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Chapter I.—Now given to divine things, yet still entangled by the lusts of love, he consults Simplicianus regarding the renewing of his mind, 139
Chapter II.—The pious old man rejoices that he read Plato and the Scriptures, and tells him of the rhetorician Victorinus, who was converted to the faith through reading the sacred books, 141
Chapter III.—That God and the angels rejoice more over the return of one sinner than over many just persons, 143
Chapter IV.—He shows, through the example of Victorinus, that there is more joy in the conversion of nobles, 145
Chapter V.—Of the causes that alienate us from God, 146
Chapter VI.—Pontitianus’ account of Antony, the founder of Monasticism The system of living as a monk, and of some who imitated him, 148
Chapter VII.—He deplores his wretchedness that, having lived thirty-two years, he had not yet discovered the truth, 151
Chapter VIII.—The conversation with Alypius being ended, he retires to the garden, whither his friend follows him, 153
Chapter IX.—That the mind commands the mind, but it does not will entirely, 154
Chapter X.—He refutes the opinion of the Manichæans as to two kinds of minds—one good and the other evil, 155
Chapter XI.—In what manner the Spirit struggled with the flesh so that it might be freed from the bondage of vanity, 157
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 Romans 13:13; by which, being changed in his whole soul, he discloses the divine favor to his friend and his mother, 159
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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, 162
Chapter II.—As his lungs were affected, he meditates withdrawing himself from public life, 163
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