COMMENCING WITH THE INVOCATION OF GOD, AUGUSTIN RELATES IN DETAIL THE BEGINNING OF HIS LIFE, HIS INFANCY AND BOYHOOD UP TO HIS FIFTEENTH YEAR; AT WHICH AGE HE ACKNOWL- EDGES THAT HE WAS MORE INCLINED TO ALL YOUTHFUL PLEASURES AND VICES THAN TO THE CHAPTER I.—He proclaims the greatness of God, whom he desires to seek and invoke, being awakened by CHAPTER II.That the God whom we invoke is in us, and we in Him, CHAPTER VI. He describes his infancy, and lauds the protection and eternal providence of God, CHAPTER VII. He shows by examples that even infancy is prone to sin,. CHAPTER XI.-Seized by disease, his mother being troubled, he earnestly demands baptism, which on re- covery is postponed—his father not as yet believing in Christ, BOOK SECOND. HE ADVANCES TO PUBERTY, AND INDEED TO THE EARLY PART OF THE SIXTEENTH YEAR OF HIS AGE, IN WHICH, HAVING ABANDONED HIS STUDIES, HE INDULGED IN LUSTFUL PLEASURES, AND, WITH 56 CHAPTER VIII.-In his theft he loved the company of his fellow-sinners, CHAPTER IX. It was a pleasure to him also to laugh when seriously deceiving others, CHAPTER X.-With God there is true rest and life unchanging,. BOOK THIRD. OF THE SEVENTEENTH, EIGHTEENTH, AND NINETEENTH YEARS OF HIS AGE, PASSED AT CARTHAGE, WHEN, HAVING COMPLETED HIS COURSE OF STUDIES, HE IS CAUGHT IN THE SNARES OF A LI- CENTIOUS PASSION, AND FALLS INTO THE SNARES OF THE MANICHEANS. CHAPTER II. In public spectacles he is moved by an empty compassion. He is attacked by a troublesome CHAPTER VI. Deceived by his own fault, he falls into the errors of the Manichæans, who gloried in the CHAPTER IX.-That the judgment of God and men as to human acts of violence is different, CHAPTER X.-He reproves the triflings of the Manichæans as to the fruits of the earth, CHAPTER XI.-He refers to the tears and the memorable dream concerning her son, granted by God to his BOOK FOURTH. THEN FOLLOWS A PERIOD OF NINE YEARS FROM THE NINETEENTH YEAR OF HIS AGE, DURING WHICH, HAVING LOST A FRIEND, HE FOLLOWED THE MANICHÆANS-AND WROTE BOOKS ON THE FAIR AND FIT, AND PUBLISHED A WORK ON THE LIBERAL ARTS, AND THE CATEGORIES OF ARISTOTLE. CHAPTER I.-Concerning that most unhappy time in which he, being deceived, deceived others; and con- 71 CHAPTER X.-That all things exist that they may perish, and that we are not safe unless God watches PAGE 71 71 72 CHAPTER VI.-His friend being snatched away by death, he imagines that he remains only as half, CHAPTER XI.—That portions of the world are not to be loved; but that God, their Author, is immutable, and 73 CHAPTER XII.-Love is not condemned, but love in God, in whom there is rest through Jesus Christ, is to be preferred, CHAPTER XIII.-Love originates from grace and beauty enticing us, CHAPTER XIV.-Concerning the books which he wrote "on the Fair and Fit," dedicated to Hierius, CHAPTER XV.—While writing, being blinded by corporeal images, he failed to recognise the spiritual nature of God, CHAPTER XVI.-He very easily understood the liberal arts and the categories of Aristotle, but without true fruit, HE DESCRIBES THE TWENTY-NINTH YEAR OF HIS AGE, IN WHICH, HAVING DISCOVERED THE FALLACIES OF THE MANICHEANS, HE PROFESSED RHETORIC AT ROME AND MILAN. HAVING HEARD AMBROSE, HE BEGINS TO COME TO HIMSELF. CHAPTER I.-That it becomes the soul to praise God, and to confess unto Him, 81 CHAPTER V.-Of Manichæus pertinaciously teaching false doctrines, and proudly arrogating to himself the CHAPTER VIII.—He sets out for Rome, his mother in vain lamenting it, CHAPTER VI.—Faustus was indeed an elegant speaker, but knew nothing of the liberal sciences, CHAPTER X.-When he had left the Manichæans, he retained his depraved opinions concerning God, sin, and the origin of the Saviour, . . 85 CHAPTER XI.-Helpidius disputed well against the Manichæans as to the authenticity of the New Testament, 87 CHAPTER XII.-Professing rhetoric at Rome, he discovers the fraud of his scholars, 87 87 88 BOOK SIXTH. ATTAINING HIS THIRTIETH YEAR, HE, UNDER THE ADMONITION OF THE DISCOURSES OF AMBROSE, DISCOVERED MORE AND MORE THE TRUTH OF THE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE, AND DELIBERATES AS TO THE BETTER REGULATION OF HIS LIFE. CHAPTER I. His mother having followed him to Milan, declares that she will not die before her son shall have embraced the Catholic faith, CHAPTER II. She, on the prohibition of Ambrose, abstains from honouring the memory of the martyrs, .. 89 90 CHAPTER III.-As Ambrose was occupied with business and study, Augustin could seldom consult him concerning the Holy Scriptures, CHAPTER V.-Faith is the basis of human life; man cannot discover that truth which Holy Scripture has CHAPTER XI.-Being troubled by his grievous errors, he meditates entering on a new life, CHAPTER XII.-Discussion with Alypius concerning a life of celibacy, CHAPTER XIV.-The design of establishing a common household with his friends is speedily hindered, . CHAPTER XV. He dismisses one mistress, and chooses another, .. from his wickedness, him who aforetime believed in the opinions of Epicurus, BOOK SEVENTH. HE RECALLS THE BEGINNING OF HIS YOUTH, i. e. THE THIRTY-FIRST YEAR OF HIS AGE, IN WHICH VERY GRAVE ERRORS AS TO THE NATURE OF GOD, AND THE ORIGIN OF EVIL, BEING DISTIN- GUISHED, AND THE SACRED BOOKS MORE ACCURATELY KNOWN, HE AT LENGTH ARRIVES AT A CLEAR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, NOT YET RIGHTLY APPREHENDING JESUS CHRIST. CHAPTER I. He regarded not God, indeed, under the form of a human body, but as a corporeal substance CHAPTER VI.-He refutes the divinations of the astrologers deduced from the constellations, CHAPTER VII. He is severely exercised as to the origin of evil, .. CHAPTER VIII.-By God's assistance he by degrees arrives at the truth, CHAPTER XVI.-Evil arises not from a substance, but from the perversion of the will, CHAPTER XVII.-Above his changeable mind, he discovers the unchangeable Author of Truth, CHAPTER XVIII.-Jesus Christ, the Mediator, is the only way of safety,. CHAPTER XIX. He does not yet fully understand the saying of John, "That the Word was made flesh," CHAPTER XX. He rejoices that he proceeded from Plato to the Holy Scriptures, and not the reverse, CHAPTER XXI.-What he found in the sacred books which are not to be found in Plato, BOOK EIGHTH. HE FINALLY DESCRIBES THE THIRTY-SECOND YEAR OF HIS AGE, THE MOST MEMORABLE OF HIS WHOLE LIFE, IN WHICH, BEING INSTRUCTED BY SIMPLICIANUS CONCERNING THE CONVERSION OF OTHERS, AND THE MANNER OF ACTING, HE IS, AFTER A SEVERE STRUGGLE, RENEWED IN HIS WHOLE MIND, AND IS CONVERTED UNTO GOD. CHAPTER I.-He, now given to divine things, and yet entangled by the lusts of love, consults Simplicianus CHAPTER II. The pious old man rejoices that he read Plato and the Scriptures, and tells him of the rhet- CHAPTER VI.-Pontitianus' account of Antony, the founder of Monachism, and of some who imitated him, 116 117 119 119 I 20 121 123 CHAPTER VIII. The conversation with Alypius being ended, he retires to the garden, whither his friend follows him, 124 CHAPTER IX.-That the mind commandeth the mind, but it willeth not entirely, 125 CHAPTER X.-He refutes the opinion of the Manichæans as to two kinds of minds, one good and the other evil, . CHAPTER XI. In what manner the Spirit struggled with the flesh, that it might be freed from the bondage of vanity, 125 126 CHAPTER XII.-Having prayed to God, he pours forth a shower of tears, and, admonished by a voice, he opens the book and reads the words in Rom. xiii. 13; by which, being changed in his whole soul, he discloses the divine favour to his friend and his mother, 127 BOOK NINTH. HE SPEAKS OF HIS DESIGN OF FORSAKING THE PROFESSION OF RHETORIC; OF THE DEATH OF HIS FRIENDS, NEBRIDIUS AND VERECUNDUS; OF HAVING RECEIVED BAPTISM IN THE THIRTY-THIRD YEAR OF HIS AGE; AND OF THE VIRTUES AND DEATH OF HIS MOTHER MONICA. CHAPTER I. He praises God, the author of safety, and Jesus Christ, the Redeemer, acknowledging his own wickedness, CHAPTER II. As his lungs were affected, he meditates withdrawing himself from public favour, . CHAPTER VI. He is baptized at Milan with Alypius and his son Adeodatus; the book De Magistro,. 129 129 130 131 133 CHAPTER XII.-How he mourned his dead mother, 139 CHAPTER XIII. He entreats God for her sins, and admonishes his readers to remember her piously, . 140 CHAPTER VIII.-Of the conversion of Evodius; and the death of his mother when returning with him to CHAPTER X.-A conversation he had with his mother concerning the kingdom of heaven, |