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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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ed-with fuch a fad end of my life. And then what
would have become of fo many, and fo paffionate
prayers, without intermiffion, in all places,
_ made by her unto thee? Couldft Thou. (a God'of
mercies) defpife the contrite and humble heart of —
a defolate Widdow, fo chaft'and fo fober, fo .a-
bounding in almes-deeds, fo dutiful and officious
to thy Saints; no day omitting her Oblation. at
thine~Altar; twice in the day, Morning and E-
vening, without intermifion coming to thy Church,
~ not for vain chat and idle tales, but that fhe might
hear Thee inthy words, and thou her in her pray- — .
crs? By thee then could the tears of fuch a one,
‘wherewith fhe begged of thee neither filver, nor —
gold, nor any mutable or fading good, but. only
the fafety of the foul of her poor Son, could the _
_ tearsoffuchaone, by thee, who madeft her fuch,
help?
be neglected, and contemned , and fail of thy
No, Lord; yea thon wert prefent, and-heardft,
and didft, her requefts, according to the order.of
thy own predefignments of them to be done. Far
was it from thee that thou fhouldft deceive her in
thofe Vifions of hers, or anfwers of thine, fome
already related, fome omitted, byme: which pre-
engagements from thee fhe treafured up in a belicv- .
ing heart; and alwayes in her prayers prefented
and preffed, as thy own hand-writing, before thee;
_For thou art pleafed, becaufe everlafting are thy
mercies, not only to remit unto us all ourdebts;—
but often with thy promifes to become our deb-
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