II.—INDEX OF PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS.
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Augustine, of Hippo, Saint and Dods, Marcus
diversities of, how they operate to prevent human intercourse, 310, 311.
Larentina, the harlot, i. 244.
Latinius, Titus, the trick of, to secure the re-enactment of the games, i. 165.
Latium, the kings of, ii. 240.
Λατρεία and Δουλεία, i. 383, 386.
Laurentum, the kingdom of, ii. 233.
Laver of regeneration, the, ii. 441.
Law, the, confirmed by miraculous signs, i. 407, etc.;
of Moses, must be spiritually understood, to cut off the murmurs of carnal interpreters, ii. 403, 404.
Lethe, the river, i. 428.
Lex Voconia, the, i. 124.
Liber, the god, i. 230;
and Libera, 248, 260, 261, ii. 232.
Liberty, the, which is proper to man's nature, ii. 323, etc.
Life, the end of, whether it is material that it be long delayed, i. 18;
the vicissitudes of, not dependent on the favour of the gods, but on the will of the true God, 79.
Life, eternal, the gift of God, i. 257;
the promise of, uttered before the eternal times, 504.
Light, the, the division of, from the darkness,—the significance of this, i. 458;
pronounced "good,"—meaning of this, 459.
Lime, the peculiar properties of, ii. 418, 419.
Livy, quoted, i. 165.
Loadstone, the, ii. 420.
Locusts, a fearful invasion of Africa by, i. 134.
Lot, the parting of Abraham and, ii. 132;
the deliverance of, from captivity, by Abraham, 134.
Lot's wife, i. 293.
Love and regard used in Scripture indifferently of good and evil affections, ii. 10.
Lucan's Pharsalia, quoted, i. 20, 103, 129.
Lucillus, bishop of Sinita, cured of a fistula by the relics of St. Stephen, ii. 493.
Lucina, the goddess, i. 149, 260.
Lucretia, her chastity and suicide, i. 28, 29.
Lucretius, quoted, ii. 419.
Lust, the evil of, ii. 31;
and anger, to be bridled, 35, etc.;
the bondage of, worse than bondage to men, 224, 225.
Lying-in woman, the, her god-protectors, i. 249.
Maccabæus, Judas, ii. 276.
Maccabees, the Books of, ii. 262.
Madness, the strange, which once seized upon all the domestic animals of the Romans, i. 126.