the saints, by suffering the first, are freed from the second, 528; the moment of, when it actually occurs, 528, 529; the life which mortals claim may be fitly called, 529, 530; whether one can be living and yet in the state of, at the same time, 531; what kind of, involved in the threatenings addressed to our first parents, 533; concerning those philosophers who think it is not penal, 536; the second, ii. 343, etc.
Death, when it may be inflicted without committing murder, i. 32.
Deborah, ii. 233.
"Debts, forgive us our," ii. 467, 468.
Decii, the, ii. 212.
Deliverance, the way of the soul's, which grace throws open, i. 430.
Demænetus, ii. 235.
Demon of Socrates, the, Apuleius on, i. 326, 327.
Demoniacal possessions, ii. 303.
Demonolatry, illicit acts connected with, i. 394.
Demons, the vicissitudes of life, not dependent on, i. 79; look after their own ends only, 82; incite to crime by the pretence of divine authority, 83; give certain obscure instructions in morals, while their own solemnities publicly inculcate wickedness, 85, etc.; what they are, 326; not better than men because of their having aerial bodies, 327, etc.; what Apuleius thought concerning the manners and actions of, 329, etc.; is it proper to worship? 331, etc.; ought the advocacy of, with the gods, to be employed? 332, 334; are the good gods more willing to have intercourse with, than with men? 335; do the gods use them as messengers, or interpreters, or are they deceived by? 335, etc.; we must reject the worship of, 338; are there any good, to whom the guardianship of the soul may be committed? 354; what Apuleius attributes to, 354, 355; the passions which agitate, 360; does the intercession of, obtain for men the favour of the celestial gods? 363; men, according to Plotinus, less wretched than, 364; the opinion of the Platonists that the souls of men become, 365; the three opposite qualities by which the Platonists distinguish between the nature of man, and that of, 365, 366; how can they mediate between gods and men, having nothing in common with either? 366; the Platonist idea of the necessity of the mediation of, 371; mean, by their intercession, to turn man from the path of truth, 375; the name has never a good signification, 375; the kind of knowledge which puffs up the, 376; to what extent the Lord was pleased to make Himself known to, 376, 377; the difference between the knowledge possessed by, and that of the holy angels, 377; the power delegated to, for the trial of the saints, 411; where the saints obtain power against, 412; seek to be worshipped, 419; error of Apuleius in regard to, 419, etc.; strange transformations of men, said to have been wrought by, ii.
235, 238; the friendship of good angels in this life, rendered insecure by the deception of, 313, etc.
ii. 223, 289, 347.
"Desired One, the," of all nations, ii. 275.
Deucalion's flood, ii. 228.
Devil, the, how he abode not in the truth, i. 454; how is it said that he sinned from the beginning? 454, 455; the reason of the fall of (the wicked angel), ii. 46, 47; stirs up persecution, 284; the nature of, _as nature_, not evil, 320, 321; the binding of, 357; cast into the abyss, 358; seducing the nations, 359; the binding and loosing of, 360, etc.; stirs up Gog and Magog against the Church, 369, etc.; the damnation of, 373; of those who deny the eternal punishment of, 450.
Devil, a young man freed from a, at the monument of Protasius and Gervasius, ii. 491; a young woman freed from a, by anointing, 492.
Devils, marvels wrought by, ii. 424.
Diamond, the, the peculiar properties of, ii. 419.
Diana, and Apollo, i. 279.
Dictator, the first, i. 116.
Diomede and his companions, who were changed into birds, ii. 234, 238.
Discord, why not a goddess as well as Concord? i. 127.
Divination, i. 302.
Doctor, a gouty, of Carthage, miraculously healed, ii. 489.
Duration and space, infinite, not to be comprehended, i. 441.
Earth, the, affirmed by Varro to be a goddess,--reason of his opinion, i. 286.
"Earth, in the midst of the," ii. 176, 177, 178.
Earth, holy, from Jerusalem, the efficacy of, ii. 490, 491.
Ecclesiasticus and Wisdom, the Books of, ii. 209.
Education, the divine, of mankind, i. 402.
Egeria, the nymph, and Numa, i. 303.
Egypt, a fig-tree of a peculiar kind found in, ii. 421.
Egyptians, the mendacity of, in ascribing an extravagant antiquity to their science, ii. 266, 267.
Eleusinian rites of Ceres, the, i. 283.
Eleven, the significance of the number, ii. 88.
Eli, the message of the man of God to, ii. 179-183.
Elias, the coming of, before the judgment, ii. 405.
Elisha and Gehazi, ii. 536, 537.
Emotions, mental, opinions of the Peripatetics and Stoics respecting, i. 355, 356.
Emotions and affections, good and bad, ii. 10, 12, 15.
Emperors, the Christian, the happiness of, i. 222, etc.
Empire, a great, acquired by war,--is it to be reckoned among good things? i. 138; should good men wish to rule an extensive? 152, 153, 154.
Empire, the Roman. _See_ Roman Empire.
Enemies of God, the, are not so by nature, but by will, i. 484.
Enlightenment from above, Plotinus respecting, i. 385.
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, the significance of the translation of, ii. 84; left some divine writings, 96.
Enoch, the son of Cain, ii. 81.
Enos, the son of Seth, ii. 81; a type of Christ, 82-84.
Entity, none contrary to the divine, i. 483.
Epictetus, quoted on mental emotions, i. 357.
Ericthonius, ii. 230.
Errors, the, of the human judgment, when the truth is hidden, ii.
209, etc.
Erythræan Sibyl, the, her predictions of Christ, ii. 242.
Esau and Jacob, the dissimilarity of the character and actions of, i. 182; the things mystically prefigured by, ii. 153, etc.
Esdras and Maccabees, the Books of, ii. 262.
Eternal life, the gift of God, i. 257; the promise of, uttered before eternal times, 504.
Eternal punishment, ii. 433.
_See_ Punishment.
Eucharius, a Spanish bishop, cured of stone by the relics of St.
Stephen, ii. 493.
Εὐσέβεια, i. 384.
Evil, no natural, i. 461.
Evil will, a, no efficient cause of, i. 490.
Existence, and knowledge of it, and love of both, i. 469, etc., 471, etc.
Eye, the, of the resurrection body, the power of, ii. 537.
Fables invented by the heathen in the times of the judges of Israel, ii. 231.
Fabricius and Pyrrhus, i. 213.
Faith, justification by, i. 416, etc.
Faith and Virtue, honoured by the Romans with temples, i. 156, 157.
Fall of man, the, and its results, foreknown by God, i. 514; mortality contracted by, 521; the second death results from, ii. 1; the nature of, 22, etc., 25, etc.
Fate, i. 178; the name misapplied by some when they use it of the divine will, 189.
Fathers, the two, of the two cities, sprung from one progenitor, ii.
81.
Fear and Dread, made gods, i. 161.
Felicity, the gift of God, i. 257; the eternal, of the city of God, ii. 540-545.
Felicity, the goddess of, i. 155; the Romans ought to have been content, with Virtue and, 157, 158; for a long time not worshipped by the Romans; her deserts, 161, 162, 163.
Fever, worshipped as a deity, i. 65 and note, 102.
Fig-tree, a singular, of Egypt, ii. 421.
Fimbria, the destruction of Ilium by, i. 96, 97.
Fire, the peculiar properties of, ii. 418.
Fire, the, whirlwind, and the sword, ii. 389.
Fire, saved so as by, ii. 460.
Fire, the, which comes down from heaven to consume the enemies of the holy city, ii. 370.
Fire, the, and the worm that dieth not, ii. 433; of hell,--is it material? and if it be so, can it burn wicked spirits? 434, etc.
First man (our first parents), the, the plenitude of the human race contained in, i. 519; the fall of, 521; what was the first punishment of? 534; the state in which he was made, and that into which he fell, 534, 535; forsook God, before God forsook him, 535; effects of the sin of,--the second death, ii. 1, etc.; was he, before the fall, free from perturbations of soul? 20; the temptation and fall of, 22-25; nature of the first sin of, 25; the pride of the sin of, 28; justice of the punishment of, 28-31; the nakedness of, 32; the transgression of, did not abolish the blessing of fecundity, 37; begat offspring in Paradise without blushing, 44-46.
First parents, our. _See_ First Man.
First principles of all things, the, according to the ancient philosophy, i. 313.
First sin, the nature of the, ii. 25.
Flaccianus, ii. 242.
Flesh, the, of believers, the resurrection of, i. 544; the world at large believes in the resurrection of [_see_ Resurrection], ii. 477; of a dead man, which has become the flesh of a living man,--whose shall it be in the resurrection? 515.
Flesh, living after the, ii. 2, etc., 4, etc., 6, etc.; children of the, and of the promise, 51.
Florentius, the tailor, how he prayed for a coat, and got it, ii. 492.
Foreknowledge, the, of God, and the free-will of man, i. 190, etc.
Forgiveness of debts, prayed for, ii. 467, 468.
Fortitude, ii. 304, 305.
Fortune, the goddess of, i. 155, 263.
Foundation, the, the opinion of those who think that even depraved Catholics will be saved from damnation on account of, considered, ii. 448, etc., 460, etc.; who has Christ for? 460, 461.
Fountain, the singular, of the Garamantæ, ii. 421.
Free-will of man, the, and the foreknowledge of God, i. 190, etc.
Free-will, in the state of perfect felicity, ii. 542.
Friendship, the, of good men, anxieties connected with, ii. 311; of good angels, rendered insecure by the deceit of demons, 313, etc.
Fruit, i. 467.
Furnace, a smoking, and a lamp of fire passing between the pieces of Abraham's sacrifice, the import of, ii. 139.
Galli, the, i. 56, and note, 289, 290.
Games, restored in Rome during the first Punic war, i. 118.
Ganymede, ii. 232.
Garamantæ, the singular fountain of the, ii. 421.
Gauls, the, Rome invaded by, i. 115, 116.
Gehazi and Elisha, ii. 536, 537.
Generation, would there have been, in Paradise if man had not sinned?
ii. 39, etc., 41, etc.
Genius, and Saturn, both shown to be really Jupiter, i. 275, etc.
Giants, the offspring of the sons of God and daughters of men,--and other, ii. 93, etc., 96.
Glory, the difference between, and the desire of dominion, i. 215; shameful to make the virtues serve human, 217; the, of the latter house, ii. 280, 281; the endless, of the Church, 377, etc.
God, the vicissitudes of life dependent on the will of, i. 79, etc.; not the soul of the world, 151; rational animals not parts of, 151, 152; THE ONE, to be worshipped, although His name is unknown, the giver of felicity, 164, 165; the times of kings and kingdoms ordered by, 175; the kingdom of the Jews founded by, 175; the foreknowledge of, and the free-will of man, 190, etc.; the providence of, 198, etc., 403; all the glory of the righteous is in, 205; what He gives to the followers of truth to enjoy above His general bounties, 199; the worship of, 383, 384, 386; the sacrifices due to Him only, 387, etc.; the sacrifices not required, but enjoined by, for the exhibition of truth, 388; the true and perfect sacrifice due to, 390, etc.; invisible, yet has often made Himself visible, 401, etc.; our dependence for temporal good, 402; angels fulfil the providence of, 403, 404; sin had not its origin in, 457; the eternal knowledge, will, and design of, 459, etc.; has He been always sovereign Lord, and has He always had creatures over whom He exercised His sovereignty? 501, etc.; His promise of eternal life uttered before eternal times, 504; the unchangeable counsel and will of, defended against objections, 505; refutation of the opinion that His knowledge cannot comprehend things infinite, 507; the fall of man foreknown by, 514; the Creator of every kind of creature, 516; the providence of, not disturbed by the wickedness of angels or of men, ii. 46; the anger of, 97, etc., 454; the coming down of, to confound the language of the builders of Babel, 113, etc.; whether the, of the Christians is the true, to whom alone sacrifice ought to be paid, 333, etc.; the will of, unchangeable and eternal, 474.
Gods, the, cities never spared on account of, i. 3, etc.; folly of the Romans in trusting, 4, etc.; the worshippers of, never received healthy precepts from,--the impurity of the worship of, 51; obscenities practised in honour of the Mother of the, 53; never inculcated holiness of life, 55; the shameful actions of, as displayed in theatrical exhibitions, 57; the reason why they suffered false or real crimes to be attributed to them, 59; the Romans showed a more delicate regard for themselves than for the, 61; the Romans should have considered those who desired to be worshipped in a licentious manner as unworthy of being honoured as, 62; Plato better than, 63; if they had any regard for Rome, the Romans should have received good laws from them, 66; took no means to prevent the republic from being ruined by immorality, 77, etc.; the vicissitudes of life not dependent on, 79, etc.; incite to evil actions, 83, etc.; give secret and obscure instructions in morals, while their solemnities publicly incite to wickedness, 85; the obscenities of the plays consecrated to, contributed to overthrow the republic, 87; the evils which alone the pagans feared, not averted by, 91, etc.; were they justified in permitting the destruction of Troy? 92; could not be offended at the adultery of Paris, the crime being so common among themselves, 93; Varro's opinion of the utility of men feigning themselves to be the offspring of, 94; not likely they were offended at the adultery of Paris, as they were not at the adultery of the mother of Romulus, 94; exacted no penalty for the fratricidal conduct of Romulus, 95; is it credible that the peace of Numa's reign was owing to? 98; new, introduced by Numa, 101; the Romans added many to those of Numa, 102; Rome not defended by, 114, etc.; which of the, can the Romans suppose presided over the rise and welfare of the empire? 143, etc.; the silly and absurd multiplication of, for places and things, 144; divers set over divers parts of the world, 146; the many, who are asserted by pagan doctors to be the one Jove, 148, etc.; the knowledge and worship of the, which Varro glories in having conferred on the Romans, 159; the reasons by which the pagans defended their worshipping the divine gifts themselves among the, 163, etc.; the scenic plays which they have exacted from their worshippers, 165; the three kinds of, discovered by Scævola, 166, etc.; whether the worship of, has been of service to the Romans, 168; what their worshippers have owned they have thought about, 170; the opinions of Varro about, 172; of those who profess to worship them on account of eternal advantages, 229, etc.; Varro's thoughts about the, of the nations, 233, etc.; the worshippers of, regard human things more than divine, 235, etc.; Varro's distribution of, into fabulous, natural, and civil, 238, etc.; the mythical and civil, 240; natural explanations of, 246, etc.; the special offices of, 248; those presiding over the marriage chamber, 249, 250; the popular worship of, vehemently censured by Seneca, 252-254; unable to bestow eternal life, 256, 257; the select, 258, 259; no reason can be assigned for forming the select class of, 260; those which preside over births, 260; the inferior and the select compared, 364; the secret doctrine of the pagans concerning the physical interpretation of, 266; Varro pronounces his own opinions concerning, uncertain, 280, 281; Varro's doctrine concerning, not self-consistent, 295, etc.; distinguished from men and demons, 326; do they use the demons as messengers? 335; Hermes laments the error of his forefathers in inventing the art of making, 343; scarcely any of, who were not dead men, 348; the Platonists maintain that the poets wrong the, 361; Apuleius' definition of, 363; does the intercession of demons secure the favour of, for men? 363; according to the Platonists, they decline intercourse with men, 371, etc.; the name falsely given to those of the nations, yet given in Scripture to angels and men, 378, etc.; threats employed towards, 399; philosophers assigned to each of, different functions, ii. 327.
Gods, the multitudes of, for every place and thing, i. 144, etc., Gods, the invention of the art of making, i. 343.
Gog and Magog, ii. 369.
Good, no nature in which there is not some, ii. 320.
Good, the chief, ii. 288; various opinions of the philosophers respecting, 293; the three leading views of, which to be chosen, 299, etc.; the Christian view of, 301, etc.
Good men, and wicked, the advantages and disadvantages indiscriminately occurring to, i. 10; reasons for administering correction to both together, 11, etc.; what Solomon says of things happening alike to both, 348.
Goods, the loss of, no loss to the saints, i. 14, etc.
Gospel, the, made more famous by the sufferings of its preachers, ii. 282.
Gracchi, the civil dissensions occasioned by, i. 126.
Grace of God, the, the operation of, in relation to believers, ii.
441; pertains to every epoch of life, 442; delivers from the miseries occasioned by the first sin, 520, 521.
Great Mother, the, the abominable sacred rites of, i. 292, 293.
Greeks, the conduct of the, on the sack of Troy, i. 6, 7.
Habakkuk, the prophecy and prayer of, ii. 252.
Hagar, the relation of, to Sarah and Abraham, ii. 139.
Haggai's prophecy respecting the glory of the latter house, ii. 280, 281.
Hadrian yields up portions of the Roman empire, i. 169, 170.
Ham, the conduct of, towards his father, ii. 105; the sons of, 109.
Hannah's prophetic song, an exposition of, ii. 170-179.
Hannibal, his invasion of Italy, and victories over the Romans, i.
120; his destruction of Saguntum, 121, 122.
Happiness, the gift of God, i. 257; of the saints in the future life, ii. 314, 315.
Happiness, the, desired by those who reject the Christian religion, i. 72, etc.
Happy man, the, described by contrast, i. 138.
Heaven, God shall call to, ii. 398.
Hebrew Bible, the, and the Septuagint,--which to be followed in computing the years of the antediluvians, ii. 70, etc.
Hebrew language, the original, ii. 121, etc.; written character of, 265, 266.
Hebrews, the Epistle to the, ii. 135.
Hecate, the reply of, when questioned respecting Christ, ii. 335.
Heifer, goat, and ram, three years old, in Abraham's sacrifice,--the import of, ii. 136, 137.
Hell, ii. 432; is the fire of, material? and if so, can it burn wicked spirits?
434.
Hercules, ii. 225, 230; the story of the sacristan of, i. 244.
Here, i. 411.
Heretics, the Catholic faith confirmed by the dissensions of, ii.
283, 284.
Hermes, the god, i. 349.
Hermes Trismegistus, respecting idolatry and the abolition of the superstitions of the Egyptians, i. 339, etc.; openly confesses the error of his forefathers, the destruction of which he yet deplores, 342, etc.
Herod, ii. 277; a persecutor, 287.
Heroes of the Church, the, ii. 411.
Hesperius, miraculously delivered from evil spirits, ii. 490.
Hippocrates quoted in relation to twins, i. 179.
Holofernes, his inquiry respecting the Israelites, and Achior's answer, ii. 126.
Holy Ghost, the, i. 553.
Hope, the influence of, ii. 307; the saints now blessed in, 330.
Horatii and Curiatii, the, i. 105, 106.
Hortensius, the first dictator, i. 116.
Hosea, his prophecies respecting the things of the gospel, ii.
247-249.
Human race, the, the creation of, in time, i. 500; created at first in one individual, 513, 514; the plenitude of, contained in the first man, 519.
Hydromancy, i. 302.
Hyrcanus, ii. 276.
Ilium, modern, destroyed by Fimbria, i. 96, 97.
Image of the beast, the, ii. 366, 367.
Image of God, the human soul created in the, i. 515.
Images of the gods, not used by the ancient Romans, i. 173.
Imitation of the gods, i. 56.
Immortality, the portion of man, had he not sinned, i. 521, 542, etc.
Incarnation of Christ, the, i. 414, ii. 277; faith in, alone justifies, 416, etc.; the Platonists, in their impiety, blush to acknowledge, 423, etc.
Innocentia, of Carthage, miraculously cured of cancer, ii. 488, 489.
Innocentius, of Carthage, miraculously cured of fistula, ii. 485-488.
Ino, ii. 233.
Intercession of the saints,--of those who think that, on account of, no man shall be damned in the last judgment, ii. 445, etc., 451, etc.
Io, daughter of, ii. 221.
Ionic school of philosophy, the founder of the, i. 307.
Irenæus, a tax-gatherer, the son of, restored to life by means of the oil of St. Stephen, ii. 494.
Isaac, and Ishmael, ii. 52; a type, 53; the birth of, and import of his name, 146, 147; the offering up of, 148; Rebecca, the wife of, 149; the oracle and blessing received by, just as his father died, 152.
Isaiah, the predictions of, respecting Christ, ii. 249.
Israel, the name given to Jacob,--the import of, ii. 157.
Israel, the nation of, its increase in, and deliverance from Egypt, ii. 161-163; were there any outside of, before Christ, who belonged to the fellowship of the holy city? 279, etc.
Italic school of philosophy, the, i. 306.
Jacob, and Esau, the things mysteriously prefigured by, ii. 153, etc.; his mission to Mesopotamia, 155; his dream, 156; his wives, 157; why called Israel, 157; how said to have gone into Egypt with seventy-five souls, 158; his blessing on Judah, 159; his blessing the sons of Joseph, 161; the times of, and of Joseph, 221, etc.
Janus, the temple of, i. 98; the relation of, to births, 260, 261; nothing infamous related of, 265; is it reasonable to separate Terminus and? 268; why two faces, and sometimes four, given to the image of? 269; compared with Jupiter, 270; why he has received no star, 278.
Japhet, ii. 105.
Jeroboam, ii. 214.
Jerome, his labours as a translator of Scripture, ii. 271; his commentary on Daniel referred to, 394.
Jerusalem, the new, coming down from heaven, ii. 377, etc.
Jews, the, the kingdom of, founded by God, i. 175; what Seneca thought of, 255, 256; their unbelief, foretold in the Psalms, ii. 208; end of the captivity of,--their prophets, 246, etc.; the many adversities endured by, 274, etc.; the dispersion of, predicted, 277-279; whether, before Christ, there were any outside of, who belonged to the heavenly city, 279.
Joseph, the sons of, blessed by Jacob, ii. 161; the times of, 221; the elevation of, to be ruler of Egypt, 222; who were kings at the period of the death of? 224.
Joshua, i. 163; who were kings at the time of the death of? ii. 229; the sun stayed in its course by, 429, 430; the Jordan divided by, 430.
Jove, are the many gods of the pagans one and the same Jove? i. 148; the enlargement of kingdoms improperly ascribed to, 152; Mars, Terminus, and Juventus refuse to yield to, 162, 169.
_See_ Jupiter.
Judah, Jacob's blessing on, ii. 159, etc.
Judgment, ever going on,--the last, ii. 345, 346; ever present, although it cannot be discerned, 346; proofs of the last, from the New Testament and the Old, 349, etc.; words of Jesus respecting, 350, 373, 374, 375; what Peter says of, 379; predictions respecting, 389, 390, etc., 395, etc., 399, etc.; separation of the good and bad in the, 403; to be effected in the person of Christ, 406, etc.
Julian the apostate, i. 219; a persecutor, ii. 287.
Jupiter, the power of, compared with Janus, i. 270, etc.; is the distinction made between, and Janus, a proper one? 273; the surnames of, 273; scandalous amours of, ii. 232.
Justinus, the historian, quoted respecting Ninus' lust of empire, i.
141.
Keturah, what is meant by Abraham's marrying, after the death of Sarah? ii. 150.
"Killeth and maketh alive, the Lord," ii. 174.
Killing, when allowable, i. 32.
Kingdom, the, of Israel, under Saul, a shadow, ii. 184; the description of, 186; promises of God respecting, 189, etc., 193, etc.; varying character of, till the captivity, and, finally, till the people passed under the power of the Romans, 214, 215.
Kingdom of Christ, the, ii. 363, 364.
Kingdoms, without justice, i. 139; have any been aided or deserted by the gods? 142; the enlargement of, unsuitably attributed to Jove, 152; the times of, ordained by the true God, 175; not fortuitous, nor influenced by the stars, 177-179; the three great, when Abraham was born, ii. 130, 131.
Kings, of Israel, the times of the, ii. 163; after Solomon, 213; after the judges, 239; of the earthly city which synchronize with the times of the saints, reckoning from Abraham, ii. 218, etc.; of Argos, ii. 223, 224; of Latium, 240.
Knowledge, the eternal and unchangeable, of God, i. 439, etc.; of our own existence, 469, etc., 471, etc.; by which the holy angels know God, 473, etc.
Lactantius, quotations made by, from a certain Sibyl, ii. 243, 244.
Language, the origin of the diversity of, ii. 111, etc.; the original, 121, etc.; diversities of, how they operate to prevent human intercourse, 310, 311.
Larentina, the harlot, i. 244.
Latinius, Titus, the trick of, to secure the re-enactment of the games, i. 165.
Latium, the kings of, ii. 240.
Λατρεία and Δουλεία, i. 383, 386.
Laurentum, the kingdom of, ii. 233.
Laver of regeneration, the, ii. 441.
Law, the, confirmed by miraculous signs, i. 407, etc.; of Moses, must be spiritually understood, to cut off the murmurs of carnal interpreters, ii. 403, 404.
Lethe, the river, i. 428.
Liber, the god, i. 230; Liberty, the, which is proper to man's nature, ii. 323, etc.
Life, the end of, whether it is material that it be long delayed, i.
18; the vicissitudes of, not dependent on the favour of the gods, but on the will of the true God, 79.
Life, eternal, the gift of God, i. 257; the promise of, uttered before the eternal times, 504.
Light, the, the division of, from the darkness,--the significance of this, i. 458; pronounced "good,"--meaning of this, 459.
Lime, the peculiar properties of, ii. 418, 419.
Livy, quoted, i. 165.
Loadstone, the, ii. 420.
Locusts, a fearful invasion of Africa by, i. 134.
Lot, the parting of Abraham and, ii. 132; the deliverance of, from captivity, by Abraham, 134.
Lot's wife, i. 293.
Love and regard used in Scripture indifferently of good and evil affections, ii. 10.
Lucillus, bishop of Sinita, cured of a fistula by the relics of St.
Stephen, ii. 493.
Lucina, the goddess, i. 149, 260.
Lucretia, her chastity and suicide, i. 28, 29.
Lucretius, quoted, ii. 419.
Lust, the evil of, ii. 31; and anger, to be bridled, 35, etc.; the bondage of, worse than bondage to men, 224, 225.
Maccabæus, Judas, ii. 276.
Maccabees, the Books of, ii. 262.
Madness, the strange, which once seized upon all the domestic animals of the Romans, i. 126.
Magic art, the impiety of, i. 33; the marvels wrought by, ii. 424.
Magicians of Egypt, the, i. 393.
Magnets, two, an image suspended between, in mid air, ii. 425.
Malachi, ii. 399.
"Mammon of unrighteousness," ii. 469, 470.
Man, though mortal, can enjoy true happiness, i. 369; recentness of the creation of, 496, etc.; the first, 519, etc.; the fall of the first, 521; the death with which he first was threatened, 533; in what state made, and into what state he fell, 534; forsook God before God forsook him, 535; effects of the sin of the first, ii. 1, etc.; what it is to live according to, 6, etc.
_See_ First Man.
Manichæans, the, references to, i. 461, 462, 463; their view of the body, ii. 8, etc.
Manlius, Cneius, i. 123.
Manturnæ, the goddess, i. 249, 250.
Marcellus, Marcus, destroys Syracuse, and bewails its ruin, i. 8.
Mares, the, of Cappadocia, ii. 422.
Marica, the Minturnian goddess, i. 81.
the war between, and Sylla, 128, 129, 130.
Marriage, as originally instituted by God, ii. 38; among blood relations in primitive times, 78; between blood relations, now abhorred, 79.
Marriage bed-chamber, the, the gods which preside over, i. 249, 250.
Mars, Terminus, and Juventus, refuse to yield to Jove, i. 162, 169; and Mercury, the offices of, 276.
Martial, a nobleman, converted by means of flowers brought from the shrine of St. Stephen, ii. 493.
Martyrs, the honour paid to, by Christians, i. 350, etc.; the heroes of the Church, 411; miracles wrought by, ii. 499, 500.
Marvels related in history, ii. 417-423, 426, 427; wrought by magic, 424, 425.
Massephat, ii. 188.
Mathematicians, the, convicted of professing a vain science, i. 183.
Mediator, Christ the, between God and man, i. 369; the necessity of having Christ as, to obtain the blessed life, 374; the sacrifice effected by, 410, etc.
Melchizedek, blesses Abraham, ii. 135.
Melicertes, ii. 233.
Men, the primitive, immortal, had they never sinned, i. 542; the creation of, and of angels, ii. 472-474.
Mercury, and Mars, i. 276; the fame of, ii. 225.
Metellus, rescues the sacred things from the fire in the temple of Vesta, i. 119.
Methuselah, the great age of, ii. 66.
Millennium, the, ii. 356.
Mind, the capacity and powers of, ii. 525.
Miracles, wrought by the ministry of angels, i. 392, etc., 400, etc., 405; the, ascribed to the gods, 405, 406; the, by which God authenticated the law, 407, etc.; against such as deny the, recorded in Scripture, 408, etc.; the ultimate reason for believing, 425-428; wrought in more recent times, 484-499; wrought by the martyrs in the name of Christ 499, etc.
Miseries, the, of this life, Cicero on, ii. 302; of the human race through the first sin, 517-520; deliverance from, through the grace of Christ, 520, 521; which attach peculiarly to the toil of good men, 521, etc.
Mithridates, the edict of, enjoining the slaughter of all Roman citizens found in Asia, i. 125.
Monstrous races,--are they derived from the stock of Adam, or from Moses, miracles wrought by, i. 393; the time of, ii. 161-163; who were kings at the period of the birth of? 224; the time he led Israel out of Egypt, 228; the antiquity of the writings of, 264.
Mother of the gods, the obscenities of the worship of, i. 52, 53, etc.; whence she came, 102.
Mucius, and king Porsenna, i. 211.
Mysteries, i. 266; the Eleusinian, 283; the Samothracian, 296.
Mystery, the, of Christ's redemption often made known by signs, etc., i. 299.
Mystery of iniquity, the, ii. 381, 382.
Nahor, ii. 125.
Nakedness of our first parents, the, ii. 32.
Nathan, his message to David, ii. 189; the resemblance of Psalm lxxxix. to the prophecy of, 191, etc.
Natural history, curious facts in:--the salamander, ii. 417; the flesh of the peacock, 417, 418; fire, 418; charcoal, 418; lime, 418, 419; the diamond, 419; the loadstone, 420; the salt of Agrigentum, 421; the fountain of the Garamantæ, and of Epirus, 421; asbestos, 421; the wood of the Egyptian fig-tree, 421; the apples of Sodom, 421; the stone pyrites, 421, 422; the stone selenite, 422; the Cappadocian mares, 422; the island Tilon, 422; the star Venus, 429.
Nature, not contrary to God, but good, i. 484; of irrational and lifeless creatures, 485; none in which there is not good, 320, 321.
Natures, God glorified in all, i. 486.
Necessity, is the will of man ruled by? i. 195.
Necromancy, i. 302.
and Salacia, and Venilia, 285.
Nero, the first to reach the citadel of vice, i. 216; curious opinions entertained of him after his death, ii. 382.
New Academy, the uncertainty of, contrasted with the Christian faith, ii. 328.
New heavens, and new earth, the, ii. 373, 374, 376, etc.
Nigidius, cited in reference to the birth of twins, i. 181.
Nineveh, ii. 109; curious discrepancy between the Hebrew and Septuagint as to the time fixed for the overthrow of, in Jonah's prophecy, 273, 274; spared, 446; how the prediction against, was fulfilled, 455.
Ninus, ii. 219, 220.
Noah, commanded by God to build an ark, ii. 98; whether after, till Abraham, any family can be found who lived