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- I had cast in my heart
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- my miseries
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- The speaker or writer of the Confessions, expressing his prayers, desires, and theological reflections.
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- would serve brotherly charity
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- seeks_to_stir_upReaders' Devotions
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- The author lays out his relations before God not for God's learning, but to inspire devotion in himself and his readers.
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- but to stir up mine own and my readers' devotions towards Thee
- would_preachGod's Word
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- The author expresses his divine calling to preach God's Word.
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- whereby Thou broughtest me to preach Thy Word
- would_dispenseSacrament
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- The author expresses his divine calling to dispense God's Sacrament to His people.
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- dispense Thy Sacrament to Thy people
- burns_to_meditate_inHoly Scriptures
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- The author has a strong desire to meditate upon and understand God's law, which is found in the Holy Scriptures.
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- long have I burned to meditate in Thy law
- seeksKingdom of God
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- The author believes that seeking God's kingdom and righteousness leads to all other necessities being added.
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- shall be added unto those that seek Thy kingdom and Thy righteousness
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:45.249Z
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