1. The knowledge of God the Creator -- The link between knowledge of God and ourselves and the nature of it -- What it is to know God and where that leads -- The knowledge of God has been naturally implanted in the human mind -- The knowledge of God is suppressed or spoilt, inadvertently or deliberately -- The knowledge of God is evident in His creation and continual rule of the world -- We need Scripture, as a guide and teacher, in coming to God as Creator -- The witness of the Spirit is necessary to make certain the authority of Scripture -- All the principles of godliness are undermined by fanatics who substitute revelations for Scripture -- Scripture teachers from the beginning that God's one essence contains three persons -- Scripture shows that even in the creation of the universe, the true God is distinguished from false gods by certain marks -- The state in which man was created. (The faculties of the soul -- the image of God -- free will -- the original righteousness of our nature) -- God by his power supports and maintains the world which he created. He rules each and all of its parts by his Providence -- How to use this doctrine for our benefit -- 2. The knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ -- Through Adam's Fall and rebellion, the whole human race has been cursed and has degenerated from its original state. Original sin -- Man has been deprived of free will, and is miserably enslaved -- Everything proceeding from the corrupt nature of man is damnable -- Redemption for fallen man is to be sought in Christ -- The Law was given to the Jews not as an end in itself but to keep alive hope of salvation in Christ until his coming -- Exposition of the moral law -- Christ, although known to the Jews under the Law, was clearly made known only through the Gospel -- Christ had to become man to perform the office of Mediator -- How two natures constitute the one person of the Mediator -- Three things to be chiefly regarded in Christ -- his offices of prophet, king and priest -- How Christ performed the office of redeemer in procuring our salvation. His death, resurrection and ascension into heaven

3. The way of obtaining the grace of Christ -- Christ's benefits profit us through the secret work of the Spirit -- Faith. Its definition and characteristics -- Regeneration by faith. Repentance -- The Christian life. How Scripture urges us to it -- The sum of the Christian lie: self-denial -- Bearing the cross: one part of self-denial -- Meditation on the future life -- How to use the present life and its comforts -- Justification by faith defined -- We must lift up our minds to God's judgment seat, in order to be persuaded of his free justification -- Two things to be observed in free justification -- How justification begins and progresses -- Objection to this doctrine refuted -- The harmony of the promises of the Law and the Gospel -- Christian freedom -- Prayer. The chief exercise of faith, by which we daily receive God's benefits -- Eternal election. By which God has predestined some to salvation and others to destruction -- Scriptural proof of this doctrine -- Election is confirmed by God's calling. The reprobate bring upon themselves the righteous destruction to which they are destined -- The final resurrection -- 4. Outward means by which God helps us -- The true church. (We should maintain unity with her, as the mother of all the godly) -- Comparison of the false church with the true -- The teachers and minsters of the church. (Their election and office) -- Church discipline. (Its chief use in censures and excommunication) -- The sacraments -- Baptism -- Infant baptism (How it accords with Christ's teaching and with the nature of baptism) -- The Lord's Supper. (How it benefits us).