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CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |||
| Introductory Notice, | 11 | ||
| EXHORTATION TO THE HEATHEN. | |||
| CHAP. | |||
| I. | Exhortation to abandon the Impious Mysteries of Idolatry for the Adoration of the Divine Word and God the Father, | 17 | |
| II. | The Absurdity and Impiety of the Heathen Mysteries and Fables about the Birth and Death of their Gods, | 26 | |
| III. | The Cruelty of the Sacrifices to the Gods, | 48 | |
| IV. | The Absurdity and Shamefulness of the Images by which the Gods are worshipped, | 52 | |
| V. | The Opinions of the Philosophers respecting God, | 66 | |
| VI. | By Divine Inspiration Philosophers sometimes hit on the Truth, | 69 | |
| VII. | The Poets also bear Testimony to the Truth, | 73 | |
| VIII. | The True Doctrine is to be sought in the Prophets, | 76 | |
| IX. | That those grievously sin who despise or neglect God's gracious Calling, | 80 | |
| X. | Answer to the Objection of the Heathen, that it was not right to abandon the Customs of their Fathers, | 85 | |
| XI. | How great are the Benefits conferred on Man through the Advent of Christ, | 100 | |
| XII. | Exhortation to abandon their Old Errors and listen to the Instructions of Christ, | 106 | |
| THE INSTRUCTOR | |||
| BOOK I. | |||
| I. | The Office of the Instructor, | 113 | |
| II. | Our Instructor's Treatment of our Sins, | 115 | |
| III. | The Philanthropy of the Instructor, | 118 | |
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