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Chanita Goodblatt

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Donne and Augustine
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Dear Colleagues,

I am trying to locate a source in Augustine's Writings, quoted by John
Donne in his sermon on Psalm 32:9 ("Be not as the Horse, or the Mule, who
have no understanding").

Donne writes in his sermon:  "And Saint Augustine carries these two
qualities farre; He thinks that in this fierceness of the Horse, the
Gentiles are represented, which ran farre from the knowledge of
Christianity; And by the lazinesse of the Mule, the Jews, who came nothing
so fast, s they were invited by their former helps, to the imbracing
thereof."

I have checked, as best as I could, Augustine's _Confessions_ and
_Expositions on Psalms_ but could not locate it.

Does anyone recognize this?


Much thanks, Chanita



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Mitch Harris

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Hi Chanita:

See Confessions, Book Ten, chapter seven, and Augustine's Expositions on the Psalms at Psalm 32 and Psalm 34. I think that Exposition 34 is Donne's reference, but a closer reading than my cursory glance is well in order. I know that Augustine returns to this image throughout his literary corpus, but to the best of my knowledge these three spots are the most condensed. I hope this is of some help.

All the best,
Mitch Harris

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Chanita Goodblatt

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Dear Mitch,


 


Much thanks for your reply.  I am going up to Jerusalem next week to look at the Patrologia Latina, and hope to find what I need.  All the best, Chanita



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Mitch Harris

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Good news! I believe that the expositions are in volume 37 of the PL. Best of luck with the Latin reading. Also, some standard translations of the fathers are on-line at http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/. It's helpful for its find function.

Best,
Mitch

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