Adultery, the woman taken in, not 65; of his zeal in his brother's easier, 20. , their inspiration im-
HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN,
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Abraham, supposed by the Samaridying and the dead, 322; raised Dorcas to life, 2d.
Altar, awfulness of the Christian, 167; first, because not confirmed by the Spirit, 82; taught high doctrines gradually,
106; traveled without provision, 108; moderation of, 109; their reverence for Christ, 117; zeal of, seen in the Samaritan woman, 118; their love for Christ in urging him to eat, 119; slowness to understand his meaning: but forbore to ask, 2b.; reaped where the Prophets had sown, 120; their task the easier, 20. , their inspiration immediate and complete, 135; their humble fare, 152; their distance from their Master in respect of grace, 26., their love for their Master shown on the sea, 155; witnessed some miracles alone, z6., disclaimed acting of themselves, 238; retired with Christ during the feasts, 242; spoke like Judas at Bethany, but with different intent, 2d., understood not the mystery of the ass's colt, 245; their mutual love, 266; struck dumb hearing of persecution, 286; yet started not back, and comforted by Christ's Omniscience, 286, 287 [see Dzsctples).
Applause, in Church, Io.
Arius, heresy of, refuted by Christ's tans to have offered Isaac on mount Gerizim, 113; Christ talked with, 116; who the real seed of, 194; wrongly compared with Christ, 198; how he saw Christ's day, 198.
Adam, said to die from the moment danger of approaching in sin, 26., danger of profaning it with gifts from unjust gains, 270.
I Am, implies absolute being, 53.
Ancestry, nobility of, no protection to the bad, 75, 108; availed not the Jews, 108.
Andrew, St., praise of his zeal and of the Fall, because under sentence, 97.
Adulterers, salvation of, impossible, 234.
Adultery, the woman taken in, not modesty in coming to Christ, 64, 65; of his zeal in his brother's conversion, 67; his faith in the miracle of the loaves, 152.
Angel of counsel, a title of Christ, mentioned by St. Chrysostom, 187.
Advice, to be welcomed from any, by 53 (note).
Angels, learn from revelations given Christ's example, 174.
Affliction, the best trial of faith, 125.
Affronts here, to be borne, from thought of heaven, 291, 293; from thought of our Christian membership, 294; of imperious women often borne by their lovers, 294.
Age, adds dignity to virtue, 332.
Agony, the, expressed the weakness to the Church, 2; worshiped Christ in His human nature, 39; have appeared in brightness, 40; act under command, 41; have a well-ordered polity, 42; how men become like them, 2d.,; are holy, 49; have not seen God in His Essence, but only in Christ, 52; their ministry to Christ a proof of His Deity, 73; behold but understand not the mystery of Regeneration, 88; their troubling the water of Bethesda a type of the work of the Spirit, of nature, 318.
Agreement, not always good, 206.
Alms, win praise of God and Angels, 256. ee ae wins forgiving, 29, 47; a pure sacrifice, 46; must not come from dishonest gain, 47; indispensable to our entering the kingdom, 83; a seal to the charitable, 86; will win treasure in heaven, 89; the way to true honor, 118, 143; to gain present delight and the future crown, 147; the meat that perisheth not, 158; to be practiced throughout life, 219; the measure of God's mercy to us, 24., necessary to life, yet easy, and sobering, 220; brings contentment, 244; cleanses from sin, 270; better none, than with covetousness, 24.,; duty of, enjoined, 284; neglect of, leads to hell, 285; due to Christ, 285; blessing of here and hereafter, 126; work without weariness, 127; their happiness in wanting nothing, 298.
Anger, not to be retained, 19; absurdindwelling in His disciples, 304.
Article, the, why added in the phrase, "The Word," 7, 8; omission of, sometimes unimportant, 17, 18; distinguishes Christ from all, 64.
" As," expressing agreement not comity of, 20; brings remorse, 20. ,; deformity of, -92; with servants, reproved, 93; its mischief and pitiableness, 175; a madness and foretaste of hell, 2d. appeased by penitent sorrow, 219.
Antichrist, his characteristic, to gloparison, 41; said of the Father and the Son implies their equality, of men not so, 303, 304.
Asa, his gout a punishment for sin, 132. rify himself, 148; why more clearly predicted by St. Paul than by Christ, 2d.
Antioch, its covetousness and luxury, Babel, an example of mischievous agreement, 206.
Baptism, promise at, 4; gift of the 280.
Apostles, the, mission of, 42; did not Spirit in, 36; regeneration in, 37; superior to natural birth, 88; not needful to Christ, 59; but Christ to it, 60; benefits of, 89, all witness all, 61; preached Christ absent, 63; why greater than Christ's kinsmen and countrymen, 75; did not believe at 286; cleanses and heals the soul, 302; the best winding sheet for the dead, 321; profits both the 126; an obligation to holiness,