Cicero, false beauties in, 31
Cipher,
a, has a double meaning, 676, 677;
key of, 680;
the, given by St. Paul, 682
Circumcision,
only a sign, 609;
the apostles and, 671
Clearness,
sufficient, for the elect, 577;
and obscurity, 856
Cleobuline, the passion of, 13
Cleopatra,
the nose of, 162;
and love, 163
Compliments, 57
Conditions, the easiest, to live in, according to
the world and
to God, 905
Condolences, formal, 56
Confession, 100;
different effects of, 529
Contradiction, 157;
a bad sign of truth, 384
Conversion, the, 470;
of the heathen, 768
Copernicus, 218
Cords, the, which bind the respect of men to each other, 304
Correct, how to, with advantage, 9
Cripple, why a, does not offend us, and a fool does, 80
Cromwell, death of, 176
Custom,
is our nature, 89;
our natural principles, principles of,
92;
a second nature, 93;
the source of our strongest beliefs, 252
Cyrus, prediction of, 712
Damned, the, condemned by their own reason, 562
Daniel, 721;
the seventy weeks of, 722
David,
a saying of, 689;
the eternal reign of the race of, 716,
717
Death,
easier to bear without thinking of it,
166;
men do not think of, 168;
fear of, 215, 216;
examples of the noble deaths of the Lacedaemonians,
481
Deference, meaning of, 317
Deeds, noble, best when hidden, 159
Deism, as far removed from Christianity as atheism, 555
Democritus, saying of, 72
Demonstrations, not certain that there are true, 387
Descartes, 76, 77, 78, 79
Devil,
the, and miracle, 803;
the, and doctrine, 819
Disciples, and true disciples, 518
Discourses, on humility, 377
Diseases, a source of error, 82
Disproportion of man, 72
Diversion, reason why men seek, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 168, 170
Docility, 254
Doctor, the, 12
Doctrine, and miracles, 802, 842
Dogmatism, and scepticism, 434
Dream, life like a, 386
Duty, and the passions, 104
Ecclesiastes, 389
Eclipses, why said to foretoken misfortune, 173
Ego,
what is the, 323;
consists in thought, 469
Egyptians, conversion of the, 724
Elect,
the, ignorant of their virtues, 514;
all things work together for good to the,
574
Eloquence, 15, 16, 25, 26
Emilius, Paulus, 409, 410
Enemies, meaning of, in the prophecies, 570, 691
Epictetus, 80, 466, 467