The City of God, Volume IIAugustine, of Hippo, Saint
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The City of God, Volume II
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint
Apologetics -- Early works to 1800; Kingdom of God -- Early works to 1800
Ι Judgment shall moisten the earth with the sweat of its
standard,
Η Ever enduring, behold the King shall come through the ages,
Σ Sent to be here in the flesh, and Judge at the last of the
world.
Ο O God, the believing and faithless alike shall behold Thee
Υ Uplifted with saints, when at last the ages are ended.
Σ Sisted before Him are souls in the flesh for His judgment.
Χ Hid in thick vapours, the while desolate lieth the earth.
Ρ Rejected by men are the idols and long hidden treasures;
Ε Earth is consumed by the fire, and it searcheth the ocean
and heaven;
Ι Issuing forth, it destroyeth the terrible portals of hell.
Σ Saints in their body and soul freedom and light shall
inherit;
Τ Those who are guilty shall burn in fire and brimstone for
ever.
Ο Occult actions revealing, each one shall publish his
secrets;
Σ Secrets of every man's heart God shall reveal in the light.
Θ Then shall be weeping and wailing, yea; and gnashing of
teeth;
Ε Eclipsed is the sun, and silenced the stars in their chorus.
Ο Over and gone is the splendour of moonlight, melted the
heaven.
Υ Uplifted by Him are the valleys, and cast down the
mountains.
Υ Utterly gone among men are distinctions of lofty and lowly.
Ι Into the plains rush the hills, the skies and oceans are
mingled.
Ο Oh, what an end of all things! earth broken in pieces shall
perish;
Σ Swelling together at once shall the waters and flames flow
in rivers.
Σ Sounding the archangel's trumpet shall peal down from
heaven,
Ω Over the wicked who groan in their guilt and their manifold
sorrows.
Τ Trembling, the earth shall be opened, revealing chaos and
hell.
Η Every king before God shall stand in that day to be judged.
Ρ Rivers of fire and of brimstone shall fall from the heavens.
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