CONTENTS 



I. Prolegomena, being an analytical Preface iatro- 

 ducing the Reader to the Subjects contained in the 

 Work, to wit : — 



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General descriptive Introduction vi. 



Description of the Catholic Church viii. 



0)1 the Foundation of Certitude xii- 



Authority — Nature of Logic and Axioms xv. 



Etymology of Religious an^^ otiier Words xvi. 



Of the Standard of Truth xvii. 



Criterion between Illusion and Reality xix. 



Certain fulfilment of Divine Promises xx. 



Rock of St. Peter xxiil. 



The Saints our Pilots through Life xxiv. 



Dreadful alternative of Heaven and Hell xxvi. 



Heresy leads to Atheism xxix. 



Cause and Effect xxxiii. 



Curious Pursuit of Etymology xxxiv. 



Excellent Maxims of our Holy Father, St. Ignatius xxxviii. 



New fashioned Christianity xl. 



Compared with the Christian Spirit of Poverty.... xli. 



Christ the Rule of the Catholic Saints xlvi. 



Their Lives less austere than Christ's xlviii. 



Of Perfection, and the Religious Orders 



Inconsistence of the Protestant Heresy Ivi. 



Astonishing Metaphysical Question iviii. 



Description of all the Religious Orders Ix. 



Origin of the Society of Jesus Ixxii. 



Founded on the closer following of Christ Ixxiii. 



Society of Jesus put a stop to Persecution Ixxiv. 



Advantages of Religious Education Ixxv. 



The Saints'' Lives reviewed icith Reference to the 



End of our Creation Ixvii. 



End of Man Ixxix. 



Meditation on Death Ixxxi. 



Aspirations suggested by the Times of Day Ixxxv. 



