Thesis I: The fourfold punishment of sin.
Thesis II: Τιμωρία/chastening.
Explanation: 1. Sorts of divine chastisements. 2. Of what sort the death of the pious. 3. The afflictions of the same are not satisfactory punishments.
Thesis III: Δοκιμασία/trial.
Thesis IV: Μαρτύριον/martyrdom.
Explanation: 1. The language of punishment is ambiguous. 2. Consolations are to be set in opposition to afflictions.
Thesis V: Penal satisfaction.
Explanation: 1. Christ’s penal satisfaction, λύτρον. 2. Reprobates will furnish satisfaction for themselves forever. 3. A distinction of afflictions.