II. The existence and nature of God (2-26)

A. The existence of God (2)

B. The attributes of the divine nature or essence (3-26)
 
1. the negative divine attributes (3-11)
 
a. simplicity (3)
b. perfection (4)
c. goodness (5-6) (why here?)
d. infinity (7)
e. existence in all things (8)
f. immutability (9)
g. eternity (10)
h. uniqueness (11)

2. Interlude: our knowledge of God and the status of the divine names (12-13)

3. The positive divine attributes (14-26)

a. knowledge, truth, and the divine ideas (14-17)
b. life (18)
c. will (19)
d. love (20)
e. justice and mercy (21)
f. providence (22-24)
g. power (25)
h. beatitude (26)

C. The trinity of divine persons (26-43)


1.  The origins or processions of the divine persons (27)


2.  The relations of origin (28)


3.  The persons considered absolutely in themselves (29-38)


a.  absolute consideration of the persons in general, their oneness and plurality, and the notions (29-32)
b.  the person of the Father  (33)
c.  the person of the Son (34-35)
d.  the person of the Holy Spirit  (37-38)


4.  the persons in comparison to one another (39-43)


a.  the persons in comparison to the essence (39)
b. the persons in comparison to the relations or properties (40)
c.  the persons in comparison to the notional acts (41)
d.  the equality and likeness of the persons (42)
e.  the missions of the persons (43)

A. the production of creatures: creation (44-46)

B. the distinctions among creatures (47-102)

1. the distinctions among things in general (47-49)

2. angels (50-64)

3. corporeal creatures (65-102)


a. the six days of creation and the seventh day of rest (65-74)
b. treatise on human nature (75-102)


(1) the human soul in general and its relation to the body (75-76)
(2) the powers of the soul and their operations (77-89)
(3) the production of the first parents (90-93)
(4) the condition of the first parents in the state of innocence (94-102)


C. God's governance of the world (103-119) 


1. the governance of creatures in general (103-104)

2. the actions of creatures on one another (105-119)