THE FOUR LAST THINGS ---- DEATH, JUDGMENT, HELL and HEAVEN
FATHER MARTIN VON COCHEM, O.S.F.C.

Father Martin von Cochem was born at Cochem, on the Moselle,
in the year 1625, and died at Waghausel in 1712.

“Remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin.”

HOLY REDEEMER LIBRARY

Nihil Obstat: Thomas L Kinkead,  Censor Liborium
Imprimatur: Michael Augustine --- Archbishop of New York (New York October 5, 1899)

Copyright, 1899, by Benziger Brothers

Generously contributed by Derrick D'Costa.


CONTENTS
 
PART I. ON DEATH.
I. On the Terrors of Death.
II. On the Assaults of Satan at the Hour of Death.
III. On the Apparition of the Spirits of Darkness.
IV. On the Fear of Hell.
V. On the Judgment.

PART II. THE LAST JUDGMENT.
I. On the Signs that shall Precede the Last Judgment.
II. On the Resurrection of the Dead.
III. On the Manner in which the Good and the Wicked
will be Conducted to the Place of Judgment.
IV. How all Men will Await Christ’s Coming in the Vale of Josaphat.
V. On the Appearance of Christ’s Cross in the Heavens.
VI. On the Advent of the Judge.
VII. On the Manner in which Christ will take His Place on the Judgment-seat.
VIII. On the Reason why Christs Appearance on the Day of Final Judgment will be Terrible,
and on the Heinousness of Mortal Sin.
IX. On the Manner in which the Final Judgment will be Commenced.
X. On the Length of Time that the Final Judgment will Last.
XI. On the Publication of the Sentence Passed upon the Good and the Bad.
XII. How the Damned will ask in Vain for Mercy, and will be cast down into Hell.
XIII. How the Blessed will go up into Heaven after the Judgment.

PART III. ON HELL.
I. On the Fire of Hell.
II. On the Hunger and Thirst Suffered in Hell.
III. On the Vile Odors of Hell.
IV. Some Other Torments of Hell.
V. On the Company of Hell.
VI. On the Loss of the Beatific Vision of God.
VII. The Worm that Dieth Not.
VIII. On Eternity.

PART IV. ON HEAVEN.
I. On the Nature of Heaven.
II. On the Joys of Heaven.
III. On the Joys of Heaven (Continued).
IV. On the Number of the Saved.



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