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Pain, not shameful to man to yield to, 30

Painting, foolishness of, 314

Parrot, as an example, 31

Parties, we should hear both, 283

Passions, their influence on man, 31

---- the pleasure of, in seeing the shock of two contraries, 39

---- of the soul trouble the senses, 51

---- internecine war between reason and the, 55

---- the enemies of man, 169

---- how they become vices, 224

Pattern, good and bad, 302

Paul, Saint, used the order of charity, not of the intellect, 128

---- taught that all things had happened in figures, 169

---- explanation of Old Testament types by, 176

---- his opinions on marriage, 176

Paulus Emilius, an example, 47

Peace, the sovereign good, result of coalescence of justice and power, 67

---- should not be observed to the prejudice of truth, 279

---- in the Church, when pernicious and unjust, 281

Pelagians and Catholics will always exist, 296

Penances, exterior and interior, 134

---- exterior, dispose to interior, 134

People, most, follow custom because they think it just, 64

---- dangerous to say to, that laws are not just, 65

---- have very sound opinions, 70

Perpetuity of the worship of the Messiah, 213

---- of the Jewish law preserved by Jesus Christ, 213

Perseus, King of Macedon, 47

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