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The Table of the Chapters contained in the first part of the fourth Booke.
WHat it is to be a Christian Philosopher, and how such a man ought specially to purge and clense his soule & conscience of 7. prin∣cipall follies, thereby to enioy a happy, peaceable, & contented life, Chapter 1. Folio 865.
That a man must and ought to correct his first and most extreme folly in himselfe, which is, not to beleeue that there is a God. Cap. 2. fol. 869.
That men ought to renounce the second folly, which is to esteem man more then God. c. 3. f. 878
That we must amend our liues, & shun the third folly, which it, to thinke to liue euer. c. 4. f. 885.
That it is requisit and necessary for man to free himselfe of the fourth folly, which is, not to knowe wherefore we liue. cap. 5. fol. 888.
That man ought to deliuer himselfe from the fift folly, which is, to iudge of the happy and vnhappy state of man by exterior signes. cap. 6. fol. 89••.
That it is necessarie for vs to leaue the sixt folly which is to giue more credit to our enemies, then to our friends. ca. 7. fol. 897.
That man must shun the seuenth follie which is to thinke himselfe wise. cap. 8. fol. 901.
That man being a Christian, should withall his heart, affect seuen principall things, requisite and necessary to attaine eternall life, whereof the foure first are, the Church, the word of God, the sacra∣ments and praier. cap. 9. fol. 904.
That it is the dutie of a Christian not to neglect the vse of particular praiers, nor the reading of ho∣ly Scriptures, that hee may know how to practise the doctrine thereof. cap. 10. fol 908.
That a Christian ought with an ardent zeale to imbrace charitie, to be careful to giue almes, and to helpe the poore. cap. 11. fol 912.
To leade a happy life, a Christian Philosopher must purge himselfe of 7 pernicious vices, that is, Couetousnes, ambition, excesse of apparel & meats, voluptuousnesse, vnlawfull pleasures, enuy and slander. cap. 12. fol. 917.
That there are seuen principal vocations, wher∣in euery man is bound to shew the fruits of Chri∣stian Philosophie, whereof marriage is the first, & to know what common duties belong to a married man and a woman, as also the particular offices of a woman towards her husband, and of a man to∣wards his wife, cap. 12. fol. 943.
The duties of fathers & mothers towards their children, and of children towards their parents, cap. 14. fol. 949.
The duties of Magistrates toward their Sub∣iects, & of subiects towards their Magistrates, of Pastors or ministers towards their flocks, and of their flockes towards them. cap. 15. fol. 954.
That by seuen causes and diuine reasons, a true Christian Philosopher should bee induced to em∣brace all the means of a happy life, set down in this Philosophie, specially by that which hath been said by our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ, that the kingdome of heauen is at hand. cap. 16. fol. 960.
The second part.
THat man being a true Christian Philosopher, ought to exercise and comfort himselfe in 7. principall things, whereof the first is, Meditation of the life to come, and to be well assured of eternal and celestiall felicitie promised to the children of God. cap. 1. fol. 968.
The true and only meanes whereby a Christian (by a second consolation) may know that hee is the child of God, therby to be happy foreuer. c. 2. f. 974.
What means Christians haue for a third conso∣lation, to apply the markes of their adoption in Ie∣sus Christ, to assure themselues thereof, & conse∣quently of their saluation. cap. 3 fo. 976.
That Christians for their 4. consolation ought and may be assured and certaine to be the children of God, although the marks of their adoption bee weake and feeble in them, cap. 4. 980.
The fift consolation is, that a Christian Philo∣sopher, ought to make vse of the afflictions and mi∣series of humane life, thereby to perswade himselfe to be the child of God, by the excellent fruit, which they produce. cap. 5. 985.
The sixt consolatiō for a Christian philosopher is, constantly to perseuer in his vocation to the Lord, not to feare death, to walke in the waies of God, & continually to pray vnto him. cap. 6. 995.
Meditations & praiers, which a Christian phi∣losopher, for a seuenth & a compleate consolation, ought to haue in heart and mouth: and euery day to exercise the same, to liue and die happely. cap. 7. fo. 1000.