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THE 'CITY OF GOD,'
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THE WORKS
OF
AURELIUS AUGUSTINE,
BISHOP OF HIPPO.
_A NEW TRANSLATION._
=Edited by the=
REV. MARCUS DODS, M.A.
VOL. II.
THE CITY OF GOD,
VOLUME II.
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MDCCCLXXI.
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THE
CITY OF GOD.
=Translated by the=
REV. MARCUS DODS, M.A.
VOLUME II.
EDINBURGH:
T. & T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET.
MDCCCLXXI.
Of the following Work, Books IV. XVII. and XVIII. have been
translated by the Rev. GEORGE WILSON, Glenluce; Books V. VI. VII. and
VIII. by the Rev. J. J. SMITH.
CONTENTS.
BOOK XIV.
PAGE
Of the punishment and results of man's first sin, and of the
propagation of man without lust, 1