Publisher's Synopsis
PART I. ON DEATH. 5 I. On the Terrors of Death. 5 II. On the Assaults of Satan at the Hour of Death. 13 III. On the Apparition of the Spirits of Darkness. 20 IV. On the Fear of Hell. 23 V. On the Judgment. 27 PART II. THE LAST JUDGMENT. 37 I. On the Signs that shall Precede the Last Judgment. 37 II. On the Resurrection of the Dead. 45 III. On the Manner in which the Good and the Wicked will be Conducted to the Place of Judgment. 56 IV. How all Men will Await Christ's Coming in the Vale of Josaphat. 62 V. On the Appearance of Christ's Cross in the Heavens. 66 VI. On the Advent of the Judge. 72 VII. On the Manner in which Christ will take His Place on the Judgment-seat. 80 VIII. On the Reason why Christs Appearance on the Day of Final Judgment will be Terrible, and on the Heinousness of Mortal Sin. 91 IX. On the Manner in which the Final Judgment will be Commenced. 100 X. On the Length of Time that the Final Judgment will Last. 106 XI. On the Publication of the Sentence Passed upon the Good and the Bad. 111 XII. How the Damned will ask in Vain for Mercy, and will be cast down into Hell. 120 XIII. How the Blessed will go up into Heaven after the Judgment. 126 PART III. ON HELL. 133 I. On the Fire of Hell. 133 II. On the Hunger and Thirst Suffered in Hell. 142 III. On the Vile Odors of Hell. 150 IV. Some Other Torments of Hell. 154 V. On the Company of Hell. 165 VI. On the Loss of the Beatific Vision of God. 180 VII. The Worm that Dieth Not. 191 VIII. On Eternity. 198 PART IV. ON HEAVEN. 211 I. On the Nature of Heaven. 211 II. On the Joys of Heaven. 225 III. On the Joys of Heaven (Continued). 240 IV. On the Number of the Saved. 251
