Eating of the flesh of Christ, what is meant by, 4.17.7.

Ecclesiasticus is a writer of doubtful authority, 2.5.18.

Edification ought to be consulted, 3.23.14; is the end to which the whole power of the Church has a reference, 4.8.1; beautifully illustrated and exemplified by Augustine, 3.23.14.

Effectual Calling, what it is, 3.24.1; manifests election, ib.; is misunderstood by those who attribute too much to the will of man, 3.24.3; is founded on the free mercy of God. 3.24.2.

Egyptians, idle talk of the, about their antiquity, 1.8.4, 1.14.1.

Elect, the, alone become partakers of divine grace, 2.2.20; and truly believe, 2.3.8; God works both outwardly and inwardly in, 2.5.5; distinction between them and the reprobate in punishment, 3.4.32; cannot perish or fall away from the faith, 3.24.6; difference between their confidence in God and the temporary faith of the reprobate, 3.2.11.

Election is an eternal purpose of God, 3.21.1; faith proceeds from, 2.3.8; answer to two classes of men concerning, 3.21.1, 3.21.3; is wickedly abused by profane men, 3.21.4; must be carefully distinguished from foreknowledge, which is not the cause of it, 3.21.5; holiness of life springs from, 3.22.3; usefulness and necessity of the doctrine ot 3.21.1; explanation of the passages urged against the certainty of, 3.24.10; is manifested by effectual calling, 3.24.1; is altogether gratuitous, 3.22.1.

Elijah the Tishbite, why he fasted forty days,4.12.20.

Elohim, with what reservation the term is applied to creatures, 1.13.9.

Enemies, the duty of loving, 2.8.57.

Epicureans were gross despisers of piety, 1.5.12.

Epicurus, what kind of being he imagined God to be, 1.2.2.

Epiphanius strongly condemned the use of images in a Christian temple, 4.9.9; upbraids Marcian with giving permission to women to baptise, 4.15.21.

Esau, of what kind was the repentance of; 3.3.25; was a cruel man, 2.10.12.

Eutyches the heretic refuted, 2.14.4; 4.17.30.

Evangelists, what was the office of 4.3.5.

Excommunication, what it is, 4.12.5; its three objects are, 1. That God may not be insulted, ib.; 2.That the good may not be corrupted, ib.; 3. That the sinner may be ashamed, ib.; how it differs from Anathema, 4.12.10.

Exemption of the clergy. See Immunity.

Exorcists among Papists are mere pretenders to the name, and are themselves frequently possessed by a wicked spirit, 4.19.24.

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