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Inordinate self-love:  Lot  55;  Jacob  76;  Achab  274;  the  Pharisees  545.

Christian self-love  cares  more  for  the  soul  and  for  what  is  eternal  than for the  body  and  for  what  is  temporal:  folly  of  sinners  87  (Esau); 301 (“Enemies  of  their  own  souls”);  the  Machabee  brothers  363; Jesus heals  first  the  soul  of  the  paralytic  man  465;  477  (“Lay  not  up to  yourselves  treasures  upon  earth  &amp;c.  . . . Seek  you  first  the  kingdom of  God  &amp;c.“);  548  (the  value  of  a soul);  560  (the  one  thing needful);  571  (why  the  rich  man  was  eternally  punished);  586  (“He that  loveth  his  life  shall  lose  it”);  586  (“What  doth  it  profit  a man  &amp;c.“).

Models of  the  worship  of  God:  Abraham  52;  Joseph  94;  David  222; Tobias 295  301;  Judith  319;  our  Lord’s  words:  “Render  to  God the things  that  are  God’s”  612.

Gratitude to  God: Noe  after  leaving  the  Ark  44;  the  three  young  men in the  furnace  339;  Zachary  395;  Simeon  408;  the  man  born  lame  741.

Resignation to  God's  will:  Abraham  52;  Job  126;  Heli  214;  Samuel 221; Tobias  297;  Mary  and  Joseph  at  the  flight  into  Egypt  417; John the  Baptist  428;  Lazarus  571;  Jesus  in  the  Garden  654.

Unbelief: the  men  before  the  Rood  35;  Pharao  140;  the  Nazarites  425; the proud  Pharisees  498; many  disciples  when  the  Blessed  Sacrament was promised  532;  the  rich  man  and  his  brethren  572;  the  chief priests 695  785.

Causes of  unbelief: 40  160  309  456  504  579  584  600  785  794.

The weapons  of  unbelief:  505  714  754  (lies);  578  749  754  757  758  763 777 782  796  801  (violence);  693  734  794  (scorn);  639  714  (bribery).

Heresy : the Samaritans  451.

Doubt: Moses  and  Aaron  183;  Zachary  384.

Religious indifference: Solomon  260;  its  blameworthiness  776.

Denial of  faith:  Solomon  260  339;  Peter  667.

Sins against  hope:  the  murmuring  Israelites  153  176  182;  Moses  and Aaron 183;  presumption  of  the  Pharisees  425;  despair  of  Cain  30; of Judas  669.

Sins against  charity:  Job’s  wife  127;  the  Israelites  in  the  desert  151 176 182.

External worship  of  God:  Moses  133;  the  sacrifices  of  the  Old  Law 170; David  234;  dedication  of  the  Temple  256;  Tobias  293;  Jesus, Mary and  Joseph  go  up  to  the  Temple  420;  worship  of  God  in spirit  and  in  truth  453;  Jesus  in  the  synagogue  of  Nazareth  454; the publican  in  the  Temple  583;  religious  worship  of  the  early Christians 747; religious  music  235.

Sins against  religion:  Heli’s  sons  214;  Jesus  cleanses  the  Temple  442.