AARON, a good priest, 148.
Absolon, his rebellion, 407.

Abuses in attire, diet, &c. to be re-
pressed, 49.

Adrian the emperor, 173.
Emilius oppressed Egypt, 135.
Afflictions, common to all, 376; pe-
culiar to God's elect, 377; on the body
of the church, 378; on particular and
principal members, 379.
Alexander the great, 169; answer made
to him by a pirate, 226.
Alliaco, Petrus de, 249.
Alms, duty of giving, 265.

Amasis, his law against idleness, 117.
Ambrose mentions Herod's burning
books of the Jews, 16; touches
bishops of his time with simony,
44, 136; brought emperor Theodo-
sius to repentance by ecclesiastical
discipline, 72; says pride is the
greatest sin, 137; describes true re-
pentance, 140; says Christ is handled
and seen by faith, 153; reprobates
unthankfulness towards God, 156;
shews the evil result of forbearing
things lawful, 316; his testimony
that the cup was given to the laity,
455; says that a virgin is dependent
on the judgment of her parents in
respect to marriage, 455.

Ammianus Marcellinus referred to,
347.

Amphilochius, zealous against the

Arians, 41, 73, 232.
Anabaptists, 191, 266.
Angels, their office, 267.

Antichrist, sells for money, 11; and
Christ, difference between, 12, 20,
28; his destruction already begun,
389.

Antigonus, his speech when he should

put on a diadem, 36.

Antiquity, argument from, made by
Romish foxes, 66.
Apollonius falsely accused, 129.
Apostates notorious, 362.

Apostasy of the reformed, what, 389.
Arcadius, not saluted by Amphilo-
chius, 232.

Aristotle says, seven hours' sleep suffice
the body, 395.

Arius banished by Theodosius, 41;
his dreadful end, 362.
Armour of light to be put on, 214.
Assemblies, solemn, ordained in church
for special benefits, 55; christian,
when they may be secret, 191, 192.
Athanasius, falsely accused by Arians,
129.

Attire, sobriety in, 394.

Augustine says, it cannot be grace

which is not every way free, 11;
requires a doctrine to be recited from
scripture that it may be believed, 14;
Petilian's charge against him, 16;
says, princes must forbid things
whereby the commands of God are
broken, 41; speaks of those com-
pelled to come in, 46; says, pastors
must recall wandering sheep to the
fold, 72; quotes the opinion of So-
crates on worship, 87; asserts that
by faith we eat the body of Christ,
88; says, we must hear only, This
saith the Lord, 95; shews we must
be ready to excuse our brethren, 106;
condemns the flatterer's tongue, 132;
defines the ability of free-will, 133;
his desire that God give what he
commands, and command what he
will, 133; says, there is no virtue
but obedience, 145; says, it is some-
times cruelty to spare, 148; mentions
three causes of funerals, 161; consi-
ders order of burying, &c. as comforts
to the living, and not helps to the
dead, 162; asserts that as every man
departs hence, so shall he be judged
at the last day, 162; recommends
men to look for death, 171; says
that remedies are too late when death
is near, 173; asserts that he cannot
die ill who has lived well, 173; says,

prayer is a sacrifice to God, a scourge
to the devils, 263; enforces brotherly
love, 286; says, grace is so called
because given gratis, 297; compares
Abraham with John Baptist for ho-
liness in respect of marriage, 322;
says, the mother's consent must be
asked for a damsel's marriage, 326;
explains why the knowledge of the
time of the world's end is kept from
us, 352; explains the meaning of
nations (Luke xxi. 25), 364; says,
sufferings are no argument of right-
eousness, 378; warns that if faith
fall asleep we are in danger, 382;
the verses he wrote over his table,
399; says, the sacraments are called
by the names of the things they sig-
nify, 453, 454; declares sacraments
signs of things, being one thing and
signifying another, 454.
Authorities must be prayed for, 82.
Aylmer, succeeds Sandys in the see of
London, xxii.

Babington's and Ballard's conspiracy,

sermon preached on occasion of, 403.
Baldwin, or Baudouin, an apostate,
362.

Baptism, by the sacrament of, we are in-
corporated into the church of Christ,
87; of persons delayed till their death-
beds, 152; outward washing of the
flesh in, declareth inward purging of
the spirit, 302; private, of women,
disliked by Sandys, 433, 448.
Baronius, referred to, 193.
Bartie, a fellow prisoner of Sandys,
xii.

Becket, 359.

Becon's works referred to, 456.
Bede, his interpretation of the sun and
moon being obscured, 357; his opi-
nion of the dissolution of the heavens
and the earth, 366.

Benefits by which God allures men,
145.

Benjamin, a tailor, helps Sandys to
escape, xiii, xiv.

Bernard calls idleness the mother of
toys, 117; says, prelates are changed
into Pilates, 168; speaks of the time
of death as most uncertain, 170; says,
it is nowhere safe to be secure, 210;

calls good works not the causes of,
but the way unto the kingdom, 214.
Bertram, or Ratramnus, says the ele-
ments remain after consecration the
same in substance as before, 89.
Bill, Dr, ii, v.

Bingham's Orig. Eccles. referred to for
accounts of different notions respect-
ing matrimony, 322.
Bishop's charge, its weightiness, 331;
its hardness, 332; peril of discharging
and not discharging duty of it, 333;
many good men have endeavoured to
avoid it, 333.

Bishops, not made by chance, 334;
orders for, 434.

Bishopric of London, Sandys took
unwillingly and willingly, 334.
Bland, Sandys' schoolmaster, i.
Boasting, nothing in us to authorize,
102.

Bondage, we are redeemed from by

Christ, 179; of Romish servitude,
Christ hath delivered us from, 180.
Bondmen, all men are by nature, 178.
Bountifulness, a fruit of mercy, to be
shewn, 229, 230.

Bourne, Sir J., his dispute with Sandys,
xviii.

Bowler, converted by Sandys and Brad-
ford in prison, vii, viii.

Bradford, in prison with Sandys, vii,
viii.

Brotherly concord, St Paul exhorts to,
92; arises of unity in religion, 97;
illustrated by a comparison, 98, 99;
-kindness, we must abound more
and more in, 424, 425.
Brutus, 110; spared not his own sons,
227.

Burghley, Cecil, lord treasurer, instru-
mental in Sandys' promotion, xix;
Sandys writes to him, xx, xxi, xxiii,
XXV, xxvi.

Cards, dice, &c., recreation with, 118.
Care for others, a mean to maintain
concord, 107; in some merely pre-
tended, 107, 108; must be hearty,
108; specially concerns princes, coun-
sellors, &c., 108-110.
Cartwright, Sandys complains of, xx.
Chaderton, bishop, letter to, 436, 439.
Change, desired of all, 167; of this