The
Confessions of Saint Augustine
translated by Edward B.
Pusey, D.D.
Table of Contents
Book I
10
Chapter I -He
proclaims the greatness of God, whom he desires to seek and invoke,
being awakened by him.
10
Chapter II -That the God whom we
invoke is in us, and we in him.
10
Chapter III -Everywhere God
wholly filleth all things, but neither heaven nor Earth containeth him.
11
Chapter IV -The majesty of God
is supreme, and his virtues inexplicable.
12
Chapter V -He seeks rest in God,
and pardon of his sins.
12
Chapter VI -He describes his
infancy, and lauds the protection and eternal providence of God.
13
Chapter VII -He shows by example
that even infancy is prone to sin.
15
Chapter VIII -That when a boy he
learned to speak, not by any set method, but from the acts and words of
his parents.
17
Chapter IX -Concerning the
hatred of learning, the love of play, and the fear of being whipped
noticeable in boys: and of the folly of our elders and masters.
18
Chapter X -Through a love of
ball-playing and shows, he neglects his studies and the injunctions of
his parents.
19
Chapter XI -Siezed by disease,
his mother being troubled, he earnestly demands baptism, which on
recovery is postponed--his father not as yet believing in Christ.
20
Chapter XII -Being compelled, he
gave his attention to learning; but fully acknowledges that this was
the work of God.
21
Chapter XIII -He delighted in
latin studies and the empty fables of the poets, but hated the elements
of literature and the Greek language.
22
Chapter XIV -Why he despised
Greek literature, and easily learned Latin.
23
Chapter XV -He entreats God,
that whatever useful things he learned as a boy may be dedicated to him.
24
Chapter XVI -He disapproves of
the mode of educating youth, and he points out why wickedness is
attributed to the Gods by the poets.
25
Chapter XVII -He continues on
the unhappy method of training youth in literary subjects.
26
Chapter XVIII -Men desire to
observe the rules of learning, but neglect the eternal rules of
everlasting safety.
27
Book II
30
Chapter I -He deplores the
wickedness of his youth.
30
Chapter II -Stricken with
exceeding grief, he remembers the dissolute passions in
which, in his sixteenth year, he used to indulge.
30
Chapter III -Concerning his
father, a freeman of Thagaste, the assister of his son's studies, and
on the admonitions of his mother on the preservation of chastity
32
Chapter IV -He commits theft
with his companions, not urged on by poverty, but from a certain
distaste of well-doing.
34
Chapter V -Concerning the
motives to sin, which are not in the love of evil, but in the desire of
obtaining the property of others.
35
Chapter VI -When he delighted in
that theft, when all things which under the appearance of good invite
to vice are true and perfect in God alone.
36
Chapter VII -He gives thanks to
God for the remission of his sins, and reminds everyone that the
supreme God may have preserved us from greater sins.
38
Chapter VIII - In his theft he
loved the company of his fellow-sinners.
39
Chapter IX - It was a pleasure to him also
to laugh when seriously deceiving others.
39
Chapter X -With God there is
true rest and life unchanging.
40
Book III
40
Chapter I -Deluded by an insane
love, he, though foul and dishonourable, desires to be thought elegant
and urbane.
40
Chapter II -In public spectacles
he is moved by an empty compassion. He is attacked by a troublesome
spiritual disease
41
Chapter III -Not even when at
church does he suppress his desires. In the School of Rhetoric he
abhors the acts of the subverters.
43
Chapter IV -In the nineteenth
year of his age (His father having died two years before) he is led by
the "Hortensius" of Cicero to "Philosophy," to God, and a better mode
of thinking.
44
Chapter V -He rejects the sacred
scriptures as too simple, and as not to be compared with the dignity of
Tully.
45
Chapter VI -Deceived by his own
fault, he falls into the errors of the Manichaeans, who gloried in the
true knowledge of God and in a thorough examination of things.
46
Chapter VII -He attacks the
doctrine of the Manichaeans concerning evil, God, and the righteousness
of the patriarchs.
48
Chapter VIII - He argues against
the same as to the reason of offences.
50
Chapter IX -That the judgment of
God and men, as to human acts of violence, is different.
52
Chapter X -He reproves the
triflings of the Manichaeans as to the fruits of the Earth.
53
Chapter XI -He refers to the
tears, and the memorable dream concerning her son, granted by God to
his mother.
53
Chapter XII -The excellent
answer of the Bishop when referred to by his mother as to the
conversion of her son.
55
Book IV
55
Chapter I -Concerning that most
unhappy time in which he, being deceived, deceived others; and
concerning the mockers of his confession.
56
Chapter II -He teaches rhetoric,
the only thing he loved, and scorns the soothsayer, who promised him
victory.
56
Chapter III -Not even the most
experienced men could persuade him of the vanity of astrology, to which
he was devoted.
57
Chapter IV -Sorely distressed by
weeping at the death of his friend, he provides consolation for himself.
59
Chapter V -Why weeping is
pleasant to the wretched.
61
Chapter VI -His friend being
snatched away by death, he imagines that he remains only as half.
62
Chapter VII -Troubled by
restlessness and grief, he leaves his country a second time for Carthage
63
Chapter VIII -That his grief
ceased by time, and the consolation of friends.
63
Chapter IX -That the love of a
human being, however constant in loving and returning love, perishes;
while he who loves God never loses a friend
64
Chapter X -That all things exist
that they may perish, and that we are not safe unless God watches over
us.
65
Chapter XI -That portions of the
world are not to be loved; but that God, their author, is immutable,
and his Word eternal.
66
Chapter XII -Love is not
condemned, but love in God, in whom there is rest through Jesus Christ,
is to be preferred.
67
Chapter XIII -Love originates
from grace, and beauty enticing us.
68
Chapter XIV -Concerning the
books which he wrote "On the Fair and Fit," dedicated to Hierius.
69
Chapter XV -While writing, being
blinded by corporeal images, he failed to recognise the spiritual
nature of God.
71
Chapter XVI -He very easily
understood the liberal arts and the categories of Aristotle, but
without true fruit.
73
Book V
75
Chapter I -That it becomes the
soul to praise God, and to confess unto him.
75
Chapter II -On the vanity of
those who wished to escape the omnipotent God.
76
Chapter III -Heaving heard
Faustus, the most learned Bishop of the Manichaeans, he discerns that
God, the author both of things animate and inanimate, chiefly has care
for the humble.
76
Chapter IV -That the knowledge
of terrestrial and celestial things does not give happiness, but the
knowledge of God only.
79
Chapter V -Of Manichaeus
pertinaciously teaching false doctrines, and proudly arrogating to
himself the Holy Spirit.
79
Chapter VI -Faustus was indeed
an elegant speaker, but knew nothing of the liberal sciences.
81
Chapter VII -Clearly seeing the
fallacies of the Manichaeans, he retires from them, being remarkably
aided by God.
82
Chapter VIII -He sets out for
Rome, his mother in vain lamenting it.
84
Chapter IX -Being attacked by
fever, he is in great danger
86
Chapter X -When he had left the
Manichaeans, he retained his depraved opinions concerning sin and the
origin of the Saviour.
87
Chapter XI -Helpidius disputed
well against the Manichaeans as to the authenticity of the New
Testament.
90
Chapter XII -Professing rhetoric
at Rome, he discovers the fraud of his scholars.
90
Chapter XIII -He is sent to
Milan, that he, about to teach rhetoric, may be known by Ambrose.
91
Chapter XIV -Having heard the
Bishop, he perceives the force of the catholic faith, yet doubts, after
the manner of the modern academics.
92
Book VI
93
Chapter I -His mother having
followed him to Milan, declares that she will not die before her son
shall have embraced the Catholic faith.
93
Chapter II -She, on the
prohibition of Ambrose, abstains from honouring the memory of the
Martyrs.
95
Chapter III -As Ambrose was
occupied with business and study, Augustin could seldom consult him
concerning the Holy Scriptures.
96
Chapter IV -He recognises the
falsity of his own opinions, and commits to memory the saying of
Ambrose.
98
Chapter V -Faith is the basis of
human life; man cannot discover that truth which holy scripture has
disclosed.
99
Chapter VI -On the source and
cause of true joy,--the example of the joyous beggar being adduced.
101
Chapter VII -He leads to
reformation his friend Alypius, seized with madness for the Circensian
games.
102
Chapter VIII -The same when at
Rome, being led by others into the Amphitheatre, is delighted with the
Gladitorial games.
104
Chapter IX -Innocent Alypius,
being apprehended as a thief, is set at liberty by the cleverness of an
architecht
105
Chapter X -The wonderful
integrity of Alypius in judgment. the lasting friendship of Nebridius
with Augustin.
107
Chapter XI -Being troubled by
his grievous errors, he meditates entering on a new life.
108
Chapter XII -Discussion with
Alypius concerning a life of celibacy.
110
Chapter XIII -Being urged by his
mother to take a wife, he sought a maiden that was pleasing unto him.
112
Chapter XIV -The design of
establishing a common household with his friends is speedily hindered.
112
Chapter XV -He dismisses one
mistress, and chooses another.
113
Chapter XVI -The fear of death
and judgment called him, believing in the immortality of the soul, back
from his wickedness, him who aforetime believed in the opinions of
Epicurus.
114
Book VII
115
Chapter I -He regarded not god
indeed under the form of a human body, but as a corporeal substance
diffused through space.
115
Chapter II -The disputation of
Nebridius against the Manichaeans, on the question "Whether God be
corruptible or incorruptible."
117
Chapter III -That the cause of
evil is the free judgment of the will.
118
Chapter IV -That God is not
corruptible, who, if he were, would not be God at all.
119
Chapter V -Questions concerning
the origin of evil in regard to God, who, since he is the chief god,
cannot be the cause of evil.
120
Chapter VI -He refutes the
Divinations of the astrologers, deduced from the constellations.
121
Chapter VII -He is severely
exercised as to the origin of evil.
124
Chapter VIII -By God's
assistance he by degrees arrives at the truth.
125
Chapter IX -He compares the
doctrine of the Platonists concerning the Logos with the much more
excellent doctrine of Christianity.
126
Chapter X -Divine things are the
more clearly manifested to him who withdraws into the recesses of his
heart.
128
Chapter XI -That creatures are
mutable and God alone immutable.
129
Chapter XII -Whatever things the
good God has created are very good.
129
Chapter XIII -It is meet to
praise the creator for the good things which are made in Heaven and
Earth.
130
Chapter XIV -Being displeased
with some part of God's creation, he conceives of two original
substances.
131
Chapter XV -Whatever is, owes
its being to God.
132
Chapter XVI -Evil arises not
from a substance, but from the perversion of the will
132
Chapter XVII -Above his
changeable mind, he discovers the unchangea ble author of truth.
132
Chapter XVIII -Jesus Christ, the
mediator, is the only way of safety.
134
Chapter XIX -He does not yet
fully understand the saying of John, that "the word was made flesh."
134
Chapter XX -He Rejoices that he
proceeded from Plato to the Holy Scriptures and not the reverse.
135
Chapter XXI -What he found in
the sacred books which are not to be found in Plato.
136
Book VIII
138
Chapter I -He, now given to
divine things, and yet entangled by the lusts of love, consults
simplicanus in reference to the renewing of his mind.
138
Chapter II -The pious old man
rejoices that he read plato and the scriptures and tells him of the
rhetorician victorinus having been converted to the faith through the
reading of the sacred books
140
Chapter III -That God and the
Angels rejoice more on the return of one sinner than of many just
persons.
142
Chapter IV -He shows by the
example of victorinus that there is more joy In the conversion of
nobles.
144
Chapter V -Of the causes which
alienate us from God.
145
Chapter VI -Pontitainus' account
of Antony, the founder of monachism, and of some who imitated him.
147
Chapter VII -He deplores his
wretchedness, that having been born thirty-two years, he had not yet
found out the truth.
150
Chapter VIII -The conversation
with Alypius being ended, he retires to the garden whither his friend
follows him.
151
Chapter IX -That the mind commandeth the
mind, but it willeth not entirely
153
Chapter X -He refutes the
opinion of the Manichaeans as to two kinds of minds,--one good and the
other evil.
154
Chapter XI -In what manner the
spirit struggled with the flesh, that it might be freed from the
bondage of vanity.
156
Chapter XII -Having prayed to
God, he pours forth a shower of tears, and, admonished by a voice, he
opens the book and reads the words in Rom. XIII. 13; by which, being
changed in his whole soul, he discloses the divine favour to his friend
and his mother.
158
Book IX
160
Chapter I -He praises God, the
author of safety, and Jesus Christ, the redeemer, acknowledging his own
wickedness.
160
Chapter II -As his lungs were
affected, he meditates withdrawing himself from public favour.
161
Chapter III -He retires to the
villa of his friend Verecundus, who was not yet a Christian, and refers
to his conversion and death, as well as that of Nebridius.
162
Chapter IV -In the country he
gives his attention to literature, and explain the Fourth Psalm in
connection with the happy conversion of Alypius. He is troubled with
toothache.
164
Chapter V -at the recommendation
of Ambrose, he reads the prophecies of Isaiah, but does not understand
them.
168
Chapter VI -He is baptized at
Milan with Alypius and his son Adeodatus. the book "De Magistro."
168
Chapter VII -Of the Church hymns
instituted at Milan; of the Ambrosian Persecution raised by Justina;
and of the discovery of the bodies of two martyrs.
169
Chapter VIII -Of the conversion
of Evodius, and the death of his mother when returning with him to
Africa; and whose education he tenderly relates.
170
Chapter IX -He describes the
praiseworthy habits of his mother; her kindness towards her husband and
her sons.
173
Chapter X -A conversation he had
with his mother concerning the kindom of heaven.
175
Chapter XI -His mother, attacked
by fever, dies at Ostia.
177
Chapter XII -How he mourned his
dead mother.
179
Chapter XIII -He entreats God
for her sins, and admonishes his readers to remember her piously.
181
Book X
184
Chapter I -In God alone is the
hope and joy of man.
184
Chapter II -That all things are
manifest to God. That confession unto him is not made by the words of
the flesh, but of the soul, and the cry of reflection
184
Chapter III -He who confesseth
rightly unto God best knoweth himself.
185
Chapter IV -That in his
confessions he may do good, he considers others.
186
Chapter V -That man knoweth not
himself wholly.
187
Chapter VI -The love of God, in
his nature superior to all creatures, is acquired by the knowledge of
the senses and the exercise of reason.
188
Chapter VII -That God is to be
found neither from the powers of the body nor of the soul.
190
Chapter VIII -Of the nature and
the amazing power of memory.
190
Chapter IX -Not only things, but
also literature and images, are taken from the memory, and are brought
forth by the act of remembering.
193
Chapter X -Literature is not
introduced to the memory through the senses, but is brought forth from
its more secret places.
194
Chapter XI -What it is to learn
and to think
195
Chapter XII -on the recollection
of things mathematical.
195
Chapter XIII -Memory retains all
things.
196
Chapter XIV -Concerning the
manner in which joy and sadness may be brought back to the mind and
memory
196
Chapter XV -In memory there are
also images of things which are absent
198
Chapter XVI -The privation of
memory is forgetfulness.
199
Chapter XVII -God cannot be
attained unto by the power of memory, which beasts and birds possess.
200
Chapter XVIII -A thing when lost
could not be found unless it were retained in the memory.
201
Chapter XIX -What it is to
remember.
202
Chapter XX -We should not seek
for God and the Happy life unless we had known it.
202
Chapter XXII -A happy life is to
rejoice in God, and for God.
205
Chapter XXIII -All wish to
rejoice in the truth.
205
Chapter XXIV -He who finds
truth, finds God.
207
Chapter XXV -He is glad that God
dwells in his memory.
207
Chapter XXVI -God everywhere
answers those who take counsel of him.
208
Chapter XXVII -He grieves that
he was so long without God.
208
Chapter XXVIII -On the misery of
human life.
209
Chapter XXIX -All hope is in the
mercy of God.
209
Chapter XXX -Of the perverse
images of dreams, which he wishes to have taken away.
210
Chapter XXXI -About to
speak of the temptations of the lust of the flesh, he first complains
of the lust of eating and drinking.
211
Chapter XXXII -Of the charms of
perfumes which are more easily overcome.
214
Chapter XXXIII -He Overcame the
pleasures of the ear, although in the church he frequently delighted in
the song, not in the thing sung.
215
Chapter XXXIV -Of the very
dangerous allurements of the eyes; on account of beauty of form, God,
the creator, is to be praised.
216
Chapter XXXV -Another kind of
temptation is curiosity, which is stimulated by the lust of the eyes
218
Chapter XXXVI -A third kind is
"pride," which is pleasing to man, not to God.
220
Chapter XXXVII -He is forcibly
goaded on by the love of praise.
222
Chapter XXXVIII -Vain-glory is
the highest danger.
224
Chapter XXXIX -Of the vice of
those who, while pleasing themselves, displease God
224
Chapter XL -The only safe
resting-place for the soul is to be found in God.
225
Chapter XLI -Having conquered
his triple desire, he arrives at salvation.
226
Chapter XLII -In what manner
many sought the mediator.
226
Chapter XLIII -That Jesus
Christ, at the same time God and man, is the true and most efficacious
mediator
227
Book XI
228
Chapter I -By confession he
desires to stimulate towards God his own love and that of his readers.
228
Chapter II -He begs of God that
through the Holy Scriptures he may be led to truth.
229
Chapter III -He begins from the
creation of the world--not understanding the Hebrew text.
231
Chapter IV -Heaven and Earth cry
out that they have been created by God.
232
Chapter V -God created the world
not from any certain matter, but In his own word.
232
Chapter VI -He did not, however,
create it by sounding and passing word.
233
Chapter VII -By his co-eternal
word he speaks, and all things are done.
234
Chapter VIII -That word itself
is the beginning of all things, in the which we are instructed as to
evangelical truth.
234
Chapter IX -Wisdom and the
beginning.
235
Chapter X -The rashness of those
who inquire what God did before he created Heaven and Earth.
236
Chapter XI -They who ask this
have not as yet known the eternity of God, which is exempt from the
relation of time.
236
Chapter XII -What God did before
the creation of the world.
237
Chapter XIII -Before the times
created by God, times were not.
238
Chapter XIV -Neither time past
nor future, but the present only, really is.
239
Chapter XV -There is only a
moment of present time
239
Chapter XVI -Time can only be perceived or
measured while it is passing
241
Chapter XVII -Nevertheless there
is time past and future.
241
Chapter XVIII -Past and future
times cannot be thought of but as present.
242
Chapter XIX -We are ignorant in
what manner God teaches future things.
243
Chapter XX -In what manner time
may properly be designated.
244
Chapter XXI -How time may be
measured.
244
Chapter XXII -He prays God that
he would explain this most entangled enigma.
245
Chapter XXIII -That time is a
certain extension.
246
Chapter XXIV -That time is not a
motion of a body which we measure by time.
247
Chapter XXV -He calls on God to
enlighten his mind.
248
Chapter XXVI -We measure longer
events by shorter in time.
248
Chapter XXVII -Times are
measured in proportion as they pass by.
249
Chapter XXVIII -Time in the
human mind, which expects, considers, and remembers.
252
Chapter XXIX -That human life is
a distraction, but that through the mercy of God he was
intent on the prize of his heavenly calling.
253
Chapter XXX -Again he
refutes the empty question, "What did God before the creation of the
world?"
253
Chapter XXXI -How the Knowledge
of God differs from that of Man.
254
Book XII
255
Chapter I -The Discovery of
Truth is Difficult, but God Has promised that he who seeks shall find
255
Chapter II -Of the double
heaven,--the visible, and the heaven of heavens.
255
Chapter III -Of the Darkness
upon the deep, and of the invisible and formless earth.
256
Chapter IV -From the
Formlessness of matter, the beautiful world has arisen.
256
Chapter V -What may have been
the form of matter.
257
Chapter VI -He confesses that at
one time he himself thought erroneously of matter.
257
Chapter VII -Out of nothing God
made heaven and earth.
258
Chapter VIII -Heaven and Earth
were made "In the beginning;" afterwards the world, during six days,
from shapeless matter.
259
Chapter IX -That the Heaven of
Heavens was an Intellectual creature, but that the Earth was invisible
and formless before the days that it was made.
260
Chapter X -He begs of God that
he may live in the true light, and may be instructed as to the
mysteries of the sacred books.
261
Chapter XI -What may be
discovered to him by God.
261
Chapter XII -From the formless
Earth God created another Heaven and a visible and formed Earth.
263
Chapter XIII -Of the
intellectual Heaven and formless Earth, out of which, on another day,
the firmament was formed.
264
Chapter XIV -Of the depth of the
Sacred Scripture, and its enemies.
264
Chapter XV -He argues against
adversaries concerning the Heaven of Heavens.
265
Chapter XVI -He wishes to have
no intercourse with those who deny divine truth.
268
Chapter XVII -He mentions five
explanations of the words of Genesis I.
268
Chapter XVIII -What error is
harmless in sacred scripture.
270
Chapter XIX -He enumerates the
things concerning which all agree.
271
Chapter XX -Of the words, "in
the beginning," Variously understood.
271
Chapter XXI -Of the explanation
of the words, "The Earth was invisible."
272
Chapter XXII -He discusses
whether matter was from eternity, or was made by God.
273
Chapter XXIII -Two kinds of
disagreements in the books to be explained.
275
Chapter XXIV -Out of the many
true things, it is not asserted confidently that Moses understood this
or that.
275
Chapter XXV -It behoves
interpreters, when disagreeing concerning obscure places, to regard God
the author of truth, and the rule of charity.
276
Chapter XXVI -What he might have
asked of God had he been enjoined to write the Book of Genesis.
278
Chapter XXVII -The style of
speaking in the Book of Genesis is simple and clear.
278
Chapter XXVIII -The words, "In
the beginning," and, "The Heaven and the Earth," are differently
understood.
279
Chapter XXIX -Concerning the
opinion of those who explain it "At first he made."
281
Chapter XXX -In the great
diversity of opinions, it becomes all to unite charity and divine truth.
282
Chapter XXXI -Moses is supposed
to have perceived whatever of truth can be discovered in his words.
283
Chapter XXXII -First, the sense
of the writer is to be discovered, then that is to be brought out which
divine truth intended.
284
Book XIII
284
Chapter I -He calls upon God,
and proposes to himself to worship him.
284
Chapter II -All creatures
subsist from the plenitude of divine goodnss.
285
Chapter III -Genesis I. 3,--of
"Light,"--He understands as it is seen in the spiritual creature.
286
Chapter IV -All things have been
created by the grace of God, and are not of him as standing need of
created things.
287
Chapter V -He recognises the
Trinity in the first two verses of Genesis.
287
Chapter VI -Why the Holy Ghost
should have been mentioned after the mention of Heaven and Earth.
288
Chapter VII -That the Holy
Spirit brings us to God.
289
Chapter VIII -That nothing
whatever, short of God, can yield to the rational creature a happy rest.
289
Chapter IX -Why the Holy Spirit
was only "Borne over" the waters.
290
Chapter X -That nothing arose
save by the gift of God.
291
Chapter XI -That the symbols of
the Trinity in man, to be, to know, and to will, are never thoroughly
examined.
291
Chapter XII -Allegorical
explanation of Genesis, Chapter I, concerning the origin of the church
and its worship.
292
Chapter XIII -That the renewal
of man is not completed in this world.
293
Chapter XIV -That out of the
children of the night and of the darkness, children of the light and
day are made.
294
Chapter XV -Allegorical
explanation of the firmament and upper works, Ver. 6.
295
Chapter XVI -That no one but the
unchangeable light knows himself.
297
Chapter XVII -Allegorical
explanation of the sea and the fruit-bearing earth--verses 9 and 11.
297
Chapter XVIII -Of the lights and
stars of Heaven--of day and night, ver. 14.
298
Chapter XIX -All men should
become lights in the firmament of Heaven.
300
Chapter XX -Concerning reptiles
and flying creatures (ver. 20),--the sacrament of baptism being
regarded.
301
Chapter XXI -Concerning the
living soul, birds, and fishes (Ver. 24),--the sacrament of the
eucharist being regarded.
302
Chapter XXII -He explains the
divine image (ver. 26.) of the renewal of the mind.
305
Chapter XXIII -That to have
power over all things (ver. 26) is to judge spiritually of all.
306
Chapter XXIV -Why God has
blessed men, fishes, flying creatures, and not herbs and the
other animals.
308
Chapter XXV -He explains the
fruits of the Earth (ver. 29) of Works of mercy.
310
Chapter XXVI -In the confessing
of benefits, computation is made not as to the gift," but as to the
"fruit,"--that is, the good and right will of the giver.
311
Chapter XXVII -Many are ignorant
as to this, and ask for miracles, which are signified under the names
of "fishes" and "Whales."
313
Chapter XXVIII -He proceeds to
the last verse, "All things are very good,"--that is, the work being
altogether good.
313
Chapter XXIX -Although it is
said eight times that "God saw that it was good," yet time has no
relation to God and his word.
314
Chapter XXX -He refutes the
opinions of the Manichaeans and the Gnostics concerning the origin of
the world.
314
Chapter XXXI -We do not see
"That it was Good," but through the spirit of God, which is in us.
315
Chapter XXXII -Of the particular
works of God, more especially of man.
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Chapter XXXIII -The world was
created by God out of Nothing.
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Chapter XXXIV -He briefly
repeats the allegorical interpretation of Genesis (Chapter 1), and
confesses that we see it by the Divine Spirit.
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Chapter XXXV -He prays God for
that peace of rest which hath no evening.
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Chapter XXXVI -The seventh day,
without evening and setting, the image of eternal life and rest in God.
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Chapter XXXVII -Of rest in God,
who ever worketh, and yet is ever at rest.
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Chapter XXXVIII -Of the
Difference between the knowledge of God and of men, and of the repose
which is to be sought from God only.
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