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Lactantius

Book VI. Of True Worship

Chap. I.—Of the worship of the true God, and of innocency, and of the worship of false Gods

Chap. II.—Of the worship of false gods and the true God

Chap. III.—Of the ways, and of vices and virtues; and of the rewards of heaven and the punishments of hell

Chap. IV.—Of the ways of life, of pleasures, also of the hardships of Christians

Chap. V.—Of false and true virtue; and of knowledge

Chap. VI.—Of the chief good and virtue, and or knowledge and righteousness

Chap. VII.—Of the Way of Error and of Truth: that It is Single, Narrow, and Steep, and Has God for Its Guide

Chap. VIII.—Of the errors of philosophers, and the variableness of law

Chap. IX.—Of the law and precept of god; of mercy, and the error of the philosophers

Chap. X.—Of religion towards God, and mercy towards men; and of the beginning of the world

Chap. XI.—Of the persons upon whom a benefit is to be conferred

Chap. XII.—Of the kinds of beneficence, and works of mercy

Chap. XIII.—Of repentance, of mercy, and the forgiveness of sins

Chap. XIV.—Of the affections, and the opinion of the Stoics respecting them; and of virtue, the vices, and mercy

Chap. XV.—Of the affections, and the opinion of the Peripatetics respecting them

Chap. XVI.—Of the affections, and the refutation of the opinion of the Peripatetics concerning them; what is the proper use of the affections, and what is a bad use of them

Chap. XVII.—Of the affections and their use; of patience, and the chief good of Christians

Chap. XVIII.—Of some commands of God, and of patience

Chap. XIX.—Of the affections and their use; and of the three furies

Chap. XX.—Of the senses, and their pleasures in the brutes and in man; and of pleasures of the eyes, and spectacles

Chap. XXI.—Of the pleasures of the ears, and of sacred literature

Chap. XXII.—Of the pleasures of taste and smell

Chap. XXIII.—De tactus voluptate et libidine, atque de matrimonio et continentiâ

Chap. XXIV.—Of repentance, of pardon, and the commands of God

Chap. XXV.—Of sacrifice, and of an offering worthy of God, and of the form of praising God