Opinion, queen of the world, 54 Opinions of the people sound, 70 Organs, men compared to, 26 Order, against the objection that the Scripture has no, 128 ---- of charity and the intellect, 128 Outward marks, men distinguished by them, 70 Pain, not shameful to man to yield to, 30 Painting, foolishness of, 314 Parrot, as an example, 31 Parties, we should hear both, 283 Passions, their influence on man, 31 ---- the pleasure of, in seeing the shock of two contraries, 39 ---- of the soul trouble the senses, 51 ---- internecine war between reason and the, 55 ---- the enemies of man, 169 ---- how they become vices, 224 Pattern, good and bad, 302 Paul, Saint, used the order of charity, not of the intellect, 128 ---- taught that all things had happened in figures, 169 ---- explanation of Old Testament types by, 176 ---- his opinions on marriage, 176 Paulus Emilius, an example, 47 Peace, the sovereign good, result of coalescence of justice and power, 67 ---- should not be observed to the prejudice of truth, 279 ---- in the Church, when pernicious and unjust, 281 Pelagians and Catholics will always exist, 296 Penances, exterior and interior, 134 ---- exterior, dispose to interior, 134 People, most, follow custom because they think it just, 64 ---- dangerous to say to, that laws are not just, 65 ---- have very sound opinions, 70 Perpetuity of the worship of the Messiah, 213 ---- of the Jewish law preserved by Jesus Christ, 213 Perseus, King of Macedon, 47 Persians, the, 61 Persons, three kinds of, in religion, 101 Pharaoh, magicians of, 267 Philosophers, they speak of material things in spiritual phrase and _vice versâ_, 25 ---- do not know our nature when they blame the search after diversion, 34 ---- falsity of those, who do not discuss the immortality of the soul, 111 ---- against those, who believe in God without Jesus Christ, 111 ---- have consecrated vices, 189 Philosophy, human, incapable of explaining man, 106 Pictures, rules for perspective, 27 Piety, differs from superstition, 251 Plato, 254 Play, why sought after, 33 ---- remarks on, 35 Pleasure, shameful to man to yield to, 30 Poet, the trade of a, 79 Poland, the king of, 75 _Portentum_, meaning of the word, 270 Pompey, 147 Pope, whence he has his light, 276 ---- his power in the Church to be considered in two ways, 288 ---- may easily be taken unawares by the Jesuits, 288 Porphyry, 116 Port Royal, children of, 58 ---- bad policy to dissolve the community of, 284 Power, tyrant of the world, 55 ---- creates opinion, 56 ---- without justice is tyrannical, 66 ---- why above justice, 67 ---- result of, 69 Practical and mathematical mind, difference between, 310 Prayer, why God has established, 297 Preacher, the, 104 Preadamites, their extravagances, 166 Present, we care nothing for the, 73 President, first, 69 Presumption of man, 59 ---- joined to insignificance, 67 Pride, a counterpoise to all miseries, 60 ---- makes us wish to be esteemed, 60 ---- knowledge of God without that of our wretchedness creates, 92 ---- finds its proper place in wisdom, 242 Primogeniture, 63 ---- absurdity of, 254 Principles, all, may pass for false impressions, 54 ---- our natural, are but principles of custom, 64 ---- first, are known by the heart, 102 ---- arguments of the sceptics in truth of some, 105 ---- all the, of sceptics, stoics, atheists, are true, but their conclusions are false, 111 Prison, why so horrible a punishment, 34 Probability of the Jesuits, influence of the doctrine of, 283 ---- incapable of assuring the conscience, 290 ---- corruptness of the doctrine, 290 Progress, all that is brought to perfection by, perishes also by it, 57 ---- nature works by, 84 Promises of God in the Old Testament, each finds in them what he most desires, 162 Proofs, metaphysical, of God, 92 ---- of our religion not absolutely convincing, but reasonable enough for those who wish to believe, 208 Prophecies, the strongest proof of Jesus Christ, 131 ---- dispersed with the Jews throughout the world, 131 ---- their preservation and agreement, 131 ---- concerning Messiah, 132 ---- unintelligible to the wicked, 133 ---- understood only when the events occur, 133 ---- a proof of divinity, 150 ---- two senses of, 157 ---- confirmed by miracles, 171 ---- special, of Jesus Christ, 217 Prophecy is not called miracle, 262 Prophets, their part among the Jews, 123 ---- their words had a double sense, 132 ---- prophesied by figures, 158 ---- their discourses were contradictory, 158 ---- foretold the Christians, 201 ---- what they say of Jesus Christ, 209 ---- declared the advent of Messiah, 213 ---- foretold, and were not foretold, 215 Propositions, the five, 268 Provence, 57 Provincial Letters, censures of the, not founded on tradition, 284 Pyrenees, 61 Pyrrhus, 35 Rabbinism, chronology of, cited from the _Pugio Fidei_, 195 Rabbis, proofs given to the Scriptures as to Jesus Christ by the, 157 ---- figures they employ, 170 ---- their doctrines on original sin, 194 ---- their objections against Jesus Christ, 219 Reason, is the essence of man, 43 ---- the senses deceive the, 51 ---- yields to imagination, 53 ---- internecine war between the passions and, 55 ---- not a guide to first principles, 102 ---- is weak, but would judge of all things, 103 ---- civil war between passion and, 113 ---- its corruption, 185 ---- can truly know ourselves by submission of our, 210 ---- acts slowly, 307 ---- its power over us, 309 Reasoning, all our, reduced to yielding to feeling, 309 Redeemer, a, only for Christians, 242 ---- Christian religion consists in the mystery of the, 204 Redemption, proofs of the, drawn from the wicked and the Jews, 193 ---- not right that all should see, 255 Red Sea, an image of the Redemption, 161 Reed, a thinking, 46 Religion, the true, and its characteristics, 179 ---- explains the contradictions in man, 179 ---- must show knowledge of our nature, 182 ---- the note of true, 182 ---- false proves that there is a true, 260 ---- need to learn the Christian, before assailing it, 3 ---- makes us know deeply the greatness and the baseness of man, 43 ---- what it is, 97 ---- is not certain, 102 ---- more enforced by feeling than by reason, 103 ---- founded on the Jewish religion, 119 ---- divine or ridiculous, 172 ---- excellence of the Christian, 183 ---- others but the Christian, false, 183 ---- wise and foolish, 187 ---- other than Christian, equal man sometimes to God and sometimes to the brutes, 188 ---- perpetuity of the Christian, 197 ---- which has always existed is that which is contrary to nature, 198 ---- we should look to the details of, 312 ---- two ways of urging the truth of our, 251 ---- at once venerable and loveable, 254 ---- miracle the foundation of, 258 ---- the three notes of, 275 ---- Jewish, to be differently regarded in tradition of its sacred books and in the tradition of the people, 115 ---- is the figure of the Messiah, 176 ---- Mahomedan, its foundation, 115 ---- heathen, no foundation, 115 Religions, pagan, have no marks of truth, 119 Religions, that there are some lax, this proves nothing against religion, 277 Repose, men think they seek, but only seek agitation, 34 Reprobate, all things work for evil for the, 129 Republic, Christian and Jewish, have only had God for master, 122 Respect of men for each other, 55 ---- what it is for, 72 Rest, secret instinct which leads men to seek, 35 ---- complete, is insupportable, why, 40 Righteous man, the two natures in the, 273 Rivers are moving roads, 315 Roannez, M. de, 309 Roman legislators, 121 Romans, religion of the, 119 Rome began to fear Cromwell, 76 ---- chief church of Christ, 136 ---- must not stifle speech, 284 Royalty, without diversion, is unhappy, 33 Rule, to judge a work we need a, 305 ---- special and particular, 308 ---- man must have a, of faith, 309 Ruth, book of, 220 Sabbath, only a sign, 175 Sacrifices, exterior, not essential, 138 ---- of the Jews and Gentiles, 140 ---- uselessness of the, 75 Saints, foretold, but not foretellers, 215 ---- their greatness and their empire, 227 ---- their union, 279 Salomon de Tultie, pseudonym of Pascal, utility of his manner of writing, 312 Salvation, Jesus Christ has wrought the, of the just, while they slept, 232 Savages, 70 Scaramouch, as an example, 31 Sceptic, never has been a perfect finished, 106 Sceptical cabal, 111 Scepticism, its reasonings, 108 ---- aids religion, 113 ---- remedy for vanity, 206 ---- is true, for men before Jesus Christ knew nothing, 226 Sceptics, indifference of the, 112 ---- labour in vain, 103 ---- principal arguments of the, drawn from the uncertainty of our natural principles, 105 ---- lesser arguments of the, 106 Schism, a mark of error, 268 Science, infinite in its research and its premisses, 21 ---- abstract, not fit for man, 82 Scripture, knows God better than we, 91 ---- compared to the Koran, difference between the books, 116 ---- has provided passages for all conditions of life, 128 ---- why contrary sentences are found in, 128 ---- obscure and clear, 129 ---- has two senses, 157 ---- against those who misuse passages of, 166 ---- manner of understanding that contradictory passages of, must agree, 167 ---- superiority of, over the most ancient books of other peoples, 173 ---- preserved by the Jews, and is a witness of their sincerity, 173 ---- full of matters not dictated by the Holy Spirit, 206 ---- without the, we know nothing of the nature of God nor our own nature, 226 Self, hatred of, necessary, 238 ---- is hateful, 84 Self-love, its nature, 84 ---- how it should be regulated, 237 ---- source of all confusion, 239 Seneca, quotations from, 110 Sensation, no misery apart from, 47 Sense of the prophecies always the same, 171 ---- there are various kinds of good, 311 Senses deceive the reason, 51 Sensuality, men have drawn rules from, 69 ---- manner in which it is used, 70 Sepulchre of Jesus Christ, 234 Sermon, how some people listen to the, 316 Servant, relation to his master, 293 Shem, 126, 169 Ship, as an example, 63 Sibyls, books of the, 174 Sickness, resignation of man in time of, 74 Silence is the greatest persecution, 283 Simplicity of things compared to our double and complex nature, 25 Sin, all is, that is repugnant to the will of God, 247 ---- original, 192 ---- mystery of the transmission of, 107 ---- foolishness of original, to man, 192 ---- tradition of original, according to the Jews, 194 Sincerity, a necessary quality of every religion, 182 Sinners, enemies of God, 165 Sins, called enemies by David, 171 ---- the two sources of, 241 Six days and the six ages of the world, 174 Sleep, life compared to, 105 Sneezing absorbs all the faculties of the soul, 31 Society, a beginning of, 56 Socrates, 218 Solitude, the pleasure of, incomprehensible, 34 Sonnet, a bad, comparison of, 302 Sorbonne, corrupted by the Jesuits, 282 Soul, immortality of the, 4, 111 ---- is immaterial, 111 ---- how little she knows herself, 112 Sovereign good, philosophers do not agree as to the, 112 ---- ordinary men's idea of, 112 Space, numbers imitate, 84 Spaniards, 66 Sphere, infinite, 19 Spirit, of men easily disturbed, 27 _Spongia solis_, 83 State of man, his weakness and uncertainty; nothing so important to man as his condition, 5, 6 Stoics, 49 ---- what they propose is difficult and idle, 113 Stream may decide justice or injustice, 66 Strife alone pleases, not the victory, 39 Study of man, why so few undertake it, 82 Style, thoughts on, 301 ---- effect a natural, produces, we find a man instead of an author, 303 ---- examples of bad, 304 Submission of the reason, only by this can we truly know ourselves, 108, 250 Suetonius, 221 Suicide, advised by certain philosophers, 112 Sun, course of the, 84 Suns, the five, of Mexico, 118 Superstition, piety compared with, 251 Sweden, queen of, 75 Sword, the right of the, 67 Symmetry, definition of, 304 Synagogues, a type of the Church, 176 Tacitus, 221 Talmud, its predictions of the Messiah, 152 ---- date of composition of, 196 Temple, its reprobation prophesied by Jeremiah, 149 Tennis, 37 Tertullian, 127 Testaments, proof of the two, at once, 157 ---- proof that the Old, is figurative, 158 ---- Old and New, their relations, 165 ---- sacrifices and ceremonies of Old, either figures or absurdities, 174 Thamar, story of, 220 Theatre, dangers of the, for the Christian soul, 248 Theology, taken as an example of diversity, 32 Theresa, Saint, her double greatness, 246 ---- what she was when alive and now, 275 Thought, greatness of man consists in, 46 ---- the whole dignity of man lies in, 48 ---- great in essence, vile in defects, 48 Thoughts, spring up by chance, 29 ---- escape us in writing, 29 Tide of the sea, 84 Time, our imagination enlarges the present, 56 Towns through which we pass, 59 Trades, choice of, 78 Transmission of sin, without this mystery we could not know ourselves, 107 Trent, Council of, 291 Truth, there is no, in man, 19 ---- we hate, and those who tell it us, 85 ---- necessity of seeking, 95 ---- we know, by the heart as well as by reason, 102 ---- is not within our reach, nor to our taste, 107 ---- we have an idea of, which scepticism cannot overcome, 109 ---- has visible signs, 208 ---- makes us free, 245 ---- opposite truth to be remembered with a, 279 ---- unable to know, unless we love truth, 280 ---- the first rule and ultimate end of things, 281 Truths of religion, necessity of seeking, 3 Turk, the Grand, 53 Turks, their example alleged by the wicked, 211 ---- miracles of the, 258 ---- grand sultan of the, 80 Twelve tables, law of the, 121 Types in general, their lawfulness, 157 ---- unintelligible to the Jews and bad Christians, 158 ---- understood only in the fulness of time, 158 ---- compared to a portrait, 159 ---- the word of God false literally, true spiritually, 159 ---- of Old Testament only figures, 162 ---- the reason of, 162 ---- of Christ, 165 ---- different kinds of, some seem far-fetched, 165 ---- reason for the use of, 170 ---- of Old Testament either figures or absurdities, 174 ---- made according to the truth, 176 ---- the utility of, 216 Tyranny, in what it consists, 68 Unbelievers, we should pity them, 253 ---- useful for the glory of religion, 203 ---- revile that which they do not understand, 204 Uncertainty, what we do for an, 102 ---- of condition of man, 23 Understanding, greatness of men of, invisible to the great, 227 Unhappiness natural to man's condition, makes him seek diversion, 33 Union of mind and body a mystery to man, 28 ---- of the Word to man, 299 Universe, how inferior and superior to man, 46 ---- the whole, teaches man, either of his corruptness or redemption, 192 Usurpation of the whole earth, beginning and image of, 68 Vacuum, an example taken from our notion of, 54 ---- absurdity of the saying that nature abhors a, 313 Vanity of pleasure, 5 Vatable, 269, 270 Venice, the Jesuits and, 283 Vespasian, persecution of, 127 ---- miracles of, 271 Vices, why we are indulgent to the, of the great, 74 ---- certain, have hold on us only by means of others, 77 Victory pleases less than strife, why, 39 Virgin birth, weakness of the argument against the, 223 Virtue may be excessive, 30 ---- is the result of two opposite vices in counterpoise, 30 Vocations, 59 War, why men seek, 34 ---- internecine, in man, between the reason and his passions, 55 ---- civil, is the worst of evils, 63, 70 ---- decided by an interested party, 66 Weakness of man, 28, 66 ---- ---- cause of so many esteemed beauties, 72 ---- unrest, and defects of man, 73 Weariness of Jesus, 232 ---- inevitable in all conditions, 35 ---- is man's most sensible evil and his greatest good, 39 ---- arises from loss of occupation, 40 Well dressed, not altogether foolish to be, 70 Wicked, the, reasoning of, in the Book of Wisdom, 240 ---- prove the corruption of human nature by their conduct, 191 ---- who profess to follow reason, 211 Will, difference between the actions of the, and other actions, 129 ---- is depraved in wishing for the love of others, 239 ---- self, we must renounce it in order to be happy, 240 ---- of God, we should judge of what is good or bad according to the, 244 ---- one of the principal organs of belief, 307 Wine, too much and too little, 29 Wisdom, greatness of, invisible to the carnal, 227 ---- God alone gives, 243 Words, meaning changes according to the, 129 World, vanity of the, 48 ---- judges things rightly, 83 ---- avoids thinking of what it does not choose to think about, 102 ---- indicates the presence of a God who hides himself, 209 ---- would not exist without Jesus Christ, 226 ---- difference in living according to the, and to God, 248 ---- is full of good maxims, we only need their right application, 314 Worshippers, unknown, 280 Worthlessness of man, 13 Xerxes, 144 Zeal of the Jewish people, 122 _CHISWICK PRESS:--C. 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