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- CONTENTS.
## Book 3.
AFTER AN INVOCATION OF GOD, AUGUSTINE DECLARES THE BEGINNINGS OF HIS LIFE; HIS INFANCY AND BOYHOOD UP TO HIS FIFTEENTH YEAR. HE CONFESSES THAT AT THIS AGE HE WAS MORE FOND OF CHILDISH AMUSEMENTS AND FOLLIES THAN OF LEARNING.
| CHAP. | PAGE |
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| I. He declares the greatness of God; and by Him aroused desires to seek and call upon Him | 1 |
| II. That God, upon whom we call, is in us, and we in Him | 2 |
| III. God wholly filletth all things; but Him, nor heaven, nor earth, containeth | 3 |
| IV. The Majesty of God is supreme; and His perfections cannot be expressed | 3 |
| V. He seeketh rest in God, and forgiveness of his sins | 4 |
| VI. He describes his infancy, and extols the protecting care and eternal providence of God | 5 |
| VII. He proves that even infancy is prone to sin | 7 |
| VIII. That a child learneth not to speak by rules, but from the gestures and words of his parents | 9 |
| IX. Concerning the hatred of lessons, the love of play, and the fear of being whipped, noticeable in boys; and concerning the inconsistencies of their elders and masters | 10 |
| X. From love of sports and shows he neglects his studies, and the precepts of his parents | 11 |
| XI. He is taken ill and desires to be baptised; but his mother defers it until his recovery, as his father is not yet a Christian | 12 |
| XII. He was compelled to labour at his studies; and confesses in this that God is good | 13 |
| XIII. He used to hate the Greek grammar and language; but delighted in his Latin, and the empty tales of the poets | 13 |
| XIV. Why he disliked Greek, and easily learned Latin | 15 |
| XV. He prays that he may use in God's service what he learned as a boy | 16 |
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