318]318; in coming to the tomb before the Disciples, [2319]323.
Word, the, why mentioned first by St. John, [2320]7; twofold meaning of, [2321]ib.; eternal Sonship of, [2322]11; coeternal with the Father, [2323]17; how "with God," [2324]12; how in the world, [2325]17; the Creator of all, [2326]21; the true Life, [2327]ib.; and Light, [2328]22; why said to have been "made flesh," [2329]39; will judge unbelievers, [2330]254; cleanses the Church, [2331]303.
Word of God, means often commands or prophecies, [2332]16; to hear it, the first duty of all, [2333]65; toil of preaching, how lightened, [2334]76; spoken to all in general, but must be applied particularly by each, [2335]79; minute significance of, [2336]95.
Work, in Paradise, was without labor, [2337]125 (note).
Works, earnestness to be shown in, [2338]3; must be added to faith, [2339]19, [2340]27; necessary after Baptism, [2341]37; should correspond with our privileges, [2342]42; the only safety, [2343]43; set forth God's glory, [2344]46; of love the best confession, [2345]72; of others, will not assist us, [2346]75; to win forgiveness, [2347]142; of the Father, works of Christ, [2348]202; proper time for working, [2349]ib.; evidence of, required by the world, [2350]267; absolute need of, [2351]273.
World, what, [2352]30; ignorant of God, [2353]31; love of, cause of darkness, [2354]ib.; fleeting nature of, [2355]78; love of, an insult to Christ, [2356]111; approaching end of, conjectured from wars, earthquakes, &c., [2357]121; love of, universal, [2358]136; danger of living for, [2359]ib.; the danger of resting in its pleasures, [2360]157; to be given up for heaven, [2361]196; signifies the wicked, [2362]266, [2363]274; how "convinced" by the Spirit, [2364]287; conquered by despising it, [2365]293; in Holy Scripture signifies either the creation, or the wicked, [2366]245.
Worldly men, like children, admire vain shows the most, [2367]301; hate virtue as opposed to themselves, [2368]302.
Worship, doctrine of, first given to the Samaritan woman, [2369]115; of the Jews purer than of the Samaritans, [2370]ib.; yet only a type of the true, [2371]116; which is universal and spiritual, [2372]ib.
Zeal of John's two disciples in visiting Christ, [2373]64; of Christ for the Temple was to conciliate the Jews, [2374]81; necessity of, [2375]118; shown in the Samaritan woman, [2376]ib.