the
mystical
mean
ing of three, and of four, i.
ing of three, and of four, i.
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a door to be set thereon, opened for confession, shut to sin, vi.
241.
God's Mouth, His Revelation, v.
334.
the mouth of the Church, its spiritual members, ii.
224.
Moon, the, represents the Church, i.
93; iii. 458; v. 121. the syna
gogue, i. 101. Christ's Flesh, iii. Mule, the, used for the proud, i. 300. 509. carnal men, ib. knowledge, vi. Murmuring, murmurers compared to
156. mortality, iii. 182, 457; iv. 260; vi. 281. the Resurrection, v. 46. two opinions about the source of the moon's light, i. 93, 94. foolish notions about eclipses of, iv. 348.
a cart wheel, vi. 120. the good are not to murmur at the prosperity of the wicked in this world, ii. 301 ; iii. 473, 474, 480, 492, 526. or at God's long-suffering, iv. 351. to do so is blasphemy, ib. makes us wicked servants of God, iv. 470.
Morning, used for prosperity, iii. 266;
iv. 317. for the day of judgment, iv.
495. when we shall see what now Mysteries, sweet, in proportion to their we believe, vi. 291.
Moses, minister of the Old, Prophet of
the New Testament, iv. 270. how
connected with the New Testament,
vi. 216. a priest, iv. 455. in his
speaking with God a type of the
whole Jewish people, vi. 197. his
behaviour when his rod was changed
into a serpent, of what significant,
iii. 497. represents all the righteous
in having God's ways made known
to him, v. 54. God spake not to
him face to face, vi. 197. his punish
ment, not his death, but exclusion
from the Land of Promise, iv. 458.
of whom it was a type, iv. 458 ; v.
182. an instance of a perfect hatred, Nathaniel, not chosen as one of the
vi. 216.
The books of, typified by the five
stones in David's scrip, vi. 296. by the five porches of the pool, iii. 428 ; v. 54.
Mountains, used both in good and bad sense, for chief members of Christ, and for the proud, ii. 267 ; iv. 443.
first Apostles because not one of the weak things of the world, iii. 274. was learned, ib. yet highly praised by Christ, ib.
Nature, all nature exists, darkness and sin do not exist, i. 61. must be in harmony with truth, i. 27. what was punishment to Adam is nature to us, ii. 72.
In a good sense, the preachers of the
Gospel, ii. 265; iii. 451 ; v. 538, &c. Nearness, to God, not in space, but
280. enlighten others, but are first
enlightened themselves, v. 538. help
comes through the mountains, not
from the mountains, i. 410. meaning
of saying to the mountain, ' be thou
plucked up,' &c. ii. 266. used for
Christ Himself, i. 11, 92; ii. 265.
for the angels, iv. 271. for the
Church, i. 6. the spiritual, ii. 137; Necessity, the mother of all employ iii. 451. the mountain from whence ments on earth, iv. 155. man's hand
depth, vi. 218. (see Sacraments. )
N.
Name, God's Name known, when He Himself is known, i. 79. God's Name I AM, v. 27. because He alone IS, ib. (see God. ) how tem
pered to man's understanding, v. 150. how to be hallowed, v. 66. to be praised by giving glory to Him, iv. 317. else He will blot out our name, ib. Christ's Name, the knowledge of Him, iv. 450.
in likeness, iv. 383, 467. we draw near to Him not by motion, but affection, iv. 3S3; vi. 317. penitence a means of drawing nigh, i. 362. the Gentiles draw nigh by faith, hope, charity, i. 361.
Moral, in character, and will, iv. 384 ; vi. 57.
INDEX. 493
necessities, ignorance, lu<<ts, death, &c. i. 248, &c. humility frees us from them, because it brings us Christ's aid, i. 249. God schools us by necessities, that we may love Him the more, iii. 221. better to bear any necessity, than commit iniquity, iii. 476.
Neighbour, our, every man, i. 110, 176; v. 341. he who shews mercy a true neighbour, ii. 316. love of, (see Love. ) '
Nephthalim, means my enlargement,' iii. 346.
Neptune, the heathen God of the sea, i. 205; v. 287.
Night, a type of this life, ii. 323; iv. 27, 494 ; v. 377; vi. 203. of adver sity, i. 2; iii. 422; iv. 317; vi. 123, 205, 291. of ignorance, iv. 299. of carnal men, i. 133. of wickedness, i. 26. to do good for earthly advan tage sake is to make day serve night, iii. 422. meaning of the phrase un seasonable night, (nocte inlempestd,) v. 443.
Nineveh, the repentance of, ii. 376.
Noah, a type of the rulers of the Og, means 'shutting up,' vi. 143. or
iii. 171. sides of the north, the Gen tiles, ib. the pot heated by the north wind, persecution, iii. 171.
Novations, their heresy drew out the doctrine of the Church on repent ance, iii. 49.
sometimes specifically for those blown with bellows, iii. 94 ; vi. 455. how mystically used for saints, ib. the organs of the citizens of Jerusalem, the Scriptures, God's commands, His promises, meditation, vi. 162.
Numbers, specific, have a mystical
meaning, ii. 343.
the mystical mean
ing of three, and of four, i. 35. of five,
ii. 343. in the case of the five vir
gins in the parable, vi. 390. of seven, Organ, sometimes used generally, to iv. 99; vi. 14o0. of eight, i. 34. of include all instruments of music,
O.
Oath, (see Swear. )
Obedience, God shewed how much He
valued it, by forbidding to eat of the tree in order to test it, iii. 440. is the beginning and perfection of all righteousness, iii. 452. is the road to attain the secrets of wisdom, v. 412. to be observed in order to at tain them, to be maintained when we have, ib. is most expedient, iii. 431. man's refusal to obey his mas ter the cause of discord in himself, ib. man fell by disobedience, must obey in order to rise again, iii. 432. we must obey God, that our flesh may obey us, vi. 301. obedience proved by temptation, iv. 54. the obedience of the Itechabites a pattern, iii. 407. parents to be always obeyed, save when they command what is con trary to God's law, ib. even wicked masters to be obeyed, for Christ's sake, v. 543. the folly of obeying lusts, disobeying God, vi. 53.
Church, vi. 114. Noah's Ark a type
of the Church, v. 99.
Nobles, many gave up their nobility
in this world to follow Christ in poverty, vi. 446. fear none but God, vi. 447. Christ's grace extends to them too, though first to the poor, v. 117.
' heaping together,' vi. 157.
Oil, used for the Holy Spirit, v. 226.
for spiritual joy, i. 167. for glory, vi. 250, 391. for the testimony of a good conscience, ib. outward and inward oil, ii. 247. (see Anointing) ' the oil of a sinner,' flattery, vi. 249. ' those who sell oil,' flatterers, vi. 391.
North, the, represents the devil and
His angels, ii. 289. is his abode, Ointment, mystical meaning of the
Offering, (see Holocaust. )
ten, vi. 451. of twelve, ii. 345; v.
100,215. of fifteen, iv. 275; vi. 449.
of seventeen, ii. 344. of forty, vi.
450; v. 257, 396. of fifty, vi. 450;
v. 257. of one hundred and fifty,
iv. 275; vi. 449. of the one hundred
and fifty-three fishes, taken after Original sin, (see Sin, Baptism. )
the resurrection, ii. 314; vi. 451. Orplians, many made so by the sword
of one thousand, v. 152.
God can number what to man is
innumerable, vi. 369. 1
Plural for singular, v. 223. sin
gular for plural, v. 225.
of the Word, severing them from earthly relations, iii. 316. Christians orphans, not because their Father is dead, but because He is absent, vi. 355. orphans, those to whom the
ointment wherewith the woman
anointed Christ's Feet, i. 150.
Old age, the two terms nota&vrits and 7f'^eti>>'distinguished,iii. 435. men pray
for old age, complain of it when it comes, ii. 57. old age and childhood how to be combined, v. 269. the old age of the Church white with good works, iv. 325.
Oreb, means dryness, iv. 143.
494 INDEX.
world is crucified, and they to the world, i. 90. who have put off the old man, i. 91. God the Protector of such, i. 90; vi. 355.
Owl, how a figure of Christ, and of His Ministers, v. 8, 9.
P.
'
Pagans, called trees of the wood,'
iv. 409. worshipped the sun, i. 177.
attributed all misfortunes to the
Christians, iv. 113. often pleaded
the sins of Christians as an excuse
for not becoming Christians, i. 187.
the good pagan like one with eyes open
in the dark, the evil Christian like
one blind in the light, ib. good
Christians prefer to eat with pagans
rather than with wicked Christians,
iv. 491. their prayers heard in tem
poral matters, iv. 462. their coward
ice compared with the constancy of Path, narrow way, vi. 267. there
own Person, partly in His Body, the Church, iii. 186. caused the fall ofmany, v. 157. (see Christ. )
Its anniversary yearly kept, 149. 22d Psalm always used thereat, ib.
Past, the past put for the future
the Prophets, and why, 12 v. 92, 278; vi. 11.
Patience, can only be amid evils, 299 iv. 314. figured by the bones, 371 vi. 209. (see Bone,) patience
in tribulation set forth by playing on the harp, ii. 204. (see Harp. ) the necessity and reward of patience, iii. 197: vi. 291. a gift of God,
339; iii. 197; v. 429. we must patiently endure those whom we cannot amend, iii. 34 iv. 471 v. 54. to fix the heart in heaven, the best means of attaining patience on earth, iv. 350.
the martyrs, vi. 256. (see Gentiles. ) Palm-tree, its height sets forth the growth of Christians, upwards, iv.
326.
Patty, inward, how to be healed, ii.
51.
Parable, used for any sort of com
parison, iii. 371. the histories of the Old Testament called parables, as setting foith the deeper truths of the New, iv. 42.
Paradise, man in paradise had no cause for weeping and crying; now that he is put forth from thence, he has, i. 229.
Pardon, (see Forgiveness. )
Parents, how they treat their children,
iv. 365. are to be obeyed, but God to be preferred to them, vi. 44. not to be obeyed when their commands are against God's, iii. 407. sins of parents visited only on the wicked, v. 216. father and mother used for the world, i. 190.
Pascha, a Hebrew word, not connected with ' Passion,' but meaning ' pass- over,' v. 477 ; vi. 198.
fore applied to the way of the righteous, ib. to God's commandment, vi. 226. the paths of God's will many, yet one, ib. paths used for counsels and thoughts, vi. 217.
Patriarchs, why called Christs,' v. 155.
Moon, the, represents the Church, i.
93; iii. 458; v. 121. the syna
gogue, i. 101. Christ's Flesh, iii. Mule, the, used for the proud, i. 300. 509. carnal men, ib. knowledge, vi. Murmuring, murmurers compared to
156. mortality, iii. 182, 457; iv. 260; vi. 281. the Resurrection, v. 46. two opinions about the source of the moon's light, i. 93, 94. foolish notions about eclipses of, iv. 348.
a cart wheel, vi. 120. the good are not to murmur at the prosperity of the wicked in this world, ii. 301 ; iii. 473, 474, 480, 492, 526. or at God's long-suffering, iv. 351. to do so is blasphemy, ib. makes us wicked servants of God, iv. 470.
Morning, used for prosperity, iii. 266;
iv. 317. for the day of judgment, iv.
495. when we shall see what now Mysteries, sweet, in proportion to their we believe, vi. 291.
Moses, minister of the Old, Prophet of
the New Testament, iv. 270. how
connected with the New Testament,
vi. 216. a priest, iv. 455. in his
speaking with God a type of the
whole Jewish people, vi. 197. his
behaviour when his rod was changed
into a serpent, of what significant,
iii. 497. represents all the righteous
in having God's ways made known
to him, v. 54. God spake not to
him face to face, vi. 197. his punish
ment, not his death, but exclusion
from the Land of Promise, iv. 458.
of whom it was a type, iv. 458 ; v.
182. an instance of a perfect hatred, Nathaniel, not chosen as one of the
vi. 216.
The books of, typified by the five
stones in David's scrip, vi. 296. by the five porches of the pool, iii. 428 ; v. 54.
Mountains, used both in good and bad sense, for chief members of Christ, and for the proud, ii. 267 ; iv. 443.
first Apostles because not one of the weak things of the world, iii. 274. was learned, ib. yet highly praised by Christ, ib.
Nature, all nature exists, darkness and sin do not exist, i. 61. must be in harmony with truth, i. 27. what was punishment to Adam is nature to us, ii. 72.
In a good sense, the preachers of the
Gospel, ii. 265; iii. 451 ; v. 538, &c. Nearness, to God, not in space, but
280. enlighten others, but are first
enlightened themselves, v. 538. help
comes through the mountains, not
from the mountains, i. 410. meaning
of saying to the mountain, ' be thou
plucked up,' &c. ii. 266. used for
Christ Himself, i. 11, 92; ii. 265.
for the angels, iv. 271. for the
Church, i. 6. the spiritual, ii. 137; Necessity, the mother of all employ iii. 451. the mountain from whence ments on earth, iv. 155. man's hand
depth, vi. 218. (see Sacraments. )
N.
Name, God's Name known, when He Himself is known, i. 79. God's Name I AM, v. 27. because He alone IS, ib. (see God. ) how tem
pered to man's understanding, v. 150. how to be hallowed, v. 66. to be praised by giving glory to Him, iv. 317. else He will blot out our name, ib. Christ's Name, the knowledge of Him, iv. 450.
in likeness, iv. 383, 467. we draw near to Him not by motion, but affection, iv. 3S3; vi. 317. penitence a means of drawing nigh, i. 362. the Gentiles draw nigh by faith, hope, charity, i. 361.
Moral, in character, and will, iv. 384 ; vi. 57.
INDEX. 493
necessities, ignorance, lu<<ts, death, &c. i. 248, &c. humility frees us from them, because it brings us Christ's aid, i. 249. God schools us by necessities, that we may love Him the more, iii. 221. better to bear any necessity, than commit iniquity, iii. 476.
Neighbour, our, every man, i. 110, 176; v. 341. he who shews mercy a true neighbour, ii. 316. love of, (see Love. ) '
Nephthalim, means my enlargement,' iii. 346.
Neptune, the heathen God of the sea, i. 205; v. 287.
Night, a type of this life, ii. 323; iv. 27, 494 ; v. 377; vi. 203. of adver sity, i. 2; iii. 422; iv. 317; vi. 123, 205, 291. of ignorance, iv. 299. of carnal men, i. 133. of wickedness, i. 26. to do good for earthly advan tage sake is to make day serve night, iii. 422. meaning of the phrase un seasonable night, (nocte inlempestd,) v. 443.
Nineveh, the repentance of, ii. 376.
Noah, a type of the rulers of the Og, means 'shutting up,' vi. 143. or
iii. 171. sides of the north, the Gen tiles, ib. the pot heated by the north wind, persecution, iii. 171.
Novations, their heresy drew out the doctrine of the Church on repent ance, iii. 49.
sometimes specifically for those blown with bellows, iii. 94 ; vi. 455. how mystically used for saints, ib. the organs of the citizens of Jerusalem, the Scriptures, God's commands, His promises, meditation, vi. 162.
Numbers, specific, have a mystical
meaning, ii. 343.
the mystical mean
ing of three, and of four, i. 35. of five,
ii. 343. in the case of the five vir
gins in the parable, vi. 390. of seven, Organ, sometimes used generally, to iv. 99; vi. 14o0. of eight, i. 34. of include all instruments of music,
O.
Oath, (see Swear. )
Obedience, God shewed how much He
valued it, by forbidding to eat of the tree in order to test it, iii. 440. is the beginning and perfection of all righteousness, iii. 452. is the road to attain the secrets of wisdom, v. 412. to be observed in order to at tain them, to be maintained when we have, ib. is most expedient, iii. 431. man's refusal to obey his mas ter the cause of discord in himself, ib. man fell by disobedience, must obey in order to rise again, iii. 432. we must obey God, that our flesh may obey us, vi. 301. obedience proved by temptation, iv. 54. the obedience of the Itechabites a pattern, iii. 407. parents to be always obeyed, save when they command what is con trary to God's law, ib. even wicked masters to be obeyed, for Christ's sake, v. 543. the folly of obeying lusts, disobeying God, vi. 53.
Church, vi. 114. Noah's Ark a type
of the Church, v. 99.
Nobles, many gave up their nobility
in this world to follow Christ in poverty, vi. 446. fear none but God, vi. 447. Christ's grace extends to them too, though first to the poor, v. 117.
' heaping together,' vi. 157.
Oil, used for the Holy Spirit, v. 226.
for spiritual joy, i. 167. for glory, vi. 250, 391. for the testimony of a good conscience, ib. outward and inward oil, ii. 247. (see Anointing) ' the oil of a sinner,' flattery, vi. 249. ' those who sell oil,' flatterers, vi. 391.
North, the, represents the devil and
His angels, ii. 289. is his abode, Ointment, mystical meaning of the
Offering, (see Holocaust. )
ten, vi. 451. of twelve, ii. 345; v.
100,215. of fifteen, iv. 275; vi. 449.
of seventeen, ii. 344. of forty, vi.
450; v. 257, 396. of fifty, vi. 450;
v. 257. of one hundred and fifty,
iv. 275; vi. 449. of the one hundred
and fifty-three fishes, taken after Original sin, (see Sin, Baptism. )
the resurrection, ii. 314; vi. 451. Orplians, many made so by the sword
of one thousand, v. 152.
God can number what to man is
innumerable, vi. 369. 1
Plural for singular, v. 223. sin
gular for plural, v. 225.
of the Word, severing them from earthly relations, iii. 316. Christians orphans, not because their Father is dead, but because He is absent, vi. 355. orphans, those to whom the
ointment wherewith the woman
anointed Christ's Feet, i. 150.
Old age, the two terms nota&vrits and 7f'^eti>>'distinguished,iii. 435. men pray
for old age, complain of it when it comes, ii. 57. old age and childhood how to be combined, v. 269. the old age of the Church white with good works, iv. 325.
Oreb, means dryness, iv. 143.
494 INDEX.
world is crucified, and they to the world, i. 90. who have put off the old man, i. 91. God the Protector of such, i. 90; vi. 355.
Owl, how a figure of Christ, and of His Ministers, v. 8, 9.
P.
'
Pagans, called trees of the wood,'
iv. 409. worshipped the sun, i. 177.
attributed all misfortunes to the
Christians, iv. 113. often pleaded
the sins of Christians as an excuse
for not becoming Christians, i. 187.
the good pagan like one with eyes open
in the dark, the evil Christian like
one blind in the light, ib. good
Christians prefer to eat with pagans
rather than with wicked Christians,
iv. 491. their prayers heard in tem
poral matters, iv. 462. their coward
ice compared with the constancy of Path, narrow way, vi. 267. there
own Person, partly in His Body, the Church, iii. 186. caused the fall ofmany, v. 157. (see Christ. )
Its anniversary yearly kept, 149. 22d Psalm always used thereat, ib.
Past, the past put for the future
the Prophets, and why, 12 v. 92, 278; vi. 11.
Patience, can only be amid evils, 299 iv. 314. figured by the bones, 371 vi. 209. (see Bone,) patience
in tribulation set forth by playing on the harp, ii. 204. (see Harp. ) the necessity and reward of patience, iii. 197: vi. 291. a gift of God,
339; iii. 197; v. 429. we must patiently endure those whom we cannot amend, iii. 34 iv. 471 v. 54. to fix the heart in heaven, the best means of attaining patience on earth, iv. 350.
the martyrs, vi. 256. (see Gentiles. ) Palm-tree, its height sets forth the growth of Christians, upwards, iv.
326.
Patty, inward, how to be healed, ii.
51.
Parable, used for any sort of com
parison, iii. 371. the histories of the Old Testament called parables, as setting foith the deeper truths of the New, iv. 42.
Paradise, man in paradise had no cause for weeping and crying; now that he is put forth from thence, he has, i. 229.
Pardon, (see Forgiveness. )
Parents, how they treat their children,
iv. 365. are to be obeyed, but God to be preferred to them, vi. 44. not to be obeyed when their commands are against God's, iii. 407. sins of parents visited only on the wicked, v. 216. father and mother used for the world, i. 190.
Pascha, a Hebrew word, not connected with ' Passion,' but meaning ' pass- over,' v. 477 ; vi. 198.
fore applied to the way of the righteous, ib. to God's commandment, vi. 226. the paths of God's will many, yet one, ib. paths used for counsels and thoughts, vi. 217.
Patriarchs, why called Christs,' v. 155.
