god

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• referenced_byThe Narrator

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  now is no time to question, but to confess unto Thee

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• convertedThe Narrator (Augustine)

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  God converted the Narrator unto Himself, leading him away from worldly desires towards a life of faith.

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  For thou convertedst me unto Thyself, so that I sought neither wife, nor any hope of this world, standing in that rule of faith, where Thou hadst showed me unto her in a vision, so many years before.

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• isfaithful

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  God is characterized as faithful, providing hope by ensuring that temptations will not exceed one's ability to bear them.

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  Thou art faithful, Who wilt not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able;

• provides_way_to_escapeTemptations

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  God, in His faithfulness, promises to provide a means of escape alongside temptations, enabling individuals to endure them.

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  wilt with the temptation also make a way to escape, that we may be able to bear it.

• is_life_ofSoul

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  God is described as the ultimate source of life for the narrator's soul, sustaining its very existence.

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  thy God is even unto thee the Life of thy life.

• framedSenses

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  God is identified as the creator who specifically designed and configured the narrator's senses for their distinct functions.

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  which the Lord hath framed for me: commanding the eye not to hear, and the ear not to see; but the eye, that through it I should see, and the ear, that through it I should hear; and to the other senses severally, what is to each their own peculiar seats and offices;

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• createdMan Created in God's Image

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  God, the Creator, made man after His own image, a concept the narrator initially struggled to understand non-corporeally.

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• preparedMedicines of Faith

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  God prepared the medicines of faith to heal the diseases of the whole world, giving them great authority.

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  Thy hands, Who hast prepared the medicines of faith

• appliedMedicines of Faith

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  God applied the medicines of faith to the diseases of the whole world, demonstrating their efficacy.

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  and hast applied them to the diseases of the whole world

• persuadedNarrator (Augustine)

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  God, with a tender and merciful hand, gradually persuaded the narrator by touching and composing his heart.

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  Then Thou, O Lord, little by little with most tender and most merciful hand, touching and composing my heart, didst persuade me

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• regeneratedMonnica

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  God regenerated Monnica through the sacrament of baptism, initiating her into a new spiritual life.

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  Thou regeneratedst her by baptism, no word issued from her mouth against Thy Commandment

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• referenced_byAugustine of Hippo

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  was cured by

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  was cured by that Physician, through whose aid it was that he was not, or rather was less, sick

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• commandedSpeaker

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  God commanded the speaker to praise Him and confess unto Him for the creation of his bodily frame and vital functions.

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  Thou commandest me to praise Thee in these things, to confess unto Thee, and sing unto Thy name, Thou most Highest

• is_theCreator

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  God is identified by the title 'Creator' in relation to the heavens and the earth.

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  Thou their Creator art

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• isTruth

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  The narrator addresses God directly as 'O Lord God, the Truth', affirming God's nature.

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  imagining that Thou, O Lord God, the Truth, wert a vast and bright body

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• is_manifested_asOur true Life

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  God is referred to as 'Our true Life' which came down to humanity to overcome death.

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  our true Life came down hither, and bore our death, and slew him, out of the abundance of His

• is_source_ofTruth

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  Truth is depicted as originating from God, and the soul is encouraged to cleave to Him to find it.

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  solidity of truth! Just as the gales of tongues blow from the breast of the opinionative, so is it carried this way and that, driven forward and backward, and the light is overclouded to it, and the truth unseen. And lo, it is before

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• instills_gifts_intoThy faithful ones

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  Augustine acknowledges God as the source of wondrous fruits that spring from the gifts instilled into the hearts of faithful individuals.

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  considering Thy gifts, Thou unseen God, which Thou instillest into the hearts of Thy faithful ones

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• iseternal

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  God's fundamental nature is described as being eternal, transcending all mutable thought and temporal variation.

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  no mutable thing is eternal: but our God is eternal.

• is_supremelygood

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  God is identified as the source of all being, being supremely good in His essence.

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  from Him Who is supremely good, because He is supremely?

• createdCreated Wisdom

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  God is the ultimate creator of the sublime creature known as Created Wisdom, which, though not coeternal, was made by Him.

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  Nor yet is it coeternal with Thee, O God, because not without beginning; for it was made.

• is_builder_ofCreated Wisdom

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  God is recognized as the builder and possessor of the 'house of God,' which represents the Created Wisdom.

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  thy builder and possessor.

• is_shepherd_toThe Speaker (Augustine)

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  The speaker refers to God as his Shepherd, hoping to be guided back to spiritual belonging.

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  upon the shoulders of my Shepherd, thy builder, hope I to be brought back to thee.

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• is_Artificer_ofCreature

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  God is presented as the creator and maker of all creatures, as 'Truth, Artificer of the creature'.

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  Truth, Artificer of the creature, they seek not

• is_source_ofTruth

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  God is explicitly identified as the ultimate source of truth, from whom all true knowledge emanates.

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  Thou taughtest me, because it is truth, nor is there besides Thee any teacher of truth, where or whencesoever it may shine upon us.

• made_all_things_inNumber, Weight, and Measure

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  God is described as having created all things according to principles of number, weight, and measure.

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  neglecteth Thee who hast made all things in number, weight, and measure.

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• createdHeaven and Earth

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  God is identified as the divine entity responsible for the creation of the entire physical universe.

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  our God, the God that made heaven and earth, and filleth them, because by filling them He created them

• fillsHeaven and Earth

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  God is described as filling the heaven and earth, implying His omnipresence and continuous presence in creation.

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  filleth them, because by filling them He created them

• madeAll (things)

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  God is identified as the ultimate maker of everything that exists, encompassing all aspects of creation.

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  He who made all

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• referenced_byAugustine's Mother

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  But in my mother's breast Thou hadst already begun Thy temple

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• does_not_bidSpeaker

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  The speaker notes that God does not endorse the definition of time as merely the 'motion of a body'.

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  Thou dost not bid me. For that no body is moved, but in time, I hear; this Thou sayest; but that the motion of a body

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• possessesTruth

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  God is described as the source and repository of all wisdom and knowledge, including Truth.

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  in Whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

• createdHeaven and Earth

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  God is directly affirmed as the maker of the heavens and the earth.

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  Thou therefore, Lord, madest them

• creates_by_speakingThe Word (of God)

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  God's method of creation is through speaking, which is identified with His divine Word.

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  Therefore Thou spokest, and they were made, and in Thy Word Thou madest them.

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• fashionedAugustine of Hippo

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  God is described as the ultimate creator, forming Augustine from the substance provided by his parents.

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  out of whose substance Thou didst sometime fashion me.

• bestowedWoman's Milk

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  God is identified as the ultimate source of the food for Augustine's infancy, delivered through his mother and nurses.

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  Thou didst bestow the food of my infancy through them

• distributes throughDivine Ordinance

  description

  God's method of distributing His riches is through His established ordinance, utilizing the 'hidden springs of all things'.

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  according to Thine ordinance, whereby Thou distributest Thy riches through the hidden springs of all things.

• proclaims Thyself toAugustine of Hippo

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  Augustine learns that God reveals Himself through various gifts, both internal and external, throughout his life.

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  Thou, through these Thy gifts, within me and without, proclaiming Thyself unto me.

• existed beforeFoundation of the Worlds

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  God is described as existing eternally, even before the very beginning and establishment of the worlds.

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  before the foundation of the worlds, and before all that can be called "before," Thou art

• is Lord ofall which Thou hast created

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  God is affirmed as the sovereign ruler over everything He has brought into existence.

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  art God and Lord of all which Thou hast created:

• is supremelyEssence and Life

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  Augustine declares that God Himself is the ultimate and highest form of both Essence and Life.

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  Thou Thyself art supremely Essence and Life.

• possessesDivine Timelessness

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  God's eternal nature means His years are constant and unchanging, representing a singular 'to-day' that encompasses all time.

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  And since Thy years fail not, Thy years are one to-day.

• did not makeHuman Sin

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  Augustine clarifies that while God made man, He is not the creator of sin within humanity.

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  Thou madest him, but sin in him Thou madest not.

• pitiesAugustine of Hippo

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  Augustine notes that God shows compassion towards man despite man's sin.

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  So saith man, and Thou pitiest him

• gave life toHuman Infancy

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  God is acknowledged as the giver of life to Augustine's infancy, providing the physical frame and vital functions.

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  Thou, then, O Lord my God, who gavest life to this my infancy

• furnished frame withsenses

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  God equipped the infant's physical body with senses as part of its creation.

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  furnishing thus with senses (as we see) the frame Thou gavest

• implanted inHuman Infancy

  description

  God embedded all necessary vital functions within the infant's being for its overall well-being and survival.

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  implanting in it all vital functions

• commandsAugustine of Hippo

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  God instructs Augustine to offer praise, confession, and song in recognition of His creative acts.

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  Thou commandest me to praise Thee in these things, to confess unto Thee, and sing unto Thy name

• is the mould ofall things

  description

  God's unity serves as the foundational pattern and principle for the creation and form of everything that exists.

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  whose Unity is the mould of all things

• ordersall things

  description

  God arranges and governs all aspects of creation according to His divine law.

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  and orderest all things by Thy law.

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• calledGentiles

  description

  God extended an invitation to non-Jewish people to partake in His divine inheritance.

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  and Thou calledst the Gentiles into Thine inheritance

• spoke_toAthenians

  description

  God communicated a message to the Athenians through His Apostle, emphasizing divine omnipresence.

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  And to the Athenians Thou saidst by Thy Apostle

• is_guide_forNarrator

  description

  God served as the narrator's guide during his inward spiritual exploration.

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  Thou being my Guide:

• isTruth

  description

  The narrator identifies God directly with Truth, affirming a core aspect of His nature.

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  O Truth Who art Eternity! and Love Who art Truth! and Eternity Who art Love! Thou art my God

• madeCreation

  description

  God is the ultimate creator, having made all things, and all things are inherently good because of their divine origin.

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• reveals inner self toNarrator (Augustine)

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  While Pontitianus spoke, God turned the narrator's attention to his own inner foulness and iniquity.

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  didst turn me round towards myself, taking me from behind my back where I had placed me, unwilling to observe myself; and setting me before my face, that I might see how foul I was

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• referenced_byAugustine

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  O my Lord, my Light, shall not here also Thy Truth mock at man?

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• isCreator and Governor of the universe

  description

  God is acknowledged by Augustine as the supreme being who created and maintains the entire cosmos, to whom thanks are due.

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  Lord, to Thee, the Creator and Governor of the universe

• bestowsGifts of God

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  Augustine recognizes that his inherent good qualities and abilities, such as memory and speech, are divine endowments from God, not self-generated.

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  But all are gifts of my God: it was not I who gave them me

• makes bitterUnlawful Pleasures

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  God's merciful rigor ensures that Augustine's forbidden pleasures are tainted with bitterness, prompting him to seek true joy elsewhere, without alloy.

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  besprinkling with most bitter alloy all my unlawful pleasures: that I might seek pleasures without alloy.

• teaches bySorrow

  description

  Augustine recognizes that God uses suffering and pain as a means of instruction, wounding to heal and killing lest one die from Him.

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  who teachest by sorrow, and woundest us, to heal

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• teachesdisciples

  description

  God, as the only Master, inwardly teaches His disciples through the eternal Verity.

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  the good and only Master teacheth all His disciples.

• is identified withEternal Verity

  description

  The eternal Verity is presented as the place where God, the good and only Master, teaches His disciples.

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  found in the eternal Verity; where the good and only Master teacheth all His disciples.

• is identified withUnchangeable Truth

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  God is presented as the unchangeable Truth who truly teaches, even when admonishments come through changeable creatures.

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  Who now teacheth us, but the unchangeable Truth?

• isBeginning

  description

  God is referred to as the Beginning, implying the ultimate origin from whom all things are and to whom they return.

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  And therefore the Beginning, because unless It abided, there should not, when we went astray, be whither to return.

• madeHeaven and Earth

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  God created heaven and earth using His Truth as an instrument or aspect of His being.

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  In this Beginning, O God, hast Thou made heaven and earth, in Thy Word, in Thy Son, in Thy Power, in Thy Wisdom, in Thy Truth

• is theCreator of every Creature

  description

  God is identified as the singular source and maker of all existence, confirming that all things are His creation.

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  Thou, our God, art the Creator of every creature

• is theAuthor and Creator of all ages

  description

  God is the origin and maker of all periods of time, not just of physical creation, implying His control over temporality.

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  Thou the Author and Creator of all ages?

• exists inEternity

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  God exists in a state of ever-present eternity, which allows Him to precede all things past and surpass all future.

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  Thou precedest all things past, by the sublimity of an ever-present eternity

• surpassesfuture

  description

  God's nature transcends all future events because they are yet to come and will eventually become past, unlike His constant being.

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• begotCoeternal

  description

  God brought forth the Coeternal, referring to the Son, who shares God's eternal nature as explicitly stated.

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  didst Thou beget The Coeternal, to whom Thou saidst, This day have I begotten Thee.

• madeTime

  description

  God is the creator of time itself, indicating that time is not coeternal with God but a created entity.

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  because time itself Thou madest. And no times are coeternal with Thee, because Thou abidest; but if

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• propoundsTruth

  description

  God makes truth available to all, warning against claiming it as private property.

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  which Thou propoundest to all to enjoy

• isUnchangeable Truth

  description

  God is identified as the Lord God, whose light is the unchangeable Truth, which is seen above human souls.

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  the very light of the Lord God, why strive we about the thoughts of our neighbour which we cannot so see, as the unchangeable Truth is seen

• createdHeaven and Earth

  description

  God is depicted as the creator of heaven and earth, which are conceived as two great bodies containing all things.

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• commandsAngel

  description

  God is asked to send an angel to protect those with weak faith, metaphorically depicted as an unfledged bird.

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  send Thine angel to replace it into the nest, that it may live, till it can fly.

• is_characterized_byEternal and stable abiding

  description

  God's nature is described as an eternal and stable abiding, transcending all time while being the source of all temporal creation.

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  all times past and to come, are surpassed by Thy eternal and stable abiding

• createdUniverse

  description

  God is the creator of the entire Universe, forming all things out of nothing and making them very good.

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• is_identified_asTruth

  description

  The text explicitly identifies God as Truth, emphasizing His fundamental nature as the ultimate reality.

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  not of Thee only (who truly art Truth)

• createdSun

  description

  The Sun is explicitly stated to be a creation of God, albeit not His 'first works' nor Himself.

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  served up the Sun and Moon, beautiful works of Thine

• createdMoon

  description

  The Moon is explicitly stated to be a creation of God, albeit not His 'first works' nor Himself.

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  served up the Sun and Moon, beautiful works of Thine

• is_the_life_ofSoul

  description

  God is described as the ultimate source of life for souls, indicating a hierarchical relationship where God is superior to the soul itself.

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  But Thou art the life of souls, the life of lives, having life in Thyself; and changest not, life of my soul

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• madeHeaven and Earth (Biblical Phrase)

  description

  The text refers to the biblical statement 'In the Beginning God made heaven and earth' as a central point of interpretation regarding creation.

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  In the Beginning God made heaven and earth

• is characterized_byPrecedence by Eternity

  description

  God's existence before all things is presented as an example of precedence by eternity.

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  By eternity, as God is before all things

• temperedHoly Scriptures

  description

  God is said to have adjusted the Holy Scriptures to be understood in diverse ways by many people.

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  the One God hath tempered the holy Scriptures to the senses of many

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• administersPunishment

  description

  God's just judgment is stated as the cause of humans 'suffering ill,' which the narrator interprets as just punishment.

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  Thy just judgment of our suffering ill

• isIncorruptibility

  description

  The narrator confesses God to be incorruptible, recognizing this as a fundamental attribute and a superior quality.

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  Thee therefore, whatsoever Thou wert, I confessed to be incorruptible

• is_superior_toCreation

  description

  The narrator explicitly states that God is 'most mightily and incomparably better than all these' (creation).

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  God is good, yea, most mightily and incomparably better than all these

• createdCreation

  description

  God is identified as the creator of the entire creation, which includes all visible and invisible beings.

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  Behold God, and behold what God hath created

• has_attributeIncorruptibility

  description

  The narrator asserts that God, being God, cannot be corrupted in any way, by will, necessity, or chance.

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  source_text

  For corruption does no ways impair our God; by no will, by no necessity, by no unlooked-for chance: because He is God, and what He wills is good, and Himself is that good; but to be corrupted is not good

• possessesAll-mightiness

  description

  God is described as 'All-mighty,' implying supreme power and capability to prevent evil.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  seeing He is All-mighty

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

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  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• never createdEvil (Concept)

  description

  The Speaker's piety constrained him to believe that the good God would never create any evil nature.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  constrained me to believe that the good God never created any evil nature

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

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  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• established_authority_ofHoly Writ

  description

  God is credited with establishing the significant authority of the Holy Writ among many nations.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  which Thou hast established in so great authority among almost all nations

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

  2026-03-02T21:55:41.801Z

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• createsTime

  description

  God is the eternal Creator of all times, establishing time as a created entity not coeternal with Him.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  the eternal Creator of all times, and that no times be coeternal with Thee

• createsHeaven

  description

  God is explicitly stated as the maker of heaven, encompassing both the visible and unseen celestial realms.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou madest heaven and earth; this heaven which I see

• createsEarth

  description

  God is explicitly stated as the maker of the earth, including the physical ground humans inhabit.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou madest heaven and earth; this heaven which I see, and this earth that I tread upon

• createsUniverse

  description

  God is identified as the Creator of the entire cosmos, encompassing all of existence.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  far be it that Thou the Creator of the Universe

• createsSoul

  description

  God is the source and maker of the spiritual components of living beings.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Creator of souls and bodies

• createsBody

  description

  God is the source and maker of the physical components of living beings.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Creator of souls and bodies

• createsMind

  description

  God is the eternal Creator of minds, indicating He is the origin of mental faculties.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  unchangeably eternal, that is, the eternal Creator of minds

• givesEarth

  description

  God is described as having given the terrestrial realm to humanity as their domain.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  The heaven of heavens are the Lord's; but the earth hath He given to the children of men?

• createsWorld

  description

  God fashions the 'beautiful world' out of the pre-existing formless matter.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  whereof to make this beautiful world)

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

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  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• isThe Self-same

  description

  The text identifies God as 'The Self-same,' emphasizing His unchanging and eternal nature.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou surpassingly art the Self-same, Who art not changed; and in Thee is rest which forgetteth all toil

• madeNarrator (Augustine)

  description

  The narrator acknowledges that God alone has instilled hope within him.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  but Thou, Lord, alone hast made me dwell in hope. I read, and kindled

• tormentedNarrator (Augustine)

  description

  The narrator attributes his severe toothache to God's disciplinary 'scourge.'

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou didst then torment me with pain in my teeth; which when it had come to such height that I could not speak

• took the life ofAdeodatus

  description

  The narrator states that God took Adeodatus's life from the earth, implying his early death.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Soon didst Thou take his life from the earth: and I now remember him without anxiety, fearing nothing for his childhood or youth, or his whole self.

• discovered bodies ofGervasius

  description

  Through a vision, God revealed to Bishop Ambrose the hidden bodies of martyrs Gervasius and Protasius.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Then didst Thou by a vision discover to Thy forenamed Bishop where the bodies of Gervasius and Protasius the martyrs lay hid (whom Thou hadst in Thy secret treasury stored uncorrupted so many years)

• discovered bodies ofProtasius

  description

  Through a vision, God revealed to Bishop Ambrose the hidden bodies of martyrs Gervasius and Protasius.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Then didst Thou by a vision discover to Thy forenamed Bishop where the bodies of Gervasius and Protasius the martyrs lay hid (whom Thou hadst in Thy secret treasury stored uncorrupted so many years)

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

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  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• forgivesSpeaker (Augustine)

  description

  The speaker acknowledges that God has forgiven his numerous and heinous sins.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  because Thou hast forgiven me these so great and heinous deeds of mine.

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

  2026-03-02T21:55:46.004Z

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• createsthings

  description

  The text states that 'Thou madest' the things that 'we therefore see', indicating God as the creator.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  We therefore see these things which Thou madest, because they are

• isGood

  description

  God is explicitly referred to as 'the One, the Good God', emphasizing a core attribute.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou, the One, the Good God, didst never cease doing good

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

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  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• resides_inMemory

  description

  The speaker discovers that God, once learned, dwells within the confines of his own memory.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Since then I learnt Thee, Thou residest in my memory

• is_Lord_ofMind of Man

  description

  God is explicitly identified as the ultimate authority and sovereign over the human mind.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  because Thou art the Lord God of the mind

• isunchangeable

  description

  A key attribute of God is His immutable nature, standing in contrast to the changing aspects of the human mind and affections.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou remainest unchangeable over all

• was_withinSpeaker (Augustine)

  description

  During the speaker's external search, God was internally present, indicating a spiritual truth that was initially overlooked.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  And behold, Thou wert within, and I abroad, and there I searched for Thee

• burstSpeaker (Augustine)'s deafness

  description

  God's divine intervention is described as breaking through the speaker's spiritual inability to hear or perceive.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou calledst, and shoutedst, and burstest my deafness.

• scatteredSpeaker (Augustine)'s blindness

  description

  God's divine action removed the speaker's spiritual inability to see or understand.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou flashedst, shonest, and scatteredst my blindness.

• isPhysician

  description

  God is metaphorically described as the healer for the speaker's spiritual wounds and sickness.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou art the Physician, I the sick

• enjoinsContinenency

  description

  God issues a command or instruction for humanity to practice the virtue of continency.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou enjoinest us continency

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

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  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• referenced_byNarrator

  context

  delays_turning_to

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  time passed on, but I delayed to turn to the Lord; and from day to day deferred to live in Thee, and deferred not daily to die in myself.

• referenced_byNarrator's Mother

  context

  prays_to

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  with strong cries of heart she daily begged of Thee, that Thou wouldest by a vision discover unto her something concerning my future marriage; Thou never wouldest.

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

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  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• createsMan (Humanity)

  description

  God is explicitly stated as the creator of man, making him in His own image and likeness, setting the foundation for man's existence and purpose.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Let us make man after our own image and similitude

• bestows_grace_uponChurch

  description

  God's grace is explicitly given to the Church, empowering its members and guiding its spiritual functions.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  In Thy Church therefore, O our God, according to Thy grace which Thou hast bestowed upon it

• bestowsBlessing to Increase and Multiply

  description

  God is the ultimate source of the blessing that enables and commands various living beings to reproduce and fill the earth and waters.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou blessest mankind, O Lord, that they may increase and multiply, and replenish the earth

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

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  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• divideslight, day, and darkness, night

  description

  God is the sole entity who distinguishes between light and darkness, day and night, in the realm of human knowledge and spiritual discernment.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou only dividest; Thou, who provest our hearts, and callest the light, day, and the darkness, night.

• createsFirmament (Divine Order)

  description

  God is described as having made the firmament of authority, which is His Divine Scripture, stretched over humanity.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  made for us that firmament of authority over us in Thy Divine Scripture?

• dispensesDivine Scripture

  description

  God dispenses His Divine Scripture to humanity through the ministry of mortal men.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  by whom Thou dispensest it unto us

• clothesHumanity

  description

  God clothed men with skins when they became mortal due to sin, a metaphorical reference to divine provision or consequence.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou with skins didst clothe men, when they by sin became mortal.

• isfountain of life

  description

  God is identified as the 'fountain of life,' from whom all life and spiritual sustenance originate.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  For so is the fountain of life with Thee

• madeSea (Metaphorical)

  description

  God created the literal sea, and by extension, orders the metaphorical 'sea' of human wicked desires by setting their bounds.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  For the sea also is Thine, and Thou hast made it

• restrainsSea (Metaphorical)

  description

  God restrains the wicked desires of men's souls, metaphorically referred to as the sea, by setting their boundaries.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou restrainest the wicked desires of men's souls

• watersHuman Soul

  description

  God provides spiritual sustenance to souls that thirst after Him by watering them with a 'sweet spring,' enabling them to produce good works.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou waterest by a sweet spring, that the earth may bring forth her fruit

• givescheerfulness and ability

  description

  God bestows cheerfulness and ability upon individuals, enabling them to perform good deeds and bring forth truth and righteousness.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou givest cheerfulness and ability, let truth spring out

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

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  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• keepsIsrael

  description

  God is described as the divine guardian who watches over and protects Israel, never slumbering or sleeping.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou that keepest Israel shalt neither slumber nor sleep

• is_tempted_bySigns and Wonders

  description

  God is tempted when people demand signs and wonders from Him, not for a good purpose, but merely to test or prove Him.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  in religion itself, is God tempted, when signs and wonders are demanded of Him, not desired for any good end, but merely to make trial of

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

  2026-03-02T21:55:49.420Z

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• vouchsafes not to be possessed withLie

  description

  The Narrator asserts that God will not allow Himself to be possessed by anyone who simultaneously embraces falsehood.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  because Thou vouchsafest not to be possessed with a lie

• spared notOnly Son (God's)

  description

  God, as the good Father, sacrificed His only Son for the sake of humanity.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  who sparedst not Thine only Son, but deliveredst Him up for us ungodly

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

  2026-03-02T21:55:49.606Z

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• taughtAuthor

  description

  God imparted wisdom and understanding to the author regarding purity, food, and the nature of evil.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

  2026-03-02T21:55:50.305Z

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• enjoinsContinence

  description

  God commands and expects the practice of continence from the Narrator and humanity.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou enjoinest continency: give me what Thou enjoinest, and enjoin what Thou wilt.

• enjoins_continence_fromLust of the Flesh

  description

  God commands the Narrator to practice continence specifically from the 'lust of the flesh'.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou enjoinest me continency from the lust of the flesh

• enjoins_continence_fromLust of the Eyes

  description

  God commands the Narrator to practice continence specifically from the 'lust of the eyes'.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes

• enjoins_continence_fromAmbition of the World

  description

  God commands the Narrator to practice continence specifically from the 'ambition of the world'.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  and the ambition of the world.

• enjoins_continence_fromConcubinage

  description

  God commands continence specifically from the practice of concubinage.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou enjoinest continency from concubinage

• healsDiseases of the Soul

  description

  God is mighty enough to cure all spiritual ailments of the Narrator's soul through His abundant grace.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Art Thou not mighty, God Almighty, so as to heal all the diseases of my soul

• providesGrace (Divine)

  description

  God offers His abundant grace to the Narrator to help overcome spiritual weaknesses and impure thoughts.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thy more abundant grace to quench even the impure motions of my sleep!

• commands_againstSurfeiting

  description

  The Narrator hears God's voice commanding against allowing hearts to be overcharged with surfeiting.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Let not your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting

• commands_againstDrunkenness

  description

  The Narrator hears God's voice commanding against allowing hearts to be overcharged with drunkenness.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  and drunkenness. Drunkenness is far from me; Thou wilt have mercy, that it come not near me.

• createdHumanity (Man)

  description

  God is the creator of man, forming him from dust.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou hast made man; and he was lost and is found.

• teachesTheological Teaching on Purity and Food

  description

  God, as the good Father and Master, imparts specific theological teachings regarding purity and the consumption of food.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

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  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• rulesUniverse

  description

  God is described as the supreme authority and governor over all of existence.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  For Thou, O Lord, most righteous Ruler of the Universe

• effectshidden inspiration

  description

  God, through hidden inspiration, influences what consulters hear according to His just judgment.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  dost by Thy hidden inspiration effect that the consulter should hear what, according to the hidden deservings of souls, he ought to hear

• is_Helper_toNarrator

  description

  The narrator addresses God as a source of assistance and liberation.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Now then, O my Helper, hadst Thou loosed me from those fetters

• reformsNarrator's deformities

  description

  God, in His mercy, acted to correct the narrator's spiritual imperfections.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  it was pleasing in Thy sight to reform my deformities

• rousesNarrator

  description

  God used internal stimuli to make the narrator uncomfortable until a spiritual manifestation occurred.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  by inward goads didst Thou rouse me, that I should be ill at ease, until Thou wert manifested to my inward sight

• healedNarrator's eyesight of mind

  description

  God's hidden intervention gradually restored the narrator's spiritual perception.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  my swelling abated, and the troubled and bedimmed eyesight of my mind, by the smarting anointings of healthful sorrows, was from day to day healed

• resistsPride (Sin)

  description

  God actively opposes those who are proud.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  how Thou resistest the proud, but givest grace unto the humble

• gives_grace_toHumility

  description

  God bestows favor and divine assistance upon those who are humble.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  but givest grace unto the humble

• revealed_way_ofHumility

  description

  God showed humanity the path of humility through the Incarnation of His Word.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou hadst traced out to men the way of humility, in that Thy Word was made flesh, and dwelt among men

• exaltedJesus Christ

  description

  God raised Jesus Christ from the dead and bestowed upon Him a name above all others.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  God exalted Him from the dead, and gave Him a name above every name

• deliveredJesus Christ

  description

  God offered His Only Son as a sacrifice for all humanity, enabling the Atonement.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou sparedst not Thine Only Son, but deliveredst Him for us all

• hid_truths_fromwise

  description

  God intentionally concealed certain truths from those who considered themselves wise.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou hiddest these things from the wise

• revealed_truths_tobabes

  description

  God chose to reveal profound truths to the simple and humble, rather than the intellectually proud.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  and revealedst them to babes

• took_away_reproach_fromJacob

  description

  God removed the 'reproach of diminution' from Jacob, implying divine favor.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  it pleased Thee, O Lord, to take away the reproach of diminution from Jacob

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

  2026-03-02T21:55:55.929Z

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• healedNarrator

  description

  God changed the narrator by first curing him of his desire to justify himself.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  who first healedst me of the lust of vindicating myself

• forgivesIniquities

  description

  God has the power to forgive all the narrator's moral wrongs.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou mightest forgive all the rest of my iniquities

• healsInfirmities

  description

  God has the power to heal all the spiritual weaknesses of the narrator.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  and heal all my infirmities

• redeems_fromCorruption

  description

  God saves the narrator's life from moral decay and spiritual ruin.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  and redeem life from corruption

• crowns_withDivine Mercy

  description

  God bestows upon the narrator the blessings of mercy and pity.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  and crown me with mercy and pity

• curbedPride

  description

  God restrained the narrator's arrogance by instilling His fear within him.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  who didst curb my pride with Thy fear

• tamed_toDivine Yoke

  description

  God made the narrator's spirit submissive to His will and law.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  and tame my neck to Thy yoke

• resistsPride

  description

  God opposes and stands against those who are proud.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• is_source_ofGlory (Divine)

  description

  The narrator prays that God Himself be the ultimate source of his honor and worth.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Be Thou our glory

• commandsContinence

  description

  God issues a directive for people to practice self-restraint and moderation in their desires.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou commandest us continence

• commandsRighteousness

  description

  God issues a directive for people to practice moral uprightness and proper allocation of love.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  but righteousness also, that is, whereon to bestow it

• knowsSecret Sins

  description

  God is aware of the narrator's hidden moral faults, even those unknown to the narrator himself.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  which Thine eyes know, mine do not

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

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  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• is_eternal_inhabitant_ofHeaven of Heavens

  description

  God is the eternal resident and source of enlightenment for the Heaven of Heavens, which is blessed by cleaving to His Blessedness.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  blest in Thee, its eternal Inhabitant and its Enlightener!

• createdHeaven (Created)

  description

  God created Heaven (Created) in the Beginning, as one of two primary things not within the compass of time.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou in the Beginning didst create Heaven and Earth

• createdEarth (Primordial)

  description

  God created Earth (Primordial) in the Beginning, as one of two primary things not within the compass of time.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou in the Beginning didst create Heaven and Earth

• has_will_inseparable_fromGod

  description

  Truth reveals that God's will is not separate from His substance, indicating an indivisible and eternal nature.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  nor His will separate from His substance

• createdFirmament

  description

  God created the Firmament on the second day of creation, as recorded in Genesis.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  in that the Firmament is recorded to be created the second day

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

  2026-03-02T21:56:02.694Z

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• isBlessedness

  description

  God Himself embodies and is His own Blessedness, indicating His self-sufficiency and perfection.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thyself art Thine own Blessedness.

• is the source ofGoodness (Divine)

  description

  God's creation stems from the fullness of His inherent goodness, not from any lack or 'want'.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  not out of any want, but out of the fulness of Thy goodness

• commandedLight (Divine Creation)

  description

  God initiated creation by speaking the command 'Let there be light,' resulting in immediate illumination.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  hadst not Thou said from the beginning, Let there be light, and there had been light

• lightensDarkness (Human)

  description

  God is the one who dispels human darkness, transforming it into light 'as the noon day'.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  Thou, O our God, shalt lighten our darkness

• extracted_fromSource

  extracted_at

  2026-03-02T21:56:10.776Z

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

• createdHeaven and Earth

  description

  God is the creator of the entire universal creation, encompassing both heaven and earth.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  We behold the heaven and earth, whether the corporeal part, superior and inferior, or the spiritual and corporeal creature; and in the adorning of these parts, whereof the universal pile of the world, or rather the universal creation, doth consist

• madeLight

  description

  God actively created light and separated it from darkness.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  we see light made, and divided from the darkness

• madeFirmament of Heaven

  description

  God is responsible for the creation of the firmament of heaven.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  We see the firmament of heaven

• gatheredSea

  description

  God collected various waters together to form the sea.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  We behold a face of waters gathered together in the fields of the sea

• formedDry Land

  description

  God shaped and made visible the dry land.

  source

  Sourcetext_chunk

  source_text

  and the dry land both void, and formed so as to be visible and harmonized

• madeSun

  description

  God created the sun to provide light for the day.

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  the sun to suffice for the day

• madeMoon

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  God created the moon to bring cheer to the night.

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  the moon and the stars to cheer the night

• madeStars

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  God created the stars to bring cheer to the night and to mark times.

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  the moon and the stars to cheer the night; and that by all these, times should be marked and signified

• createdMan

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  God brought man into existence, forming him in His own image and likeness.

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  and man, created after Thy image and likeness

• madeWoman

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  God corporeally made woman for man, establishing a relationship of parity in mind but subjection in body.

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  so was there for the man, corporeally also, made a woman

• madeMatter

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  God created the raw substance of matter from nothing.

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  Thou madest the matter of merely nothing

• gave form toMatter

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  God bestowed form upon the previously formless matter, creating the world.

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  Thou without any interval of time didst give form

• establishedPredestination

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  God's plan for creation was established through predestination before the existence of time.

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  in Thy predestination before all times

• justifiesungodly

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  God performs the act of making the ungodly righteous.

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  Thou didst justify the ungodly

• dividesungodly

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  God separates the ungodly from the wicked.

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  and dividest them from the wicked

• madeFirmament of Authority of Thy Book

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  God established the authoritative structure of His Book to create a division and order.

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• gatheredUnbelievers

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  God brought together the society of unbelievers into a conspiracy.

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  Thou gatheredst together the society of unbelievers into one conspiracy

• kindledHoly ones

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  God ignited certain 'lights' in the firmament, referring to His Holy ones who possess the word of life.

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  didst Thou kindle certain lights in the firmament, Thy Holy ones

• producedSacraments

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  God created Sacraments out of corporeal matter for the initiation of unbelieving Gentiles.

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  didst Thou out of corporeal matter produce the Sacraments

• producedVisible Miracles

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  God created visible miracles for the initiation of unbelieving Gentiles.

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  produce the Sacraments, and visible miracles

• producedForms of Words

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  God created forms of words, according to His Book, for the initiation of unbelieving Gentiles.

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  and forms of words according to the firmament of Thy Book

• formedLiving Soul of the Faithful

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  God shaped the living soul of the faithful through affections ordered by continency.

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  Next didst Thou form the living soul of the faithful, through affections well ordered by the vigour of continency

• renewedMind (renewed)

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  God renewed the human mind after His own image and likeness, making it subject to Him alone.

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  hast Thou renewed after Thy image and likeness

• willedOffices of Thy Ministry

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  God ordained the Offices of His Ministry as necessary for the perfection of the faithful in this life.

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• givesPeace of the Sabbath

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  God grants the peace of rest, specifically the peace of the Sabbath, which is eternal.

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  give peace unto us: (for Thou hast given us all things;) the peace of rest, the peace of the Sabbath, which hath no evening

• sanctifiedSeventh Day

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  God set apart the seventh day for an everlasting continuance, symbolizing eternal rest.

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  Thou hast sanctified it to an everlasting continuance

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• opens knots forNarrator (Augustine)

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  God provides clarity and resolves the narrator's intellectual difficulties regarding complex questions.

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  whatsoever knots Thou didst open for me in this question, what reader would hold out to take in the whole?

• isSelf-same

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  God is consistent and unchanging in His nature, not varying by location or circumstance.

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  Thou therefore, Lord, Who art not one in one place, and otherwise in another, but the Self-same, and the Self-same, and the Self-same, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty

• createdsomething

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  At the outset of existence, God brought forth something into being through His wisdom.

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  didst in the Beginning, which is of Thee, in Thy Wisdom, which was born of Thine own Substance, create something, and that out of nothing

• createdHeaven and Earth (Created)

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  God brought the entire cosmos, including heaven and earth, into existence from a state of non-being, not from pre-existing matter or from Himself.

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  and therefore out of nothing didst Thou create heaven and earth; a great thing, and a small thing

• isTrinity

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  God is identified as a unified being comprising three persons, referred to as "One Trinity, and Trine Unity."

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  O God, One Trinity, and Trine Unity

• createdHeaven (Great)

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  God is the maker of the vast celestial realm, a significant part of His creation.

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  Thou art Almighty and Good, to make all things good, even the great heaven

• createdEarth (Petty)

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  God is also the maker of the humble terrestrial sphere, another part of His creation.

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  and the petty earth

• gaveInvisible Earth (Primordial Earth)

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  God provided the earth for humankind to perceive and interact with, even though its initial state was formless.

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  but the earth which Thou gavest to the sons of men, to be seen and felt

• madeWorld (Corporeal)

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  God fashioned the physical world from an initial state of unformed matter, which He created out of nothing.

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  For Thou, Lord, madest the world of a matter without form, which out of nothing, Thou madest next to nothing

• madeFirmament

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  God created the expanse of the sky on the second day, after the initial creation of light.

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  of which firmament between water and water, the second day, after the creation of light, Thou saidst, Let it be made, and it was made

• calledFirmament

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  God designated the firmament, the expanse between the waters, as "heaven."

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  Which firmament Thou calledst heaven

• madeVisible figure

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  On the third day, God gave a distinct, perceivable shape to the previously unformed matter, resulting in the earth and sea.

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  which Thou madest the third day, by giving a visible figure to the formless matter, which Thou madest before all days

• speaks toNarrator (Augustine)

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  God communicates profound truths to the narrator through an internal, spiritual means of perception.

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  Already Thou hast told me with a strong voice, O Lord, in my inner ear

• hasImmortality

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  God uniquely possesses the quality of eternal life and changelessness, distinguishing Him from all created beings.

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  that Thou art eternal, Who only hast immortality

• madeNatures and Substances (Created)

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  God is the creator of all existing entities and their essential characteristics, which are distinct from His own being.

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  that Thou hast made all natures and substances, which are not what Thyself is, and yet are

• is happiness ofIntellectual Creature

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  God alone is the source and fulfillment of the intellectual creature's ultimate joy and blessedness.

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  whose happiness Thou only art

• is eternal Inhabitant ofIntellectual Creature

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  God permanently dwells within the intellectual creature, providing its essence and presence.

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  blest in Thee, its eternal Inhabitant

• is Enlightener ofIntellectual Creature

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  God serves as the source of illumination and understanding for the intellectual creature.

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  and its Enlightener!

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