Augustine on the Law

The law commands; grace supplies the strength to act.

The law was given to accuse you, that accused you might fear, that fearing you might beg forgiveness.

Augustine on Law

The law commands; grace supplies the strength to act.
The law was given to accuse you, that accused you might fear, and that fearing you might beg forgiveness.

Augustine on Trials

For the most part, the human mind cannot attain to self-knowledge otherwise than by making trial of its powers through temptation, by some kind of experimental and not merely verbal self-interrogation.