the narrator augustine
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- The 'I' or first-person speaker throughout the text, who recounts his spiritual journey and conversion, referring to himself as a servant of God.
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- servant of God, seeking divine will
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- seeking worldly pleasures
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- stands_inRule of Faith
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- The Narrator now adheres to and lives by the 'rule of faith' after his conversion, having forsaken worldly hopes.
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- 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.
- resolves_to_undertakeWithdrawal from Public Profession
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- The Narrator resolves to gently withdraw from his public teaching, which he metaphorically calls 'the marts of lip-labour', to serve God.
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- awaitsVacation of the Vintage
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- The Narrator resolves to endure the few remaining days until the Vacation of the Vintage to formally resign from his public profession.
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- And very seasonably, it now wanted but very few days unto the Vacation of the Vintage, and I resolved to endure them, then in a regular way to take my leave, and having been purchased by Thee, no more to return for sale.
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:05.072Z
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