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And no times are coeternal with Thee, because Thou abidest; but if they abode, they should not be times. For what is tim", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Augustine, Confessions (c. AD 400)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_c63285c27299", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_03_009: I resolved then to bend my mind to the holy Scriptures, that I might see what...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "I resolved then to bend my mind to the holy Scriptures, that I might see what they were. But behold, I see a thing not understood by the proud, nor laid open to children, lowly in access, in its reces", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Augustine, Confessions (c. 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