The Confessions of S Augustine
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Iv. §. 18. P. 56. N. M.
such wise that we shall praise their Maker, and b. X. §. 53. P. 212. N. I.
not so that turningto the works, we should m "This was not said considerately turn away from the Maker; and setting enough; for the matter is hidden exceed- our face in a manner to the things which ing deep. " Aug. Retr. Ii. 6. He made, turn our backs on Him who 310 Summary of the Creation, and of CONF. To suffice for the day, the moon and the stars to cheer the X ll ' night; and that by all these..., times should be marked and signified. We behold on all sides a moist element, replenished with fishes, beasts, and birds ; because the grossness of the air, which bears up the flights of birds, thickeneth itself by the exhalation of the waters". We behold the face of the earth decked out with earthly creatures, and man, created after Thy image and likeness, even through that Thy very image and likeness, (that is the power of reason and understanding, ) set over all irrational creatures. And as in his soul there is one power which has dominion by directing, another made sub- ject, that it might obey; so was there for the man, corporeally also, made a woman, who in the mind of her reasonable understanding should have a parity of nature, but in the sex of her body, should be in like manner subject to the sex of her husband, as the appetite of doing is fain to conceive ° the skill of right-doing, from the reason of the mind.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Iv. §. 18. P. 56. N. M.
such wise that we shall praise their Maker, and b. X. §. 53. P. 212. N. I.
not so that turningto the works, we should m "This was not said considerately turn away from the Maker; and setting enough; for the matter is hidden exceed- our face in a manner to the things which ing deep. " Aug. Retr. Ii. 6. He made, turn our backs on Him who 310 Summary of the Creation, and of CONF. To suffice for the day, the moon and the stars to cheer the X ll ' night; and that by all these..., times should be marked and signified. We behold on all sides a moist element, replenished with fishes, beasts, and birds ; because the grossness of the air, which bears up the flights of birds, thickeneth itself by the exhalation of the waters". We behold the face of the earth decked out with earthly creatures, and man, created after Thy image and likeness, even through that Thy very image and likeness, (that is the power of reason and understanding, ) set over all irrational creatures. And as in his soul there is one power which has dominion by directing, another made sub- ject, that it might obey; so was there for the man, corporeally also, made a woman, who in the mind of her reasonable understanding should have a parity of nature, but in the sex of her body, should be in like manner subject to the sex of her husband, as the appetite of doing is fain to conceive ° the skill of right-doing, from the reason of the mind.
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