{"query": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_10_060: By these temptation", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_4238ca3f54f2", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_10_060: By these temptations we are assailed daily, O Lord; without ceasing are we as...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "By these temptations we are assailed daily, O Lord; without ceasing are we assailed. Our daily furnace is the tongue of men. And in this way also Thou commandest us continence. Give what Thou enjoines", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Augustine, Confessions (c. 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