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262.
Of the Church, arise for the most part from perversions of the Law, iii. 171. (see Scourge, Rod, Perse cution. )
186.
Its profit to us,
153; ii. 355, monitor, ii. 340. medicine, 152. that smarts, iii.
369. meant as
165. scourge to correct us now,
that we be not punished hereafter,
iii. 219. to make our faith and
prayers more fervent, iv. 238. to Trinity, the, One God, 24. error test the motive of our service of
God, ii. 217. to make us seek eternal rest, iv. 148. its bitternesses, to make us long for the sweetness of heaven, ii. 211 vi. 181, &c. to make us long for Christ's coming,
of Sabellius concerning, 25. dif ferent errors concerning, iii. 349; vi. 84. set forth in the words Prin cipal Spirit, Upright Spirit, Holy Spirit, in Ps. 51, ii. 382. of Three Persons, One Substance, iii. 360.
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Truth, opposed to vanity, v. 360. is one, yet manifold, i. 102. Christ is the Supreme Truth, i. 357. is com mon to all, iv. 21. is every where present, i. 243. the voice of truth crieth in the heart without the aid of the lips, iii. 99. cannot be brought down by its enemies, v. 299. nor conquered, iii. 200. pleasant to the good, bitter to sinners, i. 32. its mention sweet, iv. 398; v. 364. the love of it commended, i. 357. it alone makes men blessed, i 18. compared to a shield, iv. 287. mercy and truth combined, iv. 235; v. 282, 395. truth, in heaven, meroy, on earth, iii. 95. (see Mercy. ) the Truth of God the food of angels and men,
iv. 130. Christ the Truth, and the Way to the Truth, v. 523. man created like the Truth, by sin made like unto vanity, vi. 306. he who begins to wish for the Truth, then first perceives his darkness, vi. 409. confession the road to the under standing of the Truth, vi. 372. no truth in evil works, vi. 231. the duty of striving for the truth, v. 405.
When a man speaks the truth, the words are his, the truth is God's, iv. 240. no use to preach it, except from the heart, iii. 312. we must believe the truth we preach, and speak the truth we believe, v. 298. those who preach, not for truth's but for custom's sake, dogs, i. 147. all who preach the truth assailed by mockers, vi. 168. the truth as sailed by mockers, vi. 168. the truth not to be preached to those unfit to receive it, vi. 166, &c. lying toilsome, truth easy, vi. 230. we should speak the truth to all men, i. 176. (see Neighbour. ) the truth may sometimes be kept back, i. 27. (see Lying. )
Turtle-dove, the Church compared to a, v. 11.
Tyrants, brought presents to Christ unknowingly, in sacrificing the mar tyrs, iii. 460. the violence of their persecution, iv. 299. were themselves sometimes converted by the con stancy of their victims, v. 451.
Tyre, meaning of its name, iv. 142.
U.
Unbelievers, called ' darkness,' i. 264. mystically represented by the sea, vi. 140. said to dwell in the sea, v.
132. their hearts, lions' dens, v, 126. they are the swords of the devil, vi. 297. are not strangers on earth, v. 340. cannot keep God's Word, v. 336. nor do good works, i. 281. (see Faith. ) said to be cut in pieces when they believe by degrees, iv. 254. (see
Pagan, Gentiles. )
Understanding, is inward sight, i. 336.
some things we do not understand, because we cannot, some, because we will not, i. 403, 405. some things we do not believe, unless we under stand them : some we do not under stand except we believe them, v. 391. why we must still seek the gift of understanding from God, ib. God alone the Light of the understanding, v 393. even when He imparts it by means of others, ib. stages of under standing, i. 287. (see Faith. )
Ungodly, the, their food, pride, iv. 491. only seem to live, iii. 123. compared to grass, flourishing in sum mer, withering in winter, ii. 322. to smoke, ii. 63. have not taste for the good things of God, i. 269. how they aredriven away by God, i. 31. really miserable, even when called happy, iii. 475 ; v. 516. yet mock the godly who have true happiness, ib. their happiness now unreal, their torments will be real, iii. 22. (see Sinners. )
Union, of Christ and His Church, (see
Christ, Church. )
Unity recommended, vi. 433, &c.
false unity, ii. 160. (see Church, Donatisls. )
Unrighteous, the, never harmless, vi. 221. tempt, if they do not persecute, ib. compared to a burning brand, iv. 419. God's vengeance visits them whether they repent or not, ii. 18. would fain make God unrighteous too, ii. 201. they agree not even among themselves, ii. 17. hurt them selves too, ii. 18. their foolish argu ments against God's Justice, iv. 358. better to endure unrighteous ness, than to be unrighteous, v. [545. (see Sinners.
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Usury, a detestable thing, ii. 53. inex cusable, vi. 55. a profession, iii. 41. Christian usury, to lend to God, ii. 53. revenge, a kind of usury, iii. 41.
V.
Vainglory, (see Glory. )
Valley, represents humility, iii. 270;
v. 95.
Vanity, all that passeth away, vi. 305.
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opposed to verity, v. 359. they who speak vanity listen not to those who speak verity, vi. 309. man subjected to vanity, because he would not be subject to verity, v. 359, 387. the vanities in which men trust, i. 248.
(see Truth. )
Veil, on the heart of the Jews while
Moses is read, meaning of, iii. 258. Venatores, those who fought with wild beasts in the Circus, ii. 139; iii. 23;
v. 51.
Vengeance, God's, called His Wrath,
iii. 155. is the consequence of His Justice, ii. 371 ; v. 49. sometimes is meant to convert sometimes to consume, iii. 155. God often delays His Vengeance, but it will come at last, iv. 351.
vi. 91. some vows required of all, some proper only for individuals, ib. iv. 18. what islawful in itself, wrong,
against a vow, ib. we should all vow to be God's Temple, vi. 92. to give ourselves to Him, v. 302. the sin of turning back from any vow we have made, iv. 150. how vows are to be rendered to God, iii. 290.
W.
Wages, we cannot claim them till the end of the day, ii. 10, 31 iv. 359. the thought of our wages hereafter supports us in our toil now, ii. 31. men should not look for the perish able wages of this world, v. 264.
Christians must not seek venge
ance, but endurance, i. 275. should Walk, to, in a Christian, means to do
be practised rather on ourselves than others, v. 49. in what sense we may desire it, iv. 95, <fcc. he who seeks vengeance, overcome by the devil, i. 47. is wrong in man, just in God, i. 30. in man is the justice of the
unjust, v. 311.
Vessels, of death, heretics so called,
good works, 327. better to walk in the right way, than to run off the way, 282.
Warfare, the Christian, twofold against evil spirits without, and lusts within, iv. vi. 298, &c. against invisible foes, vi. 292. man punished for re belling against God, by rebellion within himself, iii. 431 iv. 6. the
and why, i. 57. the wicked, vessels
of wrath, vi. 144. are vessels of the
devil, but when they believe, become
vesselsof Christ, iii. 132. man should
lift up his soul to God to be filled,
like a vessel to the fountain, vi. Waterfowl, mystical meaning of, v. 87.
292.
Vinegar, meaning of its being offered to
Christ on the Cross, iii. 371.
Virgin, the, (see Mary. ) the whole
Church a virgin, vi. 390.
Virginity, without virtues unclean, iv.
20. humble wedlock better than proud virginity, ib. iv. 476. few have vir ginity in the flesh, all should in heart, vi. 390. used for an uncor- rupted faith, ib. the five virgins in the Parable represent all who shall
enter heaven, ib. for a virgin to marry, no sin ; for one who has vowed perpetual virginity, a great sin, iv. 18, 150. virginity outside the
Church profitless, ii. 258.
Vision of God. (see Sight. )
Voice, only applied to living things,
of its house, v. 120.
Weaning, spiritual, vi. 85.
Weeping, why Christians should weep,
vi. 161. to weep for worldly losses, weeping of Babylon, ib. how to weep as though we wept not,' vi.
385. (see Tears, Sadness. )
Wheat, among the tares, Christians
among the wicked, ii. 199. 'fat of wheat,' means the Eucharist, iv. 132; vi. 405.
White Mass, the, a name applied to a
body of Martyrs at Utica, ii. 344;
vi. 3J1. (see notes. )
Wicked, the, compared to hay, v. 124.
abuse God's good works, He uses well their evil works, v. 156. are wicked through seeking bliss by a wrong way, 331 v. 314. have no comfort in tribulations, ii. 25. harm not others only, but themselves also,
vi. 227. and so the voice of prayer
means a prayer with life in ib.
the voice of the body heard with the
ear of the soul, understood by God, than the beasts do, 414. cause the
24. the voice of the heart heard by God, vi. 10, 178. (see Prayer. )
Vow, we should be as ready to perform as to vow, vi. Ill iv. 18. but vows must not be made in self-reliance, ib.
weak to murmur against God. (see Murmuring. ) why God spares them, iii. 30; iv. 364. God makes them tbe means of good to others, iv. 379. are used to test the godly, ii. 14.
Christian warfare dwelt on at length, on Ps. cxliv.
Contest with heretics, the Church's civil war, v. 195.
384. desire of God nothing better
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therefore there will be none when the trial is over, ii. 13. are a scourge to the good, iv. 379. insult them, iv. 372. but they will be punished hereafter, iv. 379.
but are not able to perform, iii. 102. the will, not the amount, the measure of works of mercy, vi. 13. the will sufficient in the sight of Him Who knows the heart, vi. 136.
A right will, the gift of God, iv. 55. God's good will must precede our good will, i. 32 ; iv. 55. our own will can effect nothing without God's help, i. 203. yet it must do its part, vi. 300. God will abandon us, if we do our own will, vi. 293.
Of the Church, arise for the most part from perversions of the Law, iii. 171. (see Scourge, Rod, Perse cution. )
186.
Its profit to us,
153; ii. 355, monitor, ii. 340. medicine, 152. that smarts, iii.
369. meant as
165. scourge to correct us now,
that we be not punished hereafter,
iii. 219. to make our faith and
prayers more fervent, iv. 238. to Trinity, the, One God, 24. error test the motive of our service of
God, ii. 217. to make us seek eternal rest, iv. 148. its bitternesses, to make us long for the sweetness of heaven, ii. 211 vi. 181, &c. to make us long for Christ's coming,
of Sabellius concerning, 25. dif ferent errors concerning, iii. 349; vi. 84. set forth in the words Prin cipal Spirit, Upright Spirit, Holy Spirit, in Ps. 51, ii. 382. of Three Persons, One Substance, iii. 360.
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Truth, opposed to vanity, v. 360. is one, yet manifold, i. 102. Christ is the Supreme Truth, i. 357. is com mon to all, iv. 21. is every where present, i. 243. the voice of truth crieth in the heart without the aid of the lips, iii. 99. cannot be brought down by its enemies, v. 299. nor conquered, iii. 200. pleasant to the good, bitter to sinners, i. 32. its mention sweet, iv. 398; v. 364. the love of it commended, i. 357. it alone makes men blessed, i 18. compared to a shield, iv. 287. mercy and truth combined, iv. 235; v. 282, 395. truth, in heaven, meroy, on earth, iii. 95. (see Mercy. ) the Truth of God the food of angels and men,
iv. 130. Christ the Truth, and the Way to the Truth, v. 523. man created like the Truth, by sin made like unto vanity, vi. 306. he who begins to wish for the Truth, then first perceives his darkness, vi. 409. confession the road to the under standing of the Truth, vi. 372. no truth in evil works, vi. 231. the duty of striving for the truth, v. 405.
When a man speaks the truth, the words are his, the truth is God's, iv. 240. no use to preach it, except from the heart, iii. 312. we must believe the truth we preach, and speak the truth we believe, v. 298. those who preach, not for truth's but for custom's sake, dogs, i. 147. all who preach the truth assailed by mockers, vi. 168. the truth as sailed by mockers, vi. 168. the truth not to be preached to those unfit to receive it, vi. 166, &c. lying toilsome, truth easy, vi. 230. we should speak the truth to all men, i. 176. (see Neighbour. ) the truth may sometimes be kept back, i. 27. (see Lying. )
Turtle-dove, the Church compared to a, v. 11.
Tyrants, brought presents to Christ unknowingly, in sacrificing the mar tyrs, iii. 460. the violence of their persecution, iv. 299. were themselves sometimes converted by the con stancy of their victims, v. 451.
Tyre, meaning of its name, iv. 142.
U.
Unbelievers, called ' darkness,' i. 264. mystically represented by the sea, vi. 140. said to dwell in the sea, v.
132. their hearts, lions' dens, v, 126. they are the swords of the devil, vi. 297. are not strangers on earth, v. 340. cannot keep God's Word, v. 336. nor do good works, i. 281. (see Faith. ) said to be cut in pieces when they believe by degrees, iv. 254. (see
Pagan, Gentiles. )
Understanding, is inward sight, i. 336.
some things we do not understand, because we cannot, some, because we will not, i. 403, 405. some things we do not believe, unless we under stand them : some we do not under stand except we believe them, v. 391. why we must still seek the gift of understanding from God, ib. God alone the Light of the understanding, v 393. even when He imparts it by means of others, ib. stages of under standing, i. 287. (see Faith. )
Ungodly, the, their food, pride, iv. 491. only seem to live, iii. 123. compared to grass, flourishing in sum mer, withering in winter, ii. 322. to smoke, ii. 63. have not taste for the good things of God, i. 269. how they aredriven away by God, i. 31. really miserable, even when called happy, iii. 475 ; v. 516. yet mock the godly who have true happiness, ib. their happiness now unreal, their torments will be real, iii. 22. (see Sinners. )
Union, of Christ and His Church, (see
Christ, Church. )
Unity recommended, vi. 433, &c.
false unity, ii. 160. (see Church, Donatisls. )
Unrighteous, the, never harmless, vi. 221. tempt, if they do not persecute, ib. compared to a burning brand, iv. 419. God's vengeance visits them whether they repent or not, ii. 18. would fain make God unrighteous too, ii. 201. they agree not even among themselves, ii. 17. hurt them selves too, ii. 18. their foolish argu ments against God's Justice, iv. 358. better to endure unrighteous ness, than to be unrighteous, v. [545. (see Sinners.
)
Usury, a detestable thing, ii. 53. inex cusable, vi. 55. a profession, iii. 41. Christian usury, to lend to God, ii. 53. revenge, a kind of usury, iii. 41.
V.
Vainglory, (see Glory. )
Valley, represents humility, iii. 270;
v. 95.
Vanity, all that passeth away, vi. 305.
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opposed to verity, v. 359. they who speak vanity listen not to those who speak verity, vi. 309. man subjected to vanity, because he would not be subject to verity, v. 359, 387. the vanities in which men trust, i. 248.
(see Truth. )
Veil, on the heart of the Jews while
Moses is read, meaning of, iii. 258. Venatores, those who fought with wild beasts in the Circus, ii. 139; iii. 23;
v. 51.
Vengeance, God's, called His Wrath,
iii. 155. is the consequence of His Justice, ii. 371 ; v. 49. sometimes is meant to convert sometimes to consume, iii. 155. God often delays His Vengeance, but it will come at last, iv. 351.
vi. 91. some vows required of all, some proper only for individuals, ib. iv. 18. what islawful in itself, wrong,
against a vow, ib. we should all vow to be God's Temple, vi. 92. to give ourselves to Him, v. 302. the sin of turning back from any vow we have made, iv. 150. how vows are to be rendered to God, iii. 290.
W.
Wages, we cannot claim them till the end of the day, ii. 10, 31 iv. 359. the thought of our wages hereafter supports us in our toil now, ii. 31. men should not look for the perish able wages of this world, v. 264.
Christians must not seek venge
ance, but endurance, i. 275. should Walk, to, in a Christian, means to do
be practised rather on ourselves than others, v. 49. in what sense we may desire it, iv. 95, <fcc. he who seeks vengeance, overcome by the devil, i. 47. is wrong in man, just in God, i. 30. in man is the justice of the
unjust, v. 311.
Vessels, of death, heretics so called,
good works, 327. better to walk in the right way, than to run off the way, 282.
Warfare, the Christian, twofold against evil spirits without, and lusts within, iv. vi. 298, &c. against invisible foes, vi. 292. man punished for re belling against God, by rebellion within himself, iii. 431 iv. 6. the
and why, i. 57. the wicked, vessels
of wrath, vi. 144. are vessels of the
devil, but when they believe, become
vesselsof Christ, iii. 132. man should
lift up his soul to God to be filled,
like a vessel to the fountain, vi. Waterfowl, mystical meaning of, v. 87.
292.
Vinegar, meaning of its being offered to
Christ on the Cross, iii. 371.
Virgin, the, (see Mary. ) the whole
Church a virgin, vi. 390.
Virginity, without virtues unclean, iv.
20. humble wedlock better than proud virginity, ib. iv. 476. few have vir ginity in the flesh, all should in heart, vi. 390. used for an uncor- rupted faith, ib. the five virgins in the Parable represent all who shall
enter heaven, ib. for a virgin to marry, no sin ; for one who has vowed perpetual virginity, a great sin, iv. 18, 150. virginity outside the
Church profitless, ii. 258.
Vision of God. (see Sight. )
Voice, only applied to living things,
of its house, v. 120.
Weaning, spiritual, vi. 85.
Weeping, why Christians should weep,
vi. 161. to weep for worldly losses, weeping of Babylon, ib. how to weep as though we wept not,' vi.
385. (see Tears, Sadness. )
Wheat, among the tares, Christians
among the wicked, ii. 199. 'fat of wheat,' means the Eucharist, iv. 132; vi. 405.
White Mass, the, a name applied to a
body of Martyrs at Utica, ii. 344;
vi. 3J1. (see notes. )
Wicked, the, compared to hay, v. 124.
abuse God's good works, He uses well their evil works, v. 156. are wicked through seeking bliss by a wrong way, 331 v. 314. have no comfort in tribulations, ii. 25. harm not others only, but themselves also,
vi. 227. and so the voice of prayer
means a prayer with life in ib.
the voice of the body heard with the
ear of the soul, understood by God, than the beasts do, 414. cause the
24. the voice of the heart heard by God, vi. 10, 178. (see Prayer. )
Vow, we should be as ready to perform as to vow, vi. Ill iv. 18. but vows must not be made in self-reliance, ib.
weak to murmur against God. (see Murmuring. ) why God spares them, iii. 30; iv. 364. God makes them tbe means of good to others, iv. 379. are used to test the godly, ii. 14.
Christian warfare dwelt on at length, on Ps. cxliv.
Contest with heretics, the Church's civil war, v. 195.
384. desire of God nothing better
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i.
i.
i. ;
i.
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if
it,
a
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6;
i.
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therefore there will be none when the trial is over, ii. 13. are a scourge to the good, iv. 379. insult them, iv. 372. but they will be punished hereafter, iv. 379.
but are not able to perform, iii. 102. the will, not the amount, the measure of works of mercy, vi. 13. the will sufficient in the sight of Him Who knows the heart, vi. 136.
A right will, the gift of God, iv. 55. God's good will must precede our good will, i. 32 ; iv. 55. our own will can effect nothing without God's help, i. 203. yet it must do its part, vi. 300. God will abandon us, if we do our own will, vi. 293.
