Augustine of Hippo · Expositions on the Psalms

Expositions on the Psalms · Part 75

Asaph, 334, 335, 348, 367, 386.

Ashes, mark of penitence, 497.

Asp, or adder, 232, 233, 451.

Assur, 398.

Assyrians, 386.

Augustin on lying, 13; anxious to be understood, 99, 285; alludes to Sermon on the Ten Plagues, etc., 375; relations to the See of Rome, 591.

Aurelius, 467.

Avarice. See Covetousness.

Babes, to be fed with milk, 217; afterwards with bread, 615.

Babylon, means "confusion," 268, 604; type of captivity of Christians, 604.

Baldness. See Core.

Baptism, passage through the Red Sea type of, 392, 533; for remission of sins, 192; laver of regeneration, 367; why the Lord Jesus was baptized, 450.

Barabbas, 396.

Basan, or Bashan, 295, 625.

Basilica of St. Peter, 152; Christian churches called basilicæ, 594.

Basilisk, 451.

Beasts of the wood, 512.

Beauty, of Christ as God and man, 146, 148; of soul in confession, 472.

Being, God alone absolute, 441, 442.

Belief. See Faith.

Benjamin, how applied to St. Paul, 296; meaning of name, 387.

Birth, natural and spiritual, 231; natural, brings guilt from Adam, 192, 252, 253.

Bishops, called "fathers" by the Church, 155; superintendents or guardians, 606; under the one chief Shepherd, 606, 607.

Blasphemers, enemies of God, 455, 504, 665.

Blessed, happiness of the, 423, 545.

Blindness of mind and heart, 18; judicial punishment of sin, 308.

Blood of Christ our propitiation, 613. See Christ.

Body, human, four portions or elements of, 16; garment of the soul, 502.

Bones in Body of the Lord, 81, 82, 496; the bone made in secret, 638.

Bow, refers to the Scriptures, 25; bow of the wicked, 94.

Bread for the soul the word of God, 99; bread of the heart, 176; Christ the Living Bread, 621.

Building, Christians are God's, 498; built as stones in the Heavenly City, 593, 594.

Burden of Christ light, 291.

Cæcilianus, bishop of Carthage, 42.

Cain, mark set on, 124, 241; built a city, 252; connection with Babylon, 268.

Calling, of God's free grace, 15.

Calvary, 132.

Canaan, woman of, 295.

Captivity of Christians typified by Babylon, 604.

Carthage. See Tarshish.