The Confessions Of Saint Augustine

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Chapter XXXIII – The World Was Created By God Out Of Nothing.

Chapter XXXII – Of The Particular Works Of God, More Especially Of Man.

Chapter XXXI – We Do Not See “That It Was Good,” But Through The Spirit Of God, Which Is In Us.

Chapter XXX – He Refutes The Opinions Of The Manichaeans And The Gnostics Concerning The Origin Of The World.

Chapter XXIX – Although It Is Said Eight Times That “God Saw That It Was Good,” Yet Time Has No Relation To God And His Word.

Chapter XXVIII – He Proceeds To The Last Verse, “All Things Are Very Good,” – That Is, The Work Being Altogether Good.

Chapter XXVII – Many Are Ignorant As To This, And Ask For Miracles, Which Are Signified Under The Names Of “Fishes” And “Whales.”

Chapter XXVI – In The Confessing Of Benefits, Computation Is Made Not As To The “Gift,” But As To The “Fruit,” – That Is, The Good And Right Will Of The Giver.

Chapter XXV – He Explains The Fruits Of The Earth (Ver. 29) Of Works Of Mercy.

Chapter XXIV – Why God Has Blessed Men, Fishes, Flying Creatures, And Not Herbs And The Other Animals.