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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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St, AUGUSTINE. Conf.li6.c.3. 139.0
me fomewhat troublefome to be undergone). But, |
what lively hope he had of future, to counterpoife :
the temptations and vanities of prefent, eminency, Oy
~ what conflict or folace he felt in adverfities Tt) what tWbenbe —
~ .\ favoury joyes the hidden mouth of his heart tafted asin
_., inruminating upon thy delicions food, thefe I could wgracey
| not conjecture, norhad experienced, Nor on the ferited”
- other fide knew. he the anxieties of my fpirit,. nor Ly the» |
the depth of my danger. For I could not confer Eimprefe |i
_ With hiny what, and how much, I pleafed, being fe- Juttina.
___ Cluded from his fpeech by the many bufinefits of -o-
. tiers, whofe infirmities he ferved ; and the reft of |
his time not fpenton them (which was but little)
was taken up; either in the neceffary refeCtion of
his body with fultenance; or of his mind with read= °
ing. But, in this reading alfo, his eye only ran
_o’re the page, and his mind gathered the fenfe,whilft
his voice and tongue were filent. And often ‘we
: were there prefent (for none were hindred entrance,
‘or was it the cuftome to give him notice of any
man’s coming to him), and always faw him read-
ing to himfelf, and never.aloud, and fo fitting down.
after a long filence we departed ‘again, (for ‘who
durft difturbe-one fo intentive ? ) conjecturing that
—in that fmall time, which he redecmed from. the
noife. of other bufineffes for the repairing of his
mind, he was loth tobe diverted; and perchance
therefore did not read aloud, left his Auditor,where .,
the Author feem’d obfcure, fhould-defire his expo-
fition; or, where gueltions difficult, his determina-
~ tion; and fo the time allotted his ftudies fhould not
fuffice for the perufal of fo many volumes as he de-
fired. .Although the chiefeft caufe- might be the
fparing of his voice, which was very foon flatted
and dulled. But the intention.of that Man, (what-
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