Used
mystically
for the elect, vi.
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ii. 212. 'son' often used alone in Holy
Scripture for Son of God, i. 71. His
eternal generation expressed in " to
day have I begotten Thee,' i. 6.
how of one substance with the Fa
ther, iii. 361. shares the attributes Soul, the, used either of the rational of the Father, ii. 241. how He soul, or the principle of life, v. 178. emptied Himself, iii. 137. as God,
vi. 44. who should therefore be peace-makers, ib.
Of men, who called so, i. 84, 414; ii. 304 ; iii. 7. (see Man. )
Of Abraham, David, the Patri archs, those who imitate their faith,
is every where; in the body, which He took, is in Heaven only, iv. 21. is like God in a higher sense than
we, ii. 335. is God's only-begotten Son, yet He would not have Him remain One, iii. 310. (see Christ. )
Song, how different from psalm, i. 17; iii. 312. God teaches us the song of faith, hope, and charity, iv. 313, holy joy, a song to God, vi. 385. toe new song, of grace, of the New Testament, i. 316; ii. 133; iii. 304 ; vi. 309, 433. the lust of the flesh singeth the old song, the love of God, the new, iv. 398. love itself is the new song, ib. the song of Jerusalem our proper tongue, of the world, a strange tongue, vi. 172. the song of the rich and the song of the poor, vi. 168 -- 170. a song to the harp, good words combined with good works, iv. 319. in the song ot the Passion Christ leads the choir, the martyrs follow, iv. 226.
Songs of degrees, (see Degrees. )
Sons, increase of, comes of the bless
ing of the Lord, vi. 1H2. the real blessing, not to have sons, but good sons, vi. 46. how sons are to be rewarded for their father's merits, vi 103. men toil for their children, not themselves, vi. 4. toiling for children no excuse from almsgiving, ii. 112.
Used for good works, vi 49, 103.
Of God, we are, but as yet in hope only, ii. 335 and therefore are gods, ib. if God scourges His sons, what must sinners expect, iv. 373.
Of the Bridegroom, the Apostles, vi. 43, 280. Christians in general,
that whereby we live, vi. 179. not made of earth, like the body, v. 339. spiritual, incorporeal, vi. 340.
akin to God, ib. some have thought that alone was made by God, v. 389. the doctrine of transmigration of souls, false, vi. 377.
The mind the head of, 10, 16. consists of different parts, vi. 340. love, its foot, 83. its bones, its strength, 37. its food, the Word, iii. 219. learns from the light of God, vi. 341 holy souls God's seat, ii. 282 iv. 336, 447. the soul of the righteous man a sword of God, 376. love the virtue of the soul, v. 90.
Must overflow herself to attain to God, vi. 85. has no light or strength in itself, iii. 144; vi. 298. en lightened gazing on the light of God, iv. 448. darkened turn from that light, ib. iii. 239. should be lifted up to God, as a vessel to a fountain, to be filled, vi. 292. must thirst, that may be watered, v. 85. how a widow, vi. 105. the com forts of the soul in its trials, iii. 221. should never, even in sleep, be silent from praising God, v. 35.
By faith and hope in Christ, vi. 276. Christ became deformed, to make man's soul fair, v. 69. its beauty when cleansed, 199. souls represented by the virgins in the parable, vi. 390. all souls one, be cause their faith one, v. 65. the soul should rule the body God, the soul, vi. 340, &c. the soul superior in nature to the body, vi. 338. God the life of the soul, the soul of the body,
iii. 435. the body the tomb of the dead soul, iv. 235. the soul wanders
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not in locality, but in affections, v. 469. how persecutors endeavour to bow down the soul, vi. 236. souls, that confess to God, not forsaken by Him, iii. 51 1.
The soul while in the coil of the
body, like water frozen into snow,
vi. 407. love of the world like bird
lime to the soul's wings, v. 490.
its troubles while in the body, v.
514. and distractions, vi. 340. its Stationarins, a provincial officer so sicknesses and healings, i. 37. its
desires never satisfied, i. 22. the worldly soul an adulteress, iv. 324.
The souls of the righteous await the day of judgment in safety, ii. 13. whether they are cognisant of
called, iv. 356. (see note. )
his name significant of his
what is happening on earth, v. 217.
The Soul of Christ, how filled Stone, Christ the Stone, ii. 271 iii.
with evils, iii. 227.
Soundness, of body, the chief posses
sion of the poor, ii. 402 ; iv. 25. which they must be willing to part with, ii. 402. ought not to be the chief object of our prayers, iv. 25. what sort of soundness we should pray for, v. 41 , &c.
Sounds, three kinds of, produced by voice, breath, striking, vi. 456. all used to set forth the praises of God, ib.
502' how some are bruised, other ground to powder It, ib. stones of Sion, the Prophets, v. 15. all the faithful one stone, iv. 399. the faithful living stones of God's Tem ple, ii. 258; vi. 73. the Gentiles called stones because they wor shipped stones, ii. 284. the heathen worshipped dead stones, we have a living Stone, iv. 423.
Storehouse, (pariatoria,) of sufferings, will not be filled up till the end of the world, iii. 187. (see Treasure- house. )
names of false gods, iv. 348. that the stars control men's wills, a false notion, iii. 482.
Used mystically for the elect, vi. 366. for the gifts of the Holy Spirit,
vi. 156.
The morning star, put for all the
stars, part for whole, iv. 337 ; v. 249. and so for all the elect, iv. 337. or for eternity, v. 249.
iii. 131. was stoned, then crowned, ib. was conspicuous among Christ's members, vi. 117. his love for his enemies, even while reproving them, ib.
Sparrow, Christ a, in His Ascension,
v. 11. sparrows that build in the
cedars of Libanus, those who re Storms, of the sea represent troubles nounce the world, v. 118. in the Church, v. 194. the peril of
Spirit, the Holy, (see Holy Ghost. ) being steersman in them, ib.
The poor in, are nch in God's Strength, that whereby we endure
Spirit, vi. 266. those who follow their own, the proud, vi. 266, 289. the warfare of the spirit against the flesh, vi. 301. (see Flesh, War/are. ) God is obeyed when man's spirit cooperates with His Spirit, iv. 51.
trials, iv. 161. our strength comes from God, vi. 210. we must pray for strength from Him, ii. 200. strength that comes not from God, only ob stinacy, v. 143. no true strength without humility, iv. 333. pre sumption of strength chastened by humiliation, ii. 121. true strength under provocation, not shewn by blows, but by patience, iv. 334.
Spiritual men, the ministers of God,
v. 84. made by God His Angels,
ib. called ' the day,' iii. 508. ' stags,'
v. 120. ' heavens,' vi. 139. the spi
ritual persecuted by the carnal, v. Strong, he truly, whose strength
468; vi. 174.
Spittle, running down over David's
beard, mystical meaning of, i. 351,
354.
Spouse, of Christ, the Church, ii. 228,
253, 257. the Spouse one with the Bridegroom, i. 389. Christ loved His Spouse while foul, to make her fair, iv. 405. (see Christ. )
Stags, their habits mystically explained, i. 212; ii. 180; vi. 65. represent the spiritually advanced, v. 120.
in God, 289; iv. 240. those who are strong in their own strength, God overthtoweth, iii. 507; v. 308. God strong in Himself, we in Him, iii. 285. even the strong sometimes overpowered, ii. 197. specially by the scandals of wicked Christians,
255. three kinds of evil strong ones, the devil, those who rely on their riches, those who rely on their own righteousness, iii. 132. this strength frenzy, forboding the nearness of their death, iii. 133.
Stars, called by the names of men,
though they existed before men, Sucklings, those not capable of the through flattery, iv. 345. or by the knowledge of spiritual things, 63.
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must be content with milk, not seek strong meat, iii. 51, 268. we must be content to be sucklings at first, that we may grow anil be weaned, vi. 86.
Suffering, no spiritual advancement without suffering, v. 462. man suf fers inwardly, from himself, out wardly, from those among whom he lives, ii. 84. all suffering in this life part of the death which Adam's sin brought into the world, ii. 72. comes from the Anger of God, iv. 34. is meant for our healing, iii. 217. to prove us, iii. 471. Christians should pray for, not hate, those who inflict sufferings on them, iii. 32. the highest privilege, to suffer all things for the truth, v. 405. to suffer wrong and to suffer punishment, very different, vi. 351. (see Tribulation. )
Summer, a type of prosperity, winter of ad\ersity, ii. 196 ; iii. 300. of men fervent in spirit, iii. 510. of the future state, vi. 431.
Sun, worshipped by Pagans and Mani- chees, i. 177. Manichees said that Christ was the Sun, iv. 348. Christ is the Sun of Righteousness, i. 177. Who riseth not on the wicked, v. 123.
Sursum corda. (see Heart )
Susanna, cried to God in her heart,
though silent with her lips, vi. 178. Swear, to, is to promise firmly, vi. 92. to call God to witness, vi. 251. God's swearing, His calling Himself to
witness, ib. is the confirming His promises, ib. iv. 242. what God hath sworn will surely happen, vi. 104. His oath therefore to be feared, iv. 397. God alone can swear without risk, being infallible, iv. 242. man forbidden to swear lest be periure himself, ib. v. 251. to swear with a curse, the heaviest kind of oath, i. 47. in a prophet is not really a curse, but a prophecy, ib. we ought to be as firm in observing God's Com mandments as if we had sworn to them, v. 414.
The Donatists swore by the grey hairs of Donatus, i. 96.
Sword, different kinds of, vi. 442. the Word of God a two-edged sword, as containing both temporal and eternal promises, ib. vi. 310. a sword of good intent, as cutting off unbelievers, and healing the true members of Christ; the sword of ill intent, the lies of sinners and heretics, ib. Christ's sword, His Word, ii. 233. whichdivides men against oneanother, ib. man's soul why called a sword,
i. 376. the swords of the devil, heresies, i. 77. or the wicked, whom he makes use of in slaying souls, vi. 297.
Synagogue, the moon a symbol of, i. 101. was the mother of Christ, mother-in-law of the Church, ii. 239.
was the murderer of the Lord, iii. 470. yet out of it came the leader of the Church, ib. the Synagogue used for the good within iii. 472.
Syria, means lofty,' iii. 162. repre sents the world, lifted up by God's calling, ib.
T.
Tabernacles, are for pilgrims and sol diers, 109, 194, 271 ii. 202. the Tabernacle of the Lord, the Catholic Church, vi. 378. of sinners, heretical Churches, ib.
Tabr,r, means coming light,' iv. 250. Tares, resembles the genuine wheat,
iii. 268. represent false Christians, ib. the wheat and tares now mixed together, ii. 199. the true Christians thereby troubled, ib.
