Homilies on the Gospel of John; Homilies on the First Epistle of John; Soliloquies (NPNF I/VII)

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s^Ui^ I ' aA-;.-sa»';«M: xcMiwiaaBiat wmw - » f i , "4>-*"'rr>. V ""V ' ' . r I i 'i M "^ A SELECT LIBRARY OF THE NICENE AND POST-NICENE FATHERS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH EDITED BY PHILIP SCHAFF, D.I)., LLD., PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY IN THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, NEW YORK. IN CONNECTION WITH A NUMBER OF PATRISTIC SCHOLARS OF EUROPE AND AMERICA. VOLUME VII. ST. AUGUSTIN: HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF J 01 IX. HOMILIES ON THE FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN, SOLILOOUIES. NEW YORK THE CHRISTIAN Lrri:R.\TURE COMI'.WV 1 8S8 974681 Copyright, 1888, by THE CHRISTIAN LITERATURE COMPANY. electrotvped and printed bv The Publishers' Printing Company, 157 & 159 William St., New York. PREFACE. electrotvped and printed bv The Publishers' Printing Company, 157 & 159 William St., New York. PREFACE. AuGUSTiN was an indefatigable preacher. He considered regular preaching an indis- pensable part of the duty of a bishop. To his homilies we owe most of his exegetical labors. The homilies were delivered extempore, taken down by scribes and slightly revised by Augus- tin. They retain their colloquial form, devotional tone, frequent repetitions, and want of literary finish. He would rather be deficient in rhetoric than not be understood by the people. He was cheered by the eager attention and acclamations of his hearers, but never fully satisfied with his performance. "My preaching," he says, "almost always displeases me. I eagerly long for something better, of which I often have an inward enjoy- ment in my thoughts before I can put them into audible words. Then when I find that my power of expression is not equal to my

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