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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. Confl.c.c.10. 135
granted, yet did not openly declare himfelf againft
it, burcaiting the blame upon Alipius faid, that he
would not confent thereto, For, indeed, had the
“Judge paffed it, the other would have gone off the
of his ttudies ) was Alipins almoft overfwayed ;
_ and that was to get himfelf a Library. of Books
taken upat the Pretor's price; But, confulting juft-
ice in this, he rectified his purpofe, efteeming e-
quity-more gainful to him, by which he was pro-~
hibited this priviledge, than his power could be,
by which he might have ufed it, — a
‘What Ihave faid of him isin no great matter, Luk, 162
~ But be that is faithful in that which is leaft, is faith- 10.2, _.
. ful alfoin much : nor can that pofhibly be fpoken to
no-purpofe, which came from the mouth of thy
Truth, Jf ye have not been faithful in thewnrighteous
Mammon, who will commit to your truft the true riches ?
and, if ye bave not been faithful in that which is ano.
thér man's, who fhall give you that which is your own 3
Hethen, (fuchamanas [have defcribed ), adjoins *
ed himfelf to me, and with me laboured in the fame
uncertainty of what courfe of life were fitteft to be
profecuted by us,
Nebridius ikewile leaving , * his own Country
not farrefrom the principal City , Carthage, and
* Carthage alfo it {elf where his refidence mott ufually
was, leaving his .Father’s Lands and his Houfe an
excellent feat, and his Mother defolate (who would
not follow his travels, as mine did), He alfo came
to Millan, for no other cavfe but to live and joine
with me jn the fame zealous queft after Verity and
ee
— Wifdome; and fuch likewife was his fufpiring,fuch
his flu€tuation ; an ardent Inquifitor after a Beatifi-
cal Life ; and an acute Difcuffer of the moft diffi-
cult Queftions. And here now were the famifhed
mouths of three neceffitous Perfons, breathing their
K 4 fpirt: