Chapter VI: Book VII

1. The Gnostic a true Worshipper of God, and unjustly
calumniated by Unbelievers as an Atheist, 406

2. The Son the Ruler and Saviour of All, 409

3. The Gnostic aims at the nearest Likeness possible to God
and His Son, 414

4. The Heathens made Gods like themselves, whence springs
all Superstition, 421

5. The Holy Soul a more excellent Temple than any Edifice
built by Man, 424

6. Prayers and Praise from a Pure Mind, ceaselessly offered,
far better than Sacrifices, 426

7. What sort of Prayer the Gnostic employs, and how it is
heard by God, 431

8. The Gnostic so addicted to Truth as not to need to use an
Oath, 442

9. Those who teach others, ought to excel in Virtues, 444

10. Steps to Perfection, 446

11. Description of the Gnostic’s Life, 449

12. The true Gnostic is Beneficent, Continent, and despises
Worldly Things, 455

13. Description of the Gnostic continued, 466

14. Description of the Gnostic furnished by an Exposition of
1 Cor. vi. 1, etc., 468

15. The objection to join the Church on account of the
diversity of Heresies answered, 472

16. Scripture the Criterion by which Truth and Heresy are
distinguished, 476

17. The Tradition of the Church prior to that of the
Heresies, 485

18. The Distinction between Clean and Unclean Animals in the
Law symbolical of the Distinction between the Church,
and Jews, and Heretics, 488

BOOK VIII.

1. The object of Philosophical and Theological Inquiry--the
Discovery of Truth, 490

2. The necessity of Perspicuous Definition, 491

3. Demonstration defined, 492

4. To prevent Ambiguity, we must begin with clear Definition, 496

5. Application of Demonstration to Sceptical Suspense of
Judgment, 500

6. Definitions, Genera, and Species, 502

7. On the Causes of Doubt or Assent, 505

8. The Method of classifying Things and Names, 506

9. On the different kinds of Causes, 508

INDEXES--Index of Texts, 515

Index of Subjects, 525

THE MISCELLANIES.