the only way to understand
heavenly
Blessing, God's blessing of us and our things, v.
Augustine - Exposition on the Psalms - v6
(see
iv. 101. under Core. )
Augustine, St. converted and baptized Baptism, hallowed by Christ's Blood,
before he returned to Africa, ii. 66. laments his having been present at heathen shows, vi. 388. speaks of his love for those against whom he argues, ii. 129. fears not detraction, iv. 285. auailed by the Donatists, v. 471.
v. 191. typified by the Red Sea, iii. 471; iv. 118; v. 177, 191; vi. 157. washes away all guilt, v. 322. and so is a death, v. 526. all partake of, not all of the grace of iv. 44. to some life, to others death, vi. 157. a mark, which decorates the soldier,
His honest acknowledgment of brands the deserter, ii. 129. our Lord
difficulties, iii. 202. attributes his
success to God's grace, vi. 19. his
humility, iii. 312; vi. 427. calls
himself a misty cloud, v. 78. more
pleased when through his preaching
men confess their sins, than when
praised, iii. 312. takes pleasure in
his hearers' progress, ib. would rather
be a hearer than preach, vi. 232.
in old age willing to learn of the
young, v. 92. would rather offend
critics than fail to make himself Basan, meaning of, iii. 342; vi. 143, understood, ii. 53 ; vi. 208. used 157.
barbarisms to make his meaning Basilisk, a type of the devil, and why,
plainer, v. 529. considers the reader's mistake, a sign of God's will that he should preach on another subject, vi. 191. his Sermons extempore, taken down by his hearers, ii. 387. alludes to his Sermon on the Ten
iv. 310.
Beard, represents leaders of the faith
ful, vi. 117, 120. or Christ's Divinity, 355.
Beasts, have no understanding, ii. 205; vi. 418. beasts of the wood
baptized that we should not scorn
baptism, iv. 303. (see Sacraments. ) We should regard not the minister of, but God, from whom the blessing comes, vi. 345. Donatists wrongly
say that theirs alone holy, ib. the sin of repeating Baptism, 97; ii. 129 iv. 399. not to be repeated even in the case of heretics coming into the Church, 166. (see Dona
tists. )
i.
;
i.
is
i.
it,
402
drinking, signify Gentiles coming to the grace of God, v. 99, &c. the beasts in S. Peter's vision a type of this, ib.
Of burden, faithful, humble mem bers of Christ, v. 202. we must be Christ's beasts of burden, and bear Him meekly, i. 356.
Beauty, Christ's beauty both as God and as Man, ii. 229, 230. the beauty of Creation, its voice in confession of God, vi. 429. of the soul, righte ousness, ii. 230 ; iii. 144. is produced by confession, iv. 405.
Bed, put for quiet, vi. 113. the two men in one bed represent those who serve God in quiet, ib. sometimes put for bodily pleasure, i. 39. bed of pain, the weakness of the flesh, ii. 169.
Beggar, God would have us give alms to, v. 112. (see Alms. ) He is a beggar who has not God, however rich he be, vi. 334. we are all beg gars, in the rags of mortality, ib. we are beggars at God's gate, vi. 353.
Being, (esse) God alone has true being, vi. 128. those opposed to Him there fore tend to destruction, ii. 126. true being is without beginning or end, vi. 131. creatures, in comparison with God have no being, ii. 126. those whom God pardons shall have true Being hereafter, ib. true being represented by light, non-being by darkness, i. 61. in what sense sinners have no being, ii. 125.
Bishop, means superintendent or over seer, vi. 20. therefore they are set above the rest of the Clergy, ib. called fathers, ii. 259 ; v. 237. were harassed by secular causes, v. 417. their exaltation perilous, vi. 20. above their flocks, but under Christ the chief Shepherd, ib.
Bitterness, why God mingles with sweetness in this life, ii. 170; iv. 377; vi. 204. all things contain bitterness save God, iv. 190. sinners embitter God, because they have no taste for things of God, i. 32; iii. 286, 317 ; vi. 143.
Blasphemers, enemies of God, yet harm themselves, not Him, iv. 324. will be silenced at the day of judg ment, i. 268. wicked Christians cause God to be blasphemed, i. 187. an evil life blasphemes God, vi. 359.
Bless, God always to be blessed, i. 309, 355; ii. 332. every day, vi. 316. in adversity as well as prosperity, vi. 123, 316. they bless God, who do His will, v. 63. and so cause others to bless Him, i. 187. and they who dwell in unity, vi. 121. God's works bless Him, when we do good works by His help, v. 64. they do not bless God aright, who bless with their mouth, curse with their heart, i. 187; iii. 196; vi. 121.
Blessed, he is truly whose love is fixed on the true object, i. 195. man only truly blessed hereafter, iv. 155. by possessing God, Whom here they long for, i. 333. we are blessed in hope, v. 317. the happiness of the blessed, iv. 223. their only employ ment to contemplate and praise God, iv. 156, 211, 223; v. 266; vi. 361, 384.
INDEX.
Belief in God, definition of true, iv.
62. in Christ is to love Christ, vi. 73.
builds us into the one Temple of
God, ib. v. 493. belief in Christ's
coming in the Flesh the way to Him
as God, v. 523. true belief must
speak of what it believes, v. 298.
the only way to understand heavenly Blessing, God's blessing of us and our things, v. 391 . excessive joy checks
belief, vi. 400. (see Faith. )
Benefits, God's, to us, twofold, temporal
and eternal, i. 408. His temporal ones shared by the wicked ; His eternal not, iii. 72, 298; iv. 480. three degrees of, conversion, help, reward, v. 39 ; vi. 440. given gratis, i. 130.
Benjamin, represents St. Paul, and how, iii. 345. meaning of the name, iv. 102.
Betrayal, Judas' betrayal of Christ, a means of blessing to us, of punish ment to him, iv. 379. (see Christ. )
Birth, twofold, natural and spiritual, iii. 104. natural birth from Adam brings with it guilt, and the punish ment thereof, ii. 374; iii. 192; vi. 119.
blessing of God contrasted, iii. 295. God's, is eternal life, v. 223. sanctifi- cation, i. 32. His blessing from Sion and His temporal blessing contrasted, vi. 45, 124. for passers by to invoke a blessing on those at work, a Jewish custom, vi. 59.
Blindness, spiritual, inability to under stand the truth, i. 40; v. 391. not entire in this world, ib. the judicial punishment of sin against light, i. 73; iii. 120, 123, 383. caused by pride, iii. 277, 283. by false motive, vi. 271.
Bliss, the highest good, i. 8. sought by all, but not by all aright, i. 331 ; v. 314. many who long for bliss re fuse the means of finding ib. the Truth alone can give 18. tied
it, i.
it,
the true bliss of the soul, i. 332. the promised reward of the soul, resur rection of the body, iii. 217. will be perfect peace, vi. 301, 304. what God has done for us, an earnest of the greatness of bliss, vi. 422.
Blood, Christ's bloody sweat, the mys tical meaning of, iv. 368. Christ's Blood, our Ransom, and the pledge of His Love, iv. 312; v. 513. our propitiation, vi. 63. (see Christ. )
Blush, caused by shame, even at false charges, iii. 378. Christians not to blush at Christ's reproach, iii. 369. the sign of the cross on the forehead forbids blushing thereat, ib.
Body, some say that God fashioned the body, made the soul, v. 390. its four elements and qualities, i. 35. called pavement, v. 350. man's vessel or house, i. 329. the soul's garment, v. 32. the grave of the dead soul, iv. 235. even the spiri tual body inferior to the soul, vi. 338. was given for an ornament, sin has made it a fetter, vi. 354. its twofold nature, as God made and as sin has marred vi. 277.
made by God's goodness, its cor ruption caused by His justice, ib. three stages, soundness, torpor, im mortality, iii. 61. its many members harmonious, vi. 77.
eats Angels' Food, vi. 129. morsels of bread, members of Christ, vi. 410.
The bread of the heart, righteous ness, ii. 330. bread of sorrow, the food of penitents, vi. 194. why Christ would not make the stones bread at His Temptation, iv. 304. (see Christ: Eucharist. )
INDEX. 403
Book, meaning of the book that was
sweet in the mouth, bitter in the
belly, ii. 224. Holy Scripture many
books yet one book, vi. 452. meaning
of being blotted from the book of
the living, iii. 387. the world, as Calling, not for our deserts, but from
well as Scripture, book wherein we may read God's doings, ii. 267. heathen books profit some, Holy Scripture all, v. 102. do not teach humility, 297. (see Scripture. )
the free grace of God, 32. how we must answer God's calling, v. 22. we are called by the preaching of repentance, vi. 453. the first step to everlasting life, ib. (see Grace. )
Bone, bones in the Body of Christ, His Calendars, (Ephemerides,) supersti stronger members, 255, 388 ii. tious use of, ii. 167.
197 v. 6. the bone made in secret, Calumny, (see Accusation, false. ) inward strength, vi. 208. bones of Canaan, meaning of the name, v. 153;
the soul, its strength, 36, 233.
endurance, 371.
Bow, the, used for Holy Scripture,
56. God's bended bow, His threats, iii. 117. the bow of the wicked, their plots, ii. 19.
Bowed down, said of men of worldly desires, ii. 380 iii. 383 vi. 286. of sinners, unable to restore them selves, ii. 77.
Bread, the word of God, the bread of the soul, ii. 52 iv. 305 v. Christ the living Bread, vi. 107, 191, 234. bitter to sinners, 32. through Christ's Incarnation man
vi. 144.
Captivity, the captivity of the Jews a
type of ours, iii. 251, 408; vi. 15S, &c. our first captivity that under sin, from which we are freed by grace, iii. 431. our pilgrimage here
state of captivity, vi. 386. wherein consists, vi. 164. the devil and his angels, they that led us captive, ib. we are captives because sold under sin, vi. 3. and ransomed by Christ's Blood, iv. 403. our captivity just, because we have deserted our true Captain, iii. 433. we must confess ourselves captives, to be counted
Build, meaning of building
silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, on Christ the Foundation,
244, &c. iv. 129, &c. to build on the rock or on the sand, meaning of, v. 63.
Building, we are God's, iii. 295,317- we built as stones into the Heavenly City, v. 493.
Burden, Christ's light, because light ened by love, iii. 329 love bids us bear each other's burdens, vi. 65.
C.
Ctecilianus, Bp. of Carthage, 97. condemned by seventy Bishops, ii. 35, 45. restored by the Apostolic See, ii. 45. thrice gained his cause in appeals made by the Donatists them selves, ii. 46.
Cain, having a mark set on him by God, type of the Jewish nation, ii. 145; iii.
iv. 101. under Core. )
Augustine, St. converted and baptized Baptism, hallowed by Christ's Blood,
before he returned to Africa, ii. 66. laments his having been present at heathen shows, vi. 388. speaks of his love for those against whom he argues, ii. 129. fears not detraction, iv. 285. auailed by the Donatists, v. 471.
v. 191. typified by the Red Sea, iii. 471; iv. 118; v. 177, 191; vi. 157. washes away all guilt, v. 322. and so is a death, v. 526. all partake of, not all of the grace of iv. 44. to some life, to others death, vi. 157. a mark, which decorates the soldier,
His honest acknowledgment of brands the deserter, ii. 129. our Lord
difficulties, iii. 202. attributes his
success to God's grace, vi. 19. his
humility, iii. 312; vi. 427. calls
himself a misty cloud, v. 78. more
pleased when through his preaching
men confess their sins, than when
praised, iii. 312. takes pleasure in
his hearers' progress, ib. would rather
be a hearer than preach, vi. 232.
in old age willing to learn of the
young, v. 92. would rather offend
critics than fail to make himself Basan, meaning of, iii. 342; vi. 143, understood, ii. 53 ; vi. 208. used 157.
barbarisms to make his meaning Basilisk, a type of the devil, and why,
plainer, v. 529. considers the reader's mistake, a sign of God's will that he should preach on another subject, vi. 191. his Sermons extempore, taken down by his hearers, ii. 387. alludes to his Sermon on the Ten
iv. 310.
Beard, represents leaders of the faith
ful, vi. 117, 120. or Christ's Divinity, 355.
Beasts, have no understanding, ii. 205; vi. 418. beasts of the wood
baptized that we should not scorn
baptism, iv. 303. (see Sacraments. ) We should regard not the minister of, but God, from whom the blessing comes, vi. 345. Donatists wrongly
say that theirs alone holy, ib. the sin of repeating Baptism, 97; ii. 129 iv. 399. not to be repeated even in the case of heretics coming into the Church, 166. (see Dona
tists. )
i.
;
i.
is
i.
it,
402
drinking, signify Gentiles coming to the grace of God, v. 99, &c. the beasts in S. Peter's vision a type of this, ib.
Of burden, faithful, humble mem bers of Christ, v. 202. we must be Christ's beasts of burden, and bear Him meekly, i. 356.
Beauty, Christ's beauty both as God and as Man, ii. 229, 230. the beauty of Creation, its voice in confession of God, vi. 429. of the soul, righte ousness, ii. 230 ; iii. 144. is produced by confession, iv. 405.
Bed, put for quiet, vi. 113. the two men in one bed represent those who serve God in quiet, ib. sometimes put for bodily pleasure, i. 39. bed of pain, the weakness of the flesh, ii. 169.
Beggar, God would have us give alms to, v. 112. (see Alms. ) He is a beggar who has not God, however rich he be, vi. 334. we are all beg gars, in the rags of mortality, ib. we are beggars at God's gate, vi. 353.
Being, (esse) God alone has true being, vi. 128. those opposed to Him there fore tend to destruction, ii. 126. true being is without beginning or end, vi. 131. creatures, in comparison with God have no being, ii. 126. those whom God pardons shall have true Being hereafter, ib. true being represented by light, non-being by darkness, i. 61. in what sense sinners have no being, ii. 125.
Bishop, means superintendent or over seer, vi. 20. therefore they are set above the rest of the Clergy, ib. called fathers, ii. 259 ; v. 237. were harassed by secular causes, v. 417. their exaltation perilous, vi. 20. above their flocks, but under Christ the chief Shepherd, ib.
Bitterness, why God mingles with sweetness in this life, ii. 170; iv. 377; vi. 204. all things contain bitterness save God, iv. 190. sinners embitter God, because they have no taste for things of God, i. 32; iii. 286, 317 ; vi. 143.
Blasphemers, enemies of God, yet harm themselves, not Him, iv. 324. will be silenced at the day of judg ment, i. 268. wicked Christians cause God to be blasphemed, i. 187. an evil life blasphemes God, vi. 359.
Bless, God always to be blessed, i. 309, 355; ii. 332. every day, vi. 316. in adversity as well as prosperity, vi. 123, 316. they bless God, who do His will, v. 63. and so cause others to bless Him, i. 187. and they who dwell in unity, vi. 121. God's works bless Him, when we do good works by His help, v. 64. they do not bless God aright, who bless with their mouth, curse with their heart, i. 187; iii. 196; vi. 121.
Blessed, he is truly whose love is fixed on the true object, i. 195. man only truly blessed hereafter, iv. 155. by possessing God, Whom here they long for, i. 333. we are blessed in hope, v. 317. the happiness of the blessed, iv. 223. their only employ ment to contemplate and praise God, iv. 156, 211, 223; v. 266; vi. 361, 384.
INDEX.
Belief in God, definition of true, iv.
62. in Christ is to love Christ, vi. 73.
builds us into the one Temple of
God, ib. v. 493. belief in Christ's
coming in the Flesh the way to Him
as God, v. 523. true belief must
speak of what it believes, v. 298.
the only way to understand heavenly Blessing, God's blessing of us and our things, v. 391 . excessive joy checks
belief, vi. 400. (see Faith. )
Benefits, God's, to us, twofold, temporal
and eternal, i. 408. His temporal ones shared by the wicked ; His eternal not, iii. 72, 298; iv. 480. three degrees of, conversion, help, reward, v. 39 ; vi. 440. given gratis, i. 130.
Benjamin, represents St. Paul, and how, iii. 345. meaning of the name, iv. 102.
Betrayal, Judas' betrayal of Christ, a means of blessing to us, of punish ment to him, iv. 379. (see Christ. )
Birth, twofold, natural and spiritual, iii. 104. natural birth from Adam brings with it guilt, and the punish ment thereof, ii. 374; iii. 192; vi. 119.
blessing of God contrasted, iii. 295. God's, is eternal life, v. 223. sanctifi- cation, i. 32. His blessing from Sion and His temporal blessing contrasted, vi. 45, 124. for passers by to invoke a blessing on those at work, a Jewish custom, vi. 59.
Blindness, spiritual, inability to under stand the truth, i. 40; v. 391. not entire in this world, ib. the judicial punishment of sin against light, i. 73; iii. 120, 123, 383. caused by pride, iii. 277, 283. by false motive, vi. 271.
Bliss, the highest good, i. 8. sought by all, but not by all aright, i. 331 ; v. 314. many who long for bliss re fuse the means of finding ib. the Truth alone can give 18. tied
it, i.
it,
the true bliss of the soul, i. 332. the promised reward of the soul, resur rection of the body, iii. 217. will be perfect peace, vi. 301, 304. what God has done for us, an earnest of the greatness of bliss, vi. 422.
Blood, Christ's bloody sweat, the mys tical meaning of, iv. 368. Christ's Blood, our Ransom, and the pledge of His Love, iv. 312; v. 513. our propitiation, vi. 63. (see Christ. )
Blush, caused by shame, even at false charges, iii. 378. Christians not to blush at Christ's reproach, iii. 369. the sign of the cross on the forehead forbids blushing thereat, ib.
Body, some say that God fashioned the body, made the soul, v. 390. its four elements and qualities, i. 35. called pavement, v. 350. man's vessel or house, i. 329. the soul's garment, v. 32. the grave of the dead soul, iv. 235. even the spiri tual body inferior to the soul, vi. 338. was given for an ornament, sin has made it a fetter, vi. 354. its twofold nature, as God made and as sin has marred vi. 277.
made by God's goodness, its cor ruption caused by His justice, ib. three stages, soundness, torpor, im mortality, iii. 61. its many members harmonious, vi. 77.
eats Angels' Food, vi. 129. morsels of bread, members of Christ, vi. 410.
The bread of the heart, righteous ness, ii. 330. bread of sorrow, the food of penitents, vi. 194. why Christ would not make the stones bread at His Temptation, iv. 304. (see Christ: Eucharist. )
INDEX. 403
Book, meaning of the book that was
sweet in the mouth, bitter in the
belly, ii. 224. Holy Scripture many
books yet one book, vi. 452. meaning
of being blotted from the book of
the living, iii. 387. the world, as Calling, not for our deserts, but from
well as Scripture, book wherein we may read God's doings, ii. 267. heathen books profit some, Holy Scripture all, v. 102. do not teach humility, 297. (see Scripture. )
the free grace of God, 32. how we must answer God's calling, v. 22. we are called by the preaching of repentance, vi. 453. the first step to everlasting life, ib. (see Grace. )
Bone, bones in the Body of Christ, His Calendars, (Ephemerides,) supersti stronger members, 255, 388 ii. tious use of, ii. 167.
197 v. 6. the bone made in secret, Calumny, (see Accusation, false. ) inward strength, vi. 208. bones of Canaan, meaning of the name, v. 153;
the soul, its strength, 36, 233.
endurance, 371.
Bow, the, used for Holy Scripture,
56. God's bended bow, His threats, iii. 117. the bow of the wicked, their plots, ii. 19.
Bowed down, said of men of worldly desires, ii. 380 iii. 383 vi. 286. of sinners, unable to restore them selves, ii. 77.
Bread, the word of God, the bread of the soul, ii. 52 iv. 305 v. Christ the living Bread, vi. 107, 191, 234. bitter to sinners, 32. through Christ's Incarnation man
vi. 144.
Captivity, the captivity of the Jews a
type of ours, iii. 251, 408; vi. 15S, &c. our first captivity that under sin, from which we are freed by grace, iii. 431. our pilgrimage here
state of captivity, vi. 386. wherein consists, vi. 164. the devil and his angels, they that led us captive, ib. we are captives because sold under sin, vi. 3. and ransomed by Christ's Blood, iv. 403. our captivity just, because we have deserted our true Captain, iii. 433. we must confess ourselves captives, to be counted
Build, meaning of building
silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, on Christ the Foundation,
244, &c. iv. 129, &c. to build on the rock or on the sand, meaning of, v. 63.
Building, we are God's, iii. 295,317- we built as stones into the Heavenly City, v. 493.
Burden, Christ's light, because light ened by love, iii. 329 love bids us bear each other's burdens, vi. 65.
C.
Ctecilianus, Bp. of Carthage, 97. condemned by seventy Bishops, ii. 35, 45. restored by the Apostolic See, ii. 45. thrice gained his cause in appeals made by the Donatists them selves, ii. 46.
Cain, having a mark set on him by God, type of the Jewish nation, ii. 145; iii.
