God by the appearing of Spirits doth exercise the faithfull, and punish the vnbeleeuers. Chap.1. Fol.175.
What the cause is that in these our dayes, so fewe spirites are seene or heard. Chap.2. Fol.183.
Why God doth suffer straunge noyses, or extraordinary rumblings to be heard before some notable alterations, or otherwise. Chap.3. Fol.186.
After what sort they should behaue themselues, which see good or euill spirits, or meete with other straunge aduentures: and first how both Iewes and Gentiles behaued themselues in the like cases. Chap.4. Fol.187.
How Christian men ought to behaue themselues when they see spirits, and first, that they ought to haue a good courage, and to be stedfast in faith. Chap.5. Fol.190.
It behoueth them which are vexed with spirites to pray especially, and to giue themselues to fasting, sobrietie, watching, and vpright and godly liuing. Chap.6. Fol.193.
That spirits which vse to appeare, ought to be iustly suspected: and that we may not talke with them, nor enquire any thing of them. Chap.7. Fol.195.
Testimonies out of the holy Scripture, and one example whereby it is prooued, that such kinde of apparitions are not to be credited, and that we ought to be verie circumspect in them. Chap.8. Fol.201.
After what sort the faithfull in the primatiue church, vsed themselues, when they met with spirits. Chap.9. Fol.204.
That sundry kindes of superstition haue crept in, wherby men haue attempted to driue away spirits. Chap.10. Fol.206.
That spirites are not to bee driuen away by cursing and banning. Chap.11. Fol.214.
After what sort we ought to behaue our selues, when we heare straunge cracks, or when other forewarnings happen. Chapter.12. Fol.216.
The first parte of this Booke, concerning Spirits walking by night. Wherin is declared, that Spirits and sights _do appeare, and that sundry strange and monstrous things doo happen_.
Concerning certaine wordes whiche are often vsed in this Treatise of Spirits, and diuers other diuinations of things to come.
To the intent, that those men which occupie themselues in reading of this my Booke, and especially in perusing of other auncient writers, may the better vnderstand euery thing, I will at the first enteraunce briefly expounde those things which shall séeme to concern the proprietie of words and termes vsed in this my Treatise of Spirits.