The Preachers' Garden of the Triumphant City of Jerusalem

Who the craftsmen in this structure are. ch. 1. ibid.
On the indirect craftsmen of this structure. ch. 2. ibid.
On the instruments of this building. ch. 3. 130
That the word of God is a unique instrument. ch. 4. 131
That works of penance are also instruments. ch. 5. ibid.
On the instrument of tribulation. ch. 6. 132
In what three ways the demon may hold the friends of God. ch. 7. 133

DISCOURSE VIII.

How, and in how many ways, tribulations are specifically the instruments by which men—the stones of the heavenly Jerusalem, and especially of the highest hierarchy—are polished by God: and that there are ranks of such instruments. 134
How God polishes stones that are quite rough. ch. 1. ibid.
Why temptation is necessary for those who are stones in act. ch. 2. 135
To what things tribulation is likened in the polishing of these stones. ch. 3. 136
Three ranks of instruments in the polishing of these stones. ch. 4. ibid.
Who they are who are taken up into the choirs of Angels. ch. 5. 137

DISCOURSE IX.

Who the wise architect of this structure is, and who is as it were an architect; who the ministers are; how they carry the stones, and also place them in their position, and their prince; and what the mortar is, and how the structure is made. 138
That God alone is its craftsman. ch. 1. ibid.
Who the accessory craftsmen of this building are, and how Michael is in a certain way an architect. ch. 2. 140
An example regarding the manner of building. ch. 3. 141

Who the ministers are, and their Prince. ch. 4. 142

DISCOURSE X.

How the building of this city is done, when it began, and how it was then constructed, and why it ceased to be constructed; and when it began again; and how and when it will end. 142
When this building began; and on the battle fought in the Empyrean. ch. 1. ibid.
When the blessed spirits were fit stones for this building. ch. 2. 144
How Michael was the architect in the beginning of this structure. ch. 3. 145.
How and in the Angels, and when this structure began. ch. 4. ibid.
How this structure remained imperfect. ch. 5. 146
How this structure was prolonged in its construction. ch. 6. ibid.
When and how this structure began to be made again. ch. 7. 147
How it is always being constructed until the end of the world. ch. 8. 148

CONSIDERATION THE THIRD.

On the site, and the place, and in what this City is constructed; on its substance; and on the principal and less principal parts of the same place. 150

DISCOURSE I.

That the place in which this City is built is the Empyrean heaven, the outermost of all others; which and how many the universal orbs are, and how they are situated within it, and how one exceeds another in circumference and thickness or depth. ibid.
That it is constructed in the last and outermost Heaven. ch. 1. ibid.
That the place is the outermost heaven. ch. 2. 151
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On the location of the parts of the world, and the number of heavens. ch. 3. 152