Manliness, the test of, 371. 265; except Titus unknown to Mouth, the, God's table, when filled
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421; best secures our salvation, 422.
Luke, by some thought « the brother attained without dying, 275; | Modesty, ill-timed does harm, 381; patience under loss of goods a kind of, 275; or under loss of children, 275; a name appropriate to our Lord's death, 29; nothing without love, 148.
Martyries, 403.
Maran atha, meaning of, 265 (note) taught by St. Paul's example, 399:
Monarchs, their festal days a time of whose praise, etc.," 363.
Lust, how admitted, how fed, 315; gifts, 337.
Money, the love of, a severe mistress, 315; its captives more than lust's, 315, 391; incompatible with righteousness, 371; makes freemen slaves, 371; none but pitiful persons possessed with, 389; compared with sexual desire, 389; no indulgence given to it by the Gospel, fiercer than avarice, 315; from ourselves and not the devil only, 315 ; gendered by idleness, 316; bywhabit, 316; its.cure;:
316; the fear of God best quenches it, 316, 345; to be quenched by thought of hell-fires, 316, 330; more imperious than love of money, 389; or anger, 389; hath overcome great persons, 389; not therefore excusable but to be watched against, 389; permitted in a sort in marriage, 389; implanted and why, 389.
Luxury, examples of, 124, 247; how why used in this place, 266.
Mary, the first who saw Christ, 229.
Marcellus, of Ancyra, his heresy, 237.
Manifestation, of the Spirit, what, 171, Martyrs, compared with Socrates, 19; their astonishing tortures, 19.
Matthew, his immediate cure, 62.
Matthias, 366.
Materialists, 25.
Men, praise or blame of not to be 389; is not implanted in us, 389 ; how overcomes more persons than lust, 389; the five foolish virgins fell by it, 390.
Monks, an order of (perhaps) marregarded, 303; when but beasts in human form, 308; here but sojourners, 359; all dependent on each other, 361; so by God's decree, 362; how legislators to themselves, 363; but women if easily deceived, 384.
Merchant, portraiture of a generous ried, 178.
Moors, the, 412.
Moses, with Jethro an example of huit unfits for heaven, 257, 258.
Lying, a sin of the poor, 346.
Macedonian Controversy, alluded to, mility, 4; also in joining his oppressed people, 5; was stoned by the Jews,27; more famous for love to others than for miracles, 146; his privileges less not only than the Apostles' but than Christians generally, 311; the glory of his countenance, 311; his glory, not the tables, 310; it isseen, partaken and surpassed by those who turn to God, 313; his love for his people, 352; listened to Jethro's counsel, 366; left the story written, why, 366; once fled from fear, 399; shone by suffering, 401.
Motives, approve acts, 393.
Mourners, hired at funerals, 72; others, 276; derive comfort from punishing themselves, 335.
Mourning, not to be excessive, 165 172.
Macedonians, the, compared with the Corinthians, 277, 386; their praises, 356; had suffered loss of goods for the Gospel, 356; their bountifulness had many degrees of excess, 357; was accompanied by other graces, 357; the assistance they gave to St.
Paul, 387.
Madness of the Mind, in grasping one, 58; for the contrary, see Commerce.
Mercy, of God no plea for our negligence, 136; a cause why men should fear, 49, 50; God's chief attribute, 273; seeketh out the worthy, 280; assimilates to God, 358; a greater thing than raising the dead, 358.
Merciful, the, in the highest sense a shadows, 416; inexcusable, 417.
Magic, the suspicion of it in miracles obviated, 30; magical verses quoted, 169.
Magus, 415.
Magnanimity, true and false, 5.
Man, first and second, why those exman, 358; a priest, 374; like to God, 374; his altar, Christ's body, 374; and greater than the Christian altar, 374.
Merit, of human works altogether pressions used, 255; men made to depend upon each other, 147, 57; how superior to women, 153.
Mankin, out of contentiousness take disclaimed, 3, 6; this disclaimer involved in the doctrine of Baptismal regeneration, 6.
Messengers of the Churches, the, who, and note; for others' sins, 84; for the dead, if excessive, against analogy, Providence, and Scripture examples, 253.
See Consolations, Bereavements.
Mouth, the, God's table, when filled 364; persons chosen such, above suspicion, 364; why several, 265; except Titus unknown to the Corinthians, 365.
Mind, not the body, cause of sin, 99, part with persons evil spoken of, 407.
Manliness, the test of, 371.
Manes, his system, 38.
Manichees, 255; dismember St.
Paul's writings, 378; refuted by them, 378.
Manna, the, 361.
Marcion, his notions, 318; dismemwith thanksgiving, 309; the porch of Christ's temple, 418; announceth God's oracles, 418; to be kept undefiled, 418.
Munificence, determined not by amount of gift, but mind of the giver, 357, 371; its reward in spiritual abundance, 360, 371, 372; yet hath both a temporal and a spiritual recompense, 371; maketh men approved, 374.
Mutilation of the body, punished even 181.
See Body.
Miners, their misery, 137.
Ministers, for the sake of the people, 55; not to grow weary of repeating plain truths, 33; their unworthiness does not hinder the effect of the Sacraments, 44; only stewards, and not to be puffed up by their stewardship, bered St. Paul's writings, 378 ; yet refuted by them, 378.
Marcionite way of perverting the phrase "baptized for the dead,"
244; their Dualism, 318 (note.) Marriage, heathen ceremonies at, condemned, 69; mixed, rules for, 106; reasons for continuance in, 107; second marriages, when unlawful, 111; with kindred forbidden, 110; in order to lead us to charity, 204; declined by some on worldly grounds, 323; not accused by Chrysostom, 324}; concessions in respect to, 420.
See Husbands and Wives.
Miracles, visible, why they ceased, by the heathen, 182.
Mysteries, why the Gospel so called, 31; may be wrought by bad men, 44; why inferior to prophecy and teaching, 186; not in operation in Chrysostom's time, 320; the first Christians wrought them, 414.
Misquotation of Scripture, danger of, 34; and the Sacraments, 34; exclude human explanations, 34,
35; how the preaching of them consists with reserve, 35 ; how believers and unbelievers look upon them, 35; the danger of making them too cheap, 35; unmeet for unbelievers, 318.
Naaman, 389.
Names of men, a token of unsound 206.
Mistaken way of defending the Gos- / pel, 14.
'\) Martyrdom, always a time for, 274; | Moabites, the, 394.
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ciples of his estate, why, 278; had anticipated death, 279; his rejoicing in a good conscience, 286; disclaimed fleshly wisdom, 286; shares the glory of his good works with his disciples, on coming to quotations from Scripture, 17; his later grace, a crown on his improvement of the former, 28; military cast of his character, 29; not eloquent, doctrine, 1 ; of Apostles, sectarian use of, 11; of Paul, Apollos and Cephas used by way of supposition for teachers not named, I1; of Christ, supersedes all human names, 12; why continually repeated, 7; used schismatically,
29; had a strong sense of fear, 30; prepares skilfully for topics to come, 51; puts case in his own and Peter's name, 55; why he declines the judgment of men, 59; his skilful mode of dealing with the Corinthians, 72; his tenderness toward them, 73, 74; portraiture of the Apostle in his imitation of Christ, 74,
75; his policy in sending Timothy, 78; like a lion to the Corinthians, 78; tempered meekness with severity, 79, (note;) cites the heathen as a reproach to Christians, 83; his good sense, 84; his energy, 84; exercising the power of the keys, 85; his reserve in declaring pardon to the fornicator, an imitation of Christ, 87; his voluntary poverty, 88; how he possessed all, 88 ; method of speaking incidentally on other subjects, 91, 163, 228; extraordinary and unexpected turns in his arguments, 96; mode of awakening sinners, I00, III; varies his discourse as the matter required, 105; his rule on mixed marriages, 106; his doctrine of liberty and slavery, 108; rules concerning virginity, 110; care of avoiding scandal, 116, 118; suffered poverty to avoid it,122; his modest assertion of his right to maintenance, 119; the Apostle of the world, 26; his wisdom, 287; refers his teaching to the test of the great day, 287; kept not his promise, why, 288; the servant of the Spirit, 288, 294; did not know all things beforehand, 289; nor always what was
12; names given to children should be those of the Saints, ¥; Naribade what part of the Church, 179, (note.) Nature, its corruption no excuse for expedient, 289; came not, to give time for repentance, 294; gentler in this Epistle, 294; desired not to be made sorry, for the disciples' sake, not his own, 295; his tender affection, 296; his wisdom, 296, 347, etc., etc.; mingled praise with blame, 296, 347, 356, 393; used the cautery with pain, 296; not ashamed to defend himself, 296; moderates the Corinthians' anger against the incestuous person, 297; leaves, yet does not leave, the Corinthians' power to forgive him or not, 298; his trouble at not finding Titus, 300; refers all sin, 10; another name for God, 151; tyranny of, 291.
Necessity, God allows men to make a virtue of, 56.
Nicodemus, 284.
Ninevites, the, why pardoned, 280; De eee Ses their repentance how shown, 299; benefitted by threat of ruin, 401.
Noah, left in the deluge as a spark to kindle a new race, 205; the days of, 281.
Nocturnal processions at marriages condemned, 69.
Nomad Scythians, 352.
"Not I but the Lord" refers to an express word of Christ, 106.
Numbers, where they avail with God, where not, 281.
Nurses, their superstitions foolery, 71.
«'O foolish one, that which thou sowto God, 301, etc., etc.; anticipates and meets an objection against himself, 305; hewed men's hearts to write on, 306; wore the King's image, and so his garments wrought, 314; a servant, 319; interprets himself when obscure, 322; had been lost if God punished always on sin, 324; makes an objection serve his own cause, 328, 288, est," meaning of, 249.
"O God, my God," force of the expression in the prophets, 6.
Obedience, the test of, in disciples, 297- .
Offending God, the only ill, 274; to 294, 351; glories for others' sakes, 331; to stop the false Apostles, 331; how, mad to God, 26 ; his blamelessness, 337 ; shown also in his use of spiritual gifts, 338; attracted grace by good works, 338; made what he was by love, 338; endured all with pleasure even, 339; possessed all things, 339; especially all spiritual things, 340; his care for the poor, 340; for unbelievers, 340; for the churches, be feared more than hell, 334.
Ointment, said to suffocate swine, 302.
Omission, in rhetoric, how made ef121, 126, 128; his moderation, and condescension to all, 128; why he circumcised others, 128; avoided display, 127; his conversion and argument against fatalism, 129; mode of dealing with sins, 133, 149; his fear for himself, a warning against presumption, 132; his method of convincing, 138, 139, 158; his care for the common good, I61, fective, 367.
One God, applied to the Father does not prevent the application of the phrase to the Son, 114.
Obscurity of Scripture, no reason for inattention, 221.
(Economy, practiced by Paul, 7, 8; of the divine persons, a doctrine necessary to explain many parts of Scripture, 237, 238.
Offence, see Scandal.
Old leaven, what, 87.
Olympius, the Sophist, 113.
Opposition to the truth, sometimes an 26; displays love before rebuking, 342; his love embraced the world, 342; shown ir all his Epistles, 343; testifies also in all to the disciples' love for him, 343; tempers his rebukes, 294, 343, etc.; his oratorical use of interrogations in quick succession, 344; his joy in his disciples, it overcame his tribulations,
348; cites Titus for witness, 348; endears Titus to the Corinthians, 348, 358; encourages some, 349; treats tenderly when he can do 146; excelled all the old Saints in love, 146; method of using common examples, 175, 176; mode of praise and censure, I50; appeals to high principles on ordinary topics, 150; his very presence a visitation, 159 ; more to be admired for his love than his miracles, 193; paid rent for his house in Rome, 212; how he overcame: vainglory, 213; his humility, 230; an example to us, 231; his delicacy in speaking of others, 264; his reasons for writing the 2nd Epistle, 271; his humility, 272, 273, 278, etc., etc.; after comfort lay not softly down, 273; had a spring of continual joy in encouragement, 261.
Orders, distinction of the ministry, typified in the old law, 126.
Outward Man, the, complete decay of, the greater gain, 326.
Party Spirit, springs from the people, 45Paul, beaten at Corinth, 1; his modesty, I; praises the Corinthians for what end, 7; his use of the name of Christ, 7; his prudence in not committing his informants, II; prefers St. Peter to himself, 11; why he did not commonly baptize, 12; bolder so without harm, 297, 350, 3525 fears for the whole church, 352; compels not but draws the disciples on, 359, 360; chose to suffer hunger among the Corinthians, 360; received from others often, God, 275; advertises the dis-
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yet not ashamed, 362; mentions | Titus only of the collectors by name, why, 364; condescends to avoid the appearance of evil, 364; a devil could not have suspected him of unfaithfulness as to the alms collected, 365; his mouth opened by the church's prayer, 365; feigns to side with the Corinthians, 367; urges from human motives also, 368, 372; prays the Corinthians may have prefers the disciples' salvation to his own glory, 417; more vehement toward the end of this epistle, 419.
Peace, given by the bishop, 219.
Penance, how to bt determined, 297; the salvation of the rich, 361, 362; more independent than the rich, 362; how to be received when they come to beg, 362; liable to envy, 373; are Christ's body and altar, 374; to be reverenced not repelled, 374.
Post mortem probation, denied by Chrysostom, 330 (note).
Potiphar's wife, her words those of a the mother of safety, 349; a bandage to be kept on till the wound be cured, 349.
Perils, use of, 280.
Persecution, not needed for our trial, , f 76; for Christ's sake, a token of * God's favor, 72; causes triumph, 301.
Persians, incest among, 316; John's dead soul, 309.
Porphyry, a witness to the Scripture, 32; his remarks upon magical verses, 169, (note).
Portraiture of Paul, in his imitation enough, not abundance, 369; and that for good works, 369; this Epistle his eulogium, 375; corrects his own boasting, 375, 383; slow to vindicate the Gospel, much more himself, 376; his freedom from ambition, 376, 410; reasons why he delays to punish the disciples, 377; compared to a general, 377; the achievements of his tongue, 378, of Christ, 74, 75.
Praise, a smoke that reached God's murder known among, 410.
Persons, the, of the Trinity, not conthrone, 374.
Praise of others, to be added to, not founded by Chrysostom, 419.
Peter, confounded with Paul, 29, 56; the Coryphaeus, 120; why allowed to see Christ first after the resurrection, 230; his very shadow mighty, 314; had been lost if God punished in sin, 324; his sorrow, 351; loosed by the church's prayer, 365; ordained Matthias, 366.
Pharisee, the, suffered shipwreck in envied, 408.
Prayer, in an unknown tongue inexpedient, 211; for others efficacious, 280; of a multitude effica398; dismembered, routs the heretics, 378; not parti-colored in his teaching, 378; perversion of his doctrine no proof against cious, 281; for the Catechumens, 281,(note ;) comment on do., 281, 285, inattention at, 285; persevered in worketh forgiveness, 300; worldly thoughts to be shut out in, 303; viz. by bearing in mind with whom we are conversing, etc., 303; answers to sacrihim, 378; the use of his writings recommended, 378; instantaneousness of his conversion proved him free from vainglory, 381; harbor, 394.
Philetus, 400.
Philip's daughters, prophetesses, 152, 186; a fulfilment of Joel's prophecy, 152.
Philosophers, let their hair and beard remembered sins before baptism, 381, 383; in boasting studied the disciples' benefit, 383, 386; espoused for Christ, 383; in him all open, 386; speaks not of having supported himself, why, 386; receiving or not receiving, both in him from love, 387; shrinks back often when beginning to boast, 392; sets his trials before his miracles, 396, 397; number, intensity and variety of his trials, 397; his cares for each, the fice, 304; distractions in, 304; against enemies to be rejected, 304; for enemies obtains forgiveness, 304, 305.
Prayers of the Catechumens, 284, 285; of the faithful, 285.
Prayer for the dead, why used, 253; grow as a token of study, 149 (note.) Pilate, 324; his report to Tiberius, 402 (note.) Plants, variety of disposition in, 354; inconsistent with Purgatory, 253 (note ;) in all the ancient liturgies, 253; offered up at the time of the eucharist, 25 3.
Preaching, the, no uncertainty in, 289; nor in its promises, 289; its power, 301; not of man, nor needing aid from beneath, 376; external wisdom contributed nothing to, 385; rivalry in, 408; compared with baptism, 12.
Prepositions, implying agency, (é, da, etc.,) why used in speaking of God the Father, 8.
Pride, of knowledge, its danger, 13 iid like men, have their death, life, etc., 354; God's providence shown in respect to them, 354.
Plato, wrongly compared with Paul, 14; persecuted by Dionysius, 20, (note ;) comparative uselessness of his speculations, 19; unable to prevail against custom, 40; his testimony respecting soothsayers, 169.
Plenary effusion of the spirit in bap- ' chief thing in them, 397; did not rush on danger, 397; victorious over trials, 397; simply took the world captive, 397; his achievements more than David's, 397; bore in one body what others did in many, 397; ran briefly | over all, 398; himself the person caught up, 398; confessed to ignorance, 398; why Christ caught him up, 399; what his thorn, 400, (note;) wounds and heals at once, 406; many steps in his love, 407; suffered not his partners to receive, 408; counted it humbling to have to punish, 409; the characteristic of his wisdom, what, 410; makes the way to repentance easy, 410; threatens often without punishing, in this like God, 413; sometimes adds to the written sense of Scripture, 414; does not purpose punishing to show his power, 414; his words spiritual, 414; his long suffering not weakness, 415; able to punish the bodies of the disciples, 417; yet not able if they repented, 417; | tism, 34.
Pleasure, of virtue and vice compared, 130; of this world shortlived, 174; of beholding God in his works, 136; of covetousness a poor one, 137; of love, 192; of a right use of riches, 207; present pleasure of chastity more than uncleanness, 224; of gluttony only momentary, 242.
See Luxury, Virtue, Vice.
Poor, not to be despised, 116; to be of life, to be trodden under foot, 143; pride the mother of evils, 346; made the devil a devil, 346; a sin of the rich, 346.
Priests, to give thanks for others, their part, 281; where no difference between, and the people, 365,366.
Profit, our own how to be sought, 147, 197; our neighbors the canon of Christianity, 146; no high virtue without this, 146; how men made by Providence to seek it, 147, 197, 205; examples of those who sought their own, but found it not, 146; and of those who sought others' and found their own, 147; excuses for selfishness answered, 147, 148; even martyrdom nothing without it, 148. entertained, 117; where placed in the church to receive alms, 179, (note ;) intercessors for the rich, 179; tokens of this world's frailty, 179; indignities to them done against the church, 159; have most enjoyment of the sun, the air, etc., 340; reap the advantage of rich men's outlays,
340; have the advantage in spiritual things, 340; useful to