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St. Augustine
On Christian Doctrine
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BOOK III.
chap. 18. We must take into consideration the time at which anything was enjoyed or allowed
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18
.
We
must
take
into
consideration
the
time
at
which
anything
was
enjoyed
or
allowed
We
must
also
be
on
our
guard
against
supposing
that
what
in
the
Old
Testament
,
making
allowance
for
the
condition
of
those
times
,
is
not
a
crime
or
a
vice
even
if
we
take
it
literally
and
not
figuratively
,
can
be
transferred
to
the
present
time
as
a
habit
of
life
.
For
no
one
will
do
this
except
lust
has
dominion
over
him
,
and
endeavours
to
find
support
for
itself
in
the
very
Scriptures
which
were
intended
to
overthrow
it
.
And
the
wretched
man
does
not
perceive
that
such
matters
are
recorded
with
this
useful
design
,
that
mere
of
good
hope
may
learn
the
salutary
lesson
,
both
that
the
custom
they
spurn
can
be
turned
to
a
good
use
,
and
that
which
they
embrace
can
be
used
to
condemnation
,
if
the
use
of
the
former
be
accompanied
with
charity
,
and
the
use
of
the
latter
with
lust
.
For
,
if
it
was
possible
for
one
man
to
use
many
wives
with
chastity
,
it
is
possible
for
another
to
use
one
wife
with
lust
.
And
I
look
with
greater
approval
on
the
man
who
uses
the
fruitfulness
of
many
wives
for
the
sake
of
an
ulterior
object
,
than
on
the
man
who
enjoys
the
body
of
one
wife
for
its
own
sake
.
For
in
the
former
case
the
man
aims
at
a
useful
object
suited
to
the
circumstances
of
the
times
;
in
the
latter
case
he
gratifies
a
lust
which
is
engrossed
in
temporal
enjoyments
.
And
those
men
to
whom
the
apostle
permitted
as
a
matter
of
indulgence
to
have
one
wife
because
of
their
incontinence
,
were
less
near
to
God
than
those
who
,
though
they
had
each
of
them
numerous
wives
,
yet
just
as
a
wise
man
uses
food
and
drink
only
for
the
sake
of
bodily
health
,
used
marriage
only
for
the
sake
of
offspring
.
And
,
accordingly
,
if
these
last
had
been
still
alive
at
the
advent
of
our
Lord
,
when
the
time
not
of
casting
stones
away
but
of
gathering
them
together
had
come
,
they
would
have
immediately
made
themselves
eunuchs
for
the
kingdom
of
heaven
'
s
sake
.
For
there
is
no
difficulty
in
abstaining
unless
when
there
is
lust
in
enjoying
.
And
assuredly
those
men
of
whom
I
speak
knew
that
wantonness
even
in
regard
to
wives
is
abuse
and
intemperance
,
as
is
proved
by
Tobit
'
s
prayer
when
he
was
married
to
his
wife
.
For
he
says
: "
Blessed
art
Thou
,
O
God
of
our
fathers
,
and
blessed
is
Thy
holy
and
glorious
name
for
ever
;
let
the
heavens
bless
Thee
,
and
all
Thy
creatures
.
Thou
merriest
Adam
,
and
gavest
him
Eve
his
wife
for
an
helper
and
stay
. ...
And
now
,
O
Lord
.
Thou
knowest
that
I
take
not
this
my
sister
for
lust
,
but
uprightly
:
therefore
have
pity
on
us
,
O
Lord
."
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