Augustine on the Psalms 53 - 57 PSALM 53 Of this Psalm we undertake to treat with you, as far as the Lord supplieth us. A brother biddeth us[6] that we may have the will, and prayeth that we may have the power. If anything in haste perchance I shall have passed over,...
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Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 50 – 52
Augustine on the Psalms 50 - 52 PSALM 50 How much availeth the Word of God to us for the correction of our life, both regarding His rewards to be expected, and His punishments to be feared, let each one measure[11] in himself; and let him put his conscience without...
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 46 – 49
Augustine on the Psalms 46 - 49 PSALM 46 It is called, "A Psalm, to the end, for the sons of Korah, for things secret." Secret is it then; but He Himself, who in the place of Calvary was crucified, ye know, hath rent the veil,[9] that the secrets of the temple might...
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 38 – 40
PSALM 38 A PSALM TO DAVID HIMSELF, ON THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE SABBATH. What doth this recollection of the Sabbath mean? What is this Sabbath? For it is with groaning that he "calls it to recollection." You have both heard already when the Psalm was read, and you will...
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 35 – 37
Augustine on the Psalms 35 - 37 PSALM 35 ...The title of it causeth us no delay, for it is both brief, and to be understood not difficult, especially to those nursed in the Church of God. For so it is, "To David himself." The Psalm then is to David himself: now David...
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 19 – 34
PSALM 19 TO THE END, A PSALM OF DAVID HIMSELF. It is a well-known title; nor does the Lord Jesus Christ say what follows, but it is said of Him. "The heavens tell out the glory of God" (ver. 1). The righteous Evangelists, in whom, as in the heavens, God dwelleth, set...
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 8 – 18
Augustine on Psalms 8-18 PSALM 8 TO THE END, FOR THE WINE-PRESSES, A PSALM OF DAVID HIMSELF. (12) He seems to say nothing of wine-presses in the text of the Psalm of which this is the title. By which it appears, that one and the same thing is often signified in...
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 1 – 7
PSALM I "Blessed is the man that hath not gone away in the counsel of the ungodly" (ver. 1). This is to be understood of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord Man.(1) "Blessed is the man that hath not gone away in the counsel of the ungodly," as "the man of earth did,"(2)...
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 41-45
PSALM 41 TO THE PEOPLE, ON THE FEAST OF THE MARTYRS. The solemn day of the Martyrs hath dawned; therefore to the glory of the Passion of Christ, the Captain of Martyrs, who spared not Himself, ordering His soldiers to the fight; but first fought, first conquered, that...
Irenaeus Against Heresies, Book 2, Chapters 1 to 17
Irenaeus Against Heresies, Book 2, Chapters 1 to 17 PREFACE. IN the first book, which immediately precedes this, exposing "knowledge falsely so called,"(1) I showed thee, my very dear friend, that the whole system devised, in many and opposite ways, by those who are...