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God, Christians worship Him only, 8; the Creator, through the Logos, 9; thanks due to, for all things, 26; the doctrines of the Christians and Greeks respecting, compared, 27; can be seen by the purged eye only, 53; the nature of, 53–55; attributes of, 55; invisible, but seen in His works, 56; known by His works, 57; will be seen when we put on immortality, 58; absurd opinions of the philosophers concerning, 67; why described as walking, 88; the Christian doctrine of, 114; unity of, 218, 221; the author of good only, 248; His will irresistible, 249; shall be seen by the pure in heart, 252; righteous, 257; His justice, 258, 419; to be loved supremely, 267; both good and righteous, 290; alone the proper object of worship, 312; His care of human affairs, 321; who are worshippers of, 324; to be loved more than parents, 330; why He has made vile creatures, 386; the folly of sitting in judgment on, 396; created the world by His Son, as a double house, 402; His long-suffering, 457.

Gods of the heathen, their character controlled by fate, 12; ridiculous stories of, 15, 71, 72; immoralities of, 59; despised when made, but valuable when bought, 65; what becomes of them, 66; Homer and Hesiod's opinions of, 68, 69; varying doctrines of the philosophers respecting, 102; wickedness attributed by the heathen writers to, 114; many so called, 219; things sacred to, 444; why they are worshipped, being so vile, 444, 445; how learned Gentiles explain the shameful stories told of, 144, 450; the supper of the, 451, 452.

Good and evil, 429, 430.

Good works, the necessity of, 333.

Goodness, none without liberty, 250.

Gospel, the, the success of, 171; gives power over demons, 291, 292; more powerful than genesis, 418, 419.

Greeks, the, claim the invention of the arts, 5; the doctrine of, and of the Christians, respecting God, compared, 27; the solemnities of, ridiculed, 28, 29; the studies of, ridiculed, 31; the philosophy of the Christians more ancient than that of, 35; statues erected unworthily by, 37–40; errors of, respecting the deluge, 121; the prophets more ancient than the writers of, 125, 126; the contrast between the writings of, and the writings of the Hebrews, 129; why they did not mention the Scripture histories, 133.

Guardian angels, 220.

 

Habit, the power of, 192, 193.

Ham, the first magician, 297.

Hand, cutting off the right, 357.

Harvest, the, plenteous, 284.

Heaven, the visible and the invisible, 237; the visible, why made, 250; why to be dissolved, 251.

Hebrew chronology, 126–130.

Hebrews, the, in Egypt, 123; contrast between the writings of, and those of the Greeks, 129.

Heraclitus the philosopher, 7.

Heroes, Moses more ancient and credible than the ancient heathen, 43.

Hero-worship, 298.

Hesiod, his opinions concerning God, 68, 69; on the origin of the world, 69, 70; his weak conceptions of God, 79; his cosmogony, 446.

Hiram king of Tyre, his relations with Solomon, 125.

Holy place, the, for sacrifice, 168.

Holy Spirit, the necessity of union with, 20; the prophets inspired by, 74.

Holiness of life enjoined by the prophets, 99.

Homer and Hesiod, their views of God, 68, 69; quoted, 73, 107.

Homer and Moses compared, 35.

Hospitality, a contest about, 381.

Human race, the dispersion of, 98.

Hyacinthus, 443.

 

Idolatry, the absurdities of, 60; the origin of, 289, 296; demons incite to, 292; the folly of, 293, 311; led to all immorality, 299; the Egyptian, 315.

Idols unprofitable, 311.

Ignorance, the mother of evils, 305.

Image of God, man the, 20.

Imagination, 232; Peter's experience of, 232, 233; the fallacy of, 235.