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• healedThe Narrator

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  God restored the Narrator's bodily health after his sickness in Rome.

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  Thou recoveredst me then of that sickness

• heard the prayers ofThe Narrator's Mother

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  God, being everywhere present, listened to and considered the sincere prayers of the Narrator's mother.

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  But Thou, everywhere present, heardest her where she was

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• avengesmen

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  God avenges the wrongs that men commit against themselves, recognizing that sin against Him also harms their own souls.

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  But Thou avengest what men commit against themselves, seeing also when they sin against Thee, they do wickedly against their own souls

• isFountain of Life

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  God is praised as the ultimate source of life, whom people forsake when they act with self-willed pride.

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  when Thou art forsaken, O Fountain of Life

• isCreator and Governor of the Universe

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  God is recognized as the sole and true maker and controller of the entire universe.

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  art the only and true Creator and Governor of the Universe

• cleansesAugustine of Hippo

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  God is capable of purifying the narrator from his evil habits when he returns with humble devoutness.

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  Thou cleansest us from our evil habits

• is_merciful_toSins of Men

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  God shows mercy towards the sins of those who confess them, indicating His compassionate nature.

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  art merciful to their sins who confess

• condemnsactions praised by men

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  God, acting as witness, condemns many actions that are praised by humans, because He sees beyond outward appearance to the mind of the doer and the exigency of the period.

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  many, by men praised, are (Thou being witness) condemned

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• providesDivine Discipline

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  God grants discipline to the narrator, even when he was learning vanities, to guide him.

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  For Thou didst grant me Thy discipline, while I was learning vanities; and my sin of delighting in those vanities Thou hast forgiven

• isYounger Son (Prodigal Son)

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  God is portrayed as a loving father to the Younger Son, both when he gave him his inheritance and upon his return.

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  a loving Father, when Thou gavest, and more loving unto him, when he returned empty.

• dispensesPenal Blindness

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  God, through an unwearied law, inflicts spiritual blindness as a punishment for lawless desires.

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  by an unwearied law dispensing penal blindness to lawless desires.

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• disprovesManichees

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  The narrator states that God actively refutes, checks, and convicts the Manichees regarding their doctrine of two souls.

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  For Thou, O true God, dost disprove, check, and convict them

• isTruth

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  The narrator refers to God as the ultimate source of spiritual enlightenment, the 'true Light' that illuminates humanity.

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  Thee, the true Light that enlightened every man that cometh into the world.

• presses uponNarrator

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  The narrator describes God's compassionate but stern intervention, which applies pressure to their inner being through 'severe mercy.'

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  And Thou, O Lord, pressedst upon me in my inward parts by a severe mercy

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• referenced_byManichees

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  offspring of Thy very Substance

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• lovesTruth

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  The text states that God has an inherent love for truth, which is a fundamental aspect of His nature.

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  For behold, Thou lovest the truth

• knowsMan's Conscience

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  God is depicted as having complete knowledge of the deepest parts of human conscience, to which nothing can be hidden.

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  unto whose eyes the abyss of man's conscience is naked

• justifiesNarrator

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  God is described as first justifying an individual when they are ungodly, before blessing them.

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  but first Thou justifieth him when ungodly

• blessesNarrator

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  God blesses the narrator through the transformative power of Faith and Sacrament.

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  that Thou mightest bless me in Thee

• forgave and coveredPast Sins

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  God's mercy is shown by His forgiveness and concealment of the narrator's past transgressions.

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  which Thou hast forgiven and covered

• commandsNarrator

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  God issues a command to the narrator, instructing him to serve the community of believers.

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  Thou commandest me to serve

• begatNarrator

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  God is identified as the progenitor of the narrator, emphasizing a divine origin.

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  For He is the same who begat me

• defendsNarrator

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  God acts as a protector for the narrator, providing defense and security.

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  and defends me

• judgesNarrator

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  God is the ultimate judge of the narrator, who does not judge himself.

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  For Thou, Lord, dost judge me

• madeNarrator

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  God is the creator of man, implying complete knowledge of his being.

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  all of him, Who hast made him

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• fulfills_roleCreator (Role)

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  God is acknowledged as the ultimate Creator, who wonderfully made all things and beings.

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• protects_and_carriesBelievers

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  God offers protection and steadfast support to those who believe, carrying them throughout their lives.

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  protect us, and carry us

• dissolvesHard-heartedness

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  God possesses the power to break down the resistance of hard-heartedness, either through mercy or divine judgment.

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  Thou dissolvest it at Thy will in pity or in vengeance

• dividesDarkness (Spiritual)

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  God maintains order and light, dividing spiritual darkness even when individuals choose to flee from Him.

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  Thou seest them, and dividest the darkness

• re_makes_and_comfortsBelievers

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  God is the divine agent who restores and provides solace to those who express their sorrow and repentance in His presence.

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  Thou, Lord, who madest them, re-makest and comfortest them.

• bestowedUnderstanding and Wit

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  God granted humans the faculties of understanding and wit, which they use to investigate and discover knowledge.

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  understanding and wit, which Thou bestowedst on them

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• bestowedNarrator's Mother

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  God granted Augustine's mother the remarkable gift of being a peacemaker, enabling her to reconcile disagreeing parties without disclosing bitter words.

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• placesJerusalem (Spiritual)

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  God's good pleasure has placed believers in Jerusalem, implying a spiritual destination of peace and eternal abiding.

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  There hath Thy good pleasure placed us, that we may desire nothing else, but to abide there for ever.

• gives rise toLight (Spiritual Concept)

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  The concept of Light is presented as a direct result of God's gift and calling, as in 'Let there be light,' transforming from an unsettled, darksome state.

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  by Thy Gift, Which is borne above every thing changeable, borne aloft by that calling whereby Thou saidst, Let there be light, and there was light.

• made heaven and earth throughSon (Divine Person)

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  God is said to have made heaven and earth, specifically the spiritual and carnal people of His Church, through His Christ (the Son).

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  in His Christ did God make heaven and earth,

• establishedDivine Scripture

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  God is credited with establishing the Divine Scripture as the firmament of authority and guidance over humanity.

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

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• createdevery thing

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  God is depicted as the creator of all things, and He saw that everything He made was very good.

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  O God, sawest every thing that Thou hadst made, and, behold, it was very good

• answersSpeaker (Confessions Author)

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  God answers the speaker's query about time, stating that His Word exists in eternity.

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  Unto this Thou answerest me, for Thou art my God, and with a strong voice tellest Thy servant in his inner ear

• sees_things_throughSpirit of God

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  God states that what humans see through His Spirit, He also sees.

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  So the things which ye see through My Spirit, I see

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