Aaron, his rod, 126, 608 Ablutions, see Purifications Abraham's bosom, 517 Abruption, instance of, 285 Accho, 156 Achad, 402
Achaia, governed by depu- ties, 547
Achilles, his horses speak, 129
Acridophagi, 70, 112 Adamant, hard as 460 Adjuration, instances of, 135, 152, 411, 583 Adonis, feast of 423 Adoration, 57, 88 Adramyttium, 549
Adultery, laws concerning, 91
evils of, 323
punishment of, 325
Adversity, uses of, 267, 311,
351, 380, 563, 611, 613
Aegeadæ, 442
Age, the golden, 10, 28
silver, 15, 16, 18,
21 brazen, 21
iron, 22, 21
Age, infirmities of, 204, 356
Aged, counsels of the, 213, 266
not always wise 266 Ages, the four, 434 Agriculture, taught by the Deity, 381
Agrippa, 552 Ahasuerus, 245 Aius Locutius, 85
Alabaster vessels for oint- ment, 499, 508 Aleppo, called Magog, 432 Alexander the Great, 81, 235, 355
All things come alike to all, 353
All things are yours, 569 Allegories, 161, 484, 575 Alms, do not before men, 473 Alpha and Omega, 625 Altar built by Noah, 27 swear by the, 492
Altars, sanctuary at, 93, 133, 207
Amber, 421, 422 Ammoun, from Ham, 30 Amphiaraus, 128 Anakims, 124
Anaximenes, his reply to Alexander, 355 Anchor of the soul, 608 Andromeda, 451 Angels, 49, 225, 500, 606 the fallen, 624
Anger, 330, 350
grievous words stir up, 330
to be restrained, 333, 335
Animal food, 23 Anointing with oil, 147, 454 Ant, an example, 323 Antæus, 124
Antioch in Pisidia, 539 Apelles, 567
Aphrodite and Aphrosune, 201
Apis, the god, 71, 72 Apollo, from Jubal, 18 Apollonia, 543 Apotheosis, 18, 220 Appearance, do nothing for, 473 Appii Forum, 556 Apples of gold, 12, 338 gifts of, 360
Apries, king of Egypt, 376, 431
Arabians never subdued, 37, 38
Archers, 45, 196, 373, 414 Areopagus, 544 Arion, 450 Argo, the ship, 22 Argonauts, 26
Ark of Noah, 22, 27
Babylonish garments, 153 Bacchus, 29, 61
Bag, he bore the, 528 Baitulia, 49
Balance, weighed in the, 436
Baldness, a deformity, 221, 367
Baleareans, slingers, 171, 189
Balm tree, 407 Barbareans, 555, 557 Barley of Egypt, 75 Basilisk, 13
Battlements, no house to
be without, 144
Baucis and Philemon, story of, 42
Bdellium, 12
Beacons of fire, 404
Beard not to be rounded,
consecrated, 122 touched by suppli- ants, 204
Beasts, clean and unclean,
injuries from, 95 sacred, 71, 73
I have fought with, 377
Beating the air, 573 Beauty, a frail thing, 344 Bees, courage of, 134
generated in carrion, 167
they came about me like, 310 Beginnings not to be des- pised, 333 Behemoth, 272 Bellerophon, story of, 53, 54, 199 Bellows, use of, 405 Bells worn by priests, 99 Belly, serving the, 567 whose God is their, 591
Belteshazzar, 433 Belus, temple of, 31, 32
Vulcan cast down from, 32
Benefits, not to be deferred,
Benjamin's portion, 58 Berenice, 552 Bethel, 49
Bird, escaped as a, 312 Birds, unclean, 112
not to be taken with their young, 144
prodigies of, 69, 447 pollution by, 237 tears of, 521
on us and our child- ren, 500
Boar doth waste it, 301 Boat carried in procession, 27
Body, fear not them that kill, 481
keep under my, 573 a garment, 579, 581 a tabernacle, 620 Boils and blains, plague of, 72
Bondage, spirit of, 562 Books burned, 547 Born out of due time, 577 Bosom, leaning on, 518, 530 Bottle in the smoke, 311 Bottles of heaven, 269 Bow, see Rain-bow Bow, the Ituræan, 45
use of the, 196, 373 Bowing down, 57, 88 Bracelets, 132 Branch, 411
Brass, kingdom of, 435
hoops of, 453 Brazen age, 21 Bread to eat, 50, 97
Caduceus, Mercury's, 68 Cæsar, I appeal to, 552 prodigies on the death of, 552 Cage full of birds, 404 Cakes, offerings of, 16, 107, 406 Calanus, 60
Calchas, the prophet, 218 Calf, the golden, 102
the fatted, 517 Cambyses, his cruelty, 67 Camels used in war, 378 Camel's hair, raiment of, 467 Candace, 537
Candle, shined upon my head, 264
Cane, sweet, 387
Captives not to be slain, 225 Caristia, 57
Carmel, Mount, 214
Cassandra the prophetess, 128
Castor and Pollux, 555 Cato, 29, 236
Cats worshipped, 71, 73 Caves, 214
sacrifices in, 397 Censers, use of 125 Centurion, 479
Death, the body of this, 561 Debtors sold, 222, 489 Deceit, hateful, 296, 325 Dedication of walls, 244 Degeneracy of mankind, 17, 20, 279, 350 Deity, one supreme, 1. See God
represented as spheri- cal, 66
Delay, folly of, 311 Deluge, 23, 24, 29 Demigods, 18, 19 Demosthenes, his death, 94 Depravity, universal, 259, 351, 352, 560, 561, 622 Derceto, 174
Desert, serpents in, 128 Deucalion, 22, 23, 24, 27 Devils cast out, 506 Dial of Ahaz, 232 Diana, temple of, 548 Die for another, 507, 531, 559
- I die daily, 577 Dig through a wall, 263 Discord personified, 213 Diseases inflicted by the Deity, 148, 220 Display, folly of, 232 Dividing the word, 602 Divination, origin of, 141 various kinds of 141, 393, 425 by the cup, 59 by dreams, 138,
Famines foretold by Christ, 494
remarkable,225,226 Fasts described, 399, 477
of the Jews, 119, 519 Fat, to be burned, 99 Fat, i.e. rich, 148, 412 Fat, i.e. foolish, 311, 368, 484
Fates, the, 384 Fauns, cry of the, 85, 528 Fear belongs to imperfec- tion, 562
Fear God, honour the King, 338
Fears, panic, 181, 226, 231 Feast, a twelve days', 168
governor of the, 523 Feasts in temples, 572, 574 Feel after and find, 545 Feet, naked, 46
anointed, 265
Feet, between the, 61
sitting at the, 511
how beautiful the, 395 Felix, governor of Judea,
Fertility, remarkable, 504 Festivals, 242
Fidenæ, fall of a building at, 171
Field of blood, 500 Fight the good fight, 599 Figs, curative use of, 232, 385 Figtree, 491
Fire worshipped, 64, 75 - perpetual, 98, 109 pillar of, 80
from heaven, 110, 215 ordeal by, 297
shall consume all things, 620
an army likened to, 310 - jealousy like, 363
- purifies all things, 462 617
saved as by, 569 Firmament created, 4 First fruits, 96 Fish worshipped, 69, 174 - of Egypt, 70, 377
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