CONTENTS
1. The Humble Advice of a Sinner
2. A Suggestion about Reading
*3. The Athanasian Creed
4. How the Word of God Should Be Desired
5. Severity in Preaching Should Be Longed For
6. People Should Be Eager to Hear Divine Lessons
7. How Good It Is to Read the Scriptures
8. On Perseverance in Reading
*9. An Instruction on the Creed
*10. On the Catholic Faith
*11. Why Christ Redeemed Man through His Passion
12. An Exposition of Faith
13. On the Full Practice of a Christian Life
14. On the Same
15. It Is Not Enough for Eternal Welfare Merely to Avoid Evil
16. The Qualities of Good and Bad Christians
17. St. Augustine's Sermon on Charity
*18. His Sermon on Good Works. Despair. and the Crow's Voice
19. His Sermon on the Christian Life and the Sacraments
20. A Letter of St. Fatalis on Christian Life
*21. St . Augustine on the Many Steps in Perfect Charity On Charity
22. On Charity
23. On the Same
*24. A Selection from St . Augustine on Charity
25. On Divine and Human Mercy
26. On Almsgiving and Heavenly Mercy
27. On the Parable of the Elm and the Vine
*28. On Works of Mercy
29. On Love of One's Neighbor and of Enemies
30. Three Kinds of Alms by Which Sins Can Be Redeemed
31. St . Salvian on Almsgiving
32. On Almsgivers Who Persist in Sinning
33. On Tithes
34. On Love of Parents and on Giving Tithes
35. On the Lord's Prayer and Love of Enemies
36. On Love of Enemies
37. On the Same
38. St . Augustine on Love of Enemies
39. On the Criteria by Which We Shall Be Judged and on Love of Enemies
40. Why Just and Holy Men Have Punished Sinners
41. On Lust and on Martyrdom
42. A Reproof of Adultery and of Concubinage
43. On Conjugal Chastity
44. On Chastity, Abortion. and Abstinence before the Celebration of Church Eeasts
45. On the Avoidance of Shameful Thoughts
46. On Avoiding the Vice of Drunkenness
47. On the Same
48. The Scriptures Have Always Blessed the Humble, but Cursed the Proud
49. How the Widows, Orphans, and the Poor in Scripture Are to Be Interpreted
50. On Seeking Health of Soul and on Soothsayers
51. On Accepting Barrenness
52. On Martyrs, Eclipses, Abortions, and Phylacteries
53. The Shrines of Idols Should Be Destroyed
54. On Omens, Seers, and Fortune-Tellers
55. On Sins Resulting from Drunkenness and on Briber
55A. St. Augustine on Injustice and Bribery among Judges
56. St. Faustus on Judgment Day and on Penance
57. On Remaining Aware of the Judgment
*58. St. Faustus on Remaining Aware of Our Sins, the Judgment, and Eternal Happiness
59. St. Augustine on the Confession of Sins
60. The DiEference between Penance Performed Continually and That Accepted in Sickness or at Death
61. A Man Should Constantly Do Penance for His Sins and Not Defer This to the End of His Life
*62. On Repentance
*63. St. Augustine on Repentance
64. On Repentance
65. On the Same
66. The Saints and the Ancient Fathers on Repentance
67. Advice to Those Who Do Public Penance
68. A Reproof of Penitents
69. The Times of the Christians Were Foretold in Scripture; On the Brazen Serpent and on the Ten Virgins
*70. Our Tribulations Ought to Be Imputed to Our Sins
71.. On the Same, with Something about Ananias
72. Ephrem's Admonition on Prayer and Idle Gossip
73. On Remaining in Church until the Completion of Mass
74. On the Same
75. In Praise of Chanting the Psalms
76. On Genuflecting or Bowing the Head at the Blessing
77. Ephrem's Admonition on the Same
78. On Observing Silence in Church
79. On a Man Possessed by the Devil
80. On Making Greater Efforts to Pray in Church