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Confessions

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Saint Augustine (of Hippo)

Collier, 1909 - 379 pages

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Contents

THE FIRST BOOK	5

THE SECOND BOOK	23

THE THIRD BOOK	33

THE FOURTH BOOK	47

THE FIFTH BOOK	65

THE SIXTH BOOK	82

THE SEVENTH BOOK	102

THE EIGHTH BOOK	123

288	280

That it is Sweet to despise the World and to serve	281

That the Desires of the Heart are to be Examined and Governed	282

Of the Inward Growth of Patience and of the Struggle against Evil Desires	283

Of the Obedience of One in Lowly Subjection after the Example of Jesus Christ	285

Of Meditation upor the Hidden Judgments of God that we may not be lifted up because of our Welldoing	286

How we must Stand and Speak in Everything that we desire	287

That True Solace is to be sought in God alone	288

THE NINTH BOOK	144

THE TENTH BOOK	167

BOOK I	213

Of Inordinate Affections	219

Of Works of Charity	227

Of the Love of Solitude and Silence	233

Of Meditation upon Death	239

BOOK II	248

Of the Good Peaceable	251

Of a Pure Mind and Simple Intention V Of SelfEsteem	252

Of the Inward Voice of Christ to the Faithful Soul II What the Truth saith inwardly without Noise of Words III How all the Words of God are to be h...	268

That Temporal Miseries are to be borne patiently after the Example of Christ	290

Of bearing Injuries and who shall be approved as truly Patient	291

Of Confession of our Infirmity and of the Miseries of this Life	292

Of the Recollection of Gods Manifold Benefits XXIII Of Four Things which bring Great Peace XXIV Of avoiding Curious Inquiry into the Life of A...	294

Against the Tongues of Detractors	303

Of Instability of the Heart and of directing the	309

Of a Good Government in External Things and of having	315

to fall in our Words	321

That a Man ought not to reckon Himself worthy of Con	334

That we ought to deny Ourselves and to imitate Christ	341

BOOK IV	349

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Bibliographic information

Title	Confessions Volume 7 of Harvard classics
Author	Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Publisher	Collier, 1909
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	23 May 2017
Length	379 pages

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