lord god
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- attribute
- creator, guide
- description
- A divine being, referred to as 'Thou, O Lord', who is believed to guide creation and effect the amendment of individuals like Alypius. The narrator attributes Alypius's spiritual cure to this entity.
- intervention_method
- through Augustine's heart and tongue
- relationship_to_believers
- Thy children
- role
- Husband of Continency, converter of souls
Relationships
- presses uponAugustine
- description
- The Lord exerts a severe mercy upon Augustine's inner being, intensifying his spiritual struggle.
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- And Thou, O Lord, pressedst upon me in my inward parts
- redoublesFear and Shame
- description
- The Lord intensifies Augustine's feelings of fear and shame as a means of preventing him from relapsing into sin.
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- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- redoubling the lashes of fear and shame
- convertedAugustine
- description
- Augustine attributes his spiritual transformation to the direct action of the Lord.
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- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- For thou convertedst me unto Thyself
- showedAugustine
- description
- The Lord revealed Augustine's future state of faith to his mother in a vision years prior.
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- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Thou hadst showed me unto her in a vision
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T21:55:44.598Z
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- guidedAlypius
- description
- The narrator attributes Alypius's eventual amendment and cure from his pastimes to the Lord's guidance and intervention, working unknowingly through Augustine.
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- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Thou, O Lord, who guidest the course of all Thou hast created, hadst not forgotten him
- inspiredSacred Text (Thy book)
- description
- The Lord is stated to have put the wisdom, 'Rebuke a wise man and he will love Thee', into 'Thy book' long ago.
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- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Thou hadst said it long ago, and put it into Thy book
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T21:55:45.897Z
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- Sourcetext_chunk