Zacharias. Barachiä son: whether he was Barachiä son XI, 210.; killed by king Joas XI, 208. John the Baptist's father: no father has well had such joy as he had in his child XI, 2272. f.
Zacchaeus. A rich tax collector XI, 2414. ff; recognized his unworthiness XI, 2416.
Numbers. Superfluous, decreasing etc. Z. XI. 270; spiritual interpretation of the numbers: 1, 7, 12, 84 Xl, 268. ff., 5 XI, 564., 7 and 84 XI, 264. ff.
Taming. What taming the body means XII, 400.
Sorcery. Originated from natural magic XI, 298. sorcerers. Who are Z. XI, 320; who goes to them, sacrifices stinking sulfur to Christ XI, 2123.
Signs. 1. signs of grace. God has always set such to his word XI, 953. 2098. ff., always ordered others XI, 290. f. 2098. ff.; XII, 402. f. - S. Means of grace, sacraments.
2, which are to follow the faithful, are not to be interpreted spiritually XI, 956; still happen now and then XI, 989; do not happen now, are no longer necessary XI, 957; have ceased, the world would blaspheme them XI, 991; the power to do them is still there XI, 939. f. 989; if necessity demanded it, we would do them XI, 957. 990. f.; one would not dare to do them without necessity XI, 957. f.; in the church much greater miracles take place than these are XI, 989. f. - S. miracles.
Time. 1. the times of the A. and N. T.'s. In the time of the A. T. the children of God were under the law XII, 218. ff. The time of the N. T. only begins with Christ's baptism XI, 112. 2130. f.; is a day that Christ, the Sun of Righteousness, makes XII, 8.; Christ praises this time. XI, 1552. ff; the A. T. is one night against the N. T. XII, 1643.; for the Z. of the N. T. one has longed in the A. T. XI, 1552. ff; in the A. and N. T. is One Faith, One Spirit, One Christ, One Communion of all Saints XII, 4. ff.
2. times of Christianity. The first is called the Martian period XII, 1281; the third is called the antichrist period XII, 1290, an abominable period XII, 1290 ff, the most dangerous XII, 1294.
3. the last z. Will be horrible XI, 56. f., dangerous to live among people XII, 1013.
4. to send oneself to the Z. What this means XII, 344. f. 928. ff.; it includes being joyful in hope XII, 345. f., what the wicked cannot do XII, 345. f., also that one provides for the training of preachers XII, 926. ff. - S. Grace Time.
5. z. and eternity. Are against each other and nothing in between XI, 2050.
Broken. Which Christians are Z. XI, 785; also for them there is still help XI, 785.
Testimony. In Scripture, to witness or testify often means to preach XII, 535. The testimony of the Holy Spirit that we are God's children is an inward and an outward one XII, 794; wherein both consist XII, 794. f.
Procreation. Is the essence of the living XII, 1677.; The procreation of humans happens by virtue of the blessing of creation XI, 2232. Interest purchase. By the highly damned Z. the spiritual state in the Pabstthum is founded on usury XI, 356. f.
Tax collectors. What kind of people the Z. were XI, 1243. 1497. 1499.; a contemptible name XI, 2414. Z. and sinners: which people were so called XI, 1243.; why they held to Jesus XI, 1243. f.
Wrath. 1. wrath of God. Revealed in Christ's suffering XI, 1328. f.; no greater wrath than when God does not send the gospel XI, 9.; Against God's wrath Christ alone is mediator XI, 1839. - S. Grace I, 8.
2. the wrath of man. God's anger and man's anger should not be mixed together XI, 1359 f. 1362, as the pope did XI, 1361 f.; man's anger is always full of hatred and envy, not so the divine XI, 1360 f.; God's anger is the official anger and the brotherly anger XI, 1362.God's anger is official anger and brotherly anger XI, 1362. Brotherly anger: in which it consists, proceeds from love, is necessary XI, 1362. Official anger: distinguish between official and personal anger. XI, 1364. f., or vengefulness XII, 610. f. 744. ff.; is not man's, but God's Z. XI, 1361. f.; a fatherly Z. XI, 1362. f.; not forbidden XII, 589. 610. f.; comes from love XI, 1360. f.; seeks neighbor's best, not so personal Z. XII, 751. personal Z.: forbidden XI, 1337. f. 1362. ff.Christ forbids all sin XI, 1357, f.; causes man to sin against God and neighbor XII, 920; grasps God in the mouth XII, 921; is always full of hatred and envy XI, 1360; keeps no measure XII, 751.Seeks only to do harm XII, 752; does not want to be sin XI, 1354; seeks to adorn himself under a beautiful appearance XI, 1355 ff; four degrees of anger XI, 1351 ff, 1364; flesh and blood cannot help but be angry XI, 1357.; is found among the work-saints XI, 1363.; still disputes even the Christians XII, 919.; how the world justifies rhn XII, 921., it thinks the innocently offended may be angry XI, 1356.; he condemns XI, 1364.; beware of it XII, 589. f., XII, 920. ff. by the word of God and prayer XII, 920. 922.; whoever does not want to control him and can keep Z. longer than one day or one night is not a Christian XII, 921.; Z. for years is the devil's Z. XII, 921. S. vindictiveness, scolding.
3. z. and love. Human nature cannot practice both properly XI, 1363.
Breeding. Wholesome, but does not make blessed XII, 1598. ff.
Coincidence. Nothing meets us by Z. XII, 643. f.
Audience. S. Gospel 4, Preacher 4, Preaching Office 3, Scripture, Word III, 3.
Future of Christ. Some have made fourfold Z. XII, 6.; Christ's twofold Z. on Sinai and m Jerusalem shows the difference of the law and gospel XII, 1934. ff. - S. Christ 3.
Tongue. Do the greatest harm to the kingdom of Christ XI, 1530. f.
State of the souls after death. Z. of the souls in general XII, 1855.; are not in a heap XII, 1943.; Z. of the unbelieving soul XI, 1204. ff.; Z. of the believing soul XI, 1203. f.; we do not know how the saints live there XI, 1908. f. 2352. f.
Doubt in God's grace. Is to punish God lies, to worship the devil XII, 541; from this follows hatred of God and despair XI, 901; the papists teach it XII, 541. 904, also the monks XII, 900; this is a cursed doctrine, against which one should pray XII, 541.