Husband head of the wife, his obligations to her.
thy hand. Whatever useful things thou hast heard, these, Hoм. like the swallows, bearing off in thy mouth, carry away and place them in the mouth of the mother and the young ones. For how is it not absurd, in other things to think thyself worthy of the preeminence, and to occupy the place of the head, but in teaching to quit thy station. The ruler ought not to excel the ruled in honours, so much as in virtues. For this is the duty of a ruler, for the other is the part of the ruled, but this is the achievement' of the ruler himself. If1 xaróg. θωμα. thou enjoyest much honour, it is nothing to thee, for thou receivedst it from others. If thou shinest in much virtue, this is all thine own.
Thou art the head of the woman, let then the head regulate the rest of the body. Dost thou not' see that it is not so much above the rest of the body in situation, as in forethought, directing like a steersman the whole of it? For in the head are the eyes both of the body, and of the soul. Hence flows to them both the faculty of seeing, and the power of directing. And the rest of the body is appointed for service, but this is set to command. All the senses have thence their origin and their source. Thence are sent forth the organs of speech, the power of seeing, and of smelling, and all touch. For thence is derived the root of the nerves and the bones. Seest thou not that it is superior in foresight more than in honour? So let us rule the women, let us surpass them, not by seeking greater honour from them, but by their being more benefited by us.
I have shewn that they afford us no little benefits, but if we are willing to make them a return in spiritual things, we surpass them. For it is not possible in bodily things to offer an equivalent. For what? dost thou contribute much wealth? but it is she who preserves it, and this care of hers is an equivalent, and thus there is need of her. Wherefore? Because many, who had great possessions, have lost all because they had not one to take care of them. But as for the children, you both communicate, and the benefit from each is equal. She indeed in these things rather has the more laborious service, always bearing the offspring, and being afflicted with the pains of childbirth; so that in spiritual things only wilt thou be able to surpass her.
Ruling household well recompensed above.
Let us not therefore regard how we shall have wealth, but how we shall present with confidence to God the souls with which we are entrusted. For by regulating them we shall also most highly benefit ourselves. For he who teaches another, although he does nothing else, yet in speaking is affected with compunction, and especially when he sees himself responsible for those things, on account of which he reproves others. Since therefore we benefit both ourselves and them, and through them the household, and this is preeminently pleasing to God; let us not be weary of taking care both of our own souls, and of those who minister to us, that for all we may receive a recompence, and with much riches may arrive at the holy City our mother, the Jerusalem that is above, from which God grant that we may never fall, but that having shone in the most excellent conversation, we may be thought worthy with much confidence to see our Lord Jesus Christ; with Whom to the Father, together with the Holy Ghost, be glory, power, and honour, now and ever, and world without end. Amen.
Aaron, why he was not smitten with
leprosy as Miriam, 221.
Abel, suffered through love, 382. shall
meet Christ, 416.
Abraham, example of good use of riches,
143. his offering Isaac a type of our
Lord's death, 245.
Abraham, bid sacrifice Isaac, that he
might be rewarded, 355. an example
to bereaved parents, 368. prayed for
Sodom, 382. preferred God to all
things, 401. heard even his wife for
God's sake, 401. blessed In his family
for this, 401. not heard for Sodom,
421. his reward greater for his not
knowing the future, 429. had chil-
dren, but was not covetous, 447. his
hospitality, ib. wronged by Lot, ib.
Accusation, false, met by explanation,
true by acknowledgment and amend-
ment, 500.
Achain, Churches of, 472.
Achan, sacrilege of, punished, 423.
Actions, tradition by, 386, 504.
Acts, of mercy to be done against the
last day, 50. v. Mercy. noble acts
not performed without daring, 107.
evil actions spring from thoughts,
160.
Adam, first of mankind, 216. in Para-
dise like Christ in heaven, 244. dif-
ference between him and a Christian,
253.
Adjuration, by Christ, once feared, now
despised, 456. by children, eyes of
husband, &c. feared, 457. a woman
rewarded for regarding, 459.
Admiration, note of, 437.
Admonition, indirect most effective,
396. relieved by praise, 397. dis-
liked, 440, 41. should be gentle, 443.
followed up with prayer, 454, 496.
of an offending brother, private, 507.
sealed by prayer, 508.
Admonitions, should be coupled with
commendations, 90.
Adrian, sufferings of Jews from, 423.
Adultery, has worse effects than forni-
cation, 161.
Adultery, is uncleanness, 381. forbidden
to men as well as to women, 388,
390. punished in women by Roman
law, 390. a work of darkness, 431.
most insulting if open, 449.
Affliction, of self now a virtue, at Day of
Judgment an unprofitable reflection,
155. a benefit, 175. no one free from
it even in this world's contests, ibid.
from it ease springs, 178.
Affliction, admits spiritual joy, 340.
see Trial. The lot of Christians,
365. less felt when we have great
blessings, 401. grace and comfort in,
470. unity a help in, 471. shakes
the weak, confirms the strong, 471.
comfort in, 475. a temptation against
love of God, 503.
Ahithophel, example of flattery, 37.
Alexander the coppersmith, 497.
Alexander, called the Macedonian,
347. his conquests prophesied of, ib.
Alms, adorn the soul; root out covet-
ousness; raise soul towards heaven,
5. bring blessings, 6. assist the dead,
38. a help to Catechumens, 38. mea-
sured by the purpose of the giver,
170. and 172. are a sweet savour to
God, ibid. should be given in propor-
tion to the property a person has,
270. are a more beautiful clothing
than golden ornaments, 304.
Alms, see Hunger, Brethren, &c. sur-
passed by thanksgiving in losses, 371.
giving, relieves one's losses, 372.
stores for, 373. enjoined after losses,
398. oil of our lamp, 452. are for
those who cannot support themselves,
Almsgiving, to Ministers a gain to the
giver, 14. the right disposition of
giving, 15. removes sins of the giver,
ibid. should be to the poorer before
the richer, ibid. not to a saint in
abundance, 16. should be without
nice curiosity, ibid. its good effects
on man's nature, 161. does more
good to the giver than the receiver,
165. shewn to be the best thing
by time present, and future, 195.
Amalek, conquered by Moses' prayer,
497.
Ambassadors, honour due to, 341.
Amulets, used in sickness, applied by
old women, 279, 280. a device of
Satan's, 281. the use of them con-
demned by the better sort of heathens,
Ananias, sin and punishment of, 424.
Anarchy, Antichrist's opportunity, 492.
Anchor, hope of Resurrection, an, 464.
Angels, Colossians' notion about them
refuted, 214. created by the Son,
ibid. all things done by them, are of
Christ, 215. afore-time enemies to
man, were reconciled to him by
Christ, 217. therefore they could not
bring man to God, 218. before recon-
ciliation according to the number of
the nations, after according to num-
ber of believers, 219. could not per-
suade men to reconciliation, for they
could not bind Satan, 225. notion
about them again refuted by his
saying that men can continue in the
state of grace only by faith in Christ,
not by them, 226. nor are they needed
since men are 'knit' to Christ, 228.
notion about them answered again by
Christ's being in Christians, 237. and
because perfection is in Christ only,
238.Colossians'notion about them fully
met, 256. it arose from some false
teacher, out of his vainglory, 257. it
caused them to let go their hold of
Christ, and so be lost, 258. the doc-
trine was altogether of man, either
from some Jew, or from the Gentiles,
ibid.
Angels, attend on children, 404, 474.
work of in the Resurrection, 415-17.
host of, described as surrounding
Christ, 474.
Anointing, metaphorically, for encou-
raging, 465, 6.
Antichrist, might seem a sign of Christ's
coming, 430. is not an exact one, ibid.
will come first, and so far a sign,
464, 5. Christ left no room for his
deceit, 465. he that shall come in his
own name, 465. fables about, as of
his bending the knee, 465. wrought
in by Satan, ib. 466, 485. proud as
Satan, 465, 6. called the Apostacy,
484, 493. will not set up idolatry,
ib. will be worshipped in God's
Temple, i. e. in Churches, ib. miracles
of, ib. is not Satan, 485. what with-
held, the Roman Empire, 491, 493.
Nero a type of, 492. Christ's mere
appearing shall destroy, 492. wonders
of false, 493. permitted for silencing
of unbelievers, 493.
Antioch, monks near, 505. note e.
Apollinarius, of Laodicea, 61. his fol-
lowers denied that our Lord took a
soul, 80.
Apostacy, see Antichrist.
Apostles, The, examples how we should
meet pride arising from our wisdom,
57. v. Daniel and Joseph. a type,
and their life living laws, 142. taught
and then left those they had taught
to teach in their place, 287. their
ignorance no hindrance to the spread
of the Proclamation, 301.
Apostles, rejoiced in suffering, 340.
chosen as unworldly, 350. at first
curious about the time of Consumma-
tion, 425. not so afterward, 425, 6
not informed, 426. St. Peter chief of,
426.
Appearing, not said of The Father,
but of The Son, 63.
Archippus, probably held some office
in the Church at Colossæ, 182,
320. a person to whom S. Paul
would have the Colossians entirely
subject, 321.
Archangel, 415. voice of, ib. 417.
Arians, like heathens in making a
greater and a lesser God, 63. said
the Son was no where called 'Great,'
ibid.
Aristarchus, was brought up from Je-
rusalem fellow-prisoner with S. Paul,
Arius of Alexandria, 61. in what
way heretical, 62. how his heresy
falls before S. Paul's text, ibid.
Ark, 100 years building, 418. resting-
place of, 419.
Armenia, mountains of, ark rested on,
Armour, spiritual, 433. how to provide,
434.
Army, the Church like an, 443.
Arrogance, arising from thinking of our
own excellencies, 115.
Arrogance, see Pride. pride produces,
Article the, often not placed, and yet
the word God means The Father, 67.
Artisans, oppress their poorer fellows,
Arts, knowledge of, should not make
men proud, 87. not learnt without
fear, 91. to be used in God's service
in serving one another, not to with-
draw men from spiritual things, 125.
base arts to be avoided, 126. knowledge
of Art, is not taken from a man by
external circumstances, 144.
Ascalon, country beyond, 419. men of
conquered by Samuel's prayer, 497.
Assyrians, the, sufferings of Jews from,
422. King of conquered by Heze-
kiah's prayer, 497.
Atoms, notion of, 409.
Avarice, souls sacrificed to, 391. see
Covetousness. wickedness of, 446.
vain excuses for answered, 446, 7.
Avarice, its bad effects, 71. consists in
loving money at all, ibid. hinders
from seeing Christ's Face, 72. is the
root of evils, ib. hinders from being
Christ's servant, ibid.
Audacity, examples of, 58. is shewn in
causeless rage, 59.
Authority, used to the Faithful, 407.
Babylonians, sufferings of Jews from,
422. destroyed Median empire, 492.
their fall, ib.
Baptism, called a seal, 37. makes con-
formable to Christ's death in being
the death of sin, 132. men freed from
sin by, and have the Holy Ghost given
them, 135. men are delivered as it
were from a fever and wholly diseased
state by it, ibid. further account of
benefits it confers on men, 136. It
gives remission of sin, grace, and
wealth, 137. Prodigal Son an exam-
ple for those that have sinned after
Baptism, ibid. is through the Cross,
148. the way prepared for it by the
things done of old in water, 245. is a
circumcision of Spirit, 249. not
burial only but resurrection, ibid. a
death unto sin, 250. prefigured in
Red Sea, 260. its destroying and
new-making effects no cause for mar-
vel from what goes on in nature,
Baptism, called sleep by heretics, 407.
of Christ not so, 407. too often de-
ferred, 428. St. Greg. Naz. on this
practice, ib. note d. would be more
deferred if men knew their time, 428.
form of not derogatory to the Son,
495. priest has one with people, 501.
Baths, luxury of, 437.
Beasts, wild, do not hurt unless strait-
ened, 445. man iuferior to in bodily
qualities, 468.
Beauty, no cause for being proud, 86.
Bee, lesson from, in that it dies in
stinging, 445. commended in Scrip-
ture, ib.
Beggars, adjure by Christ in vain, 457.
succeed by praising ladies' beauty,
457. driven to low jesting and jug-
gling, ib. and to loose music, 458,
thankful under great privations, 458.
at Churches, 459. cruel treatment
of, 507.
Begging, a shameful thing, 398, 507.
misery of, 445. gets alms from few,
458. a lesson to those who tire of
prayer, 449.
Beginning, used for first impulse, or
for grounding, 466.
Belief, of things in Heaven increased
from what takes place on earth, 243,
244, 245.
Believers, sins of punished, 421.
Belly, how to use it in God's service,
125. the many ways men make it
their god, 149. moderation must be
put as a boundary to it, as the sand
to the sea, 150.
Benjamin, tribe of, that in which the
Priest's portion was, 120.
Berea, persecution at, 348.
Better men, thought of cures pride,
Bishops, sometimes called Presbyters
and Deacons, 8. have authority from
Christ by succession, 222. come from
God, ibid. are ambassadors from
God, 223.
Bishop, see Chrysostom, Priest, Ruler.
responsibility of, 455.
Blasphemers, hated by God, taken up
by the devil and his angels, 68.
Blood, resisting unto, 483.
Body, the, may be made spiritual, and
at length shine in Heaven like
Christ's Body, 150. shall be made
immortal by the power of Christ,
151. is sometimes beautiful, sin never,
276.
Body, see Resurrection. Formation of
a mystery. 410. structure and parts
of, ib. mortal and liable to suffering,
444. and soul preserved by spirit,
454. beggars maimed in, 457, 8.
unity of, requires care of all parts,
471, 2. place of head in, 513.
Bonds, a furtherance to the Gospel, 3, 21.
a confirmation of the Gospel, 13.
give confidence to others, 21. cause
preaching both from envy and for good-
will, ibid. the great service they are to
S. Paul, and to his work, 300. a
contrast between his and those
the women bound their hair with,
302, 303. S. Paul's, a support under
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