Expositions on the Psalms · Part 81

Melchisedek, 72, 543, 619.

Members of the body. See Christ and the Church.

Mercy, greatness of God's, 150; joined with truth, 434; every man needs mercy of God, 491; works of, commended, 474, 547, 654.

Merit, our calling and election not of, 15; no merit in man, 189, 410; grace not given on account of, 513. See Grace and Works.

Mesopotamia, 244.

Messiah. See Christ.

Midian, Madian, 398.

Ministers of the Gospel, unworthiness of, no bar to God's grace, 42, 43.

Moab, 247, 398.

Monasteries, 439.

Monks, evil lives of some, 490; why so called, 623; Ps. cxxxiii. in defence of, 622-624.

Moon, used in various applications in Scripture, 41, 329, 515; as to origin of light of, 41.

Moses, man of God, prayer of, Ps. xc., 441-446; a priest, 486; God's ways made known to, 507; books of, how typified, 321, 654; punishment of, 486, 487.

Mouth, of God, His revelations, 562; what comes out of, from the heart, 604, 633; door of restraint needed for, 645.

Mysteries, the great, of God, 640, 641.

Name, of Christ, knowledge of Him, 484; of God, "I Am," 502. See God.

Necessity mother of all employments, 402.

Neighbor, every man our neighbor, 48. See Love.

Night, type of wickedness, lying, etc., 12; type of life here, 361, 494, 569, 638.

Nineveh, 193.

Noah, ark of, 421.

North, what it represents, 165.

Novatians, heretics, 217.

Numbers, mystical meanings of, 15, 16, 181.

Obedience, parents to be obeyed, 315; road to knowledge, 577; even wicked masters have right to, 602.

Oil, used for spiritual joy, 60; for the Holy Spirit, 540; "oil of a sinner" flattery, 646.

Onagers, 512.

Organ, instrument of music, mystically used for the saints, 682.

Orphans, God the protector of, 39, 664.

Pagans, blamed Christians for all misfortunes which occurred, 390; cowards compared with Christian martyrs, 647.

Pannonia, 271.

Parable, i.e. comparison or similitude, 304, 366.

Paradise referred to, 95, 382, 580.

Pardon. See Forgiveness.

Parents, to be obeyed, and when not, 315; sins of, visited on children, 538.

Passion, our Lord's, described in Ps. lxix., 300; teaches us to look for eternal, not temporal, good, 444; suffering of Christ's Body, the Church, 251.

Patience, a gift of God, 254; the patience of Christ, 417.

Patriarchs, called "Christs," 522.

Paul, the Apostle, conversion of, 149; greatest of sinners, pattern of the grace of God, 315, 672; in what sense to occupy a throne of judgment at the last day, 421.

Peace, to be found only in part in this life, 77; exhortations to peace in the Church, 591, 603, 677; Christ is peace, 603; Christ the true peacemaker, 606.