Aaron's priesthood, 131-133.
Aaron's rod, 148.
Abel's sacrifice, 185, 212.
Abraham's faith, 187, 190.
Acts, Early date of, 2.
Aged men, Virtues to be possessed
by, 18; aged women, 19.
Alphæus, Son of, 230.
Altar of Incense, 147.
Angelic visits, 215.
Angels, Christ superior to, 78, 79;
Christ lower than the, 89, 90;
the word spoken by, 85, 86;
subjection of, 88.
Apollos, 38; supposed author of
the Epistle to the Hebrews, ib.
Archippus, 44, 51.
Artemas, 37, 38.
Atonement, Day of, 136, 137, 147,
148, 166.
Augustine, 29, 64.
Caphtor O. T. Crete, 9.
Cheerful obedience by servants, 24.
Cherubims of glory, 148.
Christian graces, Exhortations to
the, 249.
Christian name, The, 256.
Christianity, Gradual elevation of
opposed to, 46; freedom of the
gospel, 47.
Christ's brotherhood with his
people, 93, 97.
Christ's eternal priesthood, 73, 113,
127; his universal heirship,
76; dignity and glory of his
name, 78; more exalted than
the angels, 79; his kingdom,
82; his humiliation, 90, 91;
our Apostle and High Priest,
97; a faithful son over his own
house, 99; He suffers in all
parts like his people, 111; the
Forerunner, 126; superior of
his atonement, 151
155;
author of our faith, 200; his
complete redemption, 162; his
one sacrifice, 163, 164, 171;
his willingness to die, 169.
Chrysostom, 13, 21, 24.
Clement of Alexandria, 61, 64; his
second epistle, 62.
Coming short of the heavenly rest,
105.
Contradiction of sinners, Christ's
endurance of, 201.
Cretan prophet, A, 14.
Cretans, Character of, Native, 15;
Cretan believers, 17, 19, 20,
30; Cretan slaves, 23.
Crete, 3, 8, 30; O. T. Caphtor, 9;
organisation of the Church
deferred by Paul to Titus, 9.
the slave under, 49; slavery David's seed, Promise concerning, 80.
Day of Atonement, 136, 137, 147, | Good works, A pattern of, 22; re-
Death universal, 163.
Divine omniscience, 110.
minders to, 35, 39.
Gorgeously apparelled, Favour to-
wards the, 254.
Divine presence, Early tokens of Gospel, Rapid spread of the, 1;
slavery condemned by the,
47, 48.
Grace of God, Manifestation of,
24, 25.
Grass, Instability of, 242.
He that shall come will come, 180.
Heaven itself, Christ's entry into,
162.
Heaven and earth, The new, 34.
Heavenly city, The, 219.
Hebrews, Epistle to the 61-223;
its canonicity, 61; its author-
ship, 38, 63-70; Origen's
opinion in favour of its Pauline
authorship, 63, 64; other
opinions, 63, 64; its readers,
70-72; date, 72; object and
contents, 72-74.
Heretics, self-condemned, 36, 37.
High Priest, Character of the, 137.
High Priest, The tempted, 111; the
compassionate, 112.
Holiness, Encouragements to per-
Hippolytus, 38.
severe in, 198-214.
How to live in this present world,
Holy place, The, 147, 148.
Human nature of Jesus, 98.
Humility before God, 277.
Imperfect character of the Levitical
High Priests compared with
Christ's sacrifice, 137.
Inability of the Law to make
perfect, 166.
Intercessor, The Great, 136.
Inverted order of the Sixth and
Seventh Commandments, 258.
Jacob's dying testimony, 192.
James, Epistle of, 227; its author,
ib.; to whom written, 231;
date of the epistle, 233; its
genuineness and canonicity,
ib.; analysis of contents, 234.
James, The name, 227.
James the Great, 227.
James the Little, 228.
Jerome's opinion concerning the
author of the Epistle to the
Hebrews, 64.
"Jesus called Justus," 58.
Jesus, The Mediator of the New
Covenant, 211.
Joseph's faith, 192.
Josephus, 86, 128, 147, 160.
Judaising Christians, 14.
New covenant, The, 144; better
than the old, 208, 214.
Justus, supposed identical with New life, Growth in the, 248.
Philemon, a slave-owner, 43; Paul's
Epistle to, 43-58; Paul's
loving recommendation of
Onesimus, 53-56.
Philo of Alexandria, 68, 77, 147.
Pinytus, 62.
Poor despised by the rich, 256.
Poor, The, God's chosen, 255.
Presbyters, 9, 10, 12; not a priestly
order, 11; qualifications for
their office, 10.
Principalities and powers, Subjec-
tion to, 29.
Profitable things, 85.
Provocation, The Israelites in the
day of, 103.
Pure and impure persons, Character
of, 16.
Pure fountain, Waters of a, 270.
Pure religion, what it is, 252.
Redemption from all iniquity, 27.
Renewal to repentance, Impossi-
bility of, 122, 123.
Rest of God's people, 107; exhor-
tation to attain, 108.
Rich and poor, Impartiality to-
wards, 254.
Riches, Evanescent nature of, 242.
Ruin, Progress of, 245.
Salem, Melchizedec, King of, 127.
Salvation, Danger of the neglect
of, 86.
Salvation possible to the uttermost,
Sara's faith, 188.
Sanctification, Object of, 92.
Sceptre of righteousness, Messiah's
kingdom a, 83.
Seed of Abraham, Christ's assump-
tion of the, 95.
Septuagint version, Quotations in
the Epistle to the Hebrews,
from the, 81, 89.
Servants, Paul's exhortations to,
23, 24.
Shepherd of Hermas, 63.
Sinning after the knowledge of the
truth, Danger of, 176.
Sins of the tongue, 265, 269.
Sins, Purification of our, 78.
Slavery, Attitude of the Old Testa-
ment and the Christian Church
towards, 46-48.
Slaves, Various duties of, 24.
Sons of God, Appellation of, 79.
Stedfastness, Exhortation to, 217.
Soul, The, 249.
Strangers, Entertainment of, 215;
Benefit of, 215.
"Substance," The word, 77, 182.
Swearing forbidden, 288.
Tabernacle, The first, 145, 146,
150; furniture of the, 146—
148.
Talmud, The, 16, 137, 149.
Talmudic fables, 16.
Targums, The, 82, 86, 127, 192.
Temperate, Qualification for a
bishop, 12.
Temptation, Blessedness of endu- ́
ring, 243; God tempts no one,
Sacrifices, Imperfect nature of the Theophilus, Bishop of Antioch, 62.
"Throne, God is Thy," 82.
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