Homily XC. · Matt. XXVIII. 11-14. · 3

Christians, must be more righteous than Jews, 258; more than the Pharisees, 395; to fight for one another, 369; to act rightly, without respect to others, 396; guilt of, extreme, 455; should obey Christ of choice, 460; vanquished because of their own unsoundness, 523; arms of, 524.

Church, the, in the Patriarchs, 16; fidelity of, shewn in Ruth, 17; is the "Salt of the earth," the "Light," the "City," the "Candle," 97-8; how increased, 290; the last appeal, 373; charity of, 407; trials of, 452; triumph of, 453; whereon built, 494. (See Kingdom, Gospel.)

Church Offerings, how far commendable, 313, 482.

Church Service, God speaks in, 7; how to be improved, 73; a spiritual school, 122; sin of irreverence in, 139, 216; preparation for, 319; lewd looks in, reproved, 443.

Circumcision, law of, how far, and when, repealed, 316.

City of God, its glories, 7, 8, 10, 78, 79.

Commandment, the eighth, how implied in the ninth, 120.

Communion, Holy, how to be improved, 31; deserted for the stage, 48; why private, 160; how a sacrifice of thanksgiving, 174; intended for a bond of brotherly love, 218; sin of profaning, 242; dignity of, 312; could not soften Judas, 491; the profane not to be received at, 123, 496. (See Sacraments.)

Concord, blessedness of, 374.

Confession, the truest thanksgiving, 18.

Consolation, whence to be sought by mourners, 209; sources of, in death, 331.

Continence, a gift, but attainable, 384.

Corinthians, sin of, 41; repentance of, 13.

Covetousness, how punished here, 60; akin to sensuality, 61; blinds the soul, 143; dangerous, 144; unnatural, 145, 194; heathenish, 152; a madness, 193, 320; how wasteful, 194; in feasts, reproved, 301; exhortation against, 426; how to be cured, 449; extreme guilt of, 475; in Judas, 482; description of, 483; nakedness of, 488; self-wounded, 489; the worst vice, 489; ensnaring, 499; insatiable, 499; miserable, 500; forbidden even in thought, 515; a slavery, 532.

Courtiers, life of, a slavery, 362.

Craftsmen, sinful ingratitude of, 377.

Creatures, the, not evil, 343, 356, 365, 384. (See Manichæans.)

Cross, the, beginning of remission, 62; predicted by John, Isaiah, and David, 240; offence of, when removed, 334; must be borne as a Crown, 335; sign of, its use and power, 336, 518; glory of, shewn at the Transfiguration, 346; the beginning of Grace, 436; will be seen at the Judgment, 459; power of, 520-1.

Cyrus, moved by God, 39.

David, why first in the genealogy, 10, 21; repentance of, 14, 181-4; humility of, 19, 56, 96, 149, 175; Son of, title of honor, 210; profaneness of, why defended by Christ, 256; strong in virtue, weak in sin, 270; pleased God without miracles, 290; forbearance of, 386; true judgment of, 396; his testimony to Christ, 433; sin of, heinous, 455.

Death-bed, full of comfort to the good, 331.

Demoniac, the relapsed, a type of the Jews, 275.

Despair, danger of, 514.

Devil, the, not sensual, 27; encourages play, 42; his craft in the Temptation, 181; his activity for our ruin, 83; how believes, 84; how fell, 92; being defeated, departs, 99; how to be resisted, 124; how "the wicked One," 136; power of, limited, 220; ought to mourn, 208; why cannot stand divided, 264; cast out by the Disciples, 265; his fall prophesied, 266; strives to bring reproach on nature, 355; how to be cast out, 355; devised self-mutilation, 384; an example of pride, 403; more obeyed than Christ, 407; loves lewd company, 430; tempts by vain glory, 434; his mode of attack, 487, 513.

Diogenes, censure of, 222.

Disciples, why from Galilee, 88; distinguished from the multitudes, 91; why sent on circuit, 212. (See Apostles.)

Dispensation. (See Incarnation.)

Disposition, in men's own power, 282.

Dives, why damned, 60, 84, 430, 454, 455.

Divinity of Christ, declared by John, 3 (note); concealed at first, 45, 71, 104; tokens of, in the Epiphany, 47; first declared by the Spirit, 71; doubted by Satan, 81; intimated in words of Christ, 95, 99; hid from the Jews, 103, 116, 127, 151, 167; confessed by the leper, 172, by the Centurion, 179; in two miracles, 190-1; by His answering to men's thoughts, 195, 211; by the two blind men, 211; in His answer to John, 239; in His sayings of John, 245, 246; in His thanksgiving, 251; in His revealing the Father, 252; in Isaiah's prophecy, 260-1; in His acts of authority, 304; by Peter and others, 333; in His charge to Peter, 333; by His Coming in Glory, 341; in the Transfiguration, 346; in the miracle of the Tribute, 358; in His answer to the rich young man, 387; in His Entry into Jerusalem, 405; by the children in the Temple, 409; in the Parable of the Marriage Feast, 421; to the Lawyer, 432; in the question about David's Lord, 433; in the Garden, 497-503; to Caiaphas, 504.

Divorce, why allowed to the Jews, 119; why not to Christians, 119.

Docetæ, refuted by Christ's burial, 273.

Doctrine, summary of Christian, 3; why taught by familiar things, 38; revealed gradually, 45; which, first taught, 71; without practice vain, 167; supported by miracles, 172; not to be pressed unseasonably, 203; may vary according to the persons addressed, 236; seldom put forward by Christ, 395.

Doing and teaching, why joined, 106.

Dress, excess of, censured, 26, 307, 527; hinders devotion, 308; leads to sin, 308; to pride, 528.

Economy. (See Incarnation.)

Election, of the wise men, 39; time and extent of, 394; is of grace, but requires work, 423; belongs to all believers, 457.

Elijah, despair of, 149; boldness of, 170, 290; why at the Transfiguration, 346; in what sense, come already, 352; how to come hereafter, 353.

Elisha, why, would not see Naaman, 173.

End, signs of the, 66, 458; suddenness of the, 464; to be in the night, 464; why concealed from us, 465; is not near, 470.

Envy, misery of, 262; of the countrymen of Christ, 296; rebuked in the laborers in the vineyard, 394.

Epiphany, mystery of the, 47.
Error, worse than ignorance, 454.
Esau, self-rejected, 15, 59.
Eunuch, the Ethiopian, believed after search, 6.
Eunuchs, how far praised, 384, 470.
Evangelists, candor of, 482, 506, 531.
Evil, cause of, 366; not necessary, 367.

Evil speaking, sinful and dangerous, 13, 26, 111; not to be listened to, 248.

Example, force of, 99; of Christ and His saints to be followed, 396; to be found in deserts, 439; neglect of, dangerous, 456; of some, condemns others, 476.

Excommunication, threatened by St. Chrysostom, 123, 496.

Expense, sinfulness of, 468.

Faith, in hell necessary, 85; why not required at first by Christ, 89; must be followed by practice, 167, 395; examples of, 172, 176, 179, 195, 205, 321, 354, 404, 486; need of, 311; in the doers only, has worked miracles, 354; how a mustard seed, yet moves mountains, 355; hindered by fear, 411.

Faithful, the, will endure to the end, 463.

Falling back, after baptism, dangerous, 276, 395; how recovered, 427.

Fasting, benefits of, 74, 80; of Christ, how ordered, 81; Christian rule of, 140; why not enjoined to the disciples, 202; inferior to charity, 291; a help to prayer and almsgiving, 356; when commendable, 468.

Fear, of men censured, 229.

Fig-tree, the, an example of vengeance, 410.

Forbearance, duty of, 369, 372.

Forgiveness, how gained from God, 35; how connected with John's baptism, 63; not to be had in the next world, 90; gained by forgiving, 102; hope of, taught by the Lord's Prayer, 135; depends on ourselves, 136; duty of, unlimited, 376, 379; forfeited by cruelty, 379; benefits all parties, 380; reasons for, 478.

Fornicator, guilt of, how measured, 455.

Free-will, not destroyed by grace, 39; allowed by Christ, 364; proved by our own conduct, 365; of Judas asserted, 486; needs God's help, 494; of Christ, 498, 503.

Friendship, Christian motives of, 375.

Gabriel, appearance of, explained, 24.

Genealogy, the, difficulties of, 6, 20; why mentions bad women, 6, 17; why omits three kings, 6; the vestibule of the Gospel, 8; sum of the gospel, 10; of females, not traced, 11; why divided in three parts, 20.

Gentiles, call of the, signified, 26; in the star, 38, in the wise men, 47, in "these stones," 69, in Christ's settling at Capernaum, 86, 180, by Isaiah, 260, in the ass's colt, 405, by the children in the temple, 409, in parables, 416, 421, in Mary of Bethany, 481; spiritual pride of, 59; condition of, before Christ, 87, 251; sin and punishment of, 242; to be respected in our lives, 277.

Gentleness, needful to the ministry, 197.

Glory, personified, and shown worthless, 363.

God, spake to the patriarchs, 1; to Moses, 2; in the apostes, 2; kingdom of, described, 6; speaks in divine service, 7; threatens hell, 7; city and court of, described, 7, 8; present at baptism of Christ, 44; deceives His enemies, 51; appeared in fire, 71; long-suffering of, 84, 154, 197; why must reward His saints, 85; how our Debtor, 100; rewards His own work in us, 115; how we may resemble, 127; is invisible, 133; why mentioned in the Lord's Prayer, 134, why in the sermon, 137; cannot agree with mammon, 146; sure bounty of, 152; unfailing goodness of, 156; providence of, 228; how gives to him that hath, 285; how near to His servants, 336; appears ever in clouds, 348; wills the salvation of all, 368; His gifts to man, 376; calls each in his season, 394; throne of, inaccessible, 399; has given His bond for our alms, 408; why sometimes speaks uncertainly, 415; a Teacher of good works, 434; unity of, why declared in Holy Scriptures, 432, 438; hates bloodshed, 447; why speaks as if ignorant, 465.

Godliness, how gainful, 417.

Good name, to whom, useful, 519.

Good-will, value of, 510.

Good works, our own to be forgotten, 18; magnified by humility, 19; spoiled by pride, 100; necessary to salvation, 395, 495; which the best, 468; the best furniture, 500.

Gospel, the, contrasted with the law, 1; excellency of, 4; how higher than the law, 23, 167; described Isaiah, and John, 64; all things raised by, 78; how a light, 87; comprises the law, 109; how brings war, 232; raised the standard of faith and practice, 241; how soon spread, 452; triumph of, 453; how a testament, 491.

Gospels, the, why several, 3; harmony of, 3; accepted by all heretics, 4; simple purity of, 5, 6; letters of the Divine King, 8; nature of, 14; object of, the life of Christ, 298; written in mildness, 300.

Habit, no excuse for sin, 122; how broken through, 122; danger of evil, 515.

Hannah, sorrow of, blessed, 41.

Harvest, one here, one hereafter, 293.

Heart, the, how a treasure, 269.

Heaven, glories of, 7, 8; by what usury gained, 35; first named by John, 65; why opened at Christ s baptism, 76; unseen but certain, 85; to be sought before all else, 153; will be given impartially, 400.

Hebrews, wickedness of the old, 1.

Hell, object of, 7; descent to, 9; first named by John, 63; proved by John, 72; typifed by the furnace, 73; prepared for avarice, 79; proportioned to present impurity, 84; confessed by devils, 84; when first mentioned by Christ, 111; why less than Heaven, 129; intolerable, 164; pains of, 276; mention of profitable, 277; how described by Christ, 389; not prepared for us, 476.

Heretics, involuntary witnesses to the truth of Holy Scripture, 4; reproved by the monks' grace, 343, by Christ's blessing children, 360; how to be dealt with, 288; meant by the tares, 287; denied the Passion, 492. (See Marcion, etc.)

Herod, folly of, 45; an example of the profane, 48.

Herod (Antipas), overcome by John, 171; marriage of, why illegal, 298.

Herodias, aggravated sin of, 299.

Hezekiah, prayer of, commended, 331.

High priest, how, more than one, 477.

Holy Spirit, gift of, higher than Holy Scripture, 1; how came on the apostles, 1; signs of, 2, 77; equality of, 2, 77; inspired the evangelists, 4; descents of, showed the new dispensation, 10; absolute need of, 12; His operation in the Incarnation, 22, 25; moved the Magi, Cyrus, Paul, 39; why appeared in fire, 40, 71; why first named by John Baptist, 71; an earnest of judgment, 72; why descended on Christ, 76; why as a dove, 77; a token of Heaven, 86; gifts of, sometimes without holiness, 168; what the blasphemy against, 266; effect of, upon the apostles, 401; gift of, always ready, 413; saves not the unwilling, 495.

Honor, contrasted with meekness, 166.

Humanity, raised to heaven by Christ, 2, 78.

Humanity (of Christ), the bond between earth and heaven, 10; how proved by Paul and Matthew, 22; denied by Valentinus and others, 22 (note); preached earlier than the Godhead, 215; shewn in the Epiphany, 47, 50, in His fasting, 81, in His sleeping 119, in His sailing, 195, in feeling the crowd, 206, in His prayer to God, 304, in His agony, 497. (See Incarnation.)

Humility, the crown of virtue, 17; examples of, 19; why first named in the sermon, 92; the true wisdom, 175; happiness, 362; neglect of, fatal, 295; the way to glory, 401; in the Monks, 438, also in seculars, 439.

Hypocrisy, what it is, 132, 141; provoked the severity of Christ, 427; ruined the scribes, 440; worse in Christians, 441.

Idolatry, grossness of, 5.

Ignorance, better than error, 454.

Incarnation, the, declared by the three first Evangelists, 3; binds Heaven and earth, 10; reserved at first, 15, 52; account of, 22, 32; when first taught, 45; shown in the fasting, and temptation, 80, in His retiring to the desert place, 303, in His question to Peter, 332; His care to prove it, 417, 497; the great mercy of God, 175.