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Excerpt from S. Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis Episcopi De Civitate dei Libri XXII, Vol. 1: Continet Libr. I-XIII
Glorimiuimnm civifitem Dei sive in hoc temporum curau, cum inter impios peregrinatur ex fide vivens sive in illa sta bilitate sedia aeternae, quam mmc exspectat per patientiam, quand usque iutitia convertatur in iudicium, deinceps adapta ta per excellentiam victoria ultime et pace perfecta, hoc opere a te imtituto et mea promissione debito defendere adver eu eos, qui Conditori eius deos suos praeferunt, fili caris sime Marcelline, suscepi. Magnum opus et arduum: sed Deus adiutor noster est. Nam scio, quibus viribus opu sit, ut persuadeatur superbia quanta it virtus humilitatis qua fit nt omnia terrena encumina temporali mobilitate nutantia, non humano usurpato. Fastu, sed divina gratia donata celui tndo transcendat. Rex enim et Conditor Civitatis huius, de qua loqui instituimtm in Scriptura populi mis sententiam divinae legis aperuit, qua dictum ent, Deus superbi: resistit, humih'bus autem dat gratian. Hoc vero quod Dei est, su perbae quoque unimae piritus in?atus affoctat, amatque sibi in lnudibus dici, Parcere subiectis, et debellare superbos.
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