Confessions (1900) - Page 21

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Chapter xxx.—Of the perverse images of dreams, which he wishes to have taken away,	214
Chapter xxxi.—About to speak of the temptations of the "lust of the flesh," he first complains of the lust of eating and drinking,	215
Chapter xxxii.—Of the charms of perfumes which are more easily overcome,	218
Chapter xxxiii.—He overcame the pleasures of the ear, although in the church he frequently delighted in the song, not in the thing sung,	219
Chapter xxxiv.—Of the very dangerous allurements of the eyes; on account of beauty of form, God, the Creator, is to be praised,	220
Chapter xxxv.—Another kind of temptation is curiosity, which is stimulated by the "lust of the eyes,"	222
Chapter xxxvi.—A third kind is "pride," which is pleasing to man, not to God,	225
Chapter xxxvii.—He is forcibly goaded on by the love of praise,	226
Chapter xxxviii.—Vain-glory is the highest danger,	228
Chapter xxxix.—Of the vice of those who, while pleasing themselves, displease God,	229
Chapter xl.—The only safe resting-place for the soul is to be found in God,	229
Chapter xli.—Having conquered his triple desire, he arrives at salvation,	230
Chapter xlii.—In what manner many sought the Mediator,	230
Chapter xliii.—That Jesus Christ, at the same time God and man, is the true and most efficacious Mediator,	231

BOOK ELEVENTH

THE DESIGN OF HIS CONFESSIONS BEING DECLARED, HE SEEKS FROM GOD THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, AND BEGINS TO EXPOUND THE WORDS OF GENESIS i. 1, CONCERNING THE CREATION OF THE WORLD. THE QUESTIONS OF RASH DISPUTERS BEING REFUTED, "WHAT DID GOD BEFORE HE CREATED THE WORLD?" THAT HE MIGHT THE BETTER OVERCOME HIS OPPONENTS, HE ADDS A COPIOUS DISQUISITION CONCERNING TIME.


Chapter i.—By confession he desires to stimulate towards God his own love and that of his readers,	233
Chapter ii.—He begs of God, that through the Holy Scriptures he may be led to truth,	234