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Halle. Luther advises the council of H. to expel the monks XII, 1150. ff.

Obstinacy. S. Obstinacy.

Keep. In St. Paul it often means: to be most certain XII, 472. "To keep the law" XI, 570. f.; "to keep the gospel" XI, 570. f.; XII, 503.; to keep the word is done with a believing heart XII, 1327. ff.; to keep Christ's word, nothing light and trifling XI, 1053. f., those are wretched who do not keep it XI, 1067, f.; the Jews, heretics, papists do not keep it XI, 1068. - S. Justice 12. 13.

Act. One must not cheat h. and sell XII, 1577. because one was cheated XII, 1635. f.

Hanna. Means: favor, grace XI, 263. the prophetess H. XI, 256. ff; a prophetess XI, 256. f.; had a special enlightenment XI, 275. f.; could, without missing professional works, be day and night in the temple XI, 257.; means the people of Israel XI, 259. - S. Mary 4, Peninna.

Hans. Master H. nütze, merciful XI, 1294.

Heretics. Who is a heretic XII, 1459. f. - S. Catholicus.

Hatred. Sees only evil in the hated XII, 607; makes a prisoner of Satan XII, 531; directs hatred XII, 606, 608; H" anger, vengefulness should dampen Christians XII, 608, in contestation of it consider Christ's suffering XI, 582, ask God for change of mind XI, 1348. ff. - S. vindictiveness.

Main things. They are always left lying around, taking care of unnecessary things XI, 1805. 1950.

Houses. Bauart*im Morgenlande XII, 1284.

Steward. His Office XII, 59.

Fathers of the household. How they should lead their state as pilgrims and guests XII, 569; pious fathers keep the servants to piety, or do not suffer evil XII, 1182.

Hebrews. The Epistle to the S. Who wrote it? XII, 150 f., probably Apollo XII, 1542; draws from the A. T. XI, 678; no other epistle leads with such force the Scriptures XII, 151, namely of Christ's divinity XII, 150 ff - S. Apollo.

Gentiles. Have basically no God XII, 1204. f.; did not consider unchastity a sin XII, 458.; not excluded from Christ's kingdom XI, 792. f. 801. 829., the grace of Christ also goes to them XII, 1872. ff, they too shall be converted according to prophecy XII, 303. ff, "Gentiles," preferably the peoples north of the Mediterranean Sea XII, 306. - S. Jews 5.

Salvation. Is grace, forgiveness, eternal peace and life XII, 501; our salvation is in the word of Christ XII, 502; Christians possess it, await its consummation XII, 1066. f.

Savior. Is who protects a country XII, 1660, who helps, redeems, makes blessed XI, 293; between Christ and other H. a great difference XII, 1660. f.; to whom it is comforting that Christ is called H. XII, 1660. - S. Christ 4.

Holy. In the A. T. as much as, pure XII, 449.; what is directed solely to God's service and honor, of which God alone uses XII, 321. 1756.; the right middle road between the holy and unholy XII, 1756.

Saints. I. The true saints 1. General. God measures his saints differently from us XI, 484 f.; they are saints not by works, but by grace XI, 2290 ff.; despise mere outward holiness XI, 564 f.; he who thinks himself holy because of his works blasphemes God XI, 2292 f.; are holy only through Christ XII, 454. 1320 f.; holy is he who believes XII, 1384 f.; the true saints are Christians XII, 347 f. 2090 f.; he who does not call himself holy is ungrateful to Christ XII, 1384 f..He who does not call himself holy is ungrateful to Christ XII, 1384. f.; cursed be he who does not boast of holiness XII, 1384. f.; Christians are by faith as holy as Mary and other saints XI, 2365. have the same mind and courage, though not the same work and suffering XI, 1203.; a Christian should consider himself equal to the saints in goods XII, 1379. f. the saints also have flesh XII, 322. ff. 485. 2014. ff, retain it until death XI, 719. f.; sin still abides in them XI, 273. which kind XII, 485.; are still sinners XI, 896. f. 2277. ff.; XII, 524. f.; still lack much in faith XI, 980.; still infirm and sinful XI, 664. 827. f. 1066. f.; XII, 386. ff.; may err XI,-455. ff. 1880. f. and lack XII, 272. ff.; often err in doctrine and life XI, 329.; even the greatest H. fall by security XI, 513. 515.; recognize their sinfulness, ask for mercy XII, 256.; even the highest H. need warning against security XI, 513. f. - S. flesh 2, government, sin 7, sinners.

2. the deceased H. have been and remained sinners XI, 2259. f., have erred and sinned XI, 311. f. 412. f. 439. f. 455. ff.; were challenged XI, 433. 450. by death XI, 2279.; in the high temptations they lamented fearfully XI, 449.; did not want to be saved by their works XI, 316. f.; were saved by Christ, not by their own merit XI, 1967. They do not take us to heaven XI, 1453. ff, but God alone XI, 1464. ff. Honor them, but in the right way XI, 2368. ff, so as not to detract from Christ XI, 2365, nor to miss the saints from earth XI, 2366. f. 2376. f.; take more care of the living than of the dead saints XI, 2262.It is not the dead who are to be honored, but the living ones XI, 2366, f. 2387; they are to be honored by praising the grace of God shown to them XI, 2318, f.; they are to be held up as examples of doctrine, citing them as examples of doctrine XI, 2388.; whether they may be called upon XI, 2262. They may be honored for doctrine XI, 2262. 2267.; look to their doctrine XI, 2269., to God's word, not to their works and dignity XI, 557.; do not trust in them, they have erred XI, 440.; not their bones, their faith we are to honor XII, 1857.; how to use their lives and honor them XI, 1739. f.; are not always examples to us in their works XI, 220. f. 256. f. 311. 330. 412. f.; are examples so far as they follow the word XI, 311.; their temptations serve to comfort us XI, 433. 451. f., are to terrify the impenitent XI, 451.; God lets them fall, that we may not rely on men XI, 669.; their infirmities are for our consolation XI, 456.; their infirmities are to be covered up XI, 311. f. How to preach of them XI, 224.; say also how they have fallen XII, 1320. f.; the

Life of the H. should be presented to the people to bring them to faith, especially the life of those in whom more traces of faith than of works are encountered XII, 1946. f. - S. Virtues, . Merit.

II. the saints of the pope. Uncertain whether some of them ever lived XI, 637. 1294., whether they were holy XI, 637.; among them are probably also bad boys XII, 1211.; some of them may be in hell XII, 348.

III. saints and unholy ones. There are light and dark saints XII, 979.; the saints fight against sin, the saints do not >XII, 485. f. 789. - S. believers 3, works saints 2.

Saints. God h. is: believe him XII, 757. ff.; what it means: the holiday h. XII, 1371. ff.

Worship and veneration of saints in the papacy. A monster, especially in Luther's time, XII, 1727; they worshipped many saints XII, 42, despised the living, honored the dead XI, 1201, f.; they made them mediators XI, 2261, gods XI, 2369, built churches in their honor XI, 2366, f.; it was a devilish thing XI, 1811, a dishonor to Christ XI, 2260, f., Idolatry XI, 442. f.; XII, 42. f., disputes. 'Against right worship XI, 2267. f.; is wrong, though apparently confirmed by miracles XII, 43.; how H. was sought to be supported by legends XI, 2367.' and by the doctrine of dulia, hyperdulia, etc. XI, 2377.; the saints, if they lived, would not put up with veneration XI, 2369. The H. arose from false doctrine of Christ XII, 1506. f., from trust in men XI, 1811. f.. One looked ini Pabstthum on the strict life of the saints XI, 2268.; reason looks only at the works of the saints XI, 2270.; it is wrong to look at the life instead of the doctrine XI, 2259. f., also, to trust in the merit of the saints XI, 2260.; one should trust in God, not in men XII, 44.; one does not need the saints as mediators XII, 42. f.; Christians do not need them as mediators XII, 1507., are, after all, Christ's bride XI, 2409. f. One refrains from the H. XI, 1908.; how to cut down this idolatry XI, 2261. f. - S. Saints I, 2, II.

Holiness and righteousness. Is twofold: one that applies before God, the other before the world XI, 2287. ff; wherein the twofold righteousness consists XI, 2288. f.; what was considered the greatest righteousness in the papacy XI, 2288. - S. Werkheiligkeit.

Sanctities. 1. the right H. is the Scripture XII, 1147. ff., the Gospel XII, 1160.; is near us, sanctifies us XII, 1150.

2. relics. One rejected the milk of the Virgin Mary XII, 1148.; the heads of Peter and Paul at Rome, not genuine XII, 1147. ff; uncertain and dreamed H. XII, 1149. f.; served to eclipse the right H., bring money XII, 1149. - S. bones, relics.

Sanctification. Not only the work of the Holy Spirit XII, 655. f., why attributed to Him XII, 656; Christians should die to sin, live to righteousness XII, 758. ff; H. must always be done XII, 1169. ff; is not perfect in this life XI, 1065. 1704. f. 1708. 1927. 2097. f. 2255. f. 2277. ff.; XII, 123. 324. 482. ff. 561. 588. f. 623. ff. 881. f. 888. f. 1067. f. 1530. 1558. f. 1562. f. 2091. f.; in this we are to increase XII, 448. 561. 1245. ff.; what means.

God is needed for this XII, 484. f.; one sighs to God to be rid of sins XII, 1562. f. - S. Christians 2, renewal, faith II, 7, justification 2, forgiveness 2.

Visitation. What H. means according to the Hebrew XII, 1422. When God visits us by His word XI, 2272. such a H. went in Luther's time XII, 1431.; one should recognize it XII, 1435. ff.; the world does not recognize it XII, 1422. ff.

Enoch. Shall not yet come XI, 101.

Herod. 1. the name. Means: heros XI, 341.

2. H. the Great. A wise, courteous man XI, 2108, pompous XI, 327; Edomite, how he became king of the Jews XI, 295, f.; the Jews resisted his rule for a long time XI, 2106, f., they hated him, he was afraid of them XI, 307. 327. f.; a bloodthirsty tyrant, an abomination to everyone XII, 1804. f., believed the Scriptures, but wanted to destroy them XI, 322.; his rule a punishment of the Jews, sign of their spiritual Herodian regiment. XI, 342; means a spiritual regiment, which governs by the doctrine of works and men XI, 343, like that of the Pharisees and the Pope XI, 341. ff.

3 H. and Christ. A contrast XII, 1118. f.; we must see to it that H. C. does not rob us XII, 1119. f.

Heroes. Who they called H. XI, 341.

Lord. "To call JEsum a H." XII, 823. ff.; one can do it only by the Holy Spirit XII, 823. ff.; every Christian should do it XII, 824. f.; the red spirits do not do it XII, 825.

Lord. Why Luther had this word printed everywhere in the Bible with large letters XII, 649.

Gentlemen. How superiors should lead their stand as right pilgrims and guests XII, 570. f. - S., servants.

Glory. What this word means in general XI, 202. f.; there are degrees of glory in heaven XII, 721. - See Cross 9, Suffering 3.

Heart. The human heart, a poor thing XI, 770. f.; the natural, defiant and despondent XI, 771. ff. 1057; its stubbornness and stupidity unspeakable XI, 774 f.; a Christian heart should let itself think that it knows nothing but of Christ XII, 1373; only those have a pure one who believe XI, 2398; what a fine good heart is XI, 519.

Hypocrites. The world is full of them XI, 519. f. 1510.; XII, 1061. f.; idolaters XI, 736. f.; works saints XI, 736.; think themselves pure and holy, despise Satan XI, 558.; give themselves the holiest appearance XI, 385.; always want to burn brightly XI, 1562. f.; ambitious XI, 1539. f.; reward-seeking XI, 232. f.; think Christ is nothing, know everything better XI, 1558.They are greedy for reward XI, 232; betrayers of Christ XI, 231; think Christ and His Gospel are nothing, know everything better XI, 1558; think they are masters, are the most unintelligent XII, 1969; with an evil conscience they seek more and other works XI, 736; despair in adversity XI, 737.XI, 507; transgress all commandments XI, 1501 ff; have the least love for their neighbor XI, 1566; do not keep the holiday holy properly XII, 1973 ff; rejoice in other people's sins, spread them out XII, 1281, 1502 ff; drag others into the pit with them XI, 1283.Have an excellent appearance of virtue, suffocate in the thorns of their inclinations XII, 1827; deceive only themselves, not God XI, 1819 ff; do not want to be punished XI, 1509 ff; cannot be brought to true piety XI, 736 ff; their punishment is not temporal, but not temporal.

dern eternal XII, 1925. - p. Christians. 8, Church 2, Betrayers, Work Saints I.

Witches. What H. are XI, 319.

Hierarchy in the Papacy XII, 1093.

Jerome. Worships monasticism XI, 1882; did not interpret well Is. 11, 10 XII, 51; allegory of gifts of the wise XII, 1806. f. Says: Vermaledeiet, who thinks that Christ's power is flesh; gebenedeiet, who hopes in God XII, 1321. One can only hate what one fears XII, 1697. f.; Drunkard is never chaste XII, 1071. f.; drunkard is never chaste XII, 1071. Opinions and sayings on: fourfold apostles XI, 1914.; spirit and letter XII, 842. ff; John the Baptist XI, 72. f.; XII, 1016.; relics XI, 2376.; Zacharias, Barachiä^ohn XI, 210. - S. Church Fathers.

Hilarius. Had a taste of bliss XII, 1548; Allegory of the gifts of the wise XII, 1806. f. -S. Church Fathers.

Heaven. Heaven and earth will "pass away" XI, 68. f. 1015. f., become new again XI, 70.; Heaven and hell, no places, there is no time, not day nor night XII, 1944. - S. Forces, planets.

Ascension. S. Christ 3.

Kingdom of Heaven. What it is XI, 489. f.; a kingdom prepared by the gospel after Christ's resurrection XI, 1924. f.; why Christ calls his kingdom so XI, 756. and the Christian church so XI, 1747. f.; in it is only he who believes XI, 489. f.; is the gospel XI, 1928. - S. kingdom.

Celestial bodies. Are signs XI, 304. f.

Ladder to Heaven. Jacob's H. is Christ XII, 1851.

Job. The book, a fine poem, by a poet XII, 967.

Hirsch. What Physiology Teaches of the H. XI, 299. 2103. H

irten. 1. general. Have a heart for the

Sheep XI, 1258. f.

2nd classes. Three kinds: shepherds, hirelings, wolves XI, 794. 810.; XII, 1890. Which good shepherds are XI, 794.; XII, 1892. f.; all righteous preachers are good shepherds XII, 1890.; right shepherds look at the person, not at the infirmities XI, 790. f., preach Christ, are Christ's mouth XI, 819.; to them the sheep are saved XII, 1890.; their office is to feed, protect, care for XII, 1890.; to them the fewest are XI, 819. shepherds and hirelings reveal themselves in persecution XI, 789. f. 794. 811. - S. Christ 4, Preachers 2.

3. the Bethlehemite H. Full of the Holy Spirit XII, 1661. f.

High. Do not respect the high, do not despise the low XII, 355. f.

High-mindedness. Argues against love XII, 428 ff; everyone wants to be God XII, 470 ff. H. and Hoffahrt: difference XI, 354. - S. Hoffahrt.

Wedding. Jewelry and gaiety at it, as well as a meal, not unjust XI, 466; right measure of jewelry XI, 467; whether whistling and camouflaging at it is sin XI, 467. f. - S. wedding ceremony.

Hoffahrt. What H. consists of Against the first table XII, 679. ff, against the second XII, 681; does not want to be a sin XI, 1354; sin against the first table, shameful and harmful XII, 679 f.; God resists sin XII, 678 ff; examples of this XII, 684; provokes God to punishment before other sins XII, 684; sin is an enemy to everyone, even those who are in it themselves XII, 678; sin is great foolishness XII, 683 f.; in sin, consider Christ

Suffering XI, 562; warn the youth against H. XII, 681. - S. gifts 1, haughtiness, self-importance, self-wisdom, self-glory, self-conceit, self-confidence, pride.

Hopefuls. Suspicious XII, 429. ff; censorious XII, 430; rejoice in other sin and shame XII, 430.

Hope, the Christian hope. In what it consists XI, 1940 ff; is based on God, not on merit XII, 1742 f; we are to hope in God's grace, not in our merit XI, 383; does not follow the opinion of reason XI, 1941; grows out of knowledge of God's gracious will XII, 52.Arises from the promise XI, 1940; God's gift XII, 1087; God gives it only through Christ and in Christ XII, 53; in it we should rejoice XII, 345; in our afflictions we need to abound XII, 1086; proves itself in adversity XI, 1940, 1942. f., will not be put to shame XII, 1549. ff; is increased by sufferings and persecutions XII, 53. - S. Glaube II, 10.

Hell. Hell, in which the dead before the last day, is the evil conscience XI, 1204. f.; there the wicked are tormented in their conscience XII, 1943.; degrees and stages XI, 1352.; Christ has overcome them XI, 1985.; some are not afraid of hell, because they do not care whether there is one XII, 1703.Some do not fear hell because they do not care whether there is one XII, 1703; others do not, out of self-righteousness XII, 1703; the truly righteous fear death and hell XII, 1703; those who go to hell when they live do not go to hell when they die XII, 1704; whether and how one should fear hell XII, 1704 ff. -Christ 4, Faith II, 7. heaven, damned.

Homer. Teaches Only One God XII, 631.

Honorius, Emperor. Protected the Church against the Arians XII, 1296.

Horatius. Amphora coepit etc. XII, 1686.; Parturiunt montes etc. . XII, 1688.

Listening. On the Spiritual H. of the Word XI, 497.

Listener. S. Word III, 3.

Horn. Means in the Hebrew language: violence, defiance, dominion, empire XI, 2273.; means a contentious empire XI, 2280.; Christ is called a H. XI, 2273. f.

Hosanna. Means: Give salvation, help XI, 44; XII, 1005. - S. Osanma.

God's help. God helps by means XI, 1390. f., often does not seem to want to help XI, 469. f., finally helps XI, 472. f., when no more help seems possible XI, 1325; when God seems farthest, he is nearest XI, 1593; helps all the more abundantly after the delay XI, 1325; he forgives that we should call for help XI, 1324; Christ lets the need come to the highest before he helps XII, 1217. f., forgives in order to exercise faith XII, 1217.

Dogs. Frömmer als unchristliche Menschen XII, 1940; Karge nennt man H. XII, 1940.

Hunger. H.'s Die Christians Shall Not XII, 1878. f.

Hungering and thirsting for justice. What this is XI, 2397; incurs the wrath of the world XI, 2397.

Famine. Punishment for not giving XII, 1915.

Fornicators. Have denied the faith XII, 456. f.; overcome by the devil XII, 531. - S. Impure.

Fornication. Very different from the marriage state XII, 1987. ff. 2001. ff.; Contempt of the marriage state XII, 1996. ff.

2019. f.; certain sign of unbelief XII, 1999.; the heathen did not consider them sin XII, 458.; arouses God's wrath XII, 522.; God punishes them XII, 458. - S. marital status, impurity, fornication.

Hus. The papists answered him: "Even if the life is not right, the teaching is," XI, 815.

Hyperduleia. S. Worship.

Ichneumon. How he kills the whale XII, 1520. Ideas. Doctrine of Platonic philosophy XI, 165. f. Earthly minded. Hearing the word in vain, the same as the way XII, 1822. ff.

False teachers. There were many in Paul's time XII, 1636. f.; always rise up in the church XI, 506.; the devil sends them XI, 516. Have a good appearance XI, 507. f., shine beautifully from without XI, 1436. ff.; XII, 1774. f.; also have God's word, but falsified XI, 2086.; pretend to come in Christ's name XII, 396.; are always also work teachers XI, 1413. ff. 1429. ff, throwing dice about Christ's skirt XII, 1522. their condition a pitiful one XI, 517.; do not have right love XII, 428. ff, not a speck XI, 1416. 1432.; fall into the work of others XII, 413. f.; are hired servants XI, 2087., seek honor and benefit XII, 411., as their ambition for honor and money shows XII, 413. ff.; speak splendid words, boast of themselves XII, 408. f., boast of outward apparent merits XII, 417. f.; rejoice in the sins of others XII, 430.; the belly is their god XII, 1639.; make the people servants, oppress and devour them XII, 414. ff.; are enemies of the cross of Christ XII, 1637. f., flee shame and suffering XII, 410; are bold and yet also despondent XI, 1718, not easily converted XI, 2068, nor silenced XI, 2068. They easily seduce by glittering appearances and piety XII, 1774. f. even the right sheep of Christ for a time XI, 1127.; worse than women-worshipers XII, 182; murder souls XI, 1123. ff. Their end is damnation XI, 1638. f. They are not easily recognized XI, 2087. by what they are recognized XI, 697. by the fruits XI, 1421. 1434. ff. by the fact that they curse Jesus XII, 820. ff. The church sighs over them XI, 508. f.; one should not exterminate them with the sword XI, 506. f., but act with God's word alone XI, 506. f.; the preachers should resist them XI, 1921.; one should put them down XI, 1121., beware of them XII, 1776., flee them XI, 1135. f. - S. heretics, preachers 2.

Error. Only a spiritual man can beware of I. XI, 1398; God does not let a heart err that does not stand on his conceit XI, 201; he who follows his conceit must err XI, 201. f.

Isabel. Mrs. I., the natural reason XI, 284. Is. Whether "is" can mean "means" XII, 406. f. Italians. Conclude freely there: it is not a god XII, 1484.; moderately XII, 596. f.; skilled in mixing poisons XII, 1265.