Book 13. Total Dependence on God

OF THE GOODNESS OF GOD EXPLAINED IN THE CREATION OF THINGS, AND OF THE TRINITY AS FOUND IN THE FIRST WORDS OF GENESIS. THE STORY CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD (GEN. I.) IS ALLEGORICALLY EXPLAINED, AND HE APPLIES IT TO THOSE THINGS WHICH GOD WORKS FOR SANCTIFIED AND BLESSED MAN. FINALLY, HE MAKES AN END OF THIS WORK, HAVING IMPLORED ETERNAL REST FROM GOD.

Chapter 1. HE CALLS UPON GOD, AND PROPOSES TO SELF TO WORSHIP HIM.

Chapter 2. ALL CREATURES SUBSIST FROM THE PLENITUDE OF DIVINE GOODNESS.

Chapter 3. GENESIS I. 3 — OF "LIGHT," — HE UNDERSTANDS AS IT IS SEEN IN THE SPIRITUAL CREATURE.

Chapter 4. ALL THINGS HAVE BEEN CREATED BY THE GRACE OF GOD, AND ARE NOT OF HIM AS STANDING IN NEED OF CREATED THINGS.

Chapter 5. . HE RECOGNISES THE TRINITY IN THE FIRST TWO VERSES OF GENESIS.

Chapter 6. . WHY THE HOLY GHOST SHOULD HAVE BEEN MENTIONED AFTER THE MENTION OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.

Chapter 7. THAT NOTHING WHATEVER, SHORT OF GOD, CAN YIELD TO THE RATIONAL CREATURE A HAPPY REST.

Chapter 8. THAT NOTHING WHATEVER, SHORT OF GOD, CAN YIELD TO THE RATIONAL CREATURE A HAPPY REST.

Chapter 9. WHY THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS ONLY "BORNE OVER" THE WATERS.

Chapter 10. THAT NOTHING AROSE SAVE BY THE GIFT OF GOD.

Chapter 11. . THAT THE SYMBOLS OF THE TRINITY IN MAN, TO BE, TO KNOW, AND TO WILL, ARE NEVER THOROUGHLY EXAMINED.

Chapter 12. ALLEGORICAL EXPLANATION OF GENESIS, CHAP. I., CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF THE CHURCH AND ITS WORSHIP.

Chapter 13. . THAT THE RENEWAL OF MAN IS NOT COMPLETED IN THIS WORLD.

Chapter 14 THAT OUT OF THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT AND OF THE DARKNESS, CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT AND OF THE DAY ARE MADE.

Chapter 15. ALLEGORICAL EXPLANATION OF THE FIRMAMENT AND UPPER WORKS, VER. 6.

Chapter 16. THAT NO ONE BUT THE UNCHANGEABLE LIGHT KNOWS HIMSELF.

Chapter 17. ALLEGORICAL EXPLANATION OF THE SEA AND THE FRUIT-BEARING EARTH — VERSES 9 AND 11.

Chapter 18. OF THE LIGHTS AND STARS OF HEAVEN — OF DAY AND NIGHT, VER. 14.

Chapter 19. ALL MEN SHOULD BECOME LIGHTS IN THE FIRMAMENT OF HEAVEN.

Chapter 20. CONCERNING REPTILES AND FLYING CREATURES (VER. 20), — THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM BEING REGARDED.

Chapter 21. CONCERNING THE LIVING SOUL, BIRDS, AND FISHES (VER. 24) — THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST BEING REGARDED.

Chapter 22. HE EXPLAINS THE DIVINE IMAGE (VER. 26) OF THE RENEWAL OF THE MIND.

Chapter 23. THAT TO HAVE POWER OVER ALL THINGS (VER. 26) IS TO JUDGE SPIRITUALLY OF ALL.

Chapter 24. WHY GOD HAS BLESSED MEN, FISHES, FLYING CREATURES, AND NOT HERBS AND THE OTHER ANIMALS (VER. 28).

Chapter 25. HE EXPLAINS THE FRUITS OF THE EARTH (VER. 29) OF WORKS OF MERCY.

Chapter 26. IN THE CONFESSING OF BENEFITS, COMPUTATION IS MADE NOT AS TO THE GIFT," BUT AS TO THE FRUIT," — THAT IS, THE GOOD AND RIGHT WILL OF THE GIVER.

Chapter 27. MANY ARE IGNORANT AS TO THIS, AND ASK FOR MIRACLES, WHICH ARE SIGNIFIED UNDER THE NAMES OF "FISHES" AND "WHALES."

Chapter 28. HE PROCEEDS TO THE LAST VERSE, ALL THINGS ARE VERY GOOD," — THAT IS, THE WORK BEING ALTOGETHER GOOD.

Chapter 29. ALTHOUGH IT IS SAID EIGHT TIMES THAT GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD," YET TIME HAS NO RELATION TO GOD AND HIS WORD.

Chapter 30. HE REFUTES THE OPINIONS OF THE MANICHAEANS AND THE GNOSTICS CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD.

Chapter 31. WE DO NOT SEE THAT IT WAS GOOD" BUT THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF GOD WHICH IS IN US.

Chapter 32. OF THE PARTICULAR WORKS OF GOD, MORE ESPECIALLY OF MAN.

Chapter 33. THE WORLD WAS CREATED BY GOD OUT OF NOTHING.

Chapter 34. HE BRIEFLY REPEATS THE ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION OF GENESIS (CH. I.), AND CONFESSES THAT WE SEE IT BY THE DIVINE SPIRIT.

Chapter 35. HE PRAYS GOD FOR THAT PEACE OF REST WHICH HATH NO EVENING.

Chapter 36. THE SEVENTH DAY, WITHOUT EVENING AND SETTING, THE IMAGE OF ETERNAL LIFE AND REST IN GOD.

Chapter 37. OF REST IN GOD WHO EVER WORKETH, AND YET IS EVER AT REST.

Chapter 38. OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF MEN, AND OF THE REPOSE WHICH IS TO BE SOUGHT FROM GOD ONLY.