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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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they fhall hear, how far I proceed towards Thee,
by thy Gift?“And again, * pray for me, when they
thall ‘hear, ‘how much {till I am. retarded in this
journy, by my own weight? Surely, to fuch willl
freely reveale my felf. For, this ts no fmall fruit
C(O Lord my God), that thanks be givento Thee ~
by many concerning us; and that Prayer be made
unto Thee by many for us. Let fucha brotherly af-
fection (freely) * love in me whatever, thou in-
ftructeft it, ought to be loved ; and again * de-
plore in me what thou inftructeft it, is to be de-
plored.’ Butlet the mind of a Brother do this, not
ofa forreigner : not that of ffrange children, whofe
enottth is'talking of vanity, and whofe right handis a
right hand of iniquity : but that of a Brother; which,
Where it approves me, joyes concerning me; and,
where it diflikes, gricves for me; becaufe fuch,
whether ini approving, or in difallowing, continues
— tolove me. Willingly to fuch will I reveale my felf. °
Let them utter praife, in my good things 5 fighs, ia
my evils, ‘My good things are thy commands, and *
thy ‘gifts; my evil things are'my faults,. and thy
_ judgements, In thofe let them rejoice; ‘and let
. them mourn in thefe: and let fuch Hymnes and
Elegies afcend up into thy fight from the cenfers of
the hearts of thofe my Brethren, And Thou (O
Lord), well-pleafed with this Incenfe out of: thofe’
thy holy Temples, have mercy on'me according to
thy great mercy, and for thy Name’s fake, not for-
faking what thou halt begun, confummate in me
What is'yer imperfe@t. This fruit then there is of
the Confeffions not of my paft but preferit condi-
tion, which moves me to confefs the various things
of it, not only * before Thee, ina fecret exultation
With fear; and, again, in a fecret mourning with
hope ; but alfo * in the eares of believing fons of
len, companions of my joy ; co-partners of my
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