St. Augustine, Of the citie of God vvith the learned comments of Io. Lod. Viues. Englished by I.H.

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Title: St. Augustine, Of the citie of God vvith the learned comments of Io. Lod. Viues. Englished by I.H.
Author: Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Publication: London :: Printed by George Eld,; 1610.
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Of the true beatitude: vnattainable in this life. CHAP. 25.

BVt if wee obserue aright: none liues as hee list, but hee is happy, and none is happy, but he is iust, yet the iust, liueth not as he list, vntil he attaine, that sure, eternall, hurtlesse, vndeceiuing state. That he naturally desireth, nor can hee b•…•…e perfect, vntill he haue his desire. But what man herevpon earth can say hee liues as he list, when his life is not in his owne hand? he would liue faine, and hee must die. How then liueth he as he list, that liueth not as long as he list? But if he list to die, how can he liue as he list that will not liue at all? and if he desire to die, not forgoe all life, but to change it for a better, then liueth hee not yet as he list, but attaineth that by dying. But admit this, he liueth as he list, because hee hath for∣ced himselfe, and brought himselfe to this, to desire nothing but what is in his power, as Terence saith: (a) Since you cannot haue what you would haue, desire th•…•… which you may haue: Yet is he not blessed, because hee is a patient wretch. For be∣atitude is not attained vnlesse it be affected. And if it be both attained and affec∣ted, then must this affect needes surmount all other, because all other things are affected for this. And if this be loued as it ought to be (for he that loues not be∣atitude as it ought to bee loued cannot bee happy) then cannot it choose but bee desired to be eternall. So that the blessed life must needs be ioyned with ete•…•….

L. VIVES.

SI•…•…ce (a) you] This was an old saying. Plato, de rep.