EDINBURGH: T. & T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET. MDCCCLXXI. PRINTED BY MURRAY AND GIBB, FOR T. & T. CLARK, EDINBURGH. LONDON, HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO. DUBLIN, JOHN ROBERTSON AND CO. NEW YORK, C. SCRIBNER AND CO. 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 BOOK XV. The progress of the earthly and heavenly cities traced by the sacred history, 49 BOOK XVI. The history of the city of God from Noah to the time of the kings of Israel, 104 BOOK XVII. The history of the city of God from the times of the prophets to Christ, 165 BOOK XVIII. A parallel history of the earthly and heavenly cities from the time of Abraham to the end of the world, 217 BOOK XIX. A review of the philosophical opinions regarding the Supreme Good, and a comparison of these opinions with the Christian belief regarding happiness, 293 BOOK XX. Of the last judgment, and the declarations regarding it in the Old and New Testaments, 345 BOOK XXI. Of the eternal punishment of the wicked in hell, and of the various objections urged against it, 413 BOOK XXII. Of the eternal happiness of the saints, the resurrection of the body, and the miracles of the early Church, 472 THE CITY OF GOD. BOOK FOURTEENTH.[1] ARGUMENT. AUGUSTINE AGAIN TREATS OF THE SIN OF THE FIRST MAN, AND TEACHES THAT IT IS THE CAUSE OF THE CARNAL LIFE AND VICIOUS AFFECTIONS OF MAN. ESPECIALLY HE PROVES THAT THE SHAME WHICH ACCOMPANIES LUST IS THE JUST PUNISHMENT OF THAT DISOBEDIENCE, AND INQUIRES HOW MAN, IF HE HAD NOT SINNED, WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE WITHOUT LUST TO PROPAGATE HIS KIND.