Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews

NPNF (V1-14)St. Chrysostom481; his use of term brother, 480, 481; not a trace of monastic life in his time, 481; his greatwealth of thought, 487; his triumph over troubles when now in twentieth year of preaching,494; commanding simplicity of attire utterly disobeyed in the very Church, 497; ever gavethanks in all his afflictions, ib.; his apology to the Hebrews, 520; his deep love for them andprayers and asking their prayers, ib.; we must imitate in his overcoming all affliction forHeaven's love, 522.Paul of Samosata, 371, 376, 407; taught that God the Son has His beginning from the holy Virgin,407; his followers called Jews, 376 and note.Peacock, beauty of, 513.Perseverance, need of, when near the goal, 398, 399; need of, 398, 476, 490; from examples, 476;want of, probably cost those who had prophesied and cast out devils their crown, 476.Peter, St., a common person may be as, 453; praise of, 456; his tomb known, 482; his penitenceperfect, 507; God left, that he might learn not to contradict the Master, ib.; his special temptationto be highminded, ib.; his courage afterward, ib.Photinus, 370; taught same as Sabellius, 407.Physicians, taste food first for the sick man, 384; why they say the lungs are under the heart, 393;parts of bodies that are grown callous yield not to hands of, 394; mix medicines of manyingredients, one the essence of the medicine, 411; after deep incisions use gentle remedies,461; if he go not forward to the end, his early success but loss, 476; if despised cannot avengehimself on his patient, 519.Playthings, sometimes offered to an intelligent child, to show how he cares for higher things, 471;withheld if too eagerly desired, 479.Pleasure, less if disappointment be expected to follow, 503; that brings despondency no pleasure,ib.Poor, the, a fellow-freeman, 421; will stand by thee in the day of Doom, thy Advocate, ib.; neglectedwhile a dead body is richly adorned, ib.; if he beg, called impostor, 421, 422; ought to behelped, for we always eat, our children beg of us, 421; ought to be helped without enquiry,for we, too, say, remember not my sins, 421, 422; the Saints of old poor, yet very mighty, 452,453; who feed, feed Christ, 454; many of, bitterly defrauded and oppressed, 471, 480; the richmost truly, 480; if a poor man asked to an entertainment by a defrauder therefore refused, theother would he shamed, 481; none too, to give the cup of water, the two mites, to visit sick,prisoners, 509; build our houses in Heaven, 513; offerings of, accepted equally with gold, 514;yea, of ten thousand talents, 378.Poverty, not, but caring to be despised for, makes us despicable, 374; the Christian shines out morein, than in riches, 374; it affords, too, more pleasure, ib.; we may not be impatient of, 375;many blessings of, 452, 459; makes bold, 453; leads by the hand to Heaven, ib.; greatindependence of, ib.; Christ called perfection of virtue, ib.; an ill-omened thing, ib.; if voluntary,gives great might, 453, 454; and trust toward God, 454; every one afraid of, 472; not painfulwith the fear of God, 485; luxurious habits make hated, 497; to be sought, 518.Praise, to repudiate, one form of pride, 490.Prayer, intense, one ingredient of repentance, 412; heard through alms, 420; no marvel if not heardwhen we neglect those who beg of us, 421; night-long ( ), 438; a great weapon, 437;special need of night and morning, 437, 468; a certain, uttered in act of tale-telling, 464;intense, 468, 490, 521; we sin-stained, if not heard at our first, draw back, 485; watching in,797