Three Books on the Death of Christ and Self-Reflection, and Two Books on the Study of Divine and Human Philosophy

That death is to be thought of, and that this is suggested to us by that celebrated dogma: Know thyself. That it is declared by what reason this can certainly be understood. Ch. 5.
That those who are mindful of their future death very often rejoice at its arrival, but those who do not think of its coming frequently are distressed by it most intensely. Ch. 6.
That it is the mark of a wise man to think of the final moment of life; of a foolish one, to forget it. Ch. 7.
That the most holy men have used this very thought of death most frequently, and that they were true philosophers even if they did not profess the faith of Christ. Ch. 8.
That by this same thought, three snares of the iniquitous demon are avoided by us; also that there is no peace for evil men; also that we easily guard ourselves against vices. Ch. 9.

What has been done in the previous books, and what is to be done next. Ch. 1.
What sin is: also regarding original and actual sin; that it is divided into mortal and venial; and how one may be distinguished from the other. Ch. 2.
That there are seven capital sins, from which other hundred arise and sprout. Ch. 3.
That capital vices are exterminated by the constant thought of the death of Christ and of one's own death, and how this may be done conveniently. Ch. 4.
That holy men have judged this same thing in their writings and fulfilled it by their works; and that this same thing should be thought of by us. Ch. 5.
That all virtues can be easily possessed through this twofold thought, and regarding several kinds of virtues. Ch. 6.
What a Christian must believe, what hope for, what fear, what do, and what avoid; and that these are contained in the Lord's Prayer, in the Apostles' Creed, and in the precepts of the Decalogue. Ch. 7.
That what is contained in the Apostles' Creed is suggested to us by the thought of both deaths. Ch. 8.
How we are excited by this same thought to the petitions of the Lord's Prayer. Ch. 9.
That these same observations help us to fulfill the precepts of the Decalogue. Ch. 10.
That those two commandments, upon which the law and the prophets hang, can be easily fulfilled by us through these thoughts, and that it is not difficult to know that whatever has been devised by the most approved men for the sake of attaining happiness tends toward that end. Ch. 11.
Exhortation to the readers. Ch. 12.