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Drunkards, we go to their houses the, is not touched, 504; cf 392; hired mourners if admitted to

Drunkards, we go to their houses the, is not touched, 504; cf 392; hired mourners if admitted to

EPISTEE TO THE HEBREWSIAINDEX JOR SUBIBRGTS:

Cross, our Master calls glory, 383; a year, many often, the solitaries yearly or after two years, 449; Lent the preparation for the Easter-Eucharist, 449; frequent receiving right if prepared, seldom receiving too frequent if unprepared, 20., peril of unworthy receiving, 449, 458; the Deacon's warning cry at, 449, 450; the beauty of ornament that fits to approach, 450; the beauty of Eunuchs who stand by the Majesty, 2d., may be a cause of disease, even as food when the system is disordered, 449; a Royal Table, sweet Ointment, 2. , forty days' preparation, one week's care after, zd., in, a person becomes the Body of Christ,

458; unworthy partaking of, 490.

Eunuchs, spiritual, to stand before King, 450.

Evil-speaking, earns praise to the receiver if he requite it not, more abundant disgrace to the giver, 368; terrible harm we do by, 464; rife, 473; vain prayer uttered by one while repeating gossip, 464; if Pharisees condemned though he spake truth, what we when we utter lies, 2d.

Eyes, what we see with, more readily 515; makes all things pure, 72d. ; mutual aid from, 465; accused by some as being without proof, -and defended by St. Paul, 2d. , why He chose, 493; fruit of, how great, 383; our, 494.

Crowning, time of, one; of conflict of knowledge concerning God, belongs to, 465, 466; of Abel, 466; of Enoch, 469; of them of old, 482; of Joseph, 2d.; manifoldly, 26., in retribution necessary, 467; holds nothing more to be relied on than God's words, 469.

Father, his desire to remit punishment, seen in God also, 467; as he lets approved children wait for the others, so God orders that the saints wait for us, 492; sends away from a son an evil companion, if the son persist after he is warned, 518.

Filth, like a host who gives a spleneach, manifold, 492.

Danger, to run needlessly into, tempting God, 484.

Daniel, why he did not refuse the oblation and sweet odors, 485 sgq¢.; he was humble, 485, 486.

Deacon's warning and searching cry at Holy Communion, 449, 450; after the whole sacrifice is completed, 450; meaning of, 2d.

Death, of Christ, smote the devil, 385; death's death, 2d., once only, 411, 447; our purification, 444; how death undone to us, 447; its terror, 385; untimely, St. Chrysostom prays and exhorts prelates and all to pray that no, may befall, 387; day of each person's, nearer than end of all things, 463; death's death, hope given of, in Enoch's translation, 467.

Desire, implanted, 374; but capable did entertainment, and sits down with his hands smeared with the veriest, such is the covetous host, 480.

Fire, no longer consumes but bears to heaven Christian sacrifices, 420; of spirit to burn up desire of wealth, 2d., the ardent desire for heaven, the Christian's, 522.

Flesh, taken of us, sits on high, and of most grievous abuse, 502; evil cast out by chastiserhent, 500; hides sight of God, 468.

See Lust.

Despair, we may not, 396; even after is worshiped by angels, archangels, cherubim, seraphim, 388.

Food, mischief of immoderate eaters, deepest wickedness, 426.

Devil, smitten in Christ's death, 385; retained than what we hear, 434; sometimes injured from a bad habit of body, 449; of the soul, how to make beautiful and keen of sight, 450; evil desires, passions, affairs of this life darken,

468.

Ezra, gathered the scattered Scrip501, 502; what can be digested nourishes, 502; repletion worse than famine, 2d.

Forerunner, implies them who follow, and brought to nought, 2d. ,; aims to make us speak against God, 459; overthrow of, hope given in Enoch's translation, 467; if he wound not, wounded, 468; wounded in his attack on Job, wounded in his attack on St. Paul, 76.; his dart concupiscence, 2d. ; glories at our evil state, 472.

Disobedience, peril of, 378.

Dives received (améAaBes received not as a gift, but in return) here the reward of his good deeds, 391.

Docetz alluded to, 385.

Doctrines which concern the soul must be contended for, 392; ¢f/ 419.

Forgiveness of others ingredient of repentance, 412.

Form of a slave, man; form of God, tures, 407.

God, 372.

Freewill, its proneness to ill, 425; its Faintheartedness, 463, 465; times produces unbelief, 416; springs from unbelief, 455; hinders a promise of its fruit, 418; makes one no ready hearer, 423; loss from at the last, 476; at last came on the Hebrews, 483; danger of, to soul in tribulation, 516.

Faith, the, 391, 398, 400, 409, 410, somereality, 2d., it is aided by God, 425, 520.

Friends, favor of, must be risked to obtain his salvation, 472; real, help one another's souls, 505.

Funerals, hymns and psalmody at, proclaim triumph, 386; unseemly grief at, 2d.; those who tear their hair and behave unseemly ought to be long while shut out of Church, 24.; the part of madmen, 2d. ; harmful, 2d. ; a scandal and makes Resurrection disbelieved, 385, 387; Psalms cxvi, xxiii, xxxil, sung at, 386; hired mourners if admitted to Christian funeral shall be punished, those who admit them treated as idolaters, 387; daily, hourly, 426.

Dress, a lady sometimes had a precious 419, 432, 462; handed down that we may not have to engage with every heresy, 407; known to Catechumens, 432; Christ gave, 493; imparts holiness, 504; the, and right life make of full age, 409; we are to endure so long as the, is not touched, 504; cf 392; who misteach, we must shun, 519; cf. on Galatians, p. 16.

Faith, to need absolute proof of God's garment inwoven with gold, 459; beautiful and costly belong to the stage, 496; by St. Paul set at nought in the very Church itself, 334.

See Lady, Lace, Silk.

Drunkards, we go to their houses though St. Paul forbids us, 481.

Drunkenness, sin of, 490.

Enoch not discouraged by what had Providence or care, want of, 396; insufficient without a right life, 398; necessary to salvation, 2d. ; cf. 455, 516; must be very sure, 455; in it we trust the Holy Ghost, 2é.,, contrary to reasoning, 516; the very essence of things of hope, 462, 463; comes of a sincere will, 522; needs a generous soul, 465; saves, 2d.,° its might, 487, 488; can do all, 487; is all, 516; a pure life, springs of, befallen Abel, 466; and knew that he had received a recompense, 467.

Envy, no one envies himself, 456; Hebrews obnoxious to, 466; we give way to, 490.

Eucharist, 468; the Sacrifice, 430; daily, 449; therein the purifying Blood entereth the soul, springing up like a fountain in our souls, 444; many partake once or twice Garden, untilled part of, 501.

Garments, precious, laid among perfume and spices to preserve them from moths, 459.

Gifts, some receive not because of impure life, some lest it should harm their souls, 379, 380; diversity of, 380; if householder knows to whom to entrust, God more, 76., how to comfort ourselves

PrISDEP aOmnE HEBREWS::INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

that we have not, 380, 381; must use thankfully the little ones we have, 380; the greatest, Charity, offered to all, 381.

Glory, from men we must account as too the Gospel, 512; our example | Grace, Throne of, now will then be in mercifulness, 513; if our friend, temporal things matter not, 516; alone knows what is good for us, 517God the Father, angry for dishonor throne of Doom, 400; Repentance after Baptism is of, 2d. of the Spirit, 468, 487, 500, 521, 522; compared to wind filling sails and wafting ship, 521; even of old time wrought through the unworthy, 476; prevents, our diligence follows, 24.; fills up our work, 520; poured on Moses in his babyhood, wrought in Pharaoh's daughter, 483; surpasses the Law in that it can bring to Heaven, 489. nothing, 493; obtained by sim_ plicity, 497.

Glutton, overreaching, 506.

God, His Peace surpasses mind, much done to His Son, 377; and the Son, each subsist, 370; God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, unity of, 371.

God the Son, from the Father, 370, more does He, 370; reverence and faith needed to hear or speak of, 370; when our human language fails, then we must praise

Him for His greatness, 2., of, we know somewhat yet understand not, 24., or conceive and cannot utter, 2d. not enclosed by space, 373; spoken of as though man, 391; wonderful in His works, in His love to man more wonderful, 381; through uncertainty would keep us watchful,

382; teaches patience, 418; His condescension in swearing, who ought to be believed without, 419; cf. 429; everywhere present, 432; by remembering we forget wickedness, 437; we must remember specially at night and at daybreak, z4.,, and so have Him our helper, 2d. , remembrance of Him uplifts us to endure and be brave, 484; and makes hard things easy, 20. ; several results of His remembering us, and we Him, 2é. ; com-. mands nothing impossible, 446; what philosophers knew of His Being, belonged to Faith, not to reason, 465, 466; Being of, Faith assures; truths of His Essence neither Faith nor reasoning may attain, 467; inflicted punishment of death, as He threatened, as a Parent showed mercy at once in translating Enoch undying, 20. ,; they who attribute all to chance are not pleasing to, 20., a Rewarder, 467, 468; how to be sought, 468; evil desires, passions, cares, obstruct sight, 2d. , how to lift ourselves toward, 23. ,; His manifold gifts at creation, 471; His Gift of His Son, 2d. ; the God and Friend of holy people,.475; will be ours if we will be. strangers to the world, 476; obedience makes us friends of, 26., gives not full rest here but some refreshment, 470; wished to seem a Debtor even in giving up His own Son, 478; a glory to, to be called God of the good; a shame to, to be called God of the wicked, 475, 476; gives earthly things if our hearts be not set on them, 479; with fear of Him bitter things not painful, 485; the friend of, besought God _ his Friend and the creatures yielded, 489; if we hold fast to, we shall stand against the foe and temptation, 494; the Lover of holy souls, 498; chastens as sons tenderly loved, 500; gave Law, gives

371; absolutely equal to the Father, 370, 377; has absolute Power, 371; equal Honor, 517; gift of Redemption enhanced by being through, 373; what means sitting, 1b., who disdained not to become Man, neither disdained He the lowly expressions 2d. ,; teaches us thereby lowliness, 20. , marked off from creatures, 376; sent, i.e. made flesh, 377; no minister, 26. assumed what is of us and united it to Himself, 382; suffered though God is incapable of suffering, 389; why called a sword, 398; passes through inner heart, to judge, 2d., severity of, 399; tender aid given by, 400; sympathy of, 389, 400; appointed Priest, 403; His obedience, 404; His learning it, 419; prayed yet raised Himself from the dead, 404; prayed for us, 2.,° emptied Himself and glorified Himself, 26., mediated by an oath, 419; and all the power of the Spirit dwell in His flesh, 440.

God the Son God, 372; who is worHair, see Temple.

Hand, withered that doth not alms, 480; filthy that grasps beyond its due, 20.

Heaven, 396, 397; not to be reached negligently, 398; we lose by seeking first things of time, 408; the glory beyond words, 413; through hope we now there, 419; offerings presented by Christians borne unconsumed to, 420; who wishes may be in, may be heaven, 444, 445; as St.

Paul and others did, 445; there calm, 24., there good things abide, 512, 513; the Patriarchs alive to, dead to the world, we alive to the world, dead to, 473, 474; Theater of, 496; Beauty of, how much more His Beauty, 498; the homes that are there the Poor build us, 513.

Hebrews, Epistle to, written to Jews (he thought) in Palestine and Jerusalem, 364; mode in, compared to that in Epistle to Romans, 403, 405, 424, 462; Galatians, 405,406,415; 1 Corinthians,

406, 511; 2 Corinthians, 514; Thessalonians, 515, others, 520; and his discourse at Athens, 405; had been Christians long time, 365, 405; babes, 406; had been better once, 405, 406, 483; their Faith and Patience, 483; St. Paul apologizes to them, 520; place of his prayer here at end, in other Epistles at beginning, 2d.

Hell, 396, 403, 421, 431, 456; 457, shiped, 375; who beholds all, 400; who stands not as High Priest but is on the Throne, 2d. , who in the Gospels swears by Himself, 418.

See also Christ God.

God the Holy Ghost, 420; argument against objectors to His Godhead, 366; God who reveals, 469; grace of, shows Its might as It will, 367; mighty, 468, 487, 521.

See Grace.

His inspiration of and care for preservation of Scriptures, 407; received in Baptism, 410; St. Paul's words words of, 413; might of in Body of the Word, 440; whose Body of (éx), 26., framed by, 444; His presence hallows men, 450; we trust to in matters of faith, 455; somewhat that St. Chrysostom said, the words of, 449; waters us, Christ having planted us, 457; we know not how to pray save by, 517.

Gold is but dirt, 480.

Gold-embroidered linen, 480; orna461, 469, 471, 476, 481, 490; terror of, 368, 369; none afraid of, 472; some believe not that there is, 507; we must often think of lest we suffer it, 369; almsgiving will quench, 2d., everlasting,

396, 450, 495; terrible beyond thought, 495, 509; due punishment for evil speaking, 464; we must hinder in friends what leads to, 505; there none may aid, 509.

Heretics, 404, 406, 428; the faith handed down to us our preservative against, 407.

See Arius, Manicheus, Marcellus, Marcion, Paul, Novatians, etc.

Highmindedness to no purpose, 373; told us, 24., if we must, to speak | danger of, 379, 380, 425, 426; St.

Peter's special danger of, as knowing that he loved Christ more ments, 496, 497; we must part with for others' need that we may enjoy His Beauty, 498.

Gossip, grievous sins of, 464; idle excuse that it was another that of our sins to God and our friends, 2d,

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