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S. Augustine's Confessions : with the continuation of his life to the end thereof, extracted out of Possidius, and the father's own unquestioned works / Translated into English [by Abraham Woodhead].
Author
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. R. H., 1609-1678, tr. Possidius, Saint, Bp. of Calama, fl. 370-437.
Date Added
10 January 2014
Language
English
Publish Date
1679
Publisher
[London : s.n.]
Source
Contributions from Augustinian Theologians and Scholars
Topic
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. Catholic Church > Algeria > Hippo (Extinct city) > Bishops > Biography. Christian saints > Algeria > Hippo (Extinct city)-- Biography. Hippo (Extinct city) > Biography.
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other Mothers bewail any corporeal funerals: For .
well difcerned fhe that, my far worfer death, by the
Faith, and the Spirit,- which-fhe had from thee.
And thow-hearknedit unto her; thou hearkenedft un-
toher, nor defpifed{t thou her Tears, whenftream-_
ing from her they watered the ground in every
"place of’ her Devotions, and'thou hearknedft unto.
her. © For’ whence-elfe-came that Dream: where-
with thou comfortedft her, fo far as to: perfwade
Hier that U fhould'live with her ‘again; ‘and‘fit atthe
fame-Table in the houfe again with-her ; (a thing fhe
had begun-to be averfe from,’ avoiding and'deteft-
ing the horrid’ Blafphemies: of thofe my’ Errors);
For: fhe-faw (in her fleep) her felfftanding upon.
a.certain ftraight wooden Rule, and a beautiful:
yong man; coming toward'her cheerful; and’ fmi-
ling uponher, as fhe was‘weeping; and fpent with
srief;; who asking the caufe of that ber forrow -:
and daily Tears, (with intention: to inftruct, not .
to learn of, her ) and fhe anfwering that it was‘my
perdition fhe fo bewailed, he bad her be fecure ;
and wifhed her to look about, and’ fhefhould fee, .
that, where She was, Iwas alfo:: who; when fhe
looked afide, faw Me clofe’ by-her ftanding upon
the fame Rule, And from whence all this; but from
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