continency
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- appearance
- chaste dignity, serene, gay, honestly alluring
- description
- A personified virtue representing spiritual self-restraint and purity, appearing to Augustine as an alluring and fruitful mother.
- role
- fruitful mother of children of joys, husbanded by the Lord
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- appears toAugustine
- description
- The personified virtue of Continency manifests itself to Augustine, offering an alternative path.
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- there appeared unto me the chaste dignity of Continency
- alluresAugustine
- description
- Continency gently and honestly attracts Augustine towards a life of purity.
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- honestly alluring me to come and doubt not
- is husbanded byLord (God)
- description
- Continency is described as a 'fruitful mother' whose 'Husband' is the Lord, emphasizing its divine origin and blessing.
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- by Thee her Husband, O Lord
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:44.598Z
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