Atom, man is but an, 5 Augustin, Saint, quoted, 80, 160 ---- what he says of miracles, 261 ---- authority of his opinion, 296 Augustus compared to Julius Cæsar, 41 ---- what he said on hearing of the Massacre of the Innocents, 221 Authors, their vanity misplaced, 315 ---- how to understand the meaning of, 167 Babylon, carrying away into, 122 ---- the rivers of, 243 Babylonians, the, 127 Barcoseba, 221 Barjesus, 264 Barreaux, Des, 113 Bauny, Father, quoted, 291 Beatitude, the eighth, 252 Beauty, to love on account of, is not love, 80 ---- certain kind of, which suits our nature, 301 ---- poetical, what is meant by this, 304 Belief, three means of, 251 ---- labour to come to, 99 ---- what should be the rule of, 308 Benedictines, the, 282 Bible, the most ancient book, 120 Birth an advantage, 71 Blame and praise, 58 Blood, circulation of the, taken as an example, 309 Bodily functions, 31 Body, relation of, to its members, 237 Bourseys, M., 280 Brave deeds, which are the most estimable, 58 Brisacier, Father, 282 Brutes, no admiration for each other, 58 Cabala, proofs of Jesus Christ by the, 157 Cæsar, Julius, 147 ---- compared to Augustus and Alexander, 41 Calvin, 266 Calvinists, their errors, 298 Canonical books, proved by the heretical, 289 Carnal, those who are, 242 Carthusian compared to a soldier, 74 Casuists, the faithful cannot reasonably follow their maxims, 277 ---- cannot assure an erring conscience, 293 ---- with reference to the reason and the will, 293 ---- allow free action to lust, 293 ---- their doctrines, 295 Catholics and heretics, 267 Celsus, 116, 214 Champaign, taken as a comparison, 32 Chancellor, taken as an example, 55 Chances, doctrine of, 80, 98 Characters, Christian and human, 245 Charity and lust, 128 ---- sole aim of the Scripture, 170 ---- is not a figurative precept, 170 ---- supernatural distance of mind from, 227 ---- its superiority to minds and bodies, 228 ---- truth without, is but the image of God, 250 Charron, estimate of his work, 17 Children frightened at the face they have daubed, 57 China, 299 ---- thoughts on, 115 ---- history of, 117 ---- religion of, 119 Chinese, their histories, 173 Choice, that we must make a, between belief and unbelief, reasons for each alternative, 98 Christ, contradictory predictions concerning, 136 ---- promised and awaited from the beginning of the world, 197 ---- came in the fulness of time, 197 Christianity, in what it consists, 250 ---- changes wrought at its coming, 134 ---- elevates and abases man, 187 Christians astonish philosophers, 43 ---- true, 71 ---- are the free children of God, 122 ---- should look on themselves as members of a body, 237 ---- how the example of the martyrs touches a true, 238 ---- two kinds of, 242 ---- there are few true, 243 ---- their hopes are mingled with enjoyment and fear, 246 ---- happiness and virtues of true, 247 ---- should unite themselves to Jesus Christ in order not to be hateful to God, 247 ---- true, submit to folly, 247 ---- why they believe without having read the Gospels, 248 ---- who believe without proofs cannot persuade an infidel, though persuaded themselves, 249 Church, true justice found in the, 67 ---- prefigured by the Synagogue, 176 ---- dangers it has run, 198 ---- the, when persecuted is like a vessel beaten about by a storm, 211 ---- that is a good state of the, in which it is upheld by God alone, 241 ---- her miracles against her enemies, 266 ---- ancient and modern, influence of tradition, 274 ---- comparison of what took place in ancient, and now, 275 ---- defended by God against corruption, 277 ---- unity and plurality of the, power of the Pope, 287 ---- judges of men by outward actions, 294 ---- power of the, in confession, compared to that of parliament, 294 ---- teaches, but God inspires, 294 ---- discipline of the, needs reform, 295 Cicero, false beauties we admire in, 302 ---- quoted, 110 Circumcision only a sign, 175 Clearness, why religion does not possess it, 3 Cleobuline, a character in a romance, 32 Cleopatra, the nose of, 60 Communing, secret, of man with himself, 46 Compliments, dislike of, 315 Composition of a work, 302 Concupiscence, source of all our movements, 81 Condition, our desires paint for us a happy, 74 Condran, M. de, his opinions, 279 Condrieu, the grapes of, 32 Confession, auricular, defence of, 85 ---- joy and confidence felt after, 252 Confessors of the great, 29 Conscience, evil done sometimes by, 279 Contradiction in man, 44, 60, 181 ---- does not prove that a thing is false, 210 ---- apparent, in Scripture, examples, 168 ---- between different passages of Scripture, 220 Contrition is necessary in penitence, absolution not enough, 295 Conversion, in what it consists, 245 Copernicus, 101 Corneille, quoted, 245 Corruption of nature, one of the establishments of the Christian religion, 6 ---- of man, proved by the wicked and the Jews, 191 ---- those in, should know it, 255 Covenant, foretold by Daniel, 144 ---- announced by Scripture, 168 Craft, when power attacks it, 69 Creatures, we should not attach ourselves to them, 240 Cripples do not irritate us, 45 Cromwell, reflections on his death, 76 Cross, by it alone can we be saved, 187 Curiosity is mere frivolity, 60 Custom, a power, 69 ---- belief arising from, 77 ---- how established, may be upset, 62 ---- the creator of, 62 ---- a second nature which destroys the former, 64 ---- must be followed, 64 ---- is our nature, 65 ---- sways the automaton, which draws the intellect after, 77 ---- how useful to accustom us to truth, 77 ---- leads to a choice of occupation, 78 Cypher, types are a, with a double sense, 158 ---- of the Scripture as given us by Saint Paul, 176 Damned, the, condemned by their own reason, 296 Dancing, why pursued, 35 Daniel, the seventy weeks of, their calculation, 133, 143 ---- the little stone of, 136 ---- explanation of the dream of Nebuchadnezzar in, 141 ---- vision of the ram and he-goat in, 142 ---- his prophecy, 171 Darius, King of the Persians, 144 David, a single phrase of, 122 ---- the kingdom of his race foretold by all the prophets, 132 ---- witness of Christ, 140 ---- foretold the Messiah, 170 Death, to be dreaded by those who are careless of religion, 5 ---- fear of, 29 ---- the thought of, is harder to bear than death itself, 38 ---- feared Death, 232 Degrees, why there are different, among men, 56 Deism, almost as far removed from Christianity as atheism, 204 Deluge is a miracle, 169 Democritus, quoted, 21 Demonstration, not the only means of persuasion, 79 Demonstrations, not certain that there are true, 110 _De omni scibili_, title of a thesis of Pico della Mirandola, 22 Desargues, the grapes of, 32 Descartes useless and uncertain, 304 ---- criticism of his opinions on the machine, 312 Despair, knowledge of our wretchedness without that of God creates, 93 Devoutness, different to goodness, 279 Devil, the, troubled the zeal of the Jews, 122 ---- what is done by invocation of, no miracle, 257 ---- Jesus Christ destroyed the empire of the, over the heart, 269 Dialogues, the arrangement by, 253 Disciples and true disciples, difference between, 244 Discourse, natural, inclined to love him who makes a, 302 Discourses on humility, 76 Disease, source of error in man, 54 Disesteem, the fear we have of, of others, 44 Disproportion of man, 19 Disputes, ended by miracles, 267 Diversion, 33 ---- is all that men can do for happiness, 34 ---- why men seek it, 34 ---- is the greatest of our miseries, 38 ---- the search for, proves that men are not happy, 38 ---- what is meant by, 255 Diversity, root of, 67 ---- and uniformity, 283 Divinity, proof of, by works of nature, 91 Docility, too much, is a vice as natural as unbelief, 243 Doctor, the, a character in the drama, 31 Doctrine, a test of miracles, 257 ---- a false, cannot be proved by miracles, 264 Doctrines, a multitude of, 138 Dogmatists, their opinion on natural principles, 106 Donatists, have no miracles, 261 Doubt in religion is a great evil, 5 Drama, life treated as a, 75 Dream, life compared to a, 109 Duties, divers, owed to divers merits, 68 Eclipses, why it is said they presage misfortune, 75 Egyptians, their religion, 119 ---- mean iniquities in the Bible, 171 ---- their histories, 173 ---- their conversion foretold by Isaiah, 175 Elect, all things work together for good to the, 129 Elijah and the false prophets, 267 Eloquence, continuous, wearies, 39 ---- definition of, to be eloquent we must study the heart of man, 301 ---- is painted thought, 301 ---- there are those who speak well and write ill, 303 Enemies, what must be understood by this word in the prophecies, 164, 170 England, King of, 75 Enquirers and the wise, 242 Epaminondas as an example of valour and humanity, 30 Epictetus, 72, 226 ---- his method of writing, 312 Epicureans, 92 Epigrams, a maker of, 81 Equality of goods is just, 67 Error, common, sometimes useful to calm the curiosity of man, 312 Escobar, 275, 280 Esdras, the story in, 126 ---- discussion on the book of, 126 Establishment, greatness of, 79 Eucharist, the, 165 ---- a type of glory, 170 ---- folly of not believing in the, reason, 224 ---- wholly the body of Jesus Christ, 299 Eusebius, quoted on Esdras, 127 Evangelists painted in Jesus Christ an heroic soul, 222 Evidence for God, not in nature, 92 Evil is easy, 59 Examples, those which are taken as proof are often more difficult than what they are meant to prove, 308 Exception, troublesome to be an, to the rule, 271 Excuses sometimes bad, 315 Exorcists, Jewish, beaten by devils, 264 Experience, 26 Expressions, false and tyrannical, examples of, 68 Ezekiel, spoke evil of Israel, like the heathens, 289 Faith, habit of, 65 ---- man without, cannot know the true good or justice, 95 ---- that we must give up pleasure in order to gain, 100 ---- wherein it consists, 193, 280 ---- is not in our power, 249 ---- is a gift of God, 250 ---- above the senses, but not contrary to them, 250 ---- received at baptism source of the whole life of the Christian, 250 ---- embraces contradictory truths, why, 273 Falsehood, man is only, duplicity, and contradiction, 76 Fancy, called feeling by some, 309 Faults, we should recognise them, 85 Fear, to, and not to fear, 298 ---- a true, is born of faith, 252 ---- false, comes from doubt, 252 Feeble souls, 289 Figurative, that the Jewish law was, 167 Finite, the, annihilated in presence of the infinite, 96 Flattery, consequent on our desire not to know the truth, 86 Fly, enough to render man incapable of sound judgment, 27 Fool, a man believes he is a, by dint of telling him so, 46 Forms, their value, 280 Foundation, supernatural of our, 286 ---- of our faith, 115 France, 56 Francis Xavier, Saint, 278 Frenchman, the, 80 Friend, important to have a true, and to choose him well, 315 Friendship only exists by concealment of truth, 86 Frivolity of the world, little known, 41 Fronde, injustice of the, 67 Fundamentals, chapter on, 255 Future, our thoughts occupied with the, 73 Galilee, the word, pronounced by chance, caused the accomplishment of a mystery, 218 Genealogies, the two, of Jesus Christ, 125 Genealogy of Jesus Christ in Old Testament designedly mixed with others, 220 Gentiles, their conversion foretold by Jesus Christ, 136, 214 ---- prophecy of Isaiah on conversion of, 147, 148 ---- conversion of the, reserved for the grace of the Messiah, 218 Gentlemen, we never teach men to be, 78 ---- universal quality to be, 79 Germans, the, 61 Glory, the search after, is a mark of the vileness and excellence of man, 44 ---- sweetness of, 59 God, a, who hideth himself, 3 ---- the greatest sensible mark of the power of, 19 ---- unites in himself two infinites, 22 ---- in, alone is our happiness, 39 ---- the, of the Christians, who he is, 92 ---- dangers which those run who seek, apart from Jesus Christ, 93 ---- of Christians the only good, the only rest of the soul is in him, 93 ---- we may well know, without knowing what he is, 97 ---- that there is less risk in wagering that there is a, than that there is not, 98 ---- man without, is in ignorance and misery, 104 ---- of the philosophers, 111 ---- man of himself cannot come to, 114 ---- alone is master of the Jews, 122 ---- foresaw heresies, 128 ---- sometimes spoke by figures, 160 ---- the power of, shown by his conduct to Jewish people, 161 ---- idea of, that the true religion, should present, 179 ---- the Christian religion commands that we should love and follow, 182 ---- that in spite of our vileness it is not incredible that, should unite himself to us, 185 ---- reveals himself to, and hides himself from man, 193 ---- infinite, without parts, 205 ---- if, is the end he is the beginning, 206 ---- why, was hidden in his first advent, 207 ---- that, willed to hide himself, and that the religion which says so is true, 208 ---- chooses rather to sway the will than the intellect, 208 ---- why, has permitted many religions to exist, 212 ---- impossible and useless to know, without Jesus Christ, 226 ---- speaks rightly of God, 227 ---- we must love, only, 238 ---- we should spend our life either in pleasing or in seeking, 240 ---- exercises at once his mercy and his judgment to the world, 241 ---- has come to bring war among men, 246 ---- what is pleasing to, is usually displeasing to man, 246 ---- forbids some things implicitly, and not explicitly, 247 ---- can alone give faith to Christians, 249 ---- knowledge and love of, 252 ---- cannot lead men into error by miracles, 263 ---- cannot favour a doctrine which destroys the Church, 269 ---- foretold the disorders which the Church would undergo, 278 ---- heals those who know him, 280 ---- no sign ever given by Devil without a stronger sign on the part of, 286 ---- the heart is conscious of, not the reason, 307 Good, almost unique, 59 ---- philosophers do not know what is the true, 181 ---- and evil, meaning of the words, 192 Good birth, its advantages, 68 Good breeding, 271 Good sense, argument against scepticism, 110 Gospel, prophecies cited in the, their use, 133 ---- the kings of old worked unconsciously for the glory of the, 147 ---- figures of the, their application, 160 ---- all the, has reference to Jesus Christ, 226 Grace, its action on man, 108 ---- the figure of glory, 161 ---- law, and nature, 250 ---- needed to make a man a saint, 296 ---- opposed to nature, 296 Grandeur to be felt must be abandoned, 40 Great men and little have the same accidents, 75 ---- are allied to the people, 74 Greatness, infinity of, most obvious to the senses, 21 ---- and littleness of man, 43 ---- of man consists in knowing he is miserable, 47 ---- of man even in sensuality, 69 ---- of the human soul consists in knowing how to keep the mean, 76 ---- has no lustre for those who seek understanding, 227 Greece, 120 Greek legislators, 121 Greeks, 197, 222 Grotius, 140 Haggai, his prophecy, 156 Happiness of man, in what it consists, 49 ---- all men seek, 95 ---- there was once in man a true, 95 ---- of man with God, 89 ---- common aim of ordinary men and of saints, but their ideals are different, 244 Happy, why man cannot be, 74 Hatred of self necessary, 238 ---- ---- the true and only virtue, 240 Heart and reason, comparison between actions of, 307 ---- those who judge by the, do not understand the process of reasoning, 308 ---- the, we know truth by, as well as by reason, 102 ---- believes for its own reasons, 307 Heat, what it is, 313 Hebrews, the, their manner of counting, 144 Heel of a slipper, 58 Hell, fear of, 100 Heresies, the source of all, 273 ---- the way to hinder, 274 ---- various, 297 ---- foreseen by God, 128 Heresy, exclusion of a truth a source of, 274 Heretics, the Jesuits hinder their conversion, 281 Hesiod, the book of, 121 Hilary, Saint, 127, 278 History, all that is not contemporaneous is open to suspicion, 174 Holy Sacrament, Catholic and heretical doctrines on, 274 Holy Thorn, the miracle of the, 257 ---- conclusion to be drawn from the miracle of the, 269 Homer, quoted, 120 Homer's writings, romances, 173 Huguenots, their errors concerning the Pope, 288 Hunting, sought for the diversion, 34 ---- is a royal sport, 35 "I," the, consists in my thought, 76 ---- where does it reside, 80 ---- each, the enemy of all others, 84 Identity of number and matter, 299 Ignorance, natural, is the best wisdom of man, 83 ---- of man, 104 Iliad, the, 173 Illusion, all men under an, 71 Imaginary life, the, 58 Imagination, deceptive powers of the, 51 ---- faculty of, 51 ---- described, 51 ---- great complacency of the active, 52 ---- enlarges little objects and belittles the great, 56 ---- cords of, 56 Immortality of the soul, importance to be sure of this, 101 Impiety, ill-bred people only incapable of, 8 Impressions, old, man deceived by, 54 Inability of man to attain good, 95 Incapacity to prove truth, 109 Incarnation, the, shows man the greatness of his misery, 188 Incomprehensible, things which appear such, 205 Inconstancy of man, 26 ---- its causes, 31 ---- examples of, 79 Indifference, unfairness of men who live in, as to the truth, 9 Indifferent, the, in religion not to be despised, 8 Indulgences, 274 Inequality is necessary among men, but opens the door to tyranny, 68 Infallibility would be a strange miracle, 288 Infinite, nothing, 96 ---- ignorant of the nature of the, and why, 96 Injustice of self-love, 239 ---- that others should attach themselves to us, 240 ---- letter on, 254 Innocents, Massacre of the, 221 Inquisition, the, and the Society, 284 Insensibility of man, 12 Instability, 101 Instinct and experience, 26 ---- we have an, which raises us, 44 ---- and reason, marks of two natures, 44 Intellect, the, believes naturally, 77 Intelligence, place of human, in the order of intelligible things, 22 Interest, our own, is a source of error, 54 Irenæus, Saint, 127 Isaac, 197 Isaiah, translation of a passage of, 147 ---- translation of several prophecies of, 150 ---- foretold the Messiah, 154 ---- foretold that miracles would not be believed, 258 Italy, 120, 148 Jacob, 126 ---- foretold the coming of Jesus Christ, 197 Jaddus, 227 Jansenists, and the ancient saints, 275 ---- heretics, and Jesuits, 296 Jansenius, 268 Jeremiah, his prophecy concerning the reprobation of the Temple and the sacrifices, 149 ---- and Hananiah, 267 ---- explanation of a word in, 270 Jesuits and Jansenists, 273 ---- destroy the three notes of religion, 275 ---- are like heretics, 275 ---- corrupt the laws of the Church, 276 ---- corrupt religion, 277 ---- compared to false prophets, 278 ---- their injustice and hypocrisy, 278 ---- their hardness greater than that of the Jews, 279 ---- vanity of the, 280 ---- in corrupting their judges they make them unjust, 282 ---- given up to the spirit of lying, 282 ---- exaggerated notion they have of their importance, 285 ---- it is good that their deeds should be unjust, 287 ---- their lax opinions displeasing because they have exceeded all bounds, 290 ---- duplicity of the, 292 ---- have abandoned the old rules and follow reason, compared to the unbelieving Jews, 292 Jesus Christ, redemption by, one of the fundamentals of religion, 6 ---- apart from, man has no communion with God, 91 ---- the goal of all, and the centre to which all tends, 92 ---- knowledge of, 93 ---- difference between, and Mahomet, 116 ---- no man can do what, did, 116 ---- foretold by the Jewish people, 122 ---- used the order of charity, not of the intellect, 128 ---- foretold and announced by prophecies, 131 ---- small in his beginnings, 136 ---- betrayed, 140 ---- foretold as to the time and the state of the world, 147 ---- has given us the interpretation of the Old Testament cipher, 159 ---- prefigured by Joseph, 164 ---- in, all dissonances of Scripture are brought to harmony, 167 ---- according to carnal Christians, 172 ---- announced by Adam, 174 ---- proofs of the divinity of, 213 ---- came with all the circumstances foretold, 213 ---- no man has had so great renown, none enjoyed it less, 214 ---- all the glory of, for our sakes, to enable us to recognise him, 214 ---- the office of, 314 ---- foretold and foreteller, 215 ---- why, did not come in a visible manner, why in figures, 216 ---- has come to sanctify and to blind, 216 ---- we can have nothing but veneration for, 216 ---- special prophecies regarding, 217 ---- is the more to be loved in not having done as the rabbis said, 219 ---- not known by contemporary writers, 221 ---- clearness and simplicity of the language of, 222 ---- why, was weak in his agony, 222 ---- centre of the two Testaments, 226 ---- has made known to men their misery, and given the remedy, 226 ---- greatness and lowliness of, 228 ---- for all, 229 ---- compared to Moses, 229 ---- the redeemer of all, 230 ---- would not have the testimony of devils, 230 ---- why he would be put to death with the forms of justice, 230 ---- leaves the wicked in their blindness, 230 ---- alone in his agony, 231 ---- only once complained, 231 ---- considered in all persons and in ourselves, 234 ---- how, gives himself in communion, 234 ---- words of, to man, 235 ---- has adopted our sins, and admitted us into covenant with him, 247 ---- worked miracles as witnesses of the prophecies, 261 ---- has verified by his miracles that he was the Messiah, 262 ---- without the miracles not blameworthy not to believe in, 270 ---- the two natures of, source of contradictions, 273 ---- all faith consists in, and in Adam, 280 ---- came to bring war, 281 ---- a stone of stumbling, 283 ---- never condemned without a hearing, 283 ---- appeal to his tribunal from that of the Pope, 284 ---- did not die for all, heresy of, 296 Jews, their situation in the midst of the world, 119 ---- their expectation of a Redeemer, 120 ---- the most ancient nation known to men, 120 ---- sprung from one man only, 120 ---- declared that all the world is in error, 121 ---- were slaves of sin, 122 ---- their dispersion, bore the prophecies into all regions of the world, 131 ---- were a carnal people, 162 ---- their religion the true, 162 ---- the prophecies interpreted by the, according to their carnal instincts, 163 ---- their refusal of Christ has given an additional mark of him, 164 ---- their explanation of Scripture defective, 167 ---- type of the chosen people, 169 ---- loved the shadow and misunderstood the substance, 170 ---- hold a midway place between Christians and pagans, 172 ---- two kinds of, 172 ---- antiquity of the, 173 ---- sincerity of the, proved by the care with which they preserved the Bible, 173 ---- formed to serve as witnesses of the Messiah, 174 ---- prove Christianity by their present condition, 191 ---- the religion of the true, is the same as that of Christians, 198 ---- in slaying Messiah afforded a final proof of him, 218 ---- their perpetuity and miserable state prove Jesus Christ, 219 ---- their second destruction will never end, 220 ---- bound to believe the miracles of Jesus Christ, 263 ---- the hardness of the Jesuits surpasses that of the, 279 Job knew the misery of man, 45 ---- the book of, regards Jesus Christ as centre and object, 213 John Baptist, Saint, 140, 230 ---- and Jesus Christ, 201 Jonah, a sign of the resurrection, 266 Joseph, son of Jacob, ordered that he should not be buried in Egypt, 141 Josephus on the Jewish law, 120 Joshua, the first of God's people who had this name, 213 Judas, Jesus did not regard in, his enmity, 232 Judge, authority of the, 65 Judgment, instability of the, 27 ---- confusion of the judgment of man, 32 ---- and the intellect, 307 Justice, what is the essence of, 62 ---- what is, 67 ---- of God, 96 ---- influenced by imagination and the passions, 53 ---- and truth, man cannot attain them, 54 ---- man is ignorant of, 61 ---- changes with the climate, 61 ---- human is not the true justice, 62 ---- is what is established, 64 ---- the false, of Pilate, 234 ---- of God, which abases the pride of man, 241 Just man, takes for himself nothing of the world, 244 ---- compared to Abraham, 244 ---- acts by faith in the smallest things, 244 ---- takes part only in unpleasant things, 244 King without diversion is full of miseries, 40 ---- whence comes the respect paid a, 55 ---- on what the power of a, is based, 55 ---- and tyrant, 72 ---- what is the happiness of a, 34 Kingships, duchies, and magistracies real and necessary, 76 Knowledge of God our only good, 96 ---- intuitive, where it leads us, 19 ---- we should have of ourselves, 101 Koran, foundation of the Mahomedan religion, 115 ---- and St. Matthew, 116 Lacedæmon, 120 Lacedæmonians, 238 Lamech, 126, 197 Language, examples of too careful, 304 Latins, 197 Latitude, three degrees of, 61 Law, instance in which the, was justly violated, 297 ---- of the Jews, served as model for the best laws of antiquity, 121 ---- ---- severe and rigorous as to religious worship, 121 ---- Christian, foretold by the prophets, 135 ---- and grace, 250 ---- and nature, 250 Laws, natural, there is not a single universal, 61 ---- why we follow ancient, 67 Lessius, 291 Letters, arrangement by, 253 Liancourt, the frog and the pike of, 313 Liars, some are, simply for lying's sake, 77 Life, the frailest thing in the world, 12 ---- its short duration, 28 ---- the last act of, 75 ---- compared to a dream, 105 ---- religious, both easy and difficult, 248 Lingende, Father, 267 Littleness of man, what we call nature in animals is, 47 Logicians, 65 Love, why it changes its object, 32 ---- shows the frivolity of man, 60 ---- representation of, at the theatre, 248 ---- source of faith, 289 Lust, threefold division of, 243 ---- the three kinds of, have made three sects, 113 Lusts, compared to three rivers, 243 Lute, to be skilled in playing the, 72 Machine, letter which shows the use of proofs by the, 254 ---- of Descartes; defects of this hypothesis, 312 ---- the calculating, compared to animals, 313 Macrobius, 221 Mad, men are of necessity, 78 Magistrate, taken as an example of influence of imagination, 52 ---- the pomp with which they are surrounded, 53 Mahomet, the soldiers of, 65 ---- thoughts on, 115 ---- foundation of his religion, 115 ---- difference between Jesus Christ and, 116 ---- forbade reading, 116 ---- renders testimony to himself, 116 ---- his doctrine is ridiculous, 117 ---- religion of, 119 Maimonides, Moses, 157 Malchus, 235 Man, his ignorance, 5 ---- his destiny, 6 ---- unfairness of, in living indifferent to Religion, 9 ---- blindness of, 12 ---- worthlessness of, 13 ---- comparison between, and nature, 19 ---- presumption of, in wishing to know nature, 21 ---- thinks he is able to comprehend the infinitely little, 22 ---- must not look for certainty or stability, 23 ---- in order to know himself should know all that is in relation to him, 24 ---- the two natures of, bodily and spiritual, excludes us from the knowledge of nature, 24 ---- stamps with his complex being all simple things, 25 ---- twofold manner of considering the nature of, 26 ---- nature has placed, in the centre of things, 26 ---- all is fatal to, even those things made to serve him, 31 ---- whence comes his happiness, 33 ---- is surrounded with all that may divert him, 37 ---- cannot think of two things at once, 38 ---- seeks diversion as a remedy for his evils, 39 ---- knows not in what rank to place himself, 43 ---- cannot bear to be despised, 42 ---- vileness of, in that he submits himself to the brutes, 44 ---- neither angel nor brute, 45 ---- should know his greatness and his vileness, but not one without the other yet is contrary to God, 45 ---- is only a reed, but a reed which thinks, 46 ---- has fallen from a better nature, 47 ---- whole dignity of, lies in thought, 48 ---- what he should desire, 48 ---- is ignorant of true justice, 61 ---- is incapable of truth and of goodness, 66 ---- is full of wants, and cares only for those who can satisfy them, 75 ---- the honourable, 75 ---- is not a necessary being, 76 ---- automatic as well as intellectual, 77 ---- only disguise, falsehood, and hypocrisy, 87 ---- his defects and his incapacity, 106 ---- that he has fallen from his former state, 108 ---- is full of matters which take him out of self, 113 ---- ordinary life of, like that of the saints, 161 ---- can be happy only in loving God and in union with him, 179 ---- moral diseases of, 181 ---- isolation, blindness, and misery of, 183 ---- double nature of, 185 ---- should know his defects, and esteem that religion which promises precious remedies, 185 ---- should conform his sentiments to religion, 186 ---- his two states of grace and corruption proved from Scripture, 191 ---- his dignity while innocent and now, 194 ---- without Jesus Christ is in vice and misery, 226 ---- before Jesus Christ knew nothing of himself, 226 ---- is not worthy of God, but not incapable of being rendered worthy, 227 ---- often mistakes his imagination for his heart, 308 ---- cannot understand certain effects of nature,313 Martial, 81 Marton, 192 Martyrs, why the example of their deaths touches us, 238 Masorah, the, 123 Mathematics and the practical mind, 310 Matter cannot know itself, 24 Mediator, God cannot be known without a, 92 ---- without a, there can be no communion between God and man, 245 Mediocrity, nothing good but, 76 Mem, discussion on the subject, 166 Members, relation of the, to the body, 237 ---- the body formed of thinking, 237 ---- must have the same will as the body, 239 Memory is necessary for every operation of the reason, 309 Men, naturally hate each other, 70 Mercy of God, its greatness, 208 ---- calls to repentance, 241 ---- why we implore, 241 Merit, man's judgment of, 192 ---- an ambiguous word, 297 Messiah, that the, should mould a new people by his spirit, 122 ---- effect and tokens of the coming of the, 135 ---- that the, would convert the Gentiles and cast down all idols, 136 ---- what the rabbis expected of him, 157 ---- that, would deliver his people from their enemies, what this means, 170 ---- the carnal Jews' understanding as to the, 172 ---- actual state of the Jews proves Jesus Christ the true, 191 Mexico, the historians of, 118 Millenarians, their extravagances, 166 Mind and body, union of, a mystery to man, 25 Mind, infinite distance between body and, 227 Mine, thine, 68 Miracles, in general, 257 ---- all belief rests on, 171 ---- strengthen faith, 210 ---- not needed to prove that we must love God, 241 ---- the importance of, rules to recognise them, 257 ---- are the test of doctrine, 257 ---- unbelief in, foretold, 258 ---- that the existence of false, proves that there are true, 259 ---- Jesus Christ verified that he was the Messiah by his, 262 ---- of Jesus Christ and the apostles prove that the prophecies are accomplished, 262 ---- never wrought in favour of error, 263 ---- when we are justified in excluding certain, 265 ---- are the test in doubtful matters, 266 ---- against miracle, 266 ---- of Port Royal prove the innocency of that house, 279 ---- not much to be feared among schismatics, 286 Misery of man without God, 15 ---- man is only happy in not thinking of his, 38 ---- diversion is our greatest, 38 Mites, taken as an example, 20 Miton, 12, 84 Molina, 276, 291 Monks, their position in the world foolish, 282 Monster, man is an incomprehensible, 46 Montaigne, his defects and qualities, 17 ---- his opinion on custom, 64 ---- for and against miracles, 258 Morality, in what it consists, 193 ---- of the judgment and of the intellect, 307 Morals, science of, 82 ---- Jesuits judge of their faith by their, 290 ---- a special but universal science, 292 Moses commanded every one to read his books, 115 ---- a man of genius, 125 ---- the proof of the truth of, 125 ---- foretold the calling of the Gentiles and the reprobation of the Jews, 140 ---- his teaching, 140 ---- his declarations against the Jews, 173 ---- his mystical sense of the Creation, 174 ---- compared with Jesus Christ, 229 ---- his rules for judging miracles, 257 Motion, our nature exists by, 73 Natural principles are but principles of custom, 64 Nature offers nothing but matter for doubt and disquiet, 104 ---- comparison between Scriptures and, 128 ---- is an image of grace, 161 ---- perfections and defects of, 192 ---- canonical writers have never employed, to prove God, 205 ---- law, and grace, 250 ---- use of bad reasons for proving effects of, 309 ---- the feelings and language of atheists contrary to, 6 ---- man should consider, seriously and at leisure, 19 ---- majesty and greatness of, 19 ---- greatness in the infinitely little, 20 ---- has her double infinity from author of, 21 ---- immobility of, compared to us, 24 ---- reasons why man cannot know, 25 ---- of man a continual change, 63 ---- is not always subject to her own rules, 83 ---- imitates herself, 83 Nebuchadnezzar, dream of, 141 Nicodemus recognised Jesus Christ by his miracles, 262 ---- the answer of, to the Pharisees, 270 Ninevites, repentance of, 241 Noah, witness of the Messiah, 169 Office of Jesus Christ, 214 Offices, why men seek them, 33, 34 Old Testament, a cipher, 117