God, ib.; their insensibility to
the bondage of sin, ib., were in
bondage repeatedly, 194; differed
from us, as servants from sons,
ib.; hindered from believing, by
reliance on their descent, 195;
proved children of the devil,
from envy and murder, ib., con-
tracted unlawful marriages, 196;
alien from God and from Abra-
ham, ib.; their blasphemy, that
Christ had a devil, 197, 198;
trust in Abraham only, 198;
knew not the Father, ib.; malice
of, towards the blind man at
Siloam, 205, 207; labor to de-
preciate the miracle, ib.; sub-
tlety and hypocrisy of their ques-
tions, 208; neither Moses' nor
Christ's disciples, 209; asked
questions of Christ, not to learn,
but to silence Him, 222; their
wickedness in rejecting the
greater witness of His works,
and demanding words, 223; pro-
voked by Christ's claiming co-
equality with God, 224; thought
to save, but ruined themselves,
by slaying Christ, 239; did not
escape the Romans, 241; de-
serted by the Spirit after the
Crucifixion, ib., their wickedness
in plotting at a Passover, 242;
ruined by covetousness, 243; the
people believed, the rulers re-
jected Christ, 244; design to kill
Lazarus, 245; really understood
Christ's meaning, 251; but mis-
construed it deliberately, ib.;
still in darkness, ib.; their un-
belief foretold, 252; opposed
both God and Moses, in Christ,
283; their unbelief, worldly pride,
ib.; absurdity of their scruple to
enter Pilate's palace, 310; in
what sense could not put any to
death, ib.; their madness in pre-
ferring Barabbas, 313; made to
confess their own downfall, 315;
why wished to slay Jesus by
crucifying, ib.; spoiled by suc-
cess from the beginning, 316;
fulfilled the prophecy uncon-
sciously, 317; madness of, pro-
claimed by the Title on the
Cross, ib.; their obduracy to the

last, 319.
John Baptist, St., spoke as sent from

God, 25; why sent to witness to
Christ, 26; inferior to Christ,
ib.: confessed his inferiority, 45;
reverenced by the Jews, 44;
praised by Josephus, ib.; taught
from heaven, 45; prepared the
Jews for Christ by degrees, ib.;
how "after" Christ, ib.; in ex-
ternals superior to Christ, 55;
preferred to Christ by the Jews,
ib.; why questioned by the Jews,
ib.; in his confessing Christ, re-
plied to their secret thoughts,
56; and detected their treachery,
ib.; his dignity compared to
ours, 57; boldness of, 58; object

of his mission inferior to Christ's,
59; gave not the Spirit in his
baptism, 60; did not know Christ
at first, but before His baptism,
ib.; why used repetitions, 63;
how brought the Bride to Christ,
ib.; called the friend of the
Bridegroom because present with
Christ, 64; why able to preach
at all hours, ib.; some disciples
of, jealous of Christ, ib.; why
continued to baptize all his life,
100; His death facilitated Christ's
ministry, ib., witnessed to Christ's
superiority, 101, 102; called him-
self Christ's "friend" to disclaim
jealousy, 101; his work finished
as Christ's began, 102; his re-
serve in speaking of Christ, 105;
his testimony was that of God,
144; called a torch because his
light was not his own, 145;
proved trustworthy by the acts
of Christ, 225.

John Evangelist, St., his intimacy with
Christ, I; manner of his appear-
ing, ib.; truthfulness, 1, 36;
birth and occupation, 4; un-
learned, 5; instance of his plain
speaking, 7; the beloved disci-
ple, 117; does not himself relate
the cause of Christ's preference,
ib.; favored by St. Peter, ib.;
his humility, ib.; his care to
correct mistakes, 152; exactness
of, 156; why omits many events
between the Feasts, 173; Christ's
love for him, enabled him to ask,
263; why indulged in great
familiarity by Christ, 264; asso-
ciated often with Peter, ib.; his
forbearance and exactness in
relating the betrayal, 308; in
relating his own conduct and
Peter's at the Palace, ib.; his
modesty in speaking of his stand-
ing by the Cross, 318; honored
by having the charge of Christ's
mother, ib.; an eye-witness of
the piercing of the side, 319;
why took no part in the burial,
320; does full credit to Mary's
zeal and to Peter's, 320, 321;
the first to recognize Christ on
the lake, as St. Peter to hasten
to Him, 329; his modesty in
correcting the mistake of the
disciples concerning himself, 332;
his reason for writing his Gospel,
333; his veracity argued by his
choice of subjects, his confidence
in himself, his friendship with
Christ and His mother, ib.
John's Gospel, St., its marvelous

teaching, 5; consistency of, ib.;
translations of, 6; perspicuity of,
ib.; teaching of, why outlived
other philosophy, ib.; style of,
ib.; dwells most on doctrines, 9;
why begins with Christ's eternal
subsistence, 16; unlike Genesis,
ascends at once to the Creator,
21; heretical reading in [ch. i.
3], ib.; leads us upwards grad-

ually, 49; speaks most of the
time before John's imprisonments,
59; most concerned with Christ's
discourses, 151.

Jonas, sign of, why often given, 82.
Joseph, an example of forgiveness, 262.
Joseph of Arimathæa, one of the

Seventy Disciples, 320; buried
Christ with cost and zeal, but as
a mere man, ib.
Josephus, relates St. John Baptist's
death, 4 (note).

Judas, why reproved secretly by Christ,

171; shared in the Apostles' gifts
and miracles, 172; but fell by
covetousness, ib.; his pretended
zeal for the poor, 242; his ob-
duracy to Christ's love, 243; cast
off to Satan by giving of the sop:
his hardness, 264; received a
secret rebuke, 265; his wicked-
ness after sharing the salt, and
the washing, 257; was probably
washed first of the disciples, 258;
his insensibility, 258, 260, 262;
his ingratitude, 261.
Judgment, will be according to men's

deserts, 96; delayed to give time
for repentance, 97; will reveal
men's sins to one another, 121;
remembrance of, a help to virtue,
137; most attracts the obstinate
hearer, 139; the doctrine of,
carefully propounded by Christ
and St. John, 140; its inexorable
strictness, 154; thought of, a
check to sin, 162, 163; of the
flood, and of Sodom, 163; by
appearance sinful, 179; after the
flesh, is judging unjustly, 188; of
Christ, and of the Father, is One,
189; in what sense the object of
Christ's coming, 212; of others,
to be made with mercy, 220; of
ourselves, a cure for inhumanity,
221; only denied by these who
fear it, 247; of men worthless,
281; the future, proved, by
Christ's victory over Satan, 287.
Jurymen of Antioch, often no better
than the criminals, 306.
Justice must be impartial to rich and
poor, 179.

Mysteries, the, awfulness of, 167;
danger of approaching of, in sin,
ib.

Names of God, why, many, 7; of
inen, anciently taken from things,
68; why given and sometimes
changed by Christ, ib.; dignity
and responsibility of the Chris-
tian, ib.

Nathanael, his exactness and candor,

70; contrasted with the Jews,
71; showed his joy in Christ by
confessing Him, ib., his confes-
sion, why inferior to Peter's, 72;
less zealous and less timid than
Nicodemus, 98; a lover of truth,
and learned, 185.

Nazareth, why profited not by Christ's
being born there, 75.
Necessary things made easy by God,
87.

Necessity, Christ not subject to, 76.
New Commandment, how a comfort
to the disciples, 266.
Nicodemus, well disposed but fearful,

84, 91; received graciously by
Christ, 84; and led on to enquiry,
85; desirous of instruction, ib.;
perplexed by his attempts to
reason, ib.; could not perceive
things spiritual, 86; more zealous
and more fearful than Nathanael,
98.
Night, futurity described as, 202; this

life, why so called, 203.
Nobleman, the, in John iv. different

from the centurion in Matthew,
123; an example of faith, 124;
but imperfect, ib.
Number, not admissible in the Deity, 7.

Obedience, Christ's blessing on, 261.
Obscurity, used to rivet attention,

214.

Officers, the, of the Pharisees, an ex-

ample of candor, and of its re-
ward, 186, 187.

Offenses, danger of causing, 206.
Oil, in the lamps, said of mercy, 46
(note); of almsgiving, 82.
Omnipotence, includes not the power
of ceasing to be God, 39.
Oracles of the heathen, not really
prophetic, 68.

Palestine, its scarcity of water, 77.
Parable of the sower, 9, 43; laborers
in the vineyard, 33; the wedding
garment, 37; the sheepfold, 213-
215.
Paralytic of Bethesda, an example of
patience under sickness, 128; of
meekness, ib., his cure different
from that in St. Matthew [ix. 2]
in all its circumstances, ib.; his
ready faith and courage, 129; his
disease was caused by sin, 131;
suffered longer than he sinned,
131; Christ urged his sins to
warn others, 132; his cure was
of grace, not merit, ib.; his
grateful return and boldness,
132; cure of, 199, 200.

Parents, obedience to, how limited,

74; virtue of, aggravates the
children's guilt, 75.
Participation, Christ received not
grace by, 47.
Paschal Lamb, a type of Christ cru-
cified, 319.

Passion of Christ, the, foretold darkly,
its benefits plainly, 95; voluntary,
199; a proof that His promise
of life to man should be fulfilled,
217; in what sense the cause of
the Father's love towards Him,
ib.; proves His Resurrection,
how, 218; His peculiar power
shown therein, ib., was volun-
tary, ib.; not commanded, but
consented to by the Father, ib.;
was to teach us to suffer pa-
tiently, 315.

Passions, the, restraint of, not their
absence, constitutes virtue, 127;
are some excuse for sin, 14, 130;
make us voluntary slaves, 215;
only venial when natural, 278.
Passover, the, when eaten by Christ,

310.

Pastor, character of the true, 44; not
to change places, ib.
Patience, a duty of, 20; a victory, ib.
Patriarchs knew Christ, 30.
Paul of Samosata, forgot Christ's

Eternity, 16; madness of, 29, 59;
account of, 30 (note); his read-
ing of John v. 27, ib.
Paul, St., an instance of God's long-
suffering, 36; humility of, 35;
spoke of the end by anticipation,
121; an example of diligence
without carefulness, 158; over-
came the world by his love of
Christ, 330.

Peace, Christ's, saves from all trouble,

276.

Pearls, why the words of Scripture so
called, 3.

Penitent thief, his sudden change,
3, 42.

People, full of folly, 14; weaker in
the mass, 15; most moved by
fear of punishment, 106; fickle-
ness of, after miracles, 156.
Perfection in virtue required, 146.
Persecution, strengthens faith, 279;

foretold by Christ, 284.
Perseverance, makes us worthy to re-
ceive, 77; great example of, in
the Paralytic of Bethesda, 126;
enjoined by Christ, 282; its bless-
edness, 284.
Person, God and Man, one in Christ,

39; Christ's, described sometimes
from His Humanity, sometimes
from His Deity, 94.
Personality of the Son, 28.
Peter, St., first received the faith from

Andrew, 65; praised for his
readiness to hear the Word, 67;
change of his name, 68; his con-
fession more perfect than Na-
thanael's, 72; offended because
ignorant of the Resurrection, 82;
his regard for John, 117; in fear
for himself, because called Satan,

171; shadow of, raised a dead
man, 234; his reverence in re-
fusing the washing, 258; his
vehement love in seeking it, ib.;
his forbearance from asking at
the Supper, 263; recovers his
boldness, 267; taught self-dis-
trust by his fall, 268; contrasted
with Thomas, 269; his conduct
before and after the gift of the
Spirit, 308; his love of Christ
seen in his approaching the pal-
ace, his fear in staying without
it, ib.; his stubbornness in the
denial, 309; his lethargy during
Christ's examination, 309, 310;
his denial related to teach self-
distrust, 310; his zeal at the
sepulcher outstripped St. John's,
321; his zeal at the lake, 329;
as the leader of the disciples, re-
ceives the charge of the flock,
331; why thrice questioned, ib.;
his martyrdom foretold, 332; ap-
pointed "teacher of the world,"
ib.; his loving question about
John, evaded by Christ, ib.
Pharaoh, an instance of reprobation,
199.

Pharisees, hardened by seeing Christ's

miracles, 186; reproved by the
conduct of their own officers, ib.;
by Nicodemus, 187; insolence of
their appeal to the Scripture, ib.;
ignorant, because unwilling to
learn, 189; superficial followers
of Christ, 213; their foolish ob-
stinacy, 239; their folly in seek-
ing His death, who raised the
dead, ib., their false pretenses,
ib. [see Jews].

Philip, St., his thoughtfulness and
ready obedience to Christ's call,
69; his brotherly love, 70; why
questioned by Christ about the
loaves, 151; his trial compared
to Abraham's, 152; his imperfect
faith the reason of his question,
271.

Philosophers, follies of the ancient, 5;
their uncertainty, ib.; their doc-
trines exploded, 6; their vain-
glory, ib.; more zealous against,
than we for, Christ, 62.
Philosophy, of Christianity profitable,
232; of the heathen failed, be-
cause it trusted to reason only,
234.
Piety, an art, 211.
Pilate, not hasty or malicious in judg-

ment, 310; less wicked than the
Jews, 311; instructed by Christ,
311, 313; desire to rescue Christ,
313; declares his innocence, 314;
his fears of Christ, ib.; made no
exact enquiry as to the charge of
treason to Cæsar, ib.; his guilt
in giving way against his con-
science: his act was "allowed,”
not enforced, "from above," ib.;
his cowardice, 315; his guilt in
not enquiring, 316.

Plato, his disciples' enquiries, 5; his
visit to Sicily, 6; style, ib.; in-

consistency, ib.; doctrine of the
Deity, 7.

Pleasure, of sense vain and fleeting,
of labor real and lasting, 127;
danger of resting in, 156.
Pleasures of vice and virtue com-
pared, 330.

Poor, wiser, healthier, happier, than
the rich, 79; better off than the
uncharitable, 96; generally elated
by prosperity, 109.
Possessions, how to be turned to ac-
count, 215.
Poverty, only evil here, 159; its bene-
fits shown by examples, 281; the
best estate to prepare for Heaven,
298.

Power, words of, sometimes used for

the will only, 252.

Praise, love of, kept certain rulers
from the faith, 254.
Prayer, a way to pardon, 29; for the

dead 43 (note); needed, to un-
derstand the Scriptures, 72; im-
patience in, rebuked, 126; ours,
as Christ's, should be for things
spiritual, 157; not suited to God,
196; not consistent with God-
head, 239; for all mankind, 290.
Preachers, to be attended to more
than performers, I, 3; must
arouse the sluggish, 40.
Preaching, its labor lightened by the
hearer's attention, 76; reward of,
not lost by the hearer's fault,
105; without holiness an offense
to unbelievers, 141.
Presumption, dangerous, 27; caused

Adam's fall, 28.
Pride, ruined the Jews, 33; evils of,

34, 54; remedies of, 34; sep-
arates the brethren, 54; why more
inexcusable than other vices, 57;
of Christian's shamed by Christ's
washing the disciples' feet, 260.
Priesthood, its dignity and danger,

326; to be honored, because in
Moses' seat, ib.; their unworthi-
ness, hinders not the effect of the
Sacraments, ib.; God dispenses
grace by their hands, ib.
Prisons, the sobering effect of visiting,

220; contrasted with theaters,
ib.; the inmates of, sometimes
better than others, 221; all men
were confined in, but delivered
by Christ, ib., St. Paul preached
in with effect, 222.
Prophecies, sometimes made uncon-

sciously, 241.

Prophecy, why more persuasive than

miracles, 68; impossible to devils,
ib.; addressed to particular per-
sons by Christ, 113; of the future
confirmed by the fulfillment of the
past, 140; given by the mouths
of evil men, 241; caused by, not
the cause of the event, 252, 301;
fulfillment of, in the parting of
the garments, 317; in the pierc-
ing of The Side, 319.
Prophets, the, quoted by the Evan-

gelists, 44; speak of future
events as past, 46; sowed for the

the Life, 23; not perfectly devel-
oped before the Judgment, 162.
Psalms, titles of, to teach attention,
51.

Public amusements supersede religious
duties, 210.

Punishment, a proof of God's love,
35; of those who received not
Christ, 36; of the wicked for the
sake of the good, 37; everlast-
ing, 43; to be avoided by holi-
ness only, ib.; the fear of, the
most powerful motive with most
men, 106; endures longer than
the sin, 131; redoubled after re-
lapse, ib.; if not sent now, will
be the more heavy hereafter, ib. ;
brings men to virtue, more than
reward, 137; delayed, but cer-
tain, 157-162; not inherited,
200; objection removed, 201.
Pythagoras, his disciples' enquiries, 5;
in Magna Græcia, 6; how con-

versed with brutes, ib.; his doc-
trines unprofitable, ib.

"Reaping," was kept for the Apos-
tles', 120; easier than sowing,
ib.

Reason, unassisted, cannot reach
Divine truth, 5, 27, 87; failed to
discover the nature of the soul
and heaven, 234.
Reasoning, human, inapplicable to
God, 17; uncertain, ib.; in Divine
mysteries dangerous, 86, 87; un-
able to penetrate things natural,
88.

Regeneration in Baptism, 37: a real

sonship, 48; superior to natural
birth, 88; to be taken on trust
as a mystery, not understood of
angels, ib.; inferior to Christ's
eternal birth, 91; types of, in the
Old Testament, 92; doctrine of,
received by faith, 93; the work
of the Spirit, 126; shown in the
Water from The Side, 319.
Relationship, to Christ, did not profit

His enemies, 75; to good men,
no protection to the wicked, ib.;
earthly, useless without the spir-
itual, 89.
Repentance, its efficacy to procure

pardon, 50; to avert judgment,
121; is the not doing the same
again, ib.; great difficulty of, 260; |
a source of hope, 295.
Repetitions, vain, consist in praying

for vain things, 157.
Reproach, to be borne patiently, after

the example of Christ, 312; in-
jures only the author, ib.
Reserve, in teaching doctrine, 13, 93;

of John Baptist, 105; and Paul,
ib.
Resurrection, the, implied in Christ,

"The Life," 22; of Christ glori-

ous, 42; witnessed by few only,
61; the great Evidence, 82; why
not plainly foretold, ib.; doc-
trine of, most affects the obsti-
nate, 139; a token of, in the
cure of the Paralytic, 140; the
general, is common to the godly
and ungodly, 161; the special,
for the good only, ib., belief of,
destroys, Fatalism, 163; belief
in, the Essence of Christianity,
ib.; confessed by devils, ib.;
necessary to God's justice, ib.;
the special, with, the general,
without, reward, 168; of Christ,
proved by his death, 218; the
doctrine of, concerned in the
raising of Lazarus, 232; truth of,
proved by the Apostles' acts, 234;
shown in the growth of seed,
246; moral argument for, ib.;
denied by heretics on heathen
principles, 247; foretold in Jacob's
prophecy, 251; compared to birth,
291; Christ's, alluded to in "a
man born into the world," ib.;
the beginning of knowledge, 292;
various proofs of, in the burial-
place, embalming, position of the
clothes, 320, 321; why first made
known to Mary Magdalene, 323.
Retirement, frequently recommended
by the example of Christ, 151;
its spiritual blessings, 225.
Return, what, to be made to Christ,
40.

Reverence, promoted by merely hear-
ing the Word, 192.
Revenge, the best is to return good

for evil, 261; of what sort to be
employed by Christians, 185.
Reward of the true pastors, 43.
Riches, transitory nature of, here, 57;

how to be made lasting, 58; the
thorn of the humble, 86; vanity
of, 118; only good here, 159;
abuse of, a betraying of Christ,
172; dangerous to the soul, 244;
love of, hinders faith, 254; their
end is to be used, not hoarded,
nor abused, 69, 299; the earthly
to be despised for the heavenly,
301.
Robber, the, compared with the Shep-

herd, 213: is he that useth not
the Scriptures, ib.
Romans, the, danger from, a mere

pretense of the Pharisees, 239.
Rulers, the, some believed in Christ,
205; in general, believed not,

214.

Sabbath, the, Gospels appointed to

be read on, 38; breach of, how
the keeping of the Law, 179.
Sabellians, denied the Personality of
the Son, 28, 138.
Sabellius, separated the Father and
the Son, 271; his life and doc-
trine, 274 (note); doctrine of,
refuted by Christ's indwelling in
His disciples, 303.
Sacraments of the Jews, types of ours,
48; of the Lord's Body and

Blood, unites us with Christ, 166;
its usefulness, 167.
Sacrifice, mercy preferred to, 46; sin
of making, with the fruits of
injustice, 270.
Saints, their merits no help to the
sinner, 175; the glory of, will
consist in reflecting that of the

Son, 304.
Salvation, signified by the names of
"Christ's meat," the "field," the
"harvest," 119.
Samaria, the woman of, an example

of a soul healed by Christ, 42;
encouraged by Christ's appear-
ance to approach Him, 45; con-
verted by prophecy, 68; her con-
siderateness, 109; more reverent
than Nicodemus, 110; more at-
tentive to the Word than the
Jews, ib.; her patience in listen-
ing, a reproach to Christian con-
gregations, ib.; bolder than Nic-
odemus, in bringing others to
Christ, 112; her candor in judg-
ment, 112; her meekness in
bearing reproof, 113; her desire
to learn, 117; her zeal for her
countrymen, 118; her prudence,
ib.; in faith superior to those
Jews who would have Manna
from Christ, 161; doubted, but
with humility, 198; a sinner, but
received by Christ, 221.
Samaritans, the, visited by Christ, but

only in passing, 107; origin and
history of, ib., only received the
works of Moses, 108; hated by
the Jews, ib.; their call not in-
tended by Christ, but deserved
by their zeal, 109; inferior to the
Jews in purity of faith, 115; re-
ceived all from the Jews, 116;
why expected a Messiah, ib.;
their reception of Christ, and
candor in hearing Him, rewarded
by the gift of faith, 122; praised
for believing without miracles,
after teaching only, 123, 125;
name of, a term of reproach
against Christ, 197.
Sanctification, of the Jews only nega-

tive, of Christians positive, 48.
Satan, cast down by Christ's death,

because not deserved by sin, 250.
Scribes, the robbers of the fold, 213.
Scripture, Holy, its elevating power,

1, 4, 7, 8; its taming power, 10;
its inspiration, 2, 4; safeguard of
the soul, 11; publicly read, 38;
mystery of, meant to excite our
attention, 51; the food and
medicine of the languid soul,
66; needs careful study, 72; its
preaching varied to include all,
80; why imputes a will to things
without life, 91; significant in
every word, 95; copies of, to be
studied, not shown, 114; deters
Devils from approaching, ib.;
draw down the Spirit, ib.; gen-
eral ignorance of, ib.; no part
of, to be passed over, 125; its
universal use, 128; its humility

in expression, intended to excite
attention, 142; requires care to
clear its obscurity, as gold in the
mine, 143; contradictions of,
only apparent, ib.; what cau-
tions to be observed in its inter-
pretation, 144; speaks to the
majority, 164; a charm for an-
ger, 175; has said nothing in
vain, 180; requires exact search,
207; the only means to refute
heresy, 247; uses the same words
in different senses of God and

men, 275; qualifications neces-
sary for understanding it, 301;
neglect of, the cause of our little
wisdom, 316; and of our un-
fruitfulness, ib.; duty and bene-

fits of searching it, 333.
Sea, an inadequate type of Christ's
fullness, 47.

Seal, implies testimony to that which
is sealed, 159.
Self, to be conquered, 19.
Self-deceit, danger of, 75.
Self-judgment, the only way to escape
God's, 120-142.

Separation from the wicked, some-

times necessary, 154, 206.
Sermon, Christ's, after the Supper,

was to comfort the Disciples, 266;
recalled, to their minds after-
wards by the Spirit, 265.
Servants, to be rebuked without

clamor, 92; how far different

Sight, the most trustworthy sense, 92;

applied to Christ and God, means
exact knowledge, 104, 137; said
of God, signifies intellectual per-
ception, 269.

Signs, why refused to the Jews, 81,

84; of Jonas, why often used by
Christ, 82; asking for, a practice
of tempters, 84; not for the
faithful, but heathens, ib.
Sin, its blindness, 24; misery, ib.;

madness, 25; shamefulness, ib.;
ways to put away, 29; a fire, 66;
after Baptism, not unpardonable,
96; of all will be revealed to all
in the Judgment, 121; buried in
Baptism, ib.; more excusable
when from natural passion, 130;
punished both in body and soul,
131; how affected by blindness,
213; its filthiness, 189; to be put
away only by Holy Baptism, 190;
the greatest bondage, ib.; only
to be removed by God, 194;
freedom from, the only real lib-
erty, ib.; worse in Christians
than Heathens, 250; cleansed in
Baptism, and by alms, 270; its
offensiveness, ib.

Sin before birth, not possible, 200.
Sinfulness, in what sense attributed

to the blind man and his parents,

200.

Sloth, its danger, 29; is of willfulness,

62.

Society, a remedy for human weak-
ness, 67.

Son of God, Christ and man differ-
ently so called, 11; not greater
than the Father, 13; declared
equal with the Father, 14, 52, 53;
not "younger" than the Father,
17; of the same Essence, 18, 53;
Infinite, 18; has attributes of
Godhead ascribed to Him, 18,
24; personality of, 28; begotten,
ib.; left not heaven to be made
man, 36; alone of all hath seen
God in His Essence, 52; coeter-
nal with the Father, 53; ad-
dressed in the words, "Let us
make man," 116; independence
of, 189; to be glorified by works,
not words only, ib., His identity
of Power and Essence with the
Father, 224; only different in
being a Son, ib.; seeing and be-
lieving on Him is seeing and
believing on the Father, 254;
the True God equally with the
Father, 297; why called the
Messenger, 299; His agreement
with the Father, 299, 300; His
glory from the Eternal Genera-
tion, 304, 311; His agreement
with the Father proved by His
pre-existence, 305.

Sonship, of Christians real, of Jews
nominal, 44; of Christ implied
in the word "Sent," 138; and in
"hath given," 139.
Sophists, their rhetorical displays, 1;

their inflated style condemned
by Socrates, 6.

Sorrow, its use in calming the pas-

sions, 219; immoderate, brings
death, 286.

Soul, weakened by earthly passions,

8, 31; being one cannot contain
many desires at once, ib.; when
unmoved by externals, 11; its
own mistress, 42; healed by
Christ, ib., culture of, more dif-
ficult than of the earth, 62; how
may recover its appetite of spir-
itual food, 66; its diseases pro-
duced by luxury, 79; is invisible,
yet most exposed to attack, ib.;
real though invisible, 88, 91;
how inferior to spirit, 88; chas-
tised through the body, 131; but
secured by the fear of God, 193;
darkened by grief, 230; how
best adorned, 256.
Sowing, the, was done by the
Prophets, 120; harder than the
reaping, ib.
Spectacle of the spiritual combat to

be seen in Holy Scripture, 114;
of heathen theaters to be avoided,
ib.

Spirit, the Holy [see Holy Ghost].
Spiritual life, its pleasures, 295.
Spiritual sight is within the mind,
170.