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BOOK III.
ARGUMENT.
AS IN THE FOREGOING BOOK AUGUSTIN HAS PROVED REGARDING MORAL
AND SPIRITUAL CALAMITIES, SO IN
THIS BOOK HE PROVES REGARDING EXTERNAL AND BODILY DISASTERS,
THAT SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE
CITY THE ROMANS HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY SUBJECT TO THEM; AND
THAT EVEN WHEN THE FALSE GODS
WERE WORSHIPPED WITHOUT A RIVAL, BEFORE THE ADVENT OF
CHRIST, THEY AFFORDED NO RELIEF FROM
SUCH CALAMITIES.
CHAP. 1. -- OF THE ILLS WHICH ALONE THE WICKED FEAR, AND
WHICH THE WORLD CONTINUALLY SUFFERED,
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ARGUMENT.
AS IN THE FOREGOING BOOK AUGUSTIN HAS PROVED REGARDING MORAL
AND SPIRITUAL CALAMITIES, SO IN
THIS BOOK HE PROVES REGARDING EXTERNAL AND BODILY DISASTERS,
THAT SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE
CITY THE ROMANS HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY SUBJECT TO THEM; AND
THAT EVEN WHEN THE FALSE GODS
WERE WORSHIPPED WITHOUT A RIVAL, BEFORE THE ADVENT OF
CHRIST, THEY AFFORDED NO RELIEF FROM
SUCH CALAMITIES.
CHAP. 1. -- OF THE ILLS WHICH ALONE THE WICKED FEAR, AND
WHICH THE WORLD CONTINUALLY SUFFERED,
E