The Divine Institutes: Book VI. Of True Worship
by Lactantius
On the worship God actually asks for: mercy, purity, and a life offered rather than a victim.
Chap. I.—Of the worship of the true God, and of innocency, and of the worship of false GodsChap. II.—Of the worship of false gods and the true GodChap. III.—Of the ways, and of vices and virtues; and of the rewards of heaven and the punishments of hellChap. IV.—Of the ways of life, of pleasures, also of the hardships of ChristiansChap. V.—Of false and true virtue; and of knowledgeChap. VI.—Of the chief good and virtue, and or knowledge and righteousnessChap. VII.—Of the Way of Error and of Truth: that It is Single, Narrow, and Steep, and Has God for Its GuideChap. VIII.—Of the errors of philosophers, and the variableness of lawChap. IX.—Of the law and precept of god; of mercy, and the error of the philosophersChap. X.—Of religion towards God, and mercy towards men; and of the beginning of the worldChap. XI.—Of the persons upon whom a benefit is to be conferredChap. XII.—Of the kinds of beneficence, and works of mercyChap. XIII.—Of repentance, of mercy, and the forgiveness of sinsChap. XIV.—Of the affections, and the opinion of the Stoics respecting them; and of virtue, the vices, and mercyChap. XV.—Of the affections, and the opinion of the Peripatetics respecting themChap. XVI.—Of the affections, and the refutation of the opinion of the Peripatetics concerning them; what is the proper use of the affections, and what is a bad use of themChap. XVII.—Of the affections and their use; of patience, and the chief good of ChristiansChap. XVIII.—Of some commands of God, and of patienceChap. XIX.—Of the affections and their use; and of the three furiesChap. XX.—Of the senses, and their pleasures in the brutes and in man; and of pleasures of the eyes, and spectaclesChap. XXI.—Of the pleasures of the ears, and of sacred literatureChap. XXII.—Of the pleasures of taste and smellChap. XXIII.—De tactus voluptate et libidine, atque de matrimonio et continentiâChap. XXIV.—Of repentance, of pardon, and the commands of GodChap. XXV.—Of sacrifice, and of an offering worthy of God, and of the form of praising God